Management

• Ari Sussman, Executive Chairman (click to view more)

  Mr. Sussman, Executive Chairman, has over 15 years of experience in the natural resources and investment markets sectors. Having dedicated the majority of his career to the natural resources industry, Mr. Sussman has been instrumental in sourcing, funding and developing high-quality mineral assets. During his career, Mr. Sussman has built a strong network of business contacts throughout Latin America, and in the past decade has raised over $500 million for various ventures. Presently, he also serves as CEO of Continental Gold Limited a high-grade gold project in Colombia. Previously, Mr. Sussman was involved in Titanium Corporation Inc. Mr. Sussman is currently on the board of Dalradian Resources.

• Claudio Mancuso, President and Chief Executive Officer (click to view more)

  Mr. Mancuso has over 10 years experience in the mining industry and capital markets. Prior to joining Colossus, he served as Vice President, Treasurer of Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited, a position he held since January 2009. Prior to that appointment, he served Agnico-Eagle in various financial management positions. Prior to joining Agnico-Eagle in 2002, he held positions at the Ontario Securities Commission and BDO Dunwoody LLP, a public accounting firm. Mr. Mancuso is a graduate of the University of Waterloo and is a Chartered Accountant.

• Paulo de Tarso Serpa Fagundes, Chief Operating Officer (click to view more)

  Mr. Fagundes has 30 years experience in the mining industry and brings strong operating experience specifically in South American mining projects. Mr. Fagundes was most recently General Manager of the Mercedes Mine in Mexico for Yamana Desenvolvimento Mineral Ltda. where he was responsible for the development of the underground gold mine, and from 2007 to 2009 he was General Manager of Yamana's San Andres Mine in Honduras where he was responsible for operations, administration and a successful expansion of the project. He previously held senior operating positions with Camargo Correa Group, a Brazilian conglomerate and Companhia Brasileira do Cobre, a Brazilian mining company, where he was Manager of the Sao Luiz underground mine.

  Mr. Fagundes graduated from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in 1981 with a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering, and from Universidade de São Paulo in 1999 with an MBA in Business Management - Human Resources. Mr. Fagundes is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish and English.

• Alden Greenhouse, CFA, Chief Financial Officer (click to view more)

  Mr. Greenhouse has over 10 years capital markets experience. Prior to joining Colossus, Mr. Greenhouse held various senior positions within RBC Capital Markets in commodity risk management, foreign-exchange and fixed income. Prior to joining RBC, Mr. Greenhouse was a Senior Analyst at Dominion Bond Rating Service. Mr. Greenhouse is a graduate of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University (B.Com), the London School of Economics, University of London (M.Sc.), and he holds the CFA designation from the CFA Institute.

• Vic Wall, PhD VP Exploration (click to view more)

  Dr. 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 (click to view more)

  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.

• Ann Wilkinson, Vice President Investor Relations (click to view more)

  Ms Wilkinson possesses over 20 years experience in the mining industry in the investor relations and other management roles. Prior to joining Colossus, Ann served as Vice President, Investor Relations of Breakwater Resources Ltd., a position she held from October 2005. Preceding that appointment she was Breakwater's Corporate Secretary. Before joining Breakwater in 1995 she held a number of roles with several capital market firms and a couple of junior gold exploration companies. Ms Wilkinson has a B.A. (Economics) from the University of Western Ontario.

• Jason Brooks, CA, Vice President Finance (click to view more)

  Mr. Brooks has more than 10 years of finance and accounting experience in the mining industry. He most recently served as Assistant Controller of NewGold Inc., an intermediate gold producer. Previously, he spent six years with Barrick Gold Corporation in various financial management positions. Prior to joining Barrick, he spent five years at BDO Dunwoody LLP, a public accounting firm. Mr. Brooks is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario and is a Chartered Accountant.

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