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Jason Barnard

CEO and President

Jason Barnard

Mr. Barnard has over 31 years of capital markets experience. Since 2004, he has been self-employed as a private investor where he has been directly involved in raising over $500 million dollars for mining and exploration companies with a focused expertise on Canadian base metal companies.

Mr. Barnard started his career with McDermid St. Laurence Securities in 1991 as a stockbroker with primary focus in mining, and mining exploration companies. Mr. Barnard then worked at Canaccord Genuity from 1997 until 2004. Mr. Barnard holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Economics from Carlton University and has obtained The Canadian Securities Course license in 1990. He first started working with and financing Foremost Lithium, previously known as Far Resources, with founder, and President Keith Anderson in 2016 and is the Company's largest shareholder.

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MICHAEL McLEOD

Chairman of the Board

Michael McLeod

Mike McLeod has over 40 years of experience in the corporate financial services industry with a strong network in the capital markets. He has been a long term member of the Canadian Investor Relations Institute and Governance Professionals of Canada.

Mr. McLeod has served as a global advisor and counseled many boards of directors and management teams on a wide range of topics including corporate governance, capital markets intelligence, M&A transactions, and shareholder engagement and communications. Mr. McLeod currently serves as a senior director at Morrow Sodali.

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Andrew Lyons

Director

Andrew Lyons

Andrew Lyons has over 30 years' experience in program and project management in the public markets, financial and technology sectors. He holds a BSc(CS) and BBA from the University of New Brunswick, an MBA from the University of Ottawa and a PMP from the Project Management Institute.

Andrew is well versed in corporate governance of organizations in the private, public, and non-profit, and has worked with private, public companies and governments, involving scope, budgeting, capital funding, and project management. Recently he has consulted with several mining companies, working with senior management and boards, and consulted on use of proceeds. Andrew was on the advisory board of Lida Resources before Lida went public and is currently on the advisory board of Lakestone Resources, both Canadian Mining Companies Andrew brings proven leadership working at C suite senior management level with corporate experience in the mining sector, utilizing his over 35 years experience as an independent consultant, helping drive business forward through development and implementation of enterprise-wide information technology solutions. He most recently consulted with several mining company senior boards to refocus their operations and streamline costs and efficiencies.

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Johnathan A. More

Director

Johnathan A. More

Johnathan More brings over 28 years of experience in global capital markets focused primarily on natural resource industries. His distinguished tenure at Canaccord Genuity included many significant achievements and he retired in 2008 as Vice President and Advisor at the Company.

Mr. More successfully transitioned from the capital markets to the public company sector where he has been responsible for numerous successful transactions in the Canadian marketplace and continues to identify and create new opportunities. He currently serves as Chairman & CEO of Starr Peak mining Ltd, a Canadian company focused on gold exploration. Mr. More is also Chairman and CEO of Power Metals Corp., a Canadian company focused on Lithium, Cesium and Tantalum exploration.

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CHRISTOPHER MacPHERSON

Director

Christopher MacPherson

Christopher MacPherson has 25 years of experience in finance, banking and entrepreneurial enterprises in the North American markets with extensive experience in the capital markets. Mr. MacPherson has been responsible for finance and marketing activities, funding and acquisition opportunities as well as assisting in strategic and tactical matters.
 

Mr. MacPherson was Chief Financial Officer of Bathurst Metals Corp., Chief Financial Officer and director of Sterling Group Ventures Inc., and had roles at Bathurst Metals, and Sterling Group Ventures. Chris Macpherson was Vice President at CIBC World Market and has sat on a number of boards, including BC Hydro and Westech.

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Mark Fedikow Ph.D. P.Geo. CPG

VP of Exploration

Mark Fedikow

Dr. Fedikow has over 40 years of experience as an exploration geochemist and a mineral deposits geologist working in both private and public sectors. He is a Fellow at the Association of Applied Geochemists, where he’s previously worked as a councilor. Dr. Fedikow has also served on numerous industry-related committees. He also pioneered the application of regional multimedia geochemical and mineralogical surveys in support of base and precious metal and diamond exploration in Manitoba.

During his 45-year career he has worked for a variety of junior and major mining exploration and mining companies and for the Manitoba Geological Survey as Chief Geologist of the Mineral Deposits Section. In 2001 he received the Provincial Geologists gold medal, a Canadian national award for excellence in the geosciences.

