Management
David Kol
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
A serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in capital markets, M&A, and executive management across the mineral resource, media and entertainment, and technology sectors, David has raised over US$100 million in equity and debt financing across a range of ventures. He is the Founder and CEO of Zodiac Gold Inc. (TSXV: ZAU | OTCQB: ZAUIF), a West Africa gold exploration company, and has held senior leadership roles at Global Media Group Holdings, Global Media Ventures, The Players Network, and Interactive Enterprises. David is also a Founding Partner of Global Frontier Advisors, a U.S.-based strategic advisory firm that helps corporations, governments, and investors navigate and invest in geopolitically complex frontier and emerging markets, with a focus on critical minerals, energy, defense, and artificial intelligence.
David has spent more than 17 years working throughout West Africa and serves as Co-Chair of the Overseas Security Advisory Council – Liberia and Vice President of the Liberia Chamber of Mines. He also sits on the board of U.S. Strategic Resources Inc., a critical minerals and rare-earth exploration company advancing assets in West Africa.
Tom Dowrick
Director of Exploration
Tom Dowrick is a seasoned Chartered Geologist with 17 years of experience in the mining and exploration industry. Since 2011, he has been a driving force at ACA Howe International Limited, where he serves as Managing Director.
In this role, he manages a range of geological and mining consultancy projects around the globe, including serving as a consultant on Zodiac Gold’s Todi Project in the Republic of Liberia, West Africa. Mr. Dowrick has substantial experience in West Africa, having completed field and desk-based reviews of the exploration activities of both public and private companies in Liberia, Mali, Guinea, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Mozambique, in addition to projects in Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, and Australia.
Peter Granata
Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary
Peter Granata has more than 18 years of experience in finance and operations management within global organizations. He is a dynamic, results-oriented professional with executive positions in TSXV companies and, prior to these, served as an Audit Manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Peter has prepared financial statements, MD&A, news releases, mine permitting applications and project cash flows.
With PricewaterhouseCoopers he performed audits for Canadian IFRS, US GAAP reconciliations, Special Purpose Financial Statements and has executed Group reporting under Canadian GAAP. His experience includes CFO for TSXV entities, capital raising, international corporate structures, client engagement, C-suite & directors’ engagement, M&A, financing, investor relations, related party transactions, and finance transformation. Peter has a B. Bus and is a Chartered Accountant.