(CSE:NSJ)(FSE:9P7)
Management
Get to know the experienced leaders driving NSJ Gold Corp’s growth and exploration success.
Founder, CEO, Director
Jag Sandhu
Mr. Sandhu has over 25 years of experience in the capital markets in corporate finance and development. Mr. Sandhu has assisted domestic and international mining companies in raising multi million dollars for exploration, development and expansion. He has dealt extensively with strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, financings and operations for various companies. Mr. Sandhu has held various senior level executive positions in a number of listed companies. He received his Bachelor of Economics degree from Simon Fraser University in 1990.
Vice President of Exploration, Qualified Person (“QP”)
Richard R. Kern, B.Sc., M.Sc., P.Geo
Prior to forming Great Basin Resources Inc. Richard co-founded MinQuest Inc. in 1998 and managed significant gold
discoveries at Fire Creek and Longstreet, Nevada and at Moss, Arizona. Richard held positions with several major mining
companies before starting his own company. He is a Professional Geologist with over 35 years’ experience in base and
precious metal exploration in the U.S., Central America, South America, and Australia. Richard has had field, executive,
and management level positions in companies such as North Mining, Homestake Mining Company, and Superior Oil. He has been involved in major mineral discoveries in the Western United States and Australia. He has a Master’s of Science Degree in Geology from Idaho State University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology from Montana State University. His exploration methods involve results-driven mixing of practical field geology, geochemistry and drilling with state of the art GIS, geochemical and geophysical methods. His strong analytical skills and hands-on field oriented mentor management style has proven to be a successful combination in developing various mining ventures.
Chief Financial Officer
Paul Grewal, CPA, CA
Mr Grewal is currently a Partner with HWG Chartered Accountants in Surrey, BC. He received his Bachelor of Commerce from UNBC in 1998, received his CA designation in 1998 and has completed Parts I & II of the CICA In-Depth Tax Course. Mr. Grewal joined Heming, Wyborn & Grewal in 2005 and was promoted to Partner on January 1, 2009. Mr Grewal has been the CFO of a number of publicly listed junior mining companies in Canada. He has extensive experience in the financial management of corporations that are doing business in a variety of industries.
Vice President of Corporate Development, Director
Rodney Stevens, CFA
Mr. Stevens is a CFA charterholder with over a decade of experience in the capital markets, first as an investment analyst with Salman
Partners Inc., then as a merchant and investment banker. While at Salman Partners, he became a top-rated analyst by StarMine on July 17,
2007. Mr. Stevens was also a Portfolio Manager registered with Wolverton Securities Ltd. and over the course of his career, he has been
instrumental in assisting in financings and M&A activity worth over $1 billion in transaction value. Currently, Mr. Stevens is the Vice President,
Interim CFO, Director of Discorvry Harbour (TSX.V: DHR) which is advancing their Caldera Project in Nevada, U.S.
Director
Chris Zerga
Mr Zerga has more than 35 years of mining experience through-out the USA., with a focus in Nevada. He has held several senior level executive positions with multiple major and junior mining companies. Mr Zerga’s background includes all aspects of mining from exploration, development, to production. His experience includes working with - Freeport McMoran (NYSE: FCX), Anglo Gold Ashanti (JSE: ANG), Minorco
SA which merged with Anglo American Corp. creating a $10 billion merger, Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM), Queenstake Resources Ltd. merged with YGC Resources, and Scorpio Gold Corp. (TSXV: SGN). Mr. Zerga is currently the general manager for Rawhide Mining LLC, which is a fully permitted open pit heap leaching operation that is currently producing gold and silver doré in Fallon, Nevada. Rawhide Mining is a private company backed by EMX Royalty Corp. (NYSE: EMX) which owns 19.9% respectively. Mr Zerga has technical experience with all ore types and recovery methods. His expertise includes - Wet and Dry grinding, Heap Leaching, Flotation, Roasting, Chlorination, including Merrill
Crowe, CIL, CIP, CIC and Gravity recovery methods.
Director
Kim Eckhof
Kim Eckhof has served in London, England, as Executive Director of Medea Natural Resources since 2017, focusing on mining equity capital markets. She has board experience, having previously acted as a Non-Executive Director for ASX listed, Latitude Consolidated limited. Prior to this, Kim was at RFC Ambrian in London England for 5 years focussed on capital raising, investor relations and advising junior mining companies. Before RFC Ambrian, she was an Associate in the Equity Capital Markets team of Azure Capital, based in Perth Australia. During her time at Azure Capital she was also part of the investment team that set up and managed the A$25 million Azure Resources Fund. Kim is an Australian and German National and has a Bachelors Degree in Science and Commerce from the University of Western Australia.