Dr. Mark Bennett has over 40 years of expertise in global mineral exploration and mining.  As CEO and Founding Managing Director of Sirius Resources, he led the company during the 2012 discovery of the Nova-Bollinger nickel-copper-cobalt mine in Western Australia and its subsequent CA$1.8 billion sale to Independence Group (ASX:IGO) in 2015.  During this time, he steered the discovery, delineation, feasibility, financing, permitting, construction, and inception of mining of the Nova mine, which was achieved in two and a half years from the discovery hole.

In addition to the discovery and sale of Nova-Bollinger, Dr. Bennett has held numerous technical, operational, executive, and board roles and played a key role in the discovery of the Wahgnion gold mine, Thunderbox gold mine, Waterloo nickel mine, Baloo gold mine and Aarnivalkea gold deposit.  Dr. Bennett is a two-time winner of the Australian Mining and Exploration Companies’ ‘Prospector Award’ and was named as a ‘Legend in Mining’ at the 2014 Melbourne International Mining and Resources Conference.

Dr. Bennett is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, and a Member of both the Australian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.  Dr. Bennett is currently Executive Chair of S2 Resources (ASK:S2R), Non-Executive Chair of Falcon Metals (ASX:FAL), Non-Executive Director of Valkea Resources (TSXV:OZ), and Non-Executive Director of Manitoba-focused explorer Conduit Nickel.  He is also a former Director of IGO (ASX:IGO), a AU$5 billion nickel and lithium producer.

Sue Craig has had more than 30 years of award-winning experience in regulatory, environmental, social, and Indigenous management and advisory in the mining industry. She has worked in British Columbia and Yukon projects from the exploration and development stage to construction, production and mine closure. Her work often includes working with publicly-listed mining companies, Territorial and Federal Governments, First Nations and industry associations.

Her experience includes successfully leading the Environmental Assessment process for NovaGold’s Galore Creek project in 2006 and played a key role in establishing the Participation Agreement with the Tahltan Nation. Ms. Craig was the Director of Government and Community Relations for Aurico Gold as the Kemess Underground Project entered the Environmental Assessment Process. Notably, she first collaborated with a First Nation to implement a Socio-Economic Accord related to a mining project in Yukon in 1995, one of the first of these types of agreements in Canada.

She has served as the Chair of AME Mineral Exploration Roundup, as well as a Board Member of AME, Director of Yukon Energy Corporation, President of the Yukon Chamber of Mines and is currently Chair of the Advisory Board at Lakehead University’s Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Mining & Exploration. She has received numerous awards recognizing her contributions toward environmental stewardship and sustainable development.

Catharine is a Professional Geoscientist with 30 years of experience in the mining industry and currently President of FarExGeoMine Ltd. (her private consulting/advisory company). She also serves as an Independent Director of Franco-Nevada Corp., Eldorado Gold Corp., Aclara Resources Inc., Centamin PLC, and is Chair of the Board of Exiro Minerals Corp. She is also Advisory Board Chair of ReThinkMining Ventures, and a Member of the Metrolinx Capital Oversight Committee (a Committee of the Board of Metrolinx).

Until 2022, Catharine was a Program Director of the Osgoode Mining Law Program at York University, Chair of the Advisory Board of the Mineral Exploration Research Centre(MERC) at the Harquail School of Earth Sciences, a Member of the Goodman School of Mines Advisory Board and had been an Adjunct Professor since 1995 – all at Laurentian University.

From 2012 to 2017 Catharine was Founding CEO, Director and Co-Founder of TMAC Resources Inc. (now Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.). From 2003 to 2012 Catharine held various roles at KGHM International (formerly Quadra FNX Mining Ltd., and FNX Mining Inc.), including COO, CTO and multiple senior executive roles (operations, technical services, corporate development and operations). Before FNX Mining, Catharine was with both Inco Ltd. and the Ontario Geological Survey.

