Board of Directors

Ari Sussman, Chairman of the Board 

Ari Sussman has over 10 years of experience in both the resources and investment markets. Having dedicated the majority of his career to the natural resources industry, Mr. Sussman co-founded Titanium Corporation Inc in 2000. and spear-headed its business strategy to develop technology to extract titanium and zircon from the tailing of the open-pit oil sands producers in Canada.  The Company grew from inception to a valuation of over $100 million in five years.  Mr. Sussman has a strong network of business contacts globally and have raised over $150 million for the various companies he has been involved with  to date.

Vic Wall PhD, Director, Q.P. 

Vic Wall brings to the Colossus team a wealth of expertise and experience in the generation, acquisition and evaluation of precious, base metal and energy mineral projects. Dr. Wall is a geologist with 35 years in the minerals mining, consulting, and exploration and research industries. Following a career in Australian and North American academes, he held senior positions in a number of multinational major and junior minerals companies. A Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, Dr. Wall is Principal of Taylor Wall & Associates, a Brisbane-based consultancy that provides geoscientific services to mineral companies and government agencies, worldwide. His professional highlights include the targeting and acquisition of gold and base metal deposits on several continents, developing new models for precious, base metal and energy mineral systems. Between 1989 and 1996, Dr. Wall served as the Principal Geologist and Chief Geologist, Project Generation for MIM Exploration Pty. Ltd.  In 2001, Dr. Wall was named the winner of  the Goldcorp Challenge. 

Greg Hall, Director, Q.P.

Greg Hall is a seasoned geologist with over 35 years of international experience. From 1988-2005, he was employed by the Placer Dome group of companies, serving as Chief Geologist -World Wide during the last five years he was there. Placer Dome was later acquired by Barrick Gold Corporation in early 2006.  Over the course of his illustrious career, Mr. Hall had a senior rolein the discoveries of both Barrick Gold's Granny Smith mine and Rio Tinto's Yandi iron ore mine. In addition, he took part in the discoveries of Keringal and Wallaby in Australia's Eastern Goldfields, as well as the definition of AngloGold Ashanti's Sunrise gold mine. Mr. Hall holds a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of New South Wales, Australia.
 

John Frostiak^1,2, P. Eng. Director and Q.P.

John Frostiak is a registered professional engineer in the province of Ontario and a member of of the Canadian Institute of Mining Metallurgy and Petroleum.  Currently, Mr. Frostiak is Corporate Project Manager for Barrick Gold Corporation.  In prior years,  he held  other positions within Barrick Gold Corporation and was responsible for numerous technical accomplishments, including leading the development of the process plant and surface facilities for both the Pierina mine in Peru, the Bulyanhulu mine in Tanzania, and Cowal mine in Australia.

Patrick F.N. Anderson^1,2, Director

Patrick F. N. Anderson, Director: Since graduating from the University of Toronto's geology program 15 years ago, Mr. Anderson has been a consulting geologist on gold, base metals and diamond projects for junior explorers, major producers and mineral industry consulting firms in South America, North America and Europe. Mr. Anderson was the President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Aurelian Resources Inc., a company he co-founded, prior to its takeover by Kinross Gold Corporation. Mr. Anderson currently sits on the boards of Colossus Minerals Inc., Noront Resources Ltd. and U3O8 Corp Inc. He was named Mining Man of the Year by the Northern Miner in 2009 and received the Thayer Lindsley award for international discovery from the PDAC in 2008. He was named Mining Man of the Year by the Northern Miner in 2009 and received the Thayer Lindsley award for international discovery from the PDAC in 2008.

Douglas Reeson^1,2, M.B.A. Director

Douglas Reeson is a business executive and an independent financial consultant with experience as an officer and director of a number of junior public companies. Currently Mr. Reeson is the CEO of Gossan Resources Ltd. and a director of Mega Uranium Ltd. In prior years, he held a number of positions in the investment industry, including the Executive Director of Listings for the Toronto Stock Exchange, Vice-President and Director of Davidson Partners, Midland Doherty & Yorkton Securities and, earlier, as an Investment Analyst at Burns-Fry.

¹Member of the Audit Committee
²Member of the Compensation Committee