Mr. Green served as Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of HighGold Mining Inc. from August 2019 until its acquisition by Contango ORE in July 2024, and as Executive Chairman for Onyx Gold Corp from July 2023 to present. Mr. Green was a founder of HighGold and Onyx Gold, both publicly traded companies focused on mineral exploration and mine development in North America. Between November 2008 and December 31, 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 deposit, 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 has thirty years of experience in the minerals mining industry and brings significant industry, corporate and technical knowledge to the Company.

Mr. Shortz has been a director of the Company since 2016. Mr. Shortz is President and Chief Executive Officer of Pavia Capital, LLP, a family office investment company. Mr. Shortz served as a Partner of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, an international law firm (“Morgan Lewis”) from 1995 through September 2016 and as a Partner with Jones Day Reavis & Pogue LLP, another international law firm, from 1983 through 1994. He previously was an executive of Tosco Corporation, an independent oil and gas company, from 1973 through 1983 where he became Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. While a Partner at Morgan Lewis, Mr. Shortz served as Chairman of the firm’s Energy Group and a member of its Board. Mr. Shortz received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Indiana University in 1967 and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School in 1970. Mr. Shortz has extensive experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance, regularly advising both public and private energy companies.