Herculus Jacobs is the Chief Technical Officer – Mining for Denham Capital, responsible for technical due diligence, assessment and monitoring of its Mining investments. He has worked with Denham since 2016 and brings 24 years of experience to the firm. Herculus grew up on a large mine in South Africa and started his career as technical manager at Anglo-American’s Gold and Base Metal divisions. Herculus also held senior positions at UraniumOne, Pangea and Rand Uranium prior to joining Denham Capital. Of special note is his involvement in the development of Skorpion zinc, Bisie tin, Dominium Reefs and Cooke uranium as well as Panda Hill niobium.

Herculus’s experience spans across a diverse range of commodities, geological settings, mining, processing and marketing requirements. Herculus has led and participated in project development, building mines, providing technical oversight, performing techno-economic due diligence and advising on minerals and metals projects and operations globally.

Herculus holds a Bachelor Degree in Metallurgical Engineering, is a Registered Professional Engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa, Fellow of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and Member of the American Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.  Mr. Jacobs’ services are procured via a Sub-Advisory Agreement with Denham.