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Mr. Lekstrom has over 17 years of experience in the mining industry, with a diverse background in executive and project management, operations, and engineering. He has an established track record of delivering successes, including most recently, the successful building of NexGold Mining Corp, creating a near term development company with a clear path to building two new Canadian gold mines. This was accomplished through deleveraging and restructuring debt, setting a new strategic direction for the company through multiple back-to-back mergers / acquisitions of Blackwolf Copper and Gold Ltd. and Treasury Metals Inc., and then Signal Gold Inc. in 2024.

He has also held senior technical roles with experience at Freeport McMoran’s Grasberg site in Indonesia and Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi Project in Mongolia. He has direct African experience though his role with Golden Star Resources in supporting the redevelopment of an underground mine in Ghana, West Africa. Morgan has also served as engineering manager at Sabina Gold & Silver Corp., where he was responsible for the first phases of execution at the Back River Marine Laydown Project.

Peter Rawlins was appointed Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer in September 2023. In this role, he leads our financial functions, including capital markets, treasury, and financial reporting. Peter brings over 20 years of experience in capital markets and treasury within the metals and mining sector. His career includes significant tenures at two leading Canadian banks, culminating in his role as Managing Director in Global Mining at CIBC Corporate Banking. There, he specialized in originating financial solutions for the metals and mining industry, focusing on negotiating and executing financing structures such as project finance, corporate debt, streaming arrangements, and risk management strategies.

Peter also contributed to Artemis Gold by securing project financing for the Blackwater mining project. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree, and a Master of Sciences degree in Finance. His academic accomplishments, paired with his extensive practical experience, establish him as a well-rounded and knowledgeable finance professional.

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Mr. Sean Whiteford is an accomplished geologist and mining executive with over 30 years of multi commodity experience within the global resource sector. He has extensive knowledge of mineral exploration, resource definition, mining, strategy, technology and project studies having held various corporate, operational and technical roles at BHP, Rio Tinto and Cliffs Natural Resource. Mr. Whiteford also has a strong business development background and has completed the Advanced Management Program from Columbia Business School. Most recently he was Vice President, Business Development at Burgundy Diamond Mines Ltd (ASX:BDM) and a Director of Premium Resources Ltd. He is a Member of the AUSIMM, PDAC, and SEG.

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Jaclyn Ruptash has 20 years of domestic and international experience in the resources sector with an accomplished background in communications, corporate governance, legal and regulatory compliance, and financing.  Prior to joining Premium Resources Ltd., Jaclyn held senior positions with several mining companies including with Premium Resources founding shareholder, formerly North American Nickel. She has been involved in all aspects of the operations with a variety of public and privately owned companies with direct responsibility for all continuous disclosure requirements, board and committee matters, corporate transactions, shareholder communications and corporate records. She has extensive experience in public and media relations, operations, and stakeholder communications.

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Ms. Sharon Taylor holds a B. Sc. from Mount Allison University and an M. Sc. from Queen’s University. She has over 35 years of experience in mineral exploration, including thirteen years with Falconbridge, Noranda, and Xstrata. She has experience in both volcanogenic massive sulfide and nickel exploration in major mining camps including Kidd Creek, Bathurst, Raglan, Sudbury and Kabanga. Her international exploration experience includes nickel projects in Tanzania and Greenland. Ms. Taylor's area of expertise is the application and interpretation of EM data and integrating results from airborne, ground and downhole EM methods. 

Mr. Katchen has over 23 years of experience in mineral exploration and mining in North America Greenland, Finland, Tanzania and Botswana. Gerry obtained his B.Sc from Brandon University in 1998, and has since specialized in  the global exploration for Nickel, Copper and Platinum Group Metals hosted within intrusive Mafic/Ultramafic sulphide systems. 

Gerry’s former experience with North American Palladium, Placer Dome, Continental Nickel and as Exploration Manager for PNRL has provided a solid foundation in the systematic approach and application of shallow and deep exploration technologies and methods. His career highlights include the discovery of the Ntaka Hill Nickel-Copper Deposit in Tanzania for Continental Nickel and the PQ_Deeps discovery in Ontario, Canada for Placer Dome.

Timothy Moran is a Canadian corporate and securities law professional with over 30 years of experience advising domestic and international public and private companies.  Clients include companies with mineral exploration interests, blockchain and cryptocurrency business models and investment holding companies.  Prior to acting as in-house counsel and corporate secretary for PNRL, Timothy was the Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer of Gedex Systems Inc., a pre-revenue high technology company specializing in airborne geophysics exploration.  Prior to Gedex Systems Inc., Timothy was a partner for many years at Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP with a practice specializing in the corporate, mergers and acquisitions, takeover bids and securities law areas.  Timothy has LLB and MBA degrees from the University of Western Ontario and a BASc (Industrial Engineering) degree from the University of Toronto.