Job Title: CFO
Company: Trinity Metals Group
Jaco Maritz is the chief financial officer of Trinity Metals Group.
He began his career at PwC in Pretoria as an accounting trainee before moving into the mining sector. He spent three and a half years at South Deep as financial reporting manager, then joined Placer Dome as a senior financial accountant. In 2006 he joined Barrick Gold Corporation, initially as regional financial controller for Africa and later as director of planning and corporate finance, based in Toronto.
In 2010, Jaco joined Acacia Mining, the London-listed gold miner with operations in Tanzania, as group treasurer. He progressed to VP of finance in 2013 and was appointed CFO in January 2018. He subsequently spent a year as a financial adviser and partner at The Ascent Forge Group, a business advisory firm serving the extractive sector, before joining Khoemacau Copper Mining as CFO in March 2021.
Jaco is a chartered accountant (CA), qualifying from the University of Pretoria.
Work
Sep 2026 – Present: chief financial officer, Trinity Metals Group
Mar 2021 – Aug 2026: chief financial officer, Khoemacau Copper Mining
Mar 2020 – Mar 2021: financial adviser and partner, The Ascent Forge Group
Jan 2018 – Oct 2019: chief financial officer, Acacia Mining
Feb 2013 – Dec 2017: VP finance, Acacia Mining
Apr 2010 – Feb 2013: group treasurer, Acacia Mining
Sep 2007 – Mar 2010: director, planning and corporate finance, Barrick Gold Corporation
Jun 2006 – Aug 2007: regional financial controller, Africa, Barrick Gold Corporation
Jan 2003 – Jul 2006: financial reporting manager, South Deep
Jan 2001 – Dec 2002: senior financial accountant, Placer Dome
Jan 1998 – Dec 2000: accounting trainee, PwC
Education
CA (SA), University of Pretoria
Trinity Metals Group
Trinity Metals Group is a Rwanda-based critical minerals mining company producing tin, tungsten and tantalum. Its flagship operation is the Nyakabingo tungsten mine, a concession of 1,600 hectares estimated to contain over 30,000 tonnes of recoverable tungsten. Trinity was the first operating mine in Africa to receive financial support from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). Its major shareholder is TechMet, which is part-owned by the US government through the DFC.
