Vernon Baker

CEO

Mr. Vernon Baker was appointed Chief Executive Officer on August 6, 2019. Mr. Baker brings over 35 years of mining industry experience. He has extensive management and operations expertise at globally focused mid-tier and senior mining companies. Most recently, he was General Manager at Goldcorp’s Cerro Negro Mine in Argentina, overseeing 3,000 tonnes per day of high-grade production and implementing programs to reduce costs, grow production and development, and leading strong safety improvement to achieve an AIFR of 0.28 in 2017.  Previously, Mr. Baker held management and senior leadership roles with various mining companies including President at Duluth Metals Limited, Vice President of Operations at FNX Mining, General Manager at Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc., and General Manager of Hemlo Operations, a Joint Venture of Teck Cominco and Barrick Gold.

Hashim Ahmed

Chief Financial Officer

Hashim joined Jaguar Mining in August 2014 as Vice President, Controller and was later appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer in February 2016. Hashim has over 19 years of experience, with the past 10 years focused in the mining industry, and expertise in financial management, strategy, corporate turnaround, and capital markets. He obtained his CA designation with PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP and later worked with Ernst & Young LLP in their mining advisory practice. Prior to Jaguar, Hashim worked with Barrick Gold for over 7 years, where he held progressively senior positions in finance functions in Canada, and with site finance teams in Chile. At Jaguar, he oversees financial and non-financial aspects of the business, including economic strategy and business planning, treasury and tax management, human resources, supply chain and systems. Hashim is also a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) USA and the Financial Executives International (FEI) Canada, where he is also actively involved as a volunteer.

Jonathan Victor Hill

VP Exploration & Mine Geology***

Jon was appointed Advisor to the JMMC, in July 2017 and has over 30 years’ experience of global exploration, mining operational and project development experience including, Africa, Australia and the Americas. Jon spent most of his formative years as a geologist with AngloGoldAshanti, where he recently held the title of Exploration Manager, Colombia Greenfields. During his tenure at AngloGoldAshanti he was directly involved in the discovery of several world class projects within both Greenfields and Brownfield areas. His broad range of experience includes, exploration and development of projects including due diligence, corporate development, mine geology and management of interrelated departments including coordination and liaison with mine planning and reporting of mineral resources and reserves. Jon is a Non – Executive Director of Royal Road Minerals Limited and Stratabound Minerals Corporation both TSX-V listed companies and provides Exploration Advisory Services to a growing list of international companies through Exploration Outcomes Ltda which Jon founded in 2017. Jon holds a BSc (Hons) Economic Geology 1988 (University of Cape Town), and a BAppSc. Applied Geology 1985 (Queensland University of Technology). He is a fellow of the AUSIMM an organisation he has been a member of since 1986.

***Expert Advisor to the JMMC

Marina Fagundes de Freitas

VP Projects

Marina has joined senior management as VP of Administration after almost 10 years working in different areas within the company where she developed the Internal Audit function and implemented a Risks and Compliance program. Marina has over 17 years’ experience including extensive knowledge in external and internal audit gained while working at Deloitte and Holcim respectively. After participating in several process reviews and major changes in previous years, she now oversees Strategic Planning, Legal, CSR, Admin, Security, Technology, Innovation and Growth projects.

Eric Duarte

VP Operations

Eric came to Jaguar Mining with an executive background in operations and project management . He has 20+ years of experience in the international mining Industry, having worked in the USA, South Africa, Australia, and Tanzania. Eric has in-depth knowledge gleaned from managing both underground and open-pit mining operations with an emphasis on safety, strategic planning, production, management of performance indicators, process improvement and multi-year budgeting. He has shown himself to be to leader in developing multidisciplinary teams, implementing projects, managing complex production processes, negotiating contracts and overseeing high value budgets. Eric graduated with a degree in Geology with post-graduate degrees in Business Administration/Management from the University of Cape Town. He also attended C-Level training and Executive management courses at Harvard Business School and the Stanford Business School. Eric joined Jaguar in 2017 as GM Operations at the CCA complex, and was promoted to VP Operations in 2019.