Mr. Patankar is a senior mining executive with an extensive public company leadership, investment banking and capital markets background and a diverse financial, technical, and strategic skill set. He is currently President, CEO & Director of Maple Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX-V: MGM), after having served as the company's CFO from 2022-2023 and its SVP, Growth Strategy from 2021-2022. He has been an Independent Director of Onyx Gold Corp. (TSX-V: ONYX) since 2023. Mr. Patankar was previously President, CEO & Director of two TSX-V listed gold exploration and development companies, where he led growth initiatives and orchestrated successful company turnarounds. As an investment banker with leading Canadian and global financial institutions, he worked exclusively with mining companies on strategic corporate matters and executed M&A and corporate finance transactions totaling more than C$3 billion in value. Mr. Patankar holds a Bachelor of Science in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.

Dr. Gérald Riverin obtained his Ph.D. from Queen's University in 1977. He has been involved with the discovery and development of several properties including Inmet's Troilus open pit gold-copper mine near Chibougamau. Dr. Riverin is internationally renowned as an expert on the geology of volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits and is routinely invited as a speaker and lecturer on various aspects of the geology of volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits, and on exploration technology. He has served as Executive Director of Exploration (North America) for Inmet Mining Corporation, President and CEO of Cogitore Resources, President of Yorbeau Resources. All three companies were active in the greater Douay area. Dr. Riverin served as President of the Association de l'Exploration Minière du Québec, and is also a Prospector of the Year award winner (QMEA).

Dr. Riverin is independent in relation to the Company and its management, as well as independent in relation to major shareholders.

Darwin Green, P.Geo. has over 30 years of experience in the minerals mining industry and brings significant industry, corporate and technical knowledge to the Company. He currently serves on the boards of NYSE-listed Contango ORE, Inc., TSX Venture Exchange-listed Onyx Gold Corp. and Evergold Corp., and as a Technical Advisor to other junior mining companies. Mr. Green previously served as Founder, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of HighGold Mining Inc. from August 2019 until its recent acquisition by Contango ORE in July 2024 and has served as Founder and Executive Chairman of Onyx Gold since July 2023. Between November 2008 and December 2019, he served as the Vice President Exploration for Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. and prior to that, Mr. Green oversaw exploration and underground development programs at the Niblack (Cu-Au-Zn-Ag) deposit in Alaska, for which he received the Commissioner's Award for Project Excellence by the State of Alaska. Mr. Green holds a B.Sc. from the University of British Columbia and an M.Sc. in Economic Geology from Carleton University.

Mr. Green is independent in relation to the Company and its management, as well as independent in relation to major shareholders.

Mr. Chris Adams is a mining finance consultant and corporate director with 35 years of industry experience. As head of Mining Finance for the Americas with Macquarie Group Limited, he led teams to evaluate and execute equity investments and loans to mining development projects around the world, and marketed commodity derivatives. Prior to Macquarie, Mr. Adams worked in mining investment banking in Canada and Australia for both Macquarie and CIBC. He holds a B.Com. degree from McGill University, an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the CFA designation.

Mr. Adams is independent in relation to the Company and its management, as well as independent in relation to major shareholders.

Mr. Marc Legault is a geologist and was also a licensed professional engineer with over 40 years of experience in the gold and base metals industry, including 34 years with Agnico Eagle Mines Limited ("Agnico"), where he held various exploration, operations, and management positions until retiring in 2022 as Senior Vice President. Marc spent the early part of his career, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, exploring for gold deposits in the Casa Berardi gold belt both near the Douay project and at the Joutel mine complex. He brings extensive knowledge of Québec geology and significant experience in project development and operations with Agnico.

Mr. Legault is independent in relation to the Company and its management, as well as independent in relation to major shareholders.