Mr. Rayani for the past 15 years has been focused on financing both domestic and international mineral exploration and development projects. Mr. Rayani is currently Chief Executive Officer, Director of Falcon Gold Corp.; Chair of R7 Capital Ventures Ltd.; Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of District 1 Exploration Corp. Prior to these postings he worked independently as a management consultant and financier to companies in the junior mining, biomedical and technology sectors raising over $100 Million in the last few years, for both public and private companies. Mr. Rayani brings an extensive network of contacts throughout North America and Europe with a focus on Institutional accounts.
Mr. Rieche has a BA in Economics and has 25 years experience in International project management, logistics planning and corporate finance having worked with resource based industries and financial institutions worldwide. He has helped to develop and finance mining projects in both North America and South America along with energy projects, oil and gas projects, fisheries projects and forestry projects in many different areas of the world. Mr. Rieche has worked with NGO’s and was a lead consultant in preparing a report submitted to the United Nations which examined options for legitimizing the mining of coltan and tantalum in National Parks and Wildlife refuges in the Congo. Mr. Rieche is a co-founder of and partner in SKU Media Corp., a public relations and marketing company and various other internet and media based companies.
Mr. Balderson has over 20 years of capital markets experience having worked in both public and private practice. Mr. Balderson is a senior officer and director of several TSX Venture listed companies and currently runs a private consulting practice Harmony Corporate Services Ltd., providing corporate advisory, accounting, filing and secretarial services to a multitude of publicly traded companies. Prior to his years in private business, Mr. Balderson was an investment advisor at Union Securities and Georgia Pacific Securities and is a University of British Columbia graduate in Marketing and Sales Management. ed companies.
Mr. Luchinski is an experienced board member, having served as an officer/ director of many TSX Venture listed issuers, starting his career with the Richard Hughes Group. He is well versed in corporate governance -compliance and the administration of publicly traded companies.