Board of Directors

Robin Birchall (MBA, Msc)
Non-Executive Chairman

Mr. Birchall brings more than twenty years of experience in the financing and management of resource companies. Mr. Birchall was most recently Chief Executive Officer & Director at Giyani Metals Corp. Before that he was the Executive Chair of Silver Bear Resources. Mr. Birchall is also a Non-Executive Director of Helium One Global (February -2020 - present). Previous roles include former Chief Executive Officer of a private oil and gas E&P company as well as Vice President Investment & Corporate Banking with BMO Capital Markets, where he completed a variety of high-profile transactions for resource companies. Prior to BMO Capital Markets, Mr. Birchall was Vice President Corporate Finance at Canaccord Adams Ltd.

Mr. Birchall earned an MBA from the University of Cape Town, a MSc in European and International Politics from Edinburgh University, a Première Degré en Langues Literature et Civilisation, from Stendahl Université and a BA from Queens University.

Andrew Chubb (BSC, HONS)
Chief Executive Officer

Andrew Chubb was the COO of Awale resources for 5 years; he is an economic geologist with 20 years of international experience in precious and base metal exploration with a particular focus and experience on the greenstone belts of west Africa. He has acted both as consultant and company geologist. He has a proven record in exploration and project management with well developed management and technical skills.

Mr. Chubb holds Bachelor of Science with Honours degree in Geology and Geophysics from the University of New England (Australia) and is a member of the Australian Institute of Geologists and the Society of Exploration Geologists.

Derk Hartman (MSC mining engineering)
Director

Derk Hartman has over 17 years of experience in the banking and mining sectors and has been a founder, officer and director of several public and private companies. He most recently served as the chief financial officer of TSX-listed Silver Bear Resources, building the Mangazeisky silver mine in far east Russia, responsible for the transformation from exploration into production company, building the project and operations team and implementing the internal and project control systems. He is a former director of investment banking at BMO Capital Markets. Having worked for 12 years in Natural Resources investment banking, he has extensive debt and equity capital markets experience, as well as experience with the stock exchange listing process, takeover rules and corporate governance of both the Toronto and London markets. Mr. Hartman holds an MSc, mining engineering, from Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands) and the FT non-executive director diploma (United Kingdom).

Stephen Stewart (BA, MBA, MSC)
Director

Mr Stewart has over 18 years of financial experience as a director and senior officer with Canadian public companies, including as the CEO and director of Orecap (TSXV:OCI) and QC Copper & Gold Inc. (TSXV:QCCU), and the chair of Mistango River Resources (CSE:MIS) and Baselode Energy Corp. (TSXV:FIND). Mr. Stewart is the founder of the Ore Group, an organization focused on natural resource discovery and development, and founder and chairman of the Young Mining Professionals Scholarship Fund, the largest mining-focused charitable organization and fund which supports mining engineering and geology education in Canada.

Mr. Stewart holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario, a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management and a Master of Science degree from the University of Florida.