Management

Dr Andreas Rompel, FSAIMM, President and CEO and Director

Dr. Rompel is a seasoned exploration professional with three decades of exploration experience in a wide range of roles from VP Exploration and Project Manager to Country Manager and Corporate Development. Most recently, Dr. Rompel was the President & CEO of Cobalt Power Group. Dr. Rompel has also worked in a variety of commodities, including precious metals and base metals as well as coking coal and cobalt. For more than a decade Dr. Rompel evaluated capital projects within Anglo American and was on the board of Spectrem (an Anglo-American Company) as Technical Director. He has worked in many countries on several continents and has well developed multi-linguistic skills.

Deborah Battison, CFO

Ms. Battiston is a CPA-CGA, ICD.D and holds a BA in Economics from the University of Guelph. She has an extensive background with over 25 years of financial management which includes public companies, mergers and acquisitions, tax, and financing. Ms. Battiston also has broad experience with fast paced growth companies and infrastructure creation having managed the financial teams for many successful, international and domestic companies in the mining, technology and other sectors.

Aaron Atin, Corporate Secretary

Mr. Atin is a corporate and securities lawyer with securities, mergers and acquisition and corporate finance experience. Mr. Atin is currently a legal consultant to various Toronto Stock Exchange, TSXV and CSE listed companies in various sectors including mining, financial services, agriculture and technology. Mr. Atin began his legal career as a corporate law associate at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. Mr. Atin holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Waterloo and a J.D. from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law.

Michael Dehn, VP Exploration & Director

With over 25 years of experience in the mining industry, Michael has been a VP, President, CEO and Director of nearly 20 companies. Between 1994 and 2005, he worked as an exploration geologist and later as a Senior Geologist with Goldcorp Inc. His expertise lies in grassroots to advanced minerals exploration, marketing and financing junior companies. Michael has worked in diamond, base metals, precious metals, industrial minerals, oil and natural gas, as well as sand, gravel and peat deposits, primarily in the Americas on private, public company and government projects.