Board of Directors

Ari Sussman, Chairman of the Board 

Ari Sussman has over 10 years of experience in both the resources and investment markets. During his career, Ari has built a strong network of business contacts throughout Latin America.  These contacts have lead to the evaluation of multiple business opportunities.  From 1998-2004, Ari was a key partner in Titanium Corporation Inc. as he helped guide the company from inception to over $100 million in market capitalization. 

Vic Wall PhD, President, 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, exploration, consulting and research industries. Following a career in Australian and North American academe, he held senior positions in 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 which provides geoscientific services to mineral companies and government agencies, worldwide. 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 and winning the Goldcorp Challenge. 

Greg Hall, 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, of which the last five years he served as Chief Geologist -World Wide. Placer Dome was acquired by Barrick Gold Corporation in early 2006.  Over the course of his illustrious career, Mr. Hall was directly involved in a senior capacity in 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, 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 the Manager, Metallurgy and Process Development 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 and the Bulyanhulu mine in Tanzania.

Patrick F.N. Anderson, Director

Patrick F.N. Anderson has over 14 years experience working in all aspects of the exploration business. After graduating from the University of Toronto geology program he moved to the jungles of southern Venezuela and worked as the resident project geologist on a successful kimberlite exploration program. Since then he has been a consulting geologist on gold, base metals and diamond projects in South America, North America and Europe for junior explorers, major producers and consulting firms to the mineral industry. Mr. Anderson co-founded Aurelian Resources Inc. and was one of the discoverers of the Condor Project, which hosts the FDN epithermal gold-silver deposit.

Douglas Reeson, 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. Reesons 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. Mr. Reeson resides in Toronto and holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from York University. He was elected to the Board in 2007.