Management

Ari Sussman, Chief Executive Officer

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.

Randy Reichert, President & Chief Operating Officer

Randy Reichert brings over 20 years of experience in mine operations to the Colossus team.  Prior to joining Colossus, Randy spent two years based in London as Chief Operating Officer with Orsu Metals Corp. and Oriel Resources plc.  With Orsu Metals, Randy was responsible for the Varvarinskoye gold-copper mine in Kazakhstan, and played a significant role guiding the operation through the ramp-up period, substantially improving mine productivity and cost management.  Randy held the same position with Oriel Resources where he was responsible for its operations.  Oriel Resources was acquired by Mechel for US$1.5 billion cash in 2008.

Prior to Oriel Resources, Randy worked for Bema Gold Corporation and Kinross Gold Corporation in Russia as General Manager for the Julietta Mine in Magadan before assuming an integral role as General Manager in the development of the Kupol Mine, a world-class high-grade and underground gold mine in Chukotka.   

Randy began his career with Cominco Ltd. working at the Polaris, Snip, and Sullivan mines in Canada .

Randy holds a BA.Sc (Mining and Mineral Processing) from University of British Colombia, an M.Sc (Engineering-Rock Mechanics) from Queen’s University, and a GDBA from Simon Fraser University.  

Vic Wall, PhD. Vice President of Exploration 

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.  In 2001, Dr. Wall was named the winner of  the Goldcorp Challenge. 

Augusto Kishida, PhD. Vice President of Business Development 

Dr. Kishida has over 35 years of experience in the mining industry with a primary focus in Brazil. He has held many high-level positions within various Brazilian companies, including General Manager Brazil for International Brazilian Goldfields, Principal Geologist for Mount Isa Mines Limited, General Manager Brazil for Consolidated Madison Holdings and various positions within Vale, formally known as Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, the largest iron ore mining company globally.

Dr. Kishida holds a BSc. in geology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, an MSc. in economic geology from Federal University of Bahia, Brazil and a PhD in geology from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He is a leader in modern day understanding of Archean Greenstone Belts and associated mineral deposits in Brazil. As well, he has published a number of important papers, including 3 major articles on economic geology.

In the mid 1980s, Dr. Kishida was the pioneer in attracting risk capital from junior exploration companies into Brazil. As a result, he has significant experience is setting up and operating Brazilian mining companies.

As an exploration geologist, he has been actively involved in many important discoveries in leadership capacities. Highlights include the discovery of the Fazenda Brasileiro gold deposit currently being mined by Yamana Gold Inc and the Catalao phosphate deposit being mined indirectly by majority owner Anglo American PLC.

Steve Poad, Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Poad has over 25 years experience in the mining industry. Most recently, he was the CFO for High River Gold, where he managed all financial activities for a company that is expected to produce about 300,000 ounces of gold in 2009. Prior to joining High River Gold, Mr. Poad held senior positions at several exploration companies and producing companies.

Christian Grainger, PhD., Principal Geologist

Christian Grainger is a geologist with over 10 years of experience in mineral exploration and development in Brazil. Dr. Grainger attended the University of Western Australia earning both his Bachelor of Science and Doctorate degrees, the latter of which was the subject of a thesis on the genesis of Colossus’ Serra Pelada deposit. Most recently, Dr. Grainger was  Senior Exploration Geologist with Troy Resources where he oversaw an exploration team of 30 people and was instrumental in the delineation of new resources and the evaluation of new acquisitions.

Heleno Costa, Vice President Operations, Serra Pelada 

Heleno Costa graduated as a geologist from the University of Brasília in 1976.  Mr. Costa has over 30 years of experience in gold, base-metal and scheelite exploration, project management, the negotiation of mineral opportunities within Brazil and environmental management for a number of mining and exploration companies, including INCO, where he served for a period of 11 years in various project management roles. Since 1992, he has been involved in the management of an environmental consultancy business, of which he was the Founding Director. In that capacity, Mr. Costa was involved with various mining and exploration companies throughout Brazil. Additionally, has served as the president of APROMIN, the Association of Mining Professionals within Brazil during the period 1988-1990.

Darci Lindenmayer, General Manager in Brazil

Darci Lindenmayer has over 20 years of experience in the mining industry. He has worked in many high-level capacities within Brazil’s National Department of Mineral Production (DNPM) between 1968 – 1972, from which he went on to work for various Canadian and Brazilian mining companies, including Vale. Mr. Lindenmayer has received many awards including a scholarship to attain his Master’s degree from the University of Western Ontario and an award from the Brazilian Ministry of Mining and Energy (1988). Many of his articles have been published in Brazil, Portugal and Canada.