Date
Thu 24th October 2024
Venue
Optus Stadium River View Rooms
Time
12:00PM to 2:30PM
Price
Members $120 Non-Members $175 Young Professionals $82.50 Student $50
And the hits keep coming!
Where would you rather be on Thursday Oct 24th than hearing from the one and only Jake Klein, Executive Chair of Evolution Resources – same bat time, same bat channel (from 11.30am at Optus Stadium). Evolution remains one of Australia’s largest publicly listed gold producers, with multiple domestic operations in addition to a North American foothold at Red Lake in Canada. In more recent times, Evolution has strategically and wisely added copper into their production mix courtesy of acquisitions at George Fisher and North Parkes in Qld and NSW respectively.
So what are you likely to hear from Jake? Freshly returned from a recent trip to China, he will share his observations and ponder what these mean for Australia. Then in a fireside chat with Tim MacMillan, we’ll attempt to prise from him what it’s like to be Jake, how he’s come to be where he is, why accountants make better Exec Chairs than Mining Engineers, and other assorted nuggets of information and wisdom from decades of experience relating to Evolution Mining and the resources industry in general.
This promises to be yet another fascinating discussion. We, at the WA Mining Club, don’t often feature three speakers in a row from the same commodity type, but gold is hot right now and when we attract the speakers of the calibre of Stuart Tonkin, then Jim Beyer and now Jake Klein, we’re sure our membership will cut us some slack. Don’t miss out on this one – St Barbara’s Day is sold out so if you need a dose of Mining Club luncheon networking before year’s end, make sure you grab a ticket!
Jake Klein is the founder and Executive Chair of Evolution Mining. The company was formed in October 2011 with a growth strategy mindset focused on M&A, resulting in Evolution today being the ASX’s second largest gold miner. One of the world’s lowest-cost high-margin gold producers, Evolution’s assets include Cowal and Northparkes (80% share) in New South Wales, Ernest Henry and Mt Rawdon in Queensland, Mungari in Western Australia and Red Lake in Canada.
Jake was previously the President and CEO of Sino Gold Mining Limited where he managed its development into an ASX100 company and the largest foreign participant in the Chinese gold industry. Sino Gold was purchased by Eldorado Gold in late 2009 for $2.2 billion. Prior to joining Sino Gold, Jake was employed at Macquarie Bank and PwC.
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