Directors and Officers

Patrick Brandl, Interim CEO/President, Director

Patrick holds a master’s degree in law and business administration. He began his career as a global commodity trader, quickly advancing to the Board of Directors, overseeing global export and processing operations. He later became a Board Member and 40% shareholder in a Swiss trading firm, also assuming the role of CEO and 40% owner of the Russia & Baltic States Subsidiary for a major European processing & retail company.

Patrick then transitioned into corporate finance and investment banking, where he became a partner at a US boutique and later at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), leading the firm’s corporate finance practice in Austria & CEE.

He subsequently served as the head of global investment banking for the Swiss Valartis Banking Group. Following a management buy-out, Patrick became the Senior Partner of bgm Partners Group, a Switzerland and Austria-based firm specializing in investment banking and corporate finance services for the commodity & mining industries, with additional investments in the mining & minerals processing sector. Patrick is a seasoned entrepreneur with board memberships in various entities across the commodity trading & processing and mining sectors.

George Sookochoff, Director & Chairman

George Sookochoff has over 35 years of experience in the junior mining sector serving as CEO, President and Director of several junior mining companies.

He has also provided consulting services through his company CanKor Capital Inc.,  in the area of project development, exploration data analysis, and digital marketing for numerous junior companies 

George holds a Commerce Degree (Marketing-Computer Sciences) from the University of British Columbia.

Gary Musil, Director

Gary Musil has more than 30 years of management and financial consulting experience and has served as an officer and director on numerous public companies since 1988. This experience has resulted in his overseeing the financial aspects and expenditures on exploration projects in Peru, Chile, Eastern Europe (Slovak Republic), and British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick (Canada). Prior to this, he was employed for 15 years with Dickenson Mines Ltd. and Kam-Kotia Mines Ltd. as a Controller for the producing silver/lead/zinc mine in the interior of British Columbia Canada.

Michael Kriebel, Director

Mr. Michael Kriebel is Head of Accounting at Berlin based HMS Bergbau AG.

HMS is a public company which trades on the Deutsche Börse exchange (HMU), Berlin Stock Exchange (HMUG) and Frankfurt Stock Exchange (HMU.DE)

HMS is one of the leading independent commodity trading companies in Germany. Its core business is the international purchase and sale of energy commodities, metals, ores and other renewable raw materials. Currently, the company is actively expanding towards commodity production and logistical solutions.

Nancy Kawazoe, Secretary/CFO

Ms. Nancy Kawazoe brings more than 34 years of finance and venture capital market experience, primarily in the mining sector. She works directly with mining executives and directors in regulatory and financial reporting matters