Management

Ari Sussman, CEO

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

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.

Augusto Kishida, PhD. Vice President of Exploration 

Dr. Kishida has over thirty five years 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 Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD), which is the largest mining company in Brazil.

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 lead 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 1980’s 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.

John Ross, M.B.A., C.A.

John Ross has over 20 years experience in business, much of which was spent in the mining industry. John has a vast array of experience and knowledge of mining practices, much of which will be utilized as Colossus embarks on its aggressive growth phase. Most recently, Mr. Ross served as the CFO for FNX Mining and was instrumental as the Company transitioned from an exploration to a development company with a market cap of over $500 million. In prior years, Mr. Ross was the CFO for Iamgold Corporation and worked for Rio Algom Limited.

Christian Grainger, Ph.D., Principal Geologist

Christian Grainger is a bilingual geologist with over 10 years experience in mineral exploration and development in Brazil. Mr. 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, Mr. Grainger was a 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 has over 30 years 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 and management roles. Since 1992 has been involved in the management of an environmental consultancy business, of which he was the founding director, which has been 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.