Victory Resources

Wally Boguski has over 30 years experience in the mining and banking industry. Wally has been involved in strategic development planning and in capital market financing of early stage mining companies for the past 24 years. Wally has worked on several mining projects in Canada and Mexico. Wally began his career in the banking sector and managed financing and credit facilities for commodities related companies in Canada for a major Canadian bank and a credit union organization . Wally’s education is in business administration, commercial law and accounting.

Al Ruggiero is a financial consultant with an extensive accounting and finance background. He is a CPA and has worked with major accounting firms as an audit manager, as a director of internal audits for a major corporation and has worked extensively in Continuing Professional Education in association with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

John Thornton has almost fifty years experience in mineral exploration experience.  John has been involved at a senior level for over $3 billion of mining projects worldwide in his career including the $1 billion Dawson Creek project for Dennison Mines between 1979-1981. John has overseen several other major projects including the Bajo de la Alumbrera mine in Argentina, the Cananea Mine in Mexico, the El Abra mine in Chile, the Kitsault Molybdenum Mine in British Columbia, the Mt Newman Iron Ore Mine in Australia and the Roan Consolidated Mines in Zambia. John is a well-respected thought leader in the mining industry and has lectured at Universities around the world on the topic of mining exploration.

Corey Safran has over 18 years experience in the capital markets industry and commodities trading industry combined.  Between 1993 to 2006, Corey held investment advisory positions at Nesbitt Burns and Merrill Lynch Canada (bought by CIBC World Markets) working with small cap companies to develop their business and capital markets strategy. Between 2006-2011, Corey held the position of Executive Vice President for Vican Trading, whose primary business is the brokerage of primary and secondary metals worldwide.