FRANZ KOZICH KOSCHITZKY
President & CEO
Mr. Franz Kozich-Koschitzky studied communications in 1969. He spent one year in Cardiff, UK expanding his knowledge of electronics. In 1972, he received his trading business licenses and started a wholesale and retail business in the fashion and textile business.
In early 1991, he started to focus on venture capital business in junior mining companies trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange. Since 2005, he has been serving on the board of Richmond Minerals Inc. as a director, CEO, and President. He also has been a board member and consultant for different companies.
BOGDAN NITESCU, PH.D.
Director
Dr. Nitescu is a professional geoscientist who trained both as a geophysicist and as a geologist. He obtained his Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Toronto in 2004 and has expertise with geophysical interpretations of the Kapuskasing Structural Zone and the Western Superior Province.
Since 2005, he has been actively involved in exploration work for gold, uranium, copper and diamonds with various junior exploration companies. In addition, his previous experience includes participation in government-funded research in the Bathurst Mining Camp and work as a lecturer in Geology at the University of Toronto. Dr. Nitescu is a member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario.
LEE BOWLES
Director
Lee Bowles is the Principal of Ironstone Capital Corporation, has been in the investment business since 1994, and has worked for several leading independent investment dealers in Toronto, New York, and London in the areas of fixed-income trading, investment banking, and institutional equity sales.
He is credited with helping build one of Canada’s leading resource-focused investment dealers. Most recently, he provided institutional equity sales coverage with a focus on European-based institutions.
PAUL MILLAR
Director
Mr. Millar has over 25 years of international real estate and finance experience having worked in New York, England, Hong Kong and now in Toronto, Canada.
Mr. Millar holds a B.Sc. in Land Management, an M.A. in Victorian Literature from the University of London, and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of London.
THOMAS BRUNNER
Director
Mr. Thomas Brunner is 50 years old, an Austrian citizen, and since 2014 his primary focus has been the Chairman & CEO of Swiss private limited company Aurex Biomining AG. (“Aurex”). Aurex is the owner of a 100% interest in Austrian Silbermine Zeiring GmbH, which is the developer of the Austrian gold project Pusterwald, and former project operator of the Oberzeiring Polymetallic Project that was purchased by Canadian-based Richmond Minerals Inc. on November 5, 2019. Mr. Brunner also operates his own private Austrian energy brokerage (in the areas of electricity & natural gas).
After studying communications engineering and electronics at the Technical University of Steyr, Mr. Brunner started his own company in 1989, at that time one of Austria’s youngest entrepreneurs at age 19. He has founded and was a partner in various other ventures, working in positions such as manager, managing director, and CEO. Over the past 25 years, Mr. Brunner has been a strategic investor in several exploration & mining companies on various continents around the world. During his professional career, Mr. Brunner has developed fundamental geological and geophysical knowledge and is familiar with the implementation of modern exploration techniques in current exploration programs.