Our Vision
Exploring and advancing high quality mineral assets to create sustainable value for our shareholders.
Discovery-Driven Exploration
To identify, acquire, and advance high-quality mineral assets with strong geological fundamentals and discovery potential in proven mining jurisdictions.
Focused on Tier-One Jurisdictions
To concentrate our efforts in stable, mining-friendly regions across North America, reducing risk while maximizing long-term value creation
Shareholder Value Creation
To responsibly grow shareholder value through disciplined exploration, strategic partnerships, and efficient capital deployment.
Responsible & Sustainable Development
To operate with integrity, environmental responsibility, and respect for local communities while adhering to best-in-class ESG practices.
Positioning for a Metals Supercycle
We founded Casa on two basic premises
1. We are entering a metals supercycle, particularly for gold, copper and battery metals, and
2. North America’s prime mineral regions have highly valuable properties that others have overlooked. With rigorous study, a passion for geology and creative negotiation, we find these projects, acquire them on favorable terms and generate value.
Our Values
Alignment
Management is aligned with shareholder values and objectives.
Accountability
We hold ourselves accountable for our actions and decisions.
Efficiency
We invest our shareholders’ money strategically, efficiently and responsibly.
Commitment
We honor the interests, well-being and heritage of the communities, regions and ecosystems in which we operate.
Passion
We’re passionate about our vision, our industry and our belief in supplying metal for a sustainable future.
Our Team
Casa Minerals Inc. is a company engaged in gold exploration in two prominent regions:
Arizona: Casa Minerals is involved in gold exploration on the Congress Gold Mine, a past-producing mine located in Arizona.
British Columbia, Canada: The company is also active in copper-gold exploration in British Columbia, Canada.
Farshad Shirvani M.Sc. Geol.
President & CEO (Founder)
Mr. Shirvani holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in geology from the Shiraz University in Shiraz, Iran and has more than 30 years of solid geological experience in mineral exploration. Mr. Shirvani is the founder, CEO and President of Doubleview Gold Corp (TSX.V: DBG) and Terracad Geoscience Services Ltd. He he has served on the Board of Directors for several junior mining Companies including Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. (BGM-TSXV) for more than seven years (The company later was taken over by Osisko Royalty for cash equivalent of CAD$ 338 Million ) . Mr. Shirvani brings to Casa a wealth of experience in mining property acquisition, exploration, and development.
Erik Ostensoe, B.Sc., P. Geo.
Chief Geologist and Director
Mr. Shirvani holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in geology from the Shiraz University in Shiraz, Iran and has more than 30 years of solid geological experience in mineral exploration. Mr. Shirvani is the founder, CEO and President of Doubleview Gold Corp (TSX.V: DBG) and Terracad Geoscience Services Ltd. He he has served on the Board of Directors for several junior mining Companies including Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. (BGM-TSXV) for more than seven years (The company later was taken over by Osisko Royalty for cash equivalent of CAD$ 338 Million ) . Mr. Shirvani brings to Casa a wealth of experience in mining property acquisition, exploration, and development.
Anita D. Stevenson-Patterson
Director
Ms. Stevenson-Patterson is a treasury professional with over 25 years of progressive accomplishment in treasury management working with numerous multibillion-dollar companies in business planning and human resources. In roles at both Cox Enterprises Inc. and the former BellSouth Corporation, Anita’s duties included providing direction and management of global treasury operations, providing strategic direction on all treasury related matters to enhance the working capital position of the companies (including international oversight), managing banking relationships and Patriot Act compliance.
Anita’s extensive business background includes serving on the AFP Board of Directors. She was active with NACHA’s Business Payments Advisory Committee, the Federal Reserve CPAG as well as JPMorgan Chase’s Client Advisory Council and Scotia Bank’s Client Advisory Board. Her comments and articles have appeared in such publications as Treasury Management International, AFP Exchange, Business Finance and Treasury and Risk Management magazines. She was selected for Treasury & Risk Management’s 2012 List of the 100 Most Influential People in Finance.
Andrew Rees, B.Com.
Lead Director, Communications
Mr. Rees, B.Comm. provides over 20 years’ experience working with oil and gas and mining companies, and he has raised over $100 million in the public markets. In executive management roles, Mr. Rees has taken projects from discovery to commercial production. Mr. Rees currently serves as a director of a number of publicly traded resource companies. Mr. Rees holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Royal Roads University (British Columbia).
Anke Woodworth, B.Sc.
CFO and Director
Ms. Woodworth has worked in the junior mining and exploration industry for more than ten years. She played a key role in negotiating an Option Agreement (working alongside Farshad Shirvani) between Hudbay Minerals and Doubleview Capital Corp. Ms. Woodworth served as Director of Casa Minerals Inc.’s former company Abcana Capital since 2015. She obtained a degree of Engineering and Cartography from the University of Applied Sciences, Dresden Germany. Ms. Woodworth is also a GIS Specialist and Manager at Terracad Geoscience Services Ltd., a company involved in assisting clients to identify mineral exploration targets and creating plans to explore such exploration targets.
