Purni Parikh has more than 25 years of public company experience in the mining sector including corporate affairs and finance, legal and regulatory administration, and governance. She is President of the Augusta Group of Companies, and Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs of its member companies including Highlander Silver Corp., Titan Mining Corporation and Augusta Gold Corp. She is credited with seeing through the various M&A transactions in the Augusta Group from start to finish including the acquisitions of Arizona Mining Inc. for approximately $2.1 billion in 2011 to South 32, Augusta Resource Corporation for $667M in 2014 to Hudbay Minerals, Ventana Gold Corp. for approximately $1.6 billion in 2011 and the three-way merger of Newcastle Gold Ltd. in 2017 resulting in the creation of Equinox Gold where she served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Corporate Secretary. Ms. Parikh obtained a Certificate in Business from the University of Toronto and has a Gemology degree. She has also completed course work at Harvard Business School, holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors, and has worked extensively with boards.
