Dr. Timothy Coughlin
President and Chief Executive Officer
BSc Geology, MSc Exploration and Mining Geology,PhD (structural geology)

Dr. Coughlin has 18 years of wide-ranging experience as an exploration and mining industry consultant and has held senior positions with major mining companies. Dr. Coughlin is a specialist in frontier mineral exploration and on mining investment in emerging and transitional environments. He has provided advice on country entry programs in the Caucasus, the Balkans, Colombia and Russia and has been integral in new and now operating grass-roots gold discoveries in South America and Australasia.

Roderick Corrie
Chief Financial Officer
MA Cambridge, ACIB, MSI

Mr. Corrie is a strategic advisor with experience in a variety of companies. He has held both executive and non-executive roles in corporate finance, health, property, technology, advertising, investment and manufacturing companies. Mr. Corrie has held senior positions within the banking industry, he is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and a Member of the Securities Institute. He is a non-executive director or the AIM listed Europa Oil & Gas PLC.

Dr. Hayk Aloyan
Managing Director, Armenia
PhD Ore Deposit Geology

Dr. Aloyan has 12 years of mining exploration industry experience. He was formerly Deputy Chief of the Geological Survey in the Armenian Mining and Metallurgical Institute. Dr. Aloyan is widely published on Armenian metallogenesis, he is also a specialist in resource estimation.

Naim Ibishi
Managing Director, Kosovo

Mr. Ibishi is a land and community relations specialist; he has 18 years of experience as a project manager and an extensive network of local contacts. Previously he was Project Manager for Hebel Ag of Germany.

Armen Martirosyan
Group Finance Controller

Mr. Martirosyan has 14 years experience in finance and economic from which 4 years in mining industry.  He has 7 years background as an auditor in Grand Thornton and 2 years he was Finance Manager of Deno Gold Mining Company. Mr. Martirosyan is member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Dr. Armen Stepanyan
Environmental Officer
BE Chemical Engineering, ME Environmental Engineering,
PhD (geoecology), MBA (major/finance)

Dr. Stepanyan has 9 years experience in environmental studies and 6 years as a researcher at the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. He was head of the central analytic laboratory of the Center for Ecological and Noosphere Studies of Armenia, participating in environmental projects funded by CRDF and NATO. He has worked as a water quality expert, and also as Senior Specialist-State Inspector on Radioactive Waste Management at the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority. Dr. Stepanyan has 9 published scientific articles and 3 patents.