Timothy M. Janke

Biography

 Timothy M. Janke is Chief Operating Officer of Pershing Gold and also maintains a consulting business, TM Janke Consulting, LLC. Tim is highly skilled, experienced and award winning General Manager with a broad range of expertise in mining operations throughout the USA, Canada and Australia. He has a proven track record of professionalism in leading teams to succeed in start-ups and shut-downs as well as effecting change to improve production, costs and safety performance. In addition, Tim ran the acquisition program for Homestake Mining Corporation, Canada that included: evaluation of potential acquisitions and due diligence review for major business transactions.  Tim has over 40 years of experience principally in gold operations. He was employed by Homestake from 1980 to 2001, Barrick Gold Corporation from 2001 to 2002, during which periods he served as General Manager of the Ruby Hill Mine, General Manager of the Pinson mine, General Manager of the Nickel Plate Mine, and Mine Operations Superintendent for the McLaughlin Mine. More recently, Tim was employed by Goldcorp, Inc. (TSX) where he served as General Manager of the Marigold Mine and for a few months as Chief Operating Officer of AuEx.  Tim holds a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering in 1974 from the Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno. He is a past Director of the Nevada Mining Association, and past Director, Silverado Area Council Boy Scouts.

Research Interest

  Environmental Science