In 2024 Catharine was awarded with an Honourary Doctorate in Business Administration from Laurentian University. She has been honoured with the Acadia University Distinguished Alumni Award for 2020, as one of the 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining (2015 and 2018) and is a past recipient of the William Harvey Gross Medal of the Geological Association of Canada (2000). Catharine obtained her BSc (Hons) from Mount Allison University, her MSc from Acadia University and her PhD from Carleton University. She has also obtained a Professional Certificate in Cybersecurity Leadership from Cornell University.

Darwin Green, P.Geo. has over 30 years of experience in the minerals mining industry and brings significant industry, corporate and technical knowledge to the Company. He currently serves on the boards of NYSE-A listed Contango ORE, Inc., TSX Venture Exchange-listed Onyx Gold Corp. and Maple Gold Mines, and as a Technical Advisor to other junior mining companies. Mr. Green previously served as Founder, Director and Chief Executive Officer of HighGold Mining Inc. from August 2019 until its acquisition by Contango ORE in July 2024 and has served as Founder and Executive Chairman of Onyx Gold since July 2023. Between November 2008 and December 2019, he served as the Vice President Exploration for Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. and prior to that, Mr. Green oversaw exploration and underground development programs at the Niblack (Cu-Au-Zn-Ag) deposit in Alaska, for which he received the Commissioner’s Award for Project Excellence by the State of Alaska. Mr. Green holds a B.Sc. from the University of British Columbia and an M.Sc. in Economic Geology from Carleton University.

Gordon Morrison has had a 50+ year career in the mining industry with extensive exploration and mining experience. He has been integral in the discovery of numerous polymetallic and precious metal deposits, 6 of which are now producing and more in the feasibility stage.

His experience includes 32 years at Inco Limited as the Head of the Sudbury Exploration Group and as a member of the INCO global exploration group, Vice-President, Exploration at FNX Mining Company Inc., Chief Technology

Officer – geoscience and other technical mine advancement – North American/South American mines at Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. and KGHM International Ltd., and as President of TMAC Resources Inc. prior to that company’s acquisition by Agnico Eagle Mines Limited for their Hope Bay gold deposit in Nunavut.

Dr. James Mungall is an expert on the genesis of magmatic ore deposits. Dr. Mungall is an igneous petrologist with interests in the physics and chemistry of magmatic processes, particularly those leading to the genesis of magmatic ore deposits. His research at Carleton university examines the origins and evolution of magmas and the sulfide or oxide minerals they deposit as ores, using a combination of field, experimental and theoretical approaches. He currently has research projects on the Stillwater Complex of Montana, the Bushveld Complex of South Africa and the Sudbury Igneous Complex of Ontario.

He has previously worked as the Chief Geologist at Noront Resources Ltd. On their Eagle’s Nest magmatic massive sulfide, Blackbird chromitite and Thunderbird Fe-Ti-V deposits in the Ring of Fire.

Katherine Smuk has held a 20+ year career as a global magmatic sulphide deposit explorer. Her career has spanned the resource sector from early-stage mineral exploration to project evaluation, mine development and production at operating mines.  She has assumed increasingly senior roles while working for a range of companies from juniors to mid-tiers and majors on projects and mines throughout the Americas, Africa, and Australia, including serving as Senior Project Geologist with Xstrata Nickel (Falconbridge), Senior Geologist for Global Ni-PGM evaluation with Anglo American, and Principal Geologist at MMG Limited.

She currently serves as a Principal Geologist for Arca, a company focusing on CO2 capture within ultramafic rocks, in addition to serving as an advisor for Perseverance Metals.

Patti Tirschmann has held a 25+ year global career specializing in magmatic nickel-copper sulphide deposits throughout Canada, Norway, Greenland, Alaska, Chile, Australia and Tanzania.

Her experience includes serving as Vice President, Exploration for Continental Nickel Limited and Senior Geologist, International Nickel Sulphide Exploration at Falconbridge Limited/Xstrata. Notably, she has had extensive experience developing, implementing and supervising exploration programs in the major Canadian nickel belts of Sudbury, Thompson and Raglan.