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 25 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.

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.

Country Manager with over 13 years of experience, providing support focused on shared services, including finance, HR management, logistics, and government compliance, ensuring efficient operations and effective coordination with government authorities and stakeholders.