Akobo Minerals names former CEO as Chief Exploration Manager
Published by Jessica Casey,
Editor
Global Mining Review,
Akobo Minerals has announced that Johan Sjöberg will rejoin the company as Chief Exploration Manager on the 1 May 2021. Johan was previously CEO of Akobo Minerals from 2018 to 2020, so has good knowledge of the project and the organisation. Lately, he has been working as a Geologist Consultant for EMX in Sweden, managing their exploration activities with several drill rigs and teams in operation. He has vast experience from managing exploration projects, and also relevant competence from the mining sector.
“I have been looking forward to getting Johan back in the team. We have had a very good relationship since he left the company so he is ready to step in and have an immediate impact on our exploration work. With our very encouraging resource estimate we are even more confident that we are on the right track. Johan will focus on increasing our resource estimate, and also ramp up the general exploration activity,” said Jørgen Evjen, CEO of Akobo Minerals.
“Coming back to Akobo and the amazing geology there is a fantastic opportunity and I am very pleased to get another chance to work with our very competent Ethiopian geology team. Ever since I first visited Ethiopia, I have carried a torch for the country and its people, it is simply an amazing place to work and the spectacular gold endowment of the Akobo region is a dream for any exploration geologist.”
Johan has a wide experience from the mining and exploration industry most recently working as senior exploration geologist for gold in the Gold Line, northern Sweden for EMX Royalty Corp and partners. Previous experience includes Chief Geologist at Nickel Mountain Resources and several senior geology roles including mine geologist and near mine exploration geologist at the Svartliden gold mine in the northern Sweden.
Johan is a Senior Exploration Geologist trained at Uppsala University in Sweden as well as at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa.
Read the article online at: https://www.globalminingreview.com/finance-business/09042021/akobo-minerals-names-former-ceo-as-chief-exploration-manager/
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