Management Team

Greg Davis was VP, Business Development for Sunridge Gold Corp from 2006 until the sale of the Asmara project in April 2016, during which time he directed financing efforts and raised over $50 million for the Company. The Asmara Project was advanced from exploration and development through acquiring a mining license. Prior to Sunridge, Greg was part of the discovery team at Nevsun’s Bisha Project as on-site Project Manager. Greg has an extensive technical background in the mining sector, with over 20 years of experience in all levels of corporate and project management in various jurisdictions around the world.

Dan O’Brien is the Chief Financial Officer for Sun Peak Metals and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia. He is also Chief Financial Officer for a number of publicly listed exploration companies trading on the TSX and TSX Venture exchanges. Dan was previously a senior manager at a leading Canadian accounting firm where he specialized in the audit of public companies in the mining and resource sector.

Ben Meyer has over 10+ years experience in corporate compliance for publicly listed mineral exploration companies trading on the TSX-V and TSX stock exchanges. Ben has been a Paralegal since 2019, after completing the Legal Administrative Assistant and Paralegal programs at the University of the Fraser Valley with distinction.

Scott Ansell has an engineering background with over 25 years of expertise in project management, feasibility studies, permitting and mining finance. Scott was most recently VP Project Development for Sunridge Gold where he managed the completion of prefeasibility studies, feasibility and environmental and social studies for the Asmara Project in Eritrea, which led to the awarding of a mining license by the government of Eritrea. Scott was previously Technical Director of Studies and Manager of Consulting, Geology and Mining for AMEC Americas, located in Lima, Peru and Vancouver, Canada. He has previous experience in Africa with Nevsun Resources as Project Manager in Mali and Eritrea.

David Daoud is a geologist with over 25 years of experience, primarily in Africa. David was the VP, Exploration for Sunridge Gold and led the exploration team to the discovery of the large Emba Derho VMS deposit in Eritrea and helped advance the four deposits; Emba Derho, Debarwa, Adi Nefas VMS and Gupo orogenic gold to a bankable feasibility study and the acquisition of a mining license. David was also part of the discovery team of the Bisha VMS deposit in Eritrea for Nevsun Resources. In addition, David has extensive experience in conducting exploration in greenstone hosted orogenic gold deposits in Mali and Brazil and was part of the exploration team that made the discoveries of Jericho and 5034 diamond mines for Lytton mineral and Mountain Province Diamonds in northern Canada.

Michael Nigusse is a geologist with over 20 years of experience working in Ethiopia’s Arabian Nubian Shield. Michael has extensive experience including the Geological Survey of Ethiopia as exploration geologist in mineral exploration projects at grass root/follow up levels, Nyota Minerals as Exploration Geologist at the advanced Tulu Kapi Orogenic gold project to its Definitive Feasibility Stage, and Stratex International as Senior Project Geologist where he engaged and managed mineral exploration projects within rift related Epithermal and orogenic gold systems. Michael obtained a Bachelor degree in Applied Geology in 2002 from Mekele University (Ethiopia) and graduated with post graduate diploma in Earth Resources Exploration from the International Institute of Geoformation Science & Earth Observations(ITC) in 2008 in Netherlands.

Weldemariam Sebhat is a Senior Geologist for Sun Peak Metals Corp. With over 15 years of exploration experience working in Ethiopia, Weldemariam has extensive experience in resource exploration with exposure to a variety of deposit styles, including VMS and orogenic gold models.

He worked as a geologist on the team that discovered and completed the resource drilling at the Terakimti VMS deposit in Tigray region of Ethiopia. He also worked on the team that discovered the Mato Bula and Da Tambuk Au rich VMS prospects in Tigray.

Woldemariam completed a BSc. Degree in Applied Geology from Mekelle University in July 2009 and an MBA from Ethio Lens College in 2012.

Arron Albano is a geologist with 10 years of exploration experience, primarily in British Columbia, Ethiopia, and Nevada. Arron has worked on a variety of projects involving grassroots and advanced-stage programs, and has experience on a variety of mineralization settings including epithermal, porphyry, orogenic gold, and VMS. He is currently a project geologist with an expertise in developing and implementing field exploration programs and project evaluation. 

Yordanos Melaku is a geologist who has worked with international exploration companies in Ethiopia and Djibouti for the past 10 years. Yordanos worked as exploration geologist throughout Ethiopia exploring for orogenic, VMS and epithermal style precious and base metals mineralization. Yordanos holds a BSc degree in Earth Sciences from Addis Ababa University. Yordanos joined the Sun Peak team in 2016.

Lidet Worku is the Accounting Manager at Sun Peak Ethiopia Mining Plc. She graduated from Dire Dawa University with a BSc in Accounting. Lidet received certificates from Addis Ababa University School of Commerce for attending short courses on International Financial Reporting Standards /IFRS/ and project management. Prior to joining Sun Peak, Lidet worked for over 10 years as a Senior Accountant in various organizations where she was responsible for overall accounting and finance responsibilities. In her spare time, Lidet enjoys and is passionate about volunteering, helping others, problem solving and travelling.

Ephrem joined Sun Peak in 2020  as a community liaison officer. Prior to joining Sun Peak, Ephrem worked for five years with an international mineral exploration company with exploration projects in Tigray. Ephrem has also worked as a Deputy  Leader  in a Woreda Government  Sector Office   in Tigray, Ethiopia. Previously, , Ephrem has served as a high-school teacher for seven years. Ephrem holds a BED in History from Bahirdar University, a BA in Management from New Millenium University, and a Masters in Federalism and Local Government Studies from the Ethiopian Civil Service University.

Sbehat has been with Sun Peak for over three years and is currently the Administrative Manager of Sun Peak's Office in Shire. Previously he held the position of Senior Administrator and Human Resource Manager. Sbehat obtained a BA in Accounting and Finance from Mekelle University and a Master of Business Administration from Axum University. Prior to joining Sun Peak, Sbehat worked as Junior Accountant and Senior Accountant for another Tigray focused exploration company, and as well as Finance Officer for Norwegian Refugee Council, an international non-governmental organization. Sbehat has extensive experience in accounting and finance as well as administration and human resources.