Eric Kallio
Senior Vice President, Exploration & Growth
Mr Kallio is a Professional Geologist (P.Geo) with over 39 years of experience working on exploration, mine operations and, scoping and feasibility studies, with his most recent fulltime role being Executive Vice President Exploration Strategy and Growth for Agnico Eagle Mines (2022-2023).
Prior roles include Senior Vice President of Exploration at Kirkland Lake Gold (2018-2022), Vice President of Exploration Canada at Tahoe Resources Inc (2016-2018), Senior Vice President of Exploration at Lake Shore Gold Corp. (2008-2016) and a variety of additional senior exploration and mine geology positions at Placer Dome, Kinross Gold, Centerra Gold, Detour Gold and Patricia Mining. Mr. Kallio also consulted on several Canadian and international exploration projects and was a former Director at Holmer Gold Mines Limited and RT Minerals.
During past work he has been instrumental in the discovery or advancement of several successful projects including the Dome Mine Open Pit (Timmins ON), the Detour Lake Open Pit (Cochrane ON), the Timmins West and Bell Creek Mines (Timmins ON) and the Island Gold project (near Wawa ON). He also played a key role in drilling and evaluation work for the Fosterville Mine Swan Zone (Bendigo), Hoyle Pond Mine 1060 Zone (Timmins), Back River Project (Nunavut), Shakespeare Project (West of Sudbury) and the Mary River Project (Northern Baffin Island).