MANAGEMENT and ADVISORS

Fabio Capponi
Chief Executive Officer, Director

Fabio Capponi has over 20 years of experience and a successful track-record in the natural resources and capital market industries. He has been involved in creating, structuring and selling natural resources companies worth over $5 billion working in Europe and both North and Latin America. Mr. Capponi is the founder of Western Atlas Resources and was Co-Founder of CB Gold Inc. where he also served as President and CEO from 2009 to 2015 (CB Gold was acquired in December 2015). Prior to that Mr. Capponi was with Endeavour Financial and has covered the Director and Management positions with private companies. Mr. Capponi holds a master’s degree in economics and business administration from the LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome, Italy

Susan Rubin CPA, CA
Chief Financial Officer

Susan Rubin is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CA) with over 20 years of experience in the junior mining exploration sector and the high tech sector, providing accounting and regulatory assistance to public companies.  She was most recently Chief Financial Officer of CB Gold Inc.  Prior to that, Susan was Chief Financial Officer of Ventana Gold Corp., Wildcat Silver Corp. and held various progressively senior management positions in finance and audit. Susan holds a Chartered Professional Accountant of Canada designation (CPA, CA).

Victor Torres
Senior Exploration Geologist

Victor Torres, is a geological engineer with over 15 years of experience in mining exploration and project development. His experience and skills span from project generation and evaluation, grass root exploration to pre-feasibility stage projects, in both Latin and North America. Prior to joining Western Atlas, Mr. Torres held senior positions in a number of exploration companies, including project geologist with Teck Cominco, Placer Dome, Antofagasta Minerals and as production geologist for Centromin Perú. Most recently, Mr. Torres was Chief Project Geologist with CB Gold Inc. Mr. Torres holds a BSc. in Geological Engineering from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos of Lima, Peru and is member of the Peruvian Engineers Association (CIP).

David Laing
Corporate Development and Technical Advisor

David Laing is a mining engineer with an extensive experience in the mining and banking industries including mining construction and operations, engineering studies, mining finance, investor relations, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate development. His most recent position was Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Equinox gold. Prior to Equinox Gold, David was the COO of True Gold Mining which developed a gold heap leaching operation in West Africa and COO and Executive VP of Quintana Resources Capital, a base metals streaming company. He was also one of the original executives of Endeavour Mining, a gold producer in West Africa. David currently serves as Director of several publicly listed companies including Fortuna Silver Mines and Sandspring Resources. Prior to these recent roles, David held senior positions in investment banking and debt advisory at Endeavour Financial, Standard Bank in New York, technical consulting at MRDI in California, the Refugio Project at Bema Gold Corp., and has held various roles at Billiton with operations in Peru, South Africa, and northern Chile.

Domingo Arnaldo Amaro Chacón
Corporate Development and Strategic Advisor, Latin America

Mr Amaro is a political advisor and businessman with over 15 years of experience in the Ibero-American region specializing in different sectors, including exploration and development of mineral projects, technology, and insurance. He is Founding Partner and Executive Chairman of INGEOMED, a Spanish Junior Mining company highly specialized in the exploration and development of energy and mining projects, with a particular focus on rare earths and critical minerals in Latin America. Mr. Amaro leads Venezuela’s largest insurance conglomerate comprising three companies, Seguros Altamira, Seguros Qualitas, and Proseguros and is currently the Latin-America Economic Advisor to a fmr. European premier and for Spanish Think-Tank GATE. In addition he is founder and partner of Inteligencia Prospectiva—a cutting-edge Spanish company dedicated to technology foresight, focusing on sustainable social and entrepreneurial projects with high social impact. Mr. Amaro holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance and Administration from Fordham University (New York, USA).