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About Us
Copper Giant is part of the Fiore Group, a private and well-established Canadian organization known for building successful, high-impact companies across the natural resource sector. Copper Giant was formed with a singular focus: to advance high-quality copper projects beyond resource definition— responsibly, efficiently, and with long-term positive impact.
The Company is led by a team with uncommon experience, having successfully taken some of the few major copper mines developed in the past two decades from discovery through to construction.
Copper Giant’s current focus is the Mocoa copper-molybdenum deposit in southern Colombia, one of the largest undeveloped resources of its kind in the Americas. Recent exploration success has revealed potential well beyond its original footprint, highlighting Mocoa as a broader district-scale opportunity —and the catalyst for the Company’s name and evolution.
Guided by the values of respect and responsibility, and grounded in its Good Neighbor philosophy, Copper Giant is committed to creating enduring values for all stakeholders and playing a meaningful role in the global energy transition.
Board of Directors
Robert Van Egmond
Rob van Egmond is a geologist with over 35 years of international exploration and mining experience. His career spans from early-stage project generation to pre-feasibility resource development. He has worked with majors such as Cominco, BHP, and Kennecott, and with juniors including Orex Minerals, Platinum Group Metals, Candente, Northern Dynasty, and Keewatin across the Americas and Africa. As Country Manager for Candente Copper (Alta Copper) in Peru, he led the Cañariaco copper-gold porphyry to a PEA-stage deposit exceeding one billion tonnes. He holds a B.Sc. in Geological Sciences from the University of British Columbia and is a member of Engineers and Geoscientists BC (EGBC). He currently serves as VP Exploration at Dolly Varden Silver Corp.
Mark Gibson
Mark Gibson brings a career defined by execution at the highest levels. Most recently, he served as Chief Geophysics Officer and previously COO of Ivanhoe Electric (NYSE: IE), and as COO of Cordoba Minerals (TSXV: CDB), where he played a pivotal role advancing the Alacran copper-gold project in Colombia from exploration through feasibility. Over his career, he has built and led teams across Anglo American, HPX, and Kaizen Discovery, contributing to major global exploration programs and building strong community and regulatory foundations to enable long-term success.
Jay Sujir
Mr. Sujir is a securities and natural resources lawyer with 25 years’ experience in advising and assisting public companies. He is a senior partner with Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP. Mr. Sujir is a member of the Law Society of British Columbia, the Canadian Bar Association, and the British Columbia Advisory Committee of the TSX Venture Exchange.
Ian Harris
Mr. Harris is a mining engineer with over 20 years’ experience leading mining projects worldwide including over 10 years working and living in South America. Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer of AMAK Mining and Para Resources. Mr. Harris was also Senior Vice President and Country Manager of Corriente Resources through feasibility, initial engineering, and commencement of construction at the Mirador mine in Ecuador. He successfully led the push to reactivate Corriente’s mining projects in Ecuador by building national and local support and navigating through a new constitution and a new mining law, leading to the sale of Corriente for $690 million. Mr. Harris is bilingual in Spanish and English.
Ernest Mast
Ernest Mast has over 30 years’ experience in various technical and executive roles in the mining industry, across a wide range of commodities, geographies and development stages. Mr. Mast is on the Board of Scottie Resources. Corp. He previously held the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer at Primero Mining Corp., Vice President of Corporate Development at Copper Mountain Mining Corporation, Vice President of Operations at New Gold Inc. and President and CEO of Minera Panama S.A., Inmet Mining Corporation’s subsidiary, developing the $6B Cobre Panama project. Mr. Mast began his career with Noranda Inc. and its affiliates, where he took on roles of increasing responsibility over a 20-year timeframe. He is a member of l’Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec and holds a Bachelors’ and Masters’ degrees in metallurgical engineering from McGill University. Mr. Mast also received post-secondary business training at Henley College in the UK and at the Universidad Catolica in Chile.
Management
Tetiana Konstantynivska
Ms. Konstantynivska brings extensive experience in Investor Relations and Digital Marketing within the Mining and Metals industry, having worked with public and private companies across exploration, development, and production. She currently serves as Director of Communications at Dolly Varden Silver and Vice President of Investor Relations at Copper Giant. She has been instrumental in the marketing launches of […]
Edwin Naranjo Sierra
Mr. Naranjo is a seasoned geologist with over 14 years of expertise in mineral exploration across the Colombian Andes. He has played a key role in several exploration programs within the Central and Western Cordillera of Colombia, as well as the Golden Triangle in Nicaragua. Mr. Naranjo possesses extensive experience with various types of mineral deposits and […]
Thyana Álvarez
Ms. Alvarez is a social leader with over 20 years of experience in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Stakeholder Management, and Corporate Communications. She has a strong history of working closely with communities during the exploration and development stages of mining projects, even in challenging environments. Most recently, Ms. Alvarez served as the Sustainability Manager for […]
Ian Harris
Mr. Harris is a mining engineer with over 20 years’ experience leading mining projects worldwide including over 10 years working and living in South America. Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer of AMAK Mining and Para Resources. Mr. Harris was also Senior Vice President and Country Manager of Corriente Resources through feasibility, initial engineering, […]