Michael E. Schuss brings over 46 years of experience in the Canadian exploration industry, having been involved since 1980 and serving as a director and officer of Canadian-listed junior exploration companies since 1988. Mr. Schuss specializes in exploration project acquisitions across North America, Europe, China, and Africa, with expertise in precious and base metals, rare earths, platinum group metals, and battery materials. He has extensive operational experience, having worked underground in mines and on drilling rigs, and completed two concentrate shipments to Cominco's smelter in Trail, British Columbia. Between 1980 and 1983, Mr. Schuss worked for a national brokerage firm in trading operations on the floor of the Vancouver Stock Exchange. The Corporation recognizes Mr. Schuss's tenured expertise in project development and looks forward to his leadership in optimizing the Issuer's exploration portfolio, including decision-making involving mining claim acquisitions, dispositions, and Crown reversions.