Management

Karim Rayani

Karim Rayani is a mining executive and capital markets strategist with extensive experience financing and advancing early-stage exploration and development assets through the full project lifecycle, from resource definition through to advanced-stage development. His work spans multiple jurisdictions and includes capital formation, corporate structuring, and strategic development within the resource sector, with experience on projects and companies that have achieved market capitalizations exceeding $300 million.

He also holds the position of Chair of R7 Investments, a UAE-based global family office focused on long-term capital allocation into hard assets, with an emphasis on gold, critical minerals, and energy.

Karim is also Executive Chairman and CEO of Ibero Mining Corp. and Executive Chairman and CEO of Skull Ridge Gold Corp.

At Falcon Gold Corp., he focuses on capital markets strategy and financing execution to advance the company’s Canadian exploration portfolio, positioned within a premier mining jurisdiction characterized by strong infrastructure and supportive regulatory conditions, and within the broader Hammond Reef area, which hosts one of Canada’s significant gold deposits.

Brian Crawford

Mr. Crawford, CPA, CA, holds a B. Com. from the University of Toronto and brings extensive experience as a senior financial executive. He has held positions in both public and private companies and has served as a partner in a national firm of chartered professional accountants. Brian is a founder and/or co-founder of several companies currently listed on the TSXV (TSX Venture Exchange) or the CSE (Canadian Securities Exchange). Presently, Brian serves as a Director, Corporate Secretary, and/or CFO of multiple TSXV or CSE listed companies, which include Colibri Resource Corporation, Searchlight Resources Inc., CBLT Inc., and Tempus Capital Inc.

Michelle Suzuki

Ms. Suzuki brings more than 20 years of experience in capital markets, investor communications and shareholder engagement. She is the President of Wailea Capital Advisory and advises public and pre-public companies on strategic positioning, investor communications and market visibility initiatives. Prior to founding Wailea Capital Advisory in 2021, she spent over two decades with Stockhouse Publishing Ltd., where she worked closely with management teams across the mining, energy, technology and emerging growth sectors, supporting investor awareness, shareholder communications and capital markets strategies. Her experience spans investor relations, corporate communications, market strategy and shareholder engagement initiatives across both Canadian and U.S. capital markets, bringing valuable public company and investor communications expertise to the Board.

Aaron Kemp

Mr. Kemp holds an impressive track record in the mining sector, particularly in Latin American jurisdictions. His expertise spans various aspects of mine engineering roles, including project management, resource estimation, environmental sustainability, operational optimization, and mine development. Mr. Kemp has earned recognition for his contributions and achievements. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mining engineering and is a member of several industry associations dedicated to promoting best practices and sustainable mining.

For the past 7 years, Aaron has been overseeing producing operations, currently, he is an Advanced Mine Specialist for CODELCO a state-owned copper mining company based in Santiago Chile. It is the largest copper producing company in the world producing 11% of the world supply. Mr. Kemp overseas the operations (leading approximately 240 people per shift). Prior to this posting, he was the mine manager for Altiplano Metals Group where he was responsible for permitting and approvals with the Chilean Government for development and mine approvals of several projects.

Ian Graham

Mr. Graham is an accomplished mining executive with over 20 years of international experience exploring for and developing mineral deposits. He has spent over half of his career working for major mining companies, including roles at Rio Tinto and Anglo American. Mr. Graham possesses industrial minerals experience and is well known for his successes within the diamond sector. From 1990-1994, Mr. Graham acted as Principal Geologist in exploration for Anglo American and partner in De Beers Group’s South Africa division. In 1994, he joined Rio Tinto in Canada as the evaluation manager for the Diavik diamond mine, then went on to become Chief Geologist for diamonds with Rio Tinto’s Project Generation Group. During his 15 years at Rio Tinto, Ian was involved with the evaluation and pre-development of several projects, including the Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories and the Resolution copper deposit in Arizona. While at Rio Tinto, he also oversaw permitting for the Eagle Nickel mine in Michigan and played a key role in developing the initial economic assessment for the Bunder Diamond Project in India. Following his departure from Rio Tinto, Ian led the formation of a company with the intent of acquiring the Jadar lithium project in Serbia from Rio Tinto, though Rio Tinto did not proceed with the divestment. Mr. Graham also served as CEO from November 2015- February 2017, for United Energy Corp. (a Nevada lithium project). Mr. Graham is a geologist with a B.Sc. in Geology and Applied Geology and a B.Sc. (Honors) in Geology from the University of Natal in South Africa.