Management
John Gomez
President, CEO & Director
Mr. Gomez is an entrepreneur that has founded and managed private businesses in mining, technology, and sports. Prior to being a founder of Inomin, Mr. Gomez founded and was president of a private gold exploration company in Colombia. Under his leadership, the company acquired strategic mineral interests in some of the country’s top gold districts. Mr. Gomez also founded and was President of U3O8 Media Inc. a leading news provider for investors on the uranium market. The U3O8.biz model was used to establish the Investing News Network. His consulting company provides marketing, corporate development and funding services to select public and private companies. Mr. Gomez has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Victoria.
Victor Jaramillo
VP, Exploration & Director
Mr. Jaramillo, M.Sc., P.Geo, is an international geological consultant with over 30 years of experience in the mining industry. Mr. Jaramillo has worked for major and junior mining companies as senior project geologist, technical director, chief mine geologist and exploration and mine manager. His work has included regional exploration, property assessment, resource estimation and mine operations. He has worked in Canada, the United States and Latin America. Most of his experience in the last 25 years has been focused on precious metal deposits.
Ari M. Shack
Corporate Secretary & Director
Mr. Shack has practiced throughout his career as a commercial solicitor advising both public and private companies. Mr. Shack has extensive experience advising clients in relation to day-to- day commercial transactions and operations. In addition, Mr. Shack has experience advising private and public companies on corporate finance matters, including securities issuances and secured lending. Mr. Shack also assists clients with corporate structuring and reorganizations, including transactions involving amalgamations, continuations, dissolutions and tax motivated transactions. Mr. Shack is qualified to practice law in British Columbia and holds both a Bachelor of Commerce degree (1993) and a Bachelor of Laws degree (1997).
Anil Jiwani
Chief Financial Officer & Director
Mr. Jiwani CPA, CA, has considerable business, accounting, and audit experience with public and private companies, currently also serving as the Chief Financial Officer of multiple reporting issuers. He is also Chief Operating Officer of Avisar Everyday Solutions Ltd., a company that provides a wide range of financial services to growing businesses. Mr. Jiwani holds a Bachelors of Accounting and Information Technology degree from the University of Texas, Dallas, and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants since 2010.
Independent Directors and Advisors
Mitchell Smith
Independent Director
Mr. Smith sits on the board of several private and public natural resource companies, having over 15 years of executive leadership, entrepreneurship and capital markets experience, particularly in the battery and energy metals sectors. Mitchell has identified and negotiated the acquisition of multi-jurisdictional mining projects in North America, Europe, and Australia and was responsible for establishing off-take and EPC contracts with leading specialized lithium-ion battery cathode material companies. Mr. Smith is Partner, Mining & Metals at Moneta Securities, Director of the Battery Metal Association of Canada, Founder, CEO and Director of Global Energy Metals Corp., Director of AE Fuels Corporation and Non-Executive Chairman at Fulcrum Metals PLC.
James T. White
Independent Director
Mr. White is an entrepreneur and private investor based in Florida. He started his first business, J&W Group of Companies, at age 12, built it over the following years, and sold it to his family in 2006 to pursue venture capital. Mr. White has since founded, scaled, and exited businesses in education technology, consumer products, marketplaces, and biometrics, and invests in real estate, software, education, mining, and natural resources.
Bruce Winfield
Advisor
Mr. Winfield, M.Sc., P.Geo, over 40 years experience in the minerals industry as a geologist, corporate executive and consultant. Following 14 years with major mining companies Texasgulf Inc. and Boliden Inc., he held the position of VP Exploration for Greenstone Resources and Eldorado Gold Corporation leading to the exploration and development of five gold deposits. Subsequently as President and or CEO he has led companies exploring primarily in South America for the last twenty years.
Jason Libenson
Advisor
Based in Toronto, Jason Libenson is the President and Chief Compliance Officer at Castlewood Capital Corporation, an independent investment bank in the Canadian small to mid-size capitalization market. Jason has served as an independent director on the boards of various TSX-V companies and is licensed by the Canadian Securities Institute. Mr. Libenson holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from John Molson School of Business at Concordia University, with a specialty in international business.
Morten Stahl
Advisor
Based in Denmark, Morten Stahl is an entrepreneur, seasoned climate tech investor, and the founder of Natural Hydrogen Ventures, the world’s first investment fund dedicated to the emerging natural hydrogen industry. The fund invests globally in early-stage private companies focused on exploration and related technologies. Mr. Stahl is a recognized expert with an in-depth perspective on the natural hydrogen industry, focusing on commercialization, market access, certification, technology, project financing, and investment.