A native of Melbourne, Australia residing in New York City, Pini has been an Executive Officer in the mining & resource sector since 2002. He has successfully identified and acquired several significant mining projects in the United States, Canada, Australia, China and Latin America. His responsibilities in the resource sector have included not only the executive duties, also the operational duties, fund-raising, liaising with Government officials, shareholder relations and investor relations/public relations roles. Pini served as a consultant to the United Nations on critical minerals supply chains in the Arab Region. Kaz Resources LLC, a portfolio company of Cove Capital, is the first and only U.S. company that, under the C5+1 partnership signed by President Biden, is working with strong US government support with the governments of the five “Middle Corridor” countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) to facilitate the creation of a U.S. and EU-friendly critical minerals supply chain.