Management & Directors

Zayn Kalyan

Zayn Kalyan

CEO & Director

Zayn Kalyan is an experienced investment banker and business development executive. Starting his career as a software engineer, his background in the “ground-up” development of startup technology companies serves as his foundation in finance. As a partner at Altus Capital Partners, Zayn has played an instrumental role in the origination of over $50 million in financing. Zayn has served in upper management and on the boards of multiple public companies since 2014.


Harrison Pokrandt

Harrison Pokrandt

VP Exploration

With over eight years of experience in mineral exploration, Mr. Pokrandt has developed extensive geologic knowledge working on various styles of gold deposits worldwide. His global experience includes projects in Canada, Nevada, Uzbekistan, Finland, Japan, and Mali. Primarily with major producer B2Gold, he has been involved in projects and mines at all stages of development, from grassroots exploration to active mining operations. Notable projects he has worked on include B2Gold’s Fekola, Skeena Resources’s Eskay Creek, and most recently B2Gold’s Back River Project. Additionally, Mr. Pokrandt serves as an Independent Director of Saga Metals Corp.


Andrea Yuan

Andrea Yuan

CFO

Andrea a CPA, CGA in British Columbia, Canada, and also a CPA in New Hampshire, USA. She has many years experience as an auditor of public companies as well as from working in China. She specialize in providing accounting, financial and management consulting to venture companies listed on TSX-V, CSE, OTCBB and ASX. Over 20+ years in the industry, Andrea has significant experience in public company mergers & acquisitions, reverse take-overs, initial public offerings and CPC qualifying transactions.


Michael Townsend

Michael Townsend

Independent Director

Mr. Townsend has extensive experience in corporate finance spanning over 25 years and 30 years in Capital Markets. Mr. Townsend is one of the founding partners of Altus Capital Partners, a boutique investment bank based in Vancouver, B.C. Altus has been involved in raising over $180-million in equity financings over the past five years. Mr. Townsend co-founded Hemptown, Patriot One Technologies Inc., and Body and Mind Inc., Raytec Metals Corp., and previously served as CEO of Lateegra Gold Corp. and CEO of West Hawk Development Corp.


Ian Dawson, BA, MBA

Ian Dawson, BA, MBA

Independent Director

Ian G. Dawson BA, MBA, President Dawson Group Limited.  The Dawson Group is primarily involved in Construction (1922), Road Maintenance (1988) and Truck Sales, Service and Leasing (1991).


William M. Sheriff

William M. Sheriff

Independent Director

Mr. Sheriff is an entrepreneur with over 40 years of experience in the minerals industry; has raised over $500 MM in the public markets and has extensive experience with mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Sheriff was co-founder and Chairman of Energy Metals Corp. where he was responsible for compiling the largest domestic uranium resource base in US history before the company was acquired by Uranium One Corp for $1.8 Billion in 2007. He currently serves as Chairman of Nuclear Fuels Inc. and C2C Metals Corp, both publicly-traded companies. Mr. Sheriff holds a B.Sc. degree (Geology) from Fort Lewis College, Colorado and an MSc in Mining Geology from the University of Texas-El Paso.


Chris Zerga

Chris Zerga

Director

Chris Zerga has been with Scorpio Gold since its inception in 2009 and was the General Manager for the Company’s Mineral Ridge and Goldwedge projects. He was also President of Scorpio Gold from August 2016 to July 2021 and remains a technical advisor to the Company. He has over 35 years of mining operations and management experience in Nevada with Freeport McMoran, Anglo Gold, Minorco, Newmont and Queenstake.

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