Frank Jackson has a wealth of experience in hard and soft rock mining, mine waste recovery in Africa and Europe, together with deep corporate finance experience in this sector as GM of FMB Merchant Bank.

He developed gold and tantalite resources under his own prospecting and mining licenses, and working with Rio Tinto he was a part of the team developing copper and nickel resources and cathode refineries. Working with Anglo American, he was a part of the team developing large scale open cast mining resources and financing facilities.

Latterly, Frank has been a founder and a leading member of the team developing a highly successful carbon capture unicorn, Cool Planet Technologies Ltd.