Richard William Warke is a Canadian entrepreneur and businessperson who founded 6 companies, including: Equinox Gold Corp., Ventana Gold Corp. and Solaris Resources, Inc. and who has been at the head of 15 different companies. Presently, he holds the position of Executive Chairman, President & CEO at Armor Minerals, Inc., Executive Chairman at Augusta Gold Corp., Executive Chairman of Titan Mining Corp. (which he founded in 2012), Chairman at Augusta Group, Inc. (which he founded in 2005) and Executive Chairman of Solaris Resources, Inc. (which he founded in 2020). Mr. Warke is also on the board of Vintage CC Sales, Inc.

In his past career Mr. Warke was Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Augusta Investments, Inc., Executive Chairman of HudBay Arizona Corp., Executive Chairman of Arizona Mining, Inc., Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Sargold Resource Corp., Executive Chairman at Tethyan Resource Corp., Chairman of Ventana Gold Corp. (he founded the company in 2008), Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Riva Gold Corp., Executive Chairman at NewCastle Gold Ltd., Executive Chairman for Arizona Minerals, Inc., President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Catalyst Copper Corp. and Director at Plata Latina Minerals Corp.