Christopher Emerson

Christopher Emerson is Senior Vice President, Geology and Exploration at Pan American Silver and has been with the company for 11 years. He leads Pan American’s global geology and exploration activities across its operating mines and regional exploration programs, with responsibility for exploration strategy, resource growth and project evaluation. Chris led the exploration team responsible for the discovery of the La Colorada Skarn in Mexico, one of the most significant discoveries in Pan American’s history. He has more than 25 years of international mining and exploration experience across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, having previously spent over a decade with Glencore in senior geological, exploration and business development roles. Chris holds an MSc in Mineral Exploration from the University of Leicester and a BEng in Industrial Geology from Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter. He is a Fellow of the AusIMM.