BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President of CFE Financial Inc., a private investment banking company. Formerly Chief Financial Officer of Tangerine Payment Solutions Corp. listed on the TSX Venture, which was successfully sold in March 2009.

Mr. Gagnon has over 30 years of experience in geology and general management in all aspects of the mining operations of a number of companies, including operations, milling, maintenance, engineering, administration, health safety and environment, as well as community relations.

Professor-level senior mining engineer, MBA, with over40 years of experience in mining production and management, and rich international mining business, worked in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Peru etc. He worked as a Senior manager at Aluminum Corporation of China (“Chalco), China Metallurgical Group Corporation (“MCC”) and Jiangxi Copper Mining Company, includes, Senior VP at Chalco China Copper Co., Ltd, Chairman and CEO of Chalco Peru Mining Company, Deputy General Manager at couple international subsidies of MCC, Deputy General Manager at Jiangxi Copper and Mine Manager at Jiangxi Copper Mine etc.

CPA, PhD in Management. Mr. Yuan served as CFO and Director of Wonder Auto Technology, a NASDAQ-listed company, from 2006 to 2012, CEO of Taehwa Corporation of Korea from 2014 to 2017, and CFO and Director of Yintai Gold Co., Ltd. (000975.SZ), a Shenzhen Stock Exchange-listed company, from 2017 to 2023. He has more than 30 years of senior management experience in listed companies in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and China. He has served as a director of the Company since 2014.

Graduated from Xi’an Institute of Metallurgy and Architecture with a major in mining machinery, Mr. Bai has extensive working experience in mining and mineral processing. He has served as a Mill Manager of the Chifeng Chaihulanzi Gold Mine, the deputy Mine Manager of Fuyuan Mining Co., Ltd., and the Project Manager of Burzize Mine in Albania. He is currently the mining supervisor of Inner Mongolia Yinshi Industrial Company.

Mr. Huang, CPA, CMA, has over 20 years of administration and corporate finance experience in different industries, including resource exploration. Prior to his current role, he held various management and accounting roles with multiple companies and has been involved in a variety of transactions in resource exploration and utility industries, including financings, acquisitions, joint ventures, mergers, and divestitures.