Team
Management
Martin Pawlitschek
President & CEO, Director
- International mining professional with over 20 years experience, who has held key management positions with a number of junior explorers, private equity investment funds, majors (BHP) and development companies (MDL, Teranga)
- Co-founder of several resource exploration companies across West Africa, South America, Europe and Australia
- Extensive experience with mining private equity investments including due diligence, exploration and resource upside evaluation, development projects and operations
Vince Sorace
Executive Chairman
- Mining and technology entrepreneur with over 30 years of international business and capital markets experience
- Founded and led several resource and technology companies with assets and operations in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia
- Has raised over $300M in equity and debt financings
- Extensive experience in capital markets, operations & management and public company governance
- President & CEO of Kutcho Copper Corp, Chairman of E79 Resources Corp and Founder and Executive Chairman of MineHub Technologies Inc.
PhD, PGeo
Fiona Childe
VP, Corporate Development and Communications
- Mining professional with a focus on exploration, development and mining projects throughout the Americas and Africa
- Strategic thinker with a technical background and extensive experience in capital markets, corporate development and communications
- Ph.D. in Economic Geology from the Mineral Deposit Research Unit at the University of British Colombia, Canada and M.Sc. in Isotope Geology from McGill University, Canada
- Professional Geoscientist (PGO)
PhD, MAIG
Serigne Dieng
Exploration Manager
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Over 20 years of experience in international exploration, focused in West Africa (Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso) and in Canada
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Demonstrated track record of deposit discovery, resource delineation and evaluation, project generation and acquisitions, along with a reputation for leading successful discovery
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Previously, Principal Geologist and Head of the Resource Development Department at IAMGOLD Corp at the Essakane Mine in Burkina Faso
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PHD degree in Structural Geology and Exploration Geochemistry & M.Sc. in Mineral Exploration from Queen’s University, Canada
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Registered Qualified Person and Member AusIMM and AIG
Sekou Traoré
General Manager
- Over 20 years of mining experience with extensive international import and export experience
- Personal network with solid relations with the Guinean authorities. This has earned him distinctions from the Ministry of Mines and Geology and appreciations from the Guinean government
- Previously, worked with Mansa Sanou Exploration (MSE), Nature exploration & Discovery (NED), and Resources Mining (RM)
- Instrumental in the 2021 partnership contracts with Gainde Gold to help form Sanu Gold Corp
CFA, CA
Gavin Cooper
CFO
- CPA with extensive experience in all aspects of corporate and financial management
- For the past 35 years, has been providing strategic and financial advice and corporate administration services and has held senior positions with a number of public and private companies with local and international operations
Abdouramane Diallo
Deputy General Manager: Administration, Finance, & Logistics
- Guinean national with over 10 years’ experience in exploration, development, and mining focused on mining law, property negotiations, acquisitions, government relations, and crisis resolution
- In depth knowledge of the economic, political, and social aspects of primary gold exploration in Guinea
- M.Sc. in International Relations from GLC-Sonfonia University of Guinea and B.S. in Human Resource Management, from Guinean Institute GIT-COM; completion of several courses in Mining Administration
- Involved in the successful completion of the 2021 partnership contracts with Gainde Gold to form Sanu Gold Corp
Board of Directors
Vince Sorace
Executive Chairman
- Mining and technology entrepreneur with over 30 years of international business and capital markets experience
- Founded and led several resource and technology companies with assets and operations in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia
- Has raised over $300M in equity and debt financings
- Extensive experience in capital markets, operations & management and public company governance
- President & CEO of Kutcho Copper Corp, Chairman of E79 Resources Corp and Founder and Executive Chairman of MineHub Technologies Inc.
Martin Pawlitschek
President & CEO, Director
- International mining professional with over 20 years experience, who has held key management positions with a number of junior explorers, private equity investment funds, majors (BHP) and development companies (MDL, Teranga)
- Co-founder of several resource exploration companies across West Africa, South America, Europe and Australia
- Extensive experience with mining private equity investments including due diligence, exploration and resource upside evaluation, development projects and operations
Fatou S. Gueye
Director, Co-Founder
- Extensive experience as a senior executive in the Financial Services, Consulting and Mining industries in Australia, the US, and in Africa. Her experience in the Mining sector includes exploration and mining finance particularly for West African explorers and developers.
- Well developed network at the government and administrative level across several West African countries
- Has Provided expert advice to numerous publicly traded and privately held mining and finance companies operating in Africa and Australia
- Founder and Director of Jiwana Resources, a private Australian mining exploration company with assets in Senegal
Galen McNamara
Director
- Entrepreneur and Geologist with extensive discovery and capital markets experience over 15 years
- CEO and Director of Summa Silver Corp (TSXV:SSVR)
- Chairman of Angold Resources Inc (TSXV:AAU)
- Co-winner 2018 PDAC Bill Dennis “Prospector of the Year” Award and 2016 Mines and Money Exploration Award
- Former Senior Project Manager – Exploration & Development at NexGen Energy
Advisory Board
Dusko Ljubojevic
Advisor, Co-Founder
- Experienced resource industry executive and geologist with over 15 years of broad experience in the sector
- Currently serves as the CEO of ASX listed Raiden Resources and has served on the advisory board of a number of private resource companies; has served as a consultant and an advisor to private equity funds and global development companies, including Directorships in a number of resource startup companies
- Acted as an advisor to Barrick Gold Corporation’s Asset Development Group
Brett Richards
Advisor
- Over 34 years of experience in mining and metals including mine financing, mine development, senior level operations and M&A
- Previous CEO of Avocet Mining in Guinea
- Current CEO and Director of Goldshore Resources (CSE:GSHR)
- Former transition CEO of Roxgold (TSX:ROXG) and former senior executive of Katanga Mining (TSX:KAT)
- Former senior executive positions with Kinross Gold (TSX:K) and Co-Steel (TSX:CEI)
Peter Flindell
Advisor
- 35 years of experience in mineral exploration and feasibility studies
- 12 years with Newmont Mining, 11 years with Avocet Mining and 8 years with Signal Delta
- Previously EVP Exploration at Advocet Mining in Guinea
- Led teams to discover, develop and expand several gold and copper mines in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, West Africa, Central Africa, Europe and Central America
- Current VP Exploration of Goldshore Resources (CSE:GSHR)
Projects
3 High Quality Gold Projects
In Guinea, West Africa
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