Mr. Giustra has been actively engaged in the creation, financing, development and management of publicly-traded junior mining companies since 1992. His early experience in public markets includes working as an Investment Advisor with a national securities broker and later as an Investment Banker with an international investment dealer; where he co-founded institutional equity sales and corporate finance departments with a specialist focus on the junior mining sector. Since 1998, Mr. Giustra has held senior executive positions with and served on the board of, a number of junior mining companies. He is presently the Chief Executive Officer of Columbus Gold and Columbus Silver corporations.