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Patrick Downey, P.Eng., Non-Executive Chair

Mr. Downey has over 30 years of international experience in the resource industry. Mr. Downey has significant executive & board experience which includes, Claude Resources, Victoria Gold, Dalradian Resources, Elgin, Viceroy, Aura & is currently the President & CEO of Orezone. He has also held numerous senior engineering positions at several large-scale gold mining operations. He holds a B.Sc. (Hon.) degree in Engineering from Queen's University in Belfast, Ireland.

Brian Booth, P.Geo., Director

Mr. Booth brings more than 30 years of experience in mineral exploration throughout Canada, Europe & southeast Asia. He began his career as a geologist on the Casa Berardi gold discoveries in Quebec. He opened Inco's exploration office in Val d'Or & is credited with the discovery of the Douay West gold deposit in 1990. As Inco's Manager Exploration, Eastern North America, he conducted the preliminary assessment of the Voisey's Bay Ni-Cu-Co discovery & later was involved in the discovery of the Beutong copper porphyry in Indonesia. He also served as CEO, President & Director of Lake Shore Gold, where he completed the acquisition of the Bell Creek mine & mill & led the team that discovered the Timmins West, Thunder Creek & Bell Creek deep deposits. Most recently, he was CEO & Director of Pembrook Copper and the President & CEO of Element 29 Resources. Brian currently serves on the board of SSR Mining. He holds a B.Sc. in Geology from McGill University & is a member of the Professional Geoscientists of Ontario.

Arnold Klassen, CPA., Director

Mr. Klassen is a Chartered Professional Accountant with over 35 years of experience in accounting, audit and tax, of which includes over 30 years of experience in the mining industry. Mr. Klassen is currently President of AKMJK Consulting Ltd., a private consulting company, and prior to that was the Vice President of Finance for Dynatec Corporation. Mr. Klassen has significant board experience which includes, Lake Shore Gold Corp., Claude Resources Inc. and Northern Superior Resources Inc. and is currently a director of Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. Mr. Klassen holds a degree in Commerce from the University of British Columbia and has obtained the Institute of Corporate Directors ICD.D designation.

Lisa Riley, Director

Ms. Riley has nearly 30 years of experience in global capital markets, finance, mining advisory and government relations. Currently, she serves as an independent consultant to mining companies in addition to her work developing investment products for launch in Argentina. Prior to consulting, Ms. Riley held senior roles in equity research and institutional sales with Santander Investment, Lehman Brothers, RBC Capital Markets, and TD Securities. Lisa has served as a director to several mining companies and is currently on the board of Star Diamond Corp. Ms. Riley holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Toronto and is fluent in English, French and Spanish.

Brian Skanderbeg, P.Geo., President & CEO, Director

Mr. Skanderbeg was most recently President and CEO of Claude Resources Inc. since November 2014 – which was acquired by Silver Standard Resources Inc. for $337 million. He previously worked for Goldcorp, Inco Ltd. and Helio Resources, holding positions in both exploration and operations. He holds a B.Sc. from the University of Manitoba and an M.Sc. from Rhodes University, South Africa. He brings extensive experience in the exploration and evaluation of gold systems, operational management, cost and asset optimization and strategic analysis.