Paul Smith has built a prominent career in the mining industry and has held various senior level positions at Glencore Plc including the group’s Head of Strategy. During his time in this role, he successfully completed a number of large scale corporate and capital markets transactions, including the merger with Xstrata plc.

Whilst working at Glencore, Paul also served as CFO of Katanga Mining Limited, Glencore’s subsidiary, from 2019 until its de-listing in 2020. Additionally, Paul represented Glencore as a non-executive director of Lonmin Plc and Glencore Agriculture Limited. Prior to joining Glencore, Paul was an analyst and fund manager at Marshall Wace Asset Management before working in investment banking at Close Brothers and Credit Suisse.

Paul is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds an MA in Modern History from Oxford University.

Mr Gourley is the London Managing Partner of Fasken Martineau, an international law firm, where his practise focuses on finance and asset transactions in the natural resource industry. Mr. Gourley has served as a director of several TSX, TSX-V and AIM mining and mineral exploration companies, including a company that was acquired by Franco-Nevada for its gold royalty on the Newmont Ahafo Mine in Ghana. Mr. Gourley has direct mining industry experience having worked for the Noranda Group (1992 to 1995) and having served as CEO of an AIM-listed industrial mineral producer (2011 to 2012).

Mr. Gourley is a member of the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (England and Wales), a member of the Ontario Law Society and Chairman of the Board of the World Association of Mining Lawyers (WAOML), whose Advisory Council he led from the date of its formation in 2014 until 2018. Mr. Gourley holds a BBA from Schulich School of Business and an LLB from the University of Ottawa.

Al serves as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and sits on the Audit Committee.

Mrs Pein has had a successful career spanning more than 30 years as an economic geologist in the natural resource sector. Helen is currently a director of Pan Iberia Ltd. (UK) and founder member of Panex Resources Pty. Ltd. (Mauritius and SA) a private company focusing on finding and developing global mining projects.

Helen was formerly a director and shareholder of Pangea Exploration (Pty) Ltd for 20 years. She was part of the executive team which was directly responsible for the discovery and evaluation of a number of world class gold and mineral sands deposits throughout Africa. (Burnstone, Tuluwaka, Buzwagi, Corridor Sands and Kwale). From 2012, Pangea was affiliated to Private Equity Company, Denham Capital International, providing asset analysis and technical evaluation of mining investments in Africa.

Helen is a recipient of the Gencor Geology Award and Fellow of the Geological Society of South Africa and member of the International Society for Economic Geologists. She holds a B.Sc. Geoscience and a B.Sc. Geology (Hons) (Cum Laude), from the University of Stellenbosch SA.

Helen sits on both the Nomination and Remuneration Committees.

Peter Bacchus is currently Chairman and Chief Executive of Bacchus Capital, an independent investment banking boutique with particular expertise in the natural resources sector. Peter has over 25 years of experience as a leading global M&A adviser, with particularly deep experience within natural resources having advised some of the largest companies in the sector. Throughout Peter’s career he has been at the forefront of several large and transformative M&A transactions, financed substantial deals, and advised on development projects worldwide.

Peter previously acted as the Global Head of Mining and Metals at Morgan Stanley and European Head of Investment Banking at Jefferies. Before relocating to London in 2006, he was based in Australia and Indonesia, where he was Asia-Pacific Head of Industrials and Natural Resources investment banking at Citigroup. Peter currently sits on the boards of New York and Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed Gold Fields Limited, London Stock Exchange listed Kenmare Resources Plc and Australian Stock Exchange listed Galaxy Resources Limited. He is also Chairman of Africa-focused conservation charity, Space for Giants.

Peter holds an MA from St John’s College, Cambridge and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

David previously held Chief Executive Officer positions at Aureus Mining (TSX & AIM: AUE) and European Goldfields and was formerly Chief Geologist and SVP Exploration & New Business for Randgold Resources. From 2018 to 2020 David served as Special Advisor to the board of directors and CEO of Continental Goldfields Inc (TSX: CNL), undertaking a full review of all geology and exploration data and previous work providing strategic advice and being extensively involved in its sale to Zijin. Mr. Reading has over 40 years’ experience in the mining industry covering all stages of mine development, including exploration, feasibility, financing, construction and operations. He has an MSc in Economic Geology and is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and is a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists.