Hannes Henckel

Hannes Henckel has been with Acacia and its predecessor companies since 2002 and prior to becoming Head of Discovery was involved in Africa wide target generation, project evaluation and exploration as Chief Geologist Discovery. Hannes Henckel has extensive experience in the field of exploration, covering various commodities. After a short stint at the University of Munich he worked at the Chamber of Mines Research Organisation of South Africa doing research on Witwatersrand gold deposits. He then joined Goldfields working on exploration projects in Southern Africa. He was seconded for several years to South America as Chief Geologist for Goldfields Latin American Operations. From 2002 he was part of Placer Dome’s Platinum Division which was acquired by Barrick in 2006.

Hannes holds an MSc and PhD in geology from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He is a fellow of the GSSA and SEG.