Cominco mine manager leaves

Petroleum News Alaska Staff

John Key, manager of the Red Dog Mine for Cominco Alaska Inc. since 1996, is has left Alaska for a new position as general manager of the Mesaba copper-nickel deposit in northern Minnesota.

Bob Jacko, Cominco’s general manager of underground mines, will manage Red Dog, the world’s largest lead and zinc mine, Cominco Ltd. of Vancouver, British Columbia, said in a statement. Jacko has run Cominco operations in British Columbia and the Canadian Arctic.

Cominco Alaska is a new player in Alaska’s gas industry. (See article on page B1 of this issue.)