AI in Action: New Tools for Mining Industry

Daniel Barankin is the founding CEO & Chairman of 6ix, where he leads the company's mission to eliminate barriers to investment through connected investor communities. Beyond his leadership at 6ix, Daniel serves on the board of the Canada-Africa Chamber of Business, where he has been elected five consecutive times, demonstrating his long-standing commitment to fostering economic ties between Canada and African nations. As founder of Save Canadian Mining, Daniel has led a significant advocacy initiative to restore fairness and transparency to Canada's capital markets, particularly for junior mining companies. Working alongside industry leaders like Eric Sprott and Rob McEwen, he has championed regulatory reform to address predatory short selling practices that disproportionately impact emerging resource companies, further demonstrating his commitment to creating equitable access to capital. Daniel's passion for international development and community building extends to sports, where he is an owner of the Ghanaian football club Sekondi Eleven Wise F.C., a historic team founded in 1919 that now stands over 106 years old with a rich legacy in Ghanaian football. A serial entrepreneur, investor, advisor and board member, Daniel's interests span a diverse range of sectors. His portfolio includes founding, advising, and investing in companies ranging from B2B, consumer, crypto, entertainment, hardware, luxury travel, natural resources, nutrition, software, specialty retail, and sports. He maintains an active investment portfolio that spans from early-stage startups to late-stage growth companies and venture funds globally. His track record includes involvement with companies that have grown from seed to multi-billion dollar market capitalizations, reflecting his ability to identify transformational opportunities across traditional industry boundaries and geographical limitations. Through these diverse roles, Daniel brings a unique global perspective to his vision of creating investment opportunities that transcend all barriers - whether geographical, socioeconomic, educational, or institutional - to democratize access to capital and expertise for innovators everywhere.

Nermina is capital project management expert with degree in automation / electrical engineering. She has over 35 years of experience and excellent track record on development, execution and oversight of mining and energy projects, including some of the world’s largest installations of its kind. With emergence of AI tools Nermina added focus on adoption of AI in mining industry. She organizes monthly "AI for Mining Industry" webinars, featuring top AI tool development companies. Additionally, she regularly contributes to "The Intelligent Miner," advocating for the integration of AI in mining. She is founder of O-MOD management/advisory and AI adoption consultancy and initiator of capital project management/advisory platform OreBit.

Gordana Slepcev, M.Sc.P. Eng, is a Professional Mining Engineer registered in Ontario with more than 25 years of global mining experience in developing, building, and leading safe mining operations. Ms. Slepcev’s extensive experience spans multiple commodities, including gold, base metals, coal, and industrial minerals. She brings considerable experience in mineral exploration, permitting, corporate and regulatory/First Nations/ Indigenous relations, and project financing to Lomiko. Before joining the Company, Ms. Slepcev held the position of COO for BMSI, a privately held company, where she was responsible for restarting the barite reprocessing facility, mitigating historical environmental impacts, and overseeing EPCM contractors. She also formerly held the role of COO of Anaconda Mining, where she was responsible for the company’s operations and development of the Goldboro project. Ms. Slepcev graduated from the University of Belgrade with a M.Sc. and is the past Chair of the Toronto Chapter of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (CIM). She is a WTPEO committee member and a member of the Advisory Board of the OreBit platform.

The Founder of three technology companies and awarded the “Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada” in 2017, 2019 and 2022. With over 20 years of capital markets experience and over $10B in direct budget oversight across Technology, Finance, Banking, Trading, Operations, Wealth Management, Start-Up/Sale, Joint Ventures, and Mergers & Acquisitions. A serial entrepreneur who has successfully started, built and sold three companies prior to her current endeavours. Qualified as a Corporate Directors International (CDI.D) and having over nine years of experience as an Independent Corporate Director serving on a variety of committees for public companies, including being Chair of the Compensation Committee for Belzberg Technologies Inc. (TSX: BLZ), Chair of the Board for Ethel Corporation, a capital management company, and member of the Advisory Committee for Pelangio Exploration (TSX.V: PX). A member of the TMX Advisory Council (X TSE), the Canadian RegTech Association Advisory Board, member of the Advisory Board for Novations Inc, (aka DealMaker), and past Co-Chair of the Canadian Capital Markets Association Communication Committee. Fluent in English, Italian, French and Spanish, is often asked to speak at conferences around the world as a motivational or expert speaker on Finance and Technology.

Gordon has 35+ years of experience in mining development, mining finance and M&A, first as a geophysicist and co-founder of Quantec Geoscience, then as a senior investment banker with CIBC, N.M. Rothschild Canada, Newcrest Capital, National Bank Financial, and Gryphon Partners Canada, where he was a Co- Founder and Managing Partner. He was also the CEO of Alloycorp Mining Inc. and has served as director of a number of public mining companies including IAMGold, Royal Gold, NexGen Energy, and Volta Resources. Gordon is a Senior Advisor and Advisory Board Chair of Origin Merchant Partners, Chairman of VerAI Discoveries Inc., Chairman of Black Loop Group, and a Past Chair of Rethink Mining, formerly the Canada Mining Innovation Council (CMIC). In 2013, Gordon was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his work with Right To Play. He is also a recipient of the Robert Elver Mineral Economics Award by the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. Gordon has a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Applied Science (Geology) from Queen’s University, is a Professional Engineer Ontario (P.Eng), and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.