Columnists

Marin Katusa is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Colder War. Over the last decade, he has become one of the most successful portfolio managers in the resource sector, such as his 2009 Fund Partnership (KC50 Fund, LLC) which has outperformed the comparable index, the TSX.V by over 500% post fees. Katusa has been involved in raising over $1 billion in financing for resource companies. He has visited over 400 resource projects in over 100 countries. Marin Katusa, B.Sc., was the Chief Energy Investment Strategist at Casey Research, LLC. Mr. Katusa was the Managing Editor of Casey Energy Confidential, Casey Energy Report and The Colder War Letter at the firm. He also managed a portfolio of international real estate projects, using advanced mathematical skills. He created a resource market tool that analyzed and compares hundreds of investment variables. Earlier, Mr. Katusa was a Mathematics Professor. He was Teacher of Fraser Academy from August 2003 to August 2006. He has been an Independent Director of Copper Mountain Mining Corporation since April 04, 2007. Previously, he served as a Director of Gold Mountain Mining Corporation until July 2011 and Beanstalk Capital Inc. since March 2010. He has extensive relationships within the Canadian financial community. He has written a book, The Colder War, on Vladimir Putin’s master plan to make Russia a world leader again and what this could mean for everyone’s energy consumption in the decades to come. Mr. Katusa graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Science degree and a Bachelor of Education.