Deepak Varshney is a professional geologist with over 15 years of experience in the capital markets and mineral exploration and development sector. He has developed long-standing relationships with an extensive network of high net worth retail investors, brokers, and private equity group, and has personally raised over 40 million in the past three years. He is and has been senior management and a director of multiple publicly traded issuers and holds a Bachelor of Science in Earth Sciences from Simon Fraser University.
Khalid Naeem is a Canadian Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) with over 15 years of financial and executive experience. Mr. Naeem has extensive experience in tax and compliance, public and private enterprises’ financial policy, management and internal financial reporting, including senior roles at junior mining and oil and gas public companies and the Canada Revenue Agency.
Mr. Varshney has had a four-decade career in the capital markets and mineral exploration and development sector where he has acted as president, CEO (chief executive officer) and CFO (chief financial officer) of multiple Toronto Stock Exchange-listed issuers and served on many public company boards. He brings significant experience specializing in developing, structuring and financing venture capital companies, specifically in the mining and technology sectors, with over $30-million raised in the past decade in his public and private ventures.
Adrian Smith, P.Geo., B.Sc., has worked as a professional geologist for over fifteen years with experience working in the Mining and Exploration industries. Mr. Smith began working for Exploration Companies as an Underground Mine Geologist in the Shasta Gold-Silver Mine in Northern BC. He then began work for North American Tungsten Corp. at the Cantung Mine in the Northwest Territories where he was involved in successfully identifying, modeling, and producing ore in addition to known reserves. Since then Mr. Smith has taken his mining and exploration experience from underground and applied it to exploration projects across Canada and the United States. Currently Mr. Smith is CEO of First Atlantic Nickel Corp.
David “Dave” Ellett is a former defenseman in the National Hockey League who enjoyed a successful 16-year career primarily playing for the Winnipeg Jets and Toronto Maple Leafs. During his NHL career, he co-founded ProIce Management, a wealth management company geared towards professional athletes. After his retirement from the NHL, he continued with ProIce and other business ventures which included owning and managing an automotive dealership, a CHL franchise and working in the mining industry as a director of a a number of junior mining companies with a focus on logistics, fundraising, and project acquisition.
Leif Smither has had a successful three decade career in the mineral exploration industry as an investor, office, and director of multiple publicly listed companies. He brings both strong technical and management skills to the company and his experience includes a 4-year stint as the Head of Corporate Development for Starfield Resources Inc., a TSX-V Tier 1 issuer and now TSX issuer where he was involved in financing one of the largest undeveloped nickel copper deposits.