FRANZ KOZICH KOSCHITZKY
President & CEO
Mr. Franz Kozich-Koschitzky studied communications in 1969. He spent one year in Cardiff, UK expanding his knowledge in 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 of different companies.
WARREN HAWKINS, P.ENG.
Exploration Manager
Mr. Warren Hawkins received a Bachelor of Applied Science in Geological Engineering from the University of Waterloo in 1989 focussing in the areas of economic geology and geophysics.
Over the past 20 years Mr. Hawkins has provided consulting services in the areas of exploration project management, core logging, diamond drill supervision, prospecting, geophysical surveying, and property assessment filing, as well as NI 43-101 compliant report and news release preparation. Mr. Hawkins also spent 10 years as an Investment Advisor with various IIROC member firms focussing on investments in junior mining issuers. Mr. Hawkins is a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101.
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.
VICTORIA KUKLINA
CFO
Ms. Kuklina is a CPA, CGA with over 10 years of financial leadership experience in various industries including mining and exploration. Victoria has effectively designed the Company’s financial systems and controls from the ground up and has established efficient processes and procedures that allow the Company to operate cost-effectively.
Victoria continues to establish accurate and competitive projections for contracts, oversee accounting and administrative functions, and execute year-end procedures, financial reporting, and taxation documentation.
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.
FRANCIS JAGODITS, P.ENG.
Geophysicist
Providing specifications for airborne and ground surveys, supervising and interpreting the surveys, general consulting on geophysical methods, and lecturing on specific geophysical applications. A selection of Canadian clients: Phelps Dodge Corporation of Canada, Sage Gold Inc, Hornby Bay Minerals Exploration Ltd., Unor Inc., Kerr Gold Mines., Trigg, Wollett Consultants Ltd., Nevsun Resources, Richmond Mineral Inc.,
Crowflight Minerals Inc., Carina Energy Inc., Gossan Resources, Leeward Capital Corp., Kirrin Resources Inc.
United Nations: supervising the interpretation of airborne magnetic–radiometric surveys results from Sarawak, Malaysia, setting specifications for further airborne surveying covering Sarawak, Malaysia: seminar for the members of the Geological Survey of Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching.
Affiliations:
- Member of the Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of Ontario (P.Eng.)
- Canadian Exploration Geophysical Society
- Canadian-Hungarian Engineers’ Association, Society of Exploration Geophysicists
- Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada
- Past member, Committee on Exploration and Classification of Earth Materials
- Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, USA
- Past Member, Working Group on Geoscience, Canadian Advisory Committee on Remote Sensing
- Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources
- Past Member, Geological Section Committee, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy