The Board of Mako Mining Corp. has appointed Akiba Leisman, a director, and formerly Interim CEO, as CEO of the company. Jesse Muñoz will continue to lead the operations as COO, and Frank Powell and Zoran Pudar will continue spearheading the mine and regional exploration programs respectively.

Additionally, Cesar Gonzalez, currently a director of the company, has been appointed to the newly created role of Vice President of Corporate Development. The board has appointed Paul M. Jacobi, a Managing Director at Wexford, to the board of directors of Mako. At Wexford, Paul was part of the Private Equity team which created Diamondback Energy Inc. ("Diamondback").