In 2002 Mark left the Manitoba Geological Survey to start his own company (Mount Morgan Resources Ltd.) providing consulting services to the metal and hydrocarbon exploration industry. He is currently registered as P.Eng. and P.Geo. with Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba (“EGM”), P.Geo. with the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists (NAPEG) and as a Certified Professional Geologist (C.P.G.) with the American Institute of Professional Geologists (“A.I.P.G.”), Westminster, Colorado, U.S.A.

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Cyrus Driver

Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

Cyrus Driver

Cyrus Driver was appointed CFO and Corporate Secretary in January, 2023. Mr. Driver is a Chartered Accountant and was founding partner in the firm of Driver Anderson since its inception in 1981. He is a retired partner in the firm of Davidson and Company LLP after merging with them in 2002. Whilst providing general public accounting services to a wide range of clients, he specializes in servicing TSX Venture Exchange-listed companies and members of the brokerage community.

He also serves on the boards of several listed companies. His wide knowledge of the securities industry and its rules have enabled him to give valuable advice to clients within the industry with respect to finance, taxation and other accounting related matters. Cyrus also serves as a director on Power Metals Corp and Star Peak Mining

 

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Christina Barnard

Vice President of Operations

Christina Barnard

Christina Barnard, was appointed Vice President of Operations in December of 2022 and has been part of the organization since August 2020. Mrs. Barnard brings over 20 years’ experience in business management, media and marketing where she spent over ten years working for a well-known national public company, as senior marketing and media advisor.

She has worked with a number of public companies, including roles in corporate communications and strategist. Christina has helped facilitate a number of different organization’s objectives, via careful evaluation and strategic planning, assessing structure and procedures, and being able to administer their core values in a clear demonstrable way both internally and in in the general public.

 

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Lindsay Bottomer P.Geo

Geoscientific Advisor

Lindsay Bottomer

Lindsay is a Vancouver-based geological consultant with over 45 years of experience in international mining exploration and development, most recently focused on epithermal gold and porphyry copper-gold exploration in the American Cordillera and Central Asia.

He recently retired from Entree Gold after 10 years as VP Acquisitions/Corporate Development, with major involvement in exploration of the Oyu Tolgoi North and South concessions in Mongolia, leading to discovery of the Hugo North Extension Cu-Au and Heruga Cu-Au-Mo porphyry deposits. He also led the acquisition of the Ann Mason Cu-Mo porphyry deposit in Nevada.

He and company founder Keith Anderson conducted the initial site visit to the Winston project and recognized the potential for high grade silver-gold mineralisation in the historic mining camp which had been dormant since the early 1980s.

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Victor Cantore

Advisor

Victor Cantore

Mr. Cantore is currently the President and CEO, Director of Amex Exploration. Mr. Cantore is a seasoned capital markets professional specializing in the resource and hi-tech sectors. He has more than 20 years of advisory and leadership experience having begun his career in 1992 as an investment advisor and then moving into management roles at both public and private companies.

During his career he has organized and structured numerous equity and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, joint venture partnerships and strategic alliances. Mr. Cantore serves on the boards of various companies both private and public.

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Michael Feinstein, CPG, PhD

QP

Michael Feinstein

Dr. Feinstein is an Arizona-based Economic Geologist and Consultant with more than 15 years of experience leading mineral exploration projects for clients in the USA, Mexico, and Canada. As founder and primary of MineOro Explorations, he has managed the exploration/evaluation of more than 40 properties. Significant experience with Tertiary Volcanics and Low-Sulphidation Epithermal Vein Systems.

Applied Field Geology, Ore Deposit Genetics, 3D GIS.

During an exploration project in Alaska, Michael identified previous drill errors and conceptualized the development of the currently producing Dawson Gold Mine on Prince of Wales Island. A mineral exploration initiative he led in Arizona generated the Chloride Gold Project, currently being explored.

“Discoveries are made in the field” and “Whoever sees the most rock wins” are favorite quotes. Fluent in English and Spanish.

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Raymond Strafehl

Advisor

Raymond Strafehl

Raymond Strafehl is a current director at Tearlach Resources, recently stepping down as President and CEO. He was a former stock exchange trader, investment advisor and registered Commodity Trading Advisor for more than 20 years.

Mr. Strafehl negotiated the $170 million takeover transaction of Valley High Ventures Ltd. He served several public mining companies in roles as president, director, and corporate relations over the past 15 years.