A mineral exploration company focused on the next Canadian gold discovery
Board and Management
Thomas Obradovich
Chief Executive Officer
Thomas Obradovich is a graduate of the Haileybury School of Mines in Mining Technology and Advanced Field Geophysics. Thomas has a wide range of experience in mining exploration, development and financing. Over a career of forty-five years, he co-founded Canadian Royalties Inc., which discovered and developed the Raglan South Nickel Belt. Thomas then acquired most of the Matachewan Gold Camp and through a reverse takeover of Young-Davidson Mines upgraded and doubled the resource which was subsequently acquired by Northgate Minerals in 2005. The project is currently in production producing over 200,000 oz Au per year for Alamos Gold Inc. Thomas was one of the founders of Aurelian Resources Inc. which discovered the Fruta Del Norte gold deposit in Ecuador and was subsequently acquired by Kinross Gold Corporation for C$1.2 billion dollars. The project was eventually put into production by Lundin Gold and is one of lowest cost gold producers in the world, producing in excess of 450,000 oz Au annually. Thomas was also the lead Director of Dalradian Resources, which discovered the largest undeveloped gold deposit in Europe. He headed the committee that sold the project to Orion Mine Finance.
Graham Warren
Chief Financial Officer
Graham Warren is a senior financial executive with over thirty years of experience with emerging and established companies primarily in the mining and oil and gas sectors. Graham has considerable operations, corporate finance, board and public markets expertise, as well as extensive global experience, including Africa, South America and China. Graham currently serves as Chief Financial Officer and provides corporate secretarial services to two publicly traded companies, as well, he serves on the board of directors of two TSX Venture Exchange listed companies.
William Rand
Chairman
William Rand received a Bachelor of Commerce degree (Honours Economics) from McGill University, a law degree from Dalhousie University, a Master of Laws degree in international law from the London School of Economics and a Doctor of Laws honoris causa from Dalhousie University. William practiced securities law in Vancouver, British Columbia, for nearly twenty five years before retiring in October 1992 to establish Rand Edgar Capital Corp., an investment/banking, venture capital company. William has played critical role in the success of the Lundin Mining Group and currently acts as Chairman of NGEx Minerals.
Chris Taylor
Director
Chris Taylor is a structural and economic geologist and mining entrepreneur with over two decades of experience in both junior exploration and mid-tier mining companies. As Founder, CEO and Director of Great Bear Resources, he led the company to a major district-scale gold discovery in Canada that culminated in its acquisition by Kinross Gold for C$1.8 billion. Since then, Chris has continued to play influential roles across the mining sector. He joined Founders Metals as a Director, contributing strategic and technical guidance to the company’s exploration efforts. He was appointed CEO of Aquitaine Metals, where he is leading exploration for gold and antimony in France’s Limousin Mining District. He also serves as President & CEO of Railtown Capital Corp and has taken on leadership roles including Chairman of Kodiak Copper as part of his broader industry engagement. Chris has received numerous prestigious awards, including PDAC’s 2023 Bill Dennis Award, Northern Miner’s 2021 Mining Person of the Year, and Kitco’s 2021 Mining CEO of the Year for his contributions to mineral exploration and discovery.
Timothy Young
Director
Timothy Young is a second-generation prospector with over thirty years experience in mineral exploration. He focuses on property acquisitions, land assembly and royalty transactions.
Blair Zaritsky
Director
Blair Zaritsky is currently the CFO of Osisko Metals Inc., and has more than fifteen years of experience managing audit engagements for publicly listed companies on Canadian exchanges. He was previously the CFO of Osisko Mining Inc., a Canadian developer that was sold to Gold Fields Ltd. for C$2.2 billion. Mr. Zaritsky earned his Chartered Professional Accountant designation in 2003 and holds dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in accounting and economics from Brock University and Western University, respectively.
South Uchi Project
In November 2024, Auranova entered an Option Agreement with Kenorland Minerals Ltd. for the right to earn up to 70% of the South Uchi Project. In June 2025, Auranova earned 51% of the Project
The Project is located in the Red Lake district of Northwestern Ontario, 45 km on trend to Kinross Gold’s Great Bear deposit
The regional, east-west striking deformation zones have strongly deformed the underlying Confederation Assemblage volcanic rocks, a similar geologic setting to the Great Bear deposit
Auranova, in partnership with Kenorland, completed its maiden drilling program in May 2025 at the Papaonga target. In November 2025, a phase two drilling program was completed, identifying a new gold-bearing structural corridor
A follow-up phase three drilling program is scheduled for Q1-2026 area in May 2025
M: Measured Mineral Resources; I: Indicated Mineral Resources; Inf: Inferred Mineral Resources. Information provided from the respective Company websites.*Development project or advanced project likely to become a producer
Strong gold geochemical anomaly in an underexplored greenstone belt
During 2021-2024, Kenorland Minerals (and Barrick Gold Corporation) discovered strong gold-in-till values over the Papaonga Target with a high percentage of pristine grains
Multiple bedrock samples within the geochemical anomaly recorded > 1/gt Au values
There has been no historical drilling on any of the targets identified
Diorite till samples: 91% pristine grains
Clastic sed. till samples: 38% pristine grains
Mafic volcanic till samples: 33% pristine grains
Multiple bedrock hits above 1 g/t gold within the geochemical anomaly (albeit limited outcrop)
2025 winter drill program identified a new gold-bearing corridor
Drill Highlights:
New gold-bearing structural corridor identified north of the Papaonga target
Papaonga mineralised footprint expanded to the north and east
Broad zones of gold anomalism confirm district-scale potential
Highest grade intercept of 5.42 g/t Au over 1.80 m incl. 12.70 g/t Au over 0.40 m
Follow-up (phase three) drill program planned for Q1-2026