J. Kenneth Thompson

Research and Development
COEUR MINING
Argentina

Business Expert Geology and Earth Science
Biography

 President and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Star Energy LLC (private energy investment firm in Alaska) from September 2000 to present, with a principal holding in Alaska Venture Capital Group LLC (private oil and gas exploration company) from December 2004 to present; Executive Vice President of ARCO’s Asia Pacific oil and gas operating companies in Alaska, California, Indonesia, China and Singapore from 1998 to 2000; President and Chief Executive Officer of ARCO Alaska, Inc., the oil and gas producing division of ARCO based in Anchorage from June 1994 to January 1998. Member of the board of directors of Alaska Air Group, Inc., the parent corporation of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air; member of the board of directors of Tetra Tech, Inc., (engineering consulting firm); and Pioneer Natural Resources Company (large independent oil and gas company).

Research Intrest

 Mining