Exhibit 5.8
Alexco Resource Corp.
August 24, 2018
| TO: | Alexco Resource Corp. British Columbia Securities Commission Ontario Securities Commission Alberta Securities Commission Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission Manitoba Securities Commission United States Securities and Exchange Commission Toronto Stock Exchange |
| Re: | Alexco Resource Corp. (the "Company") Consent of Expert |
Reference is made to the technical report entitled "Technical Report, Preliminary Economic Assessment of the Keno Hill Silver District Project, Yukon Territory, Canada" dated March 29, 2017 with an effective date of January 3, 2017 (the "Report").
In connection with the Company's Short Form Base Shelf (Preliminary) Prospectus dated August 24, 2018 and all documents incorporated by reference therein (collectively, the "Prospectus") and the Company's Registration Statement on Form F-10 dated August 24, 2018 and any amendments thereto, including any post-effective amendments (collectively, the "Registration Statement"), I, Scott Smith, P.Eng. of the Company:
| 4. | consent to the use of my name and references to the Report, or portions thereof, in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement and to the inclusion or incorporation by reference of information derived from the Report in the Prospectus and Registration Statement; |
| 5. | consent to use of my name and the information represented in the Prospectus and Registration Statement having been prepared by or under my supervision; and |
| 6. | confirm that I have read the Prospectus and the Registration Statement and have no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the information contained therein that are (a) derived from the Report or that are within my knowledge as a result of the services performed by me in connection with the Report or (b) represented in the Prospectus and the Registration Statement as having been prepared by me or under my supervision or within my knowledge as a result of the services performed by me in connection with such information. |
Yours truly,
| /s/ Neil Chambers | |
| Neil Chambers, P.Eng. | |
