Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
There is no material litigation, arbitration or
governmental proceeding currently pending against us or any member of our management team in their capacity as such.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Information About Our Executive Officers
Name
Age
Title
Steven Gold
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
William Avery
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Chief Financial Officer
Steven Gold has served as our President
and Chief Executive Officer since May 21, 2024. Prior to this, he held the position of Chief Financial Officer, starting on December 10,
2023. He has also served as a director since January 1, 2024. Mr. Gold has nearly 25 years of capital markets experience
in the natural resources sector, having held various positions in the investment industry across both the buy and sell sides with Tier-1
funds and brokerages. Prior to serving at the Company, during 2023, Mr. Gold had been offering corporate development and investor
relations consultancy to junior natural resource companies on a contractual basis. Between 2021 and 2023, Mr. Gold served as the
vice president of corporate development at Collective Mining Corp. Between 2018 and 2021, Mr. Gold took a temporary leave of absence
due to personal obligations. Previously, between 2012 and 2018, he served as the CFO of Energold Drilling Corp. In addition, Mr. Gold
held senior officer roles at various junior and mid-level global mining-sector companies with a focus on Latin America and Africa. Mr.
Gold is a Director of Fusion Fuel Green PLC, a U.S.-listed public company. Mr. Gold received his Bachelor’s degree in Industrial
Relations from McGill University in 2001 and his CFA designation from CFA Institute in 2006.
William Avery has served as our Chief Financial
Officer since June 1, 2024. Since September 2023 Mr. Avery has been operating his own wholly-owned business, Avery Professional
Corporation, through which provides CFO consulting services. While providing consultancy to companies, Mr. Avery is also named as
the Chief Financial Officer of PharmAla Biotech Holdings Inc., a Canadian public company. Mr. Avery has nearly 20 years of experience
in public accounting and corporate finance, including eleven years as a partner at MNP LLP, a leading national accounting firm in
Canada. From 2016 to 2023, he served as the Regional Public Companies Leader in Toronto, Ontario, where he specialized in helping companies
go public in both the United States and Canada, as well as cross-listing, across a wide variety of industries. Prior to that, he
held the position of Human Capital Leader in Mississauga, Ontario, from 2014 to 2016. Mr. Avery is a CPA (Canada) and CPA (New York)
with expertise in U.S. GAAP and IFRS. Since leaving public accounting, he has worked as CFO and financial consultant to both
private and public companies, providing strategic financial leadership to businesses pursuing public listings. Mr. Avery has received
his Honors Arts Accountancy Coop and Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Accounting from University of Waterloo in 2005.
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