Management...

Directors

Jonathan McCullough, Director, is the Chair of the Special Committee of the Board. He brings a wealth of experience in financing, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance, having practiced corporate and securities law for 39 years. He was a founding partner of McCullough O'Connor Irwin, a nationally and internationally recognized corporate and securities law firm and, after that firm merged with Bennett Jones, was a partner and national Co-Head of the corporate department of Bennett Jones until his retirement in 2025. In addition to his role with the Company, he is the Chair of the Advisory Committee for House of Wilson, a prominent Vancouver family office, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Capital Direct Income Trust, a mortgage investment fund with over $500 million of capital under management.

Leo Hathaway, Director, is a geologist and senior executive in the mining and exploration industry with over 25 years of experience. He serves as Executive Technical Director of Scorpio Gold Corp. and Executive Chairman of Golden Shield Resources Inc. His previous roles include VP Exploration for Lumina Resources Corp., Chief Geological Officer for Lumina Copper Corp., VP Exploration for Northern Peru Copper Corp., for Regalito Copper Corp., for Global Copper Corp. and for Lumina Royalty Corp. Each of these companies were acquired by large mining companies. Additionally, Mr. Hathaway served as Senior VP of Lumina Gold Corp. and Luminex Resources Corp., VP Exploration for Anfield Gold Corp. and Chief Geological Officer for Anfield Nickel Corp., which were acquired for an aggregate of $707 million. Prior to 2004 he worked for Inmet Mining in Europe, Central and South America and Australia. Mr. Hathaway holds a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Applied Geology from the University of Plymouth, a M.Sc. in Mineral Exploration from Imperial College, and has a P.Geo designation from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of BC.

Masaru Tani, Director, has more than 30 years of experience in the mining and natural resources sector, with expertise spanning mining operations, business development, M&A, strategic advisory and cross-border transactions, particularly in base metals and gold. Prior to retiring from Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (SMM) in 2023, Mr. Tani held senior management positions, including Executive Officer of SMM's Mineral Resources Division. He also lived and worked in SMM Canadian head office, where he led business development and strengthened SMM's interests and partnerships in North American nickel, copper and gold. Mr. Tani has been involved in several significant international mining transactions and developments, including the acquisition and development of SMM's interest in the Cote Gold Project in Canada, the sale of the Pogo Gold Mine in Alaska, the acquisition and partnership in the Quebrada Blanca copper mine in Chile, and the sale of a 45% interest in the Sierra Gorda copper mine in Chile. He also served on the Board of Directors of Teck Resources Limited from December 2021 to April 2023. Earlier in his career, Mr. Tani held senior roles in the Philippines overseeing SMM's nickel refining operations and relationships with Nickel Asia Corporation, and led copper concentrate procurement, marketing and commercial negotiations with major international mining companies. Following his retirement, Mr. Tani served as an advisor to SMM until 2024. He holds a U.S. CPA license from the State of Illinois.

James (Jim) Paterson, Director, is a co-founder and a principal of Discovery Group with 28 years of executive leadership experience in the mining industry, including capital raises, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, spinouts, reverse takeovers and initial public offerings. Mr. Paterson was a long-standing director of Kaminak Gold Corp., a founding director of Northern Empire Resources Corp. and a director of Great Bear Royalties Corp. He founded Corsa Capital in 2007, whereby a 2010 transaction created an industry-leading metallurgical coal producer with a $250 million market capitalization. In addition to being the Chairman of ValOre Metals Corp. and Targa Exploration Corp., Mr. Paterson is a director of K2 Gold Corporation and Sun Peak Metals Corp. and acts as a strategic advisor to Kodiak Copper Corp. and Prospector Metals Corp.

John Park, Director, is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of RCI Capital Group, a Vancouver-based financial services and investment firm. Mr. Park has more than 30 years of experience in asset management, investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, capital formation and cross-border transactions with a particular focus on the energy and natural resources sectors. Through RCI Capital Group and its affiliated companies, Mr. Park has established a regulated capital markets platform, including operating companies that are registered with the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization, are members of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund, and are Exempt Market Dealers. Mr. Park has led and advised on more than $8 billion of cross-border transactions, primarily involving Canadian energy and resource companies, international investors and strategic partners. Mr. Park's work in the mining sector has received industry recognition, including the Deloitte/Lexpert Mining Deal of the Year Award in 2010 and the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada's Viola R. MacMillan Mine Financing Award in 2018. Mr. Park holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Calgary and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.