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Leadership

Sean has over 20 years of experience in senior executive leadership roles focused on financial oversight and corporate strategy. He received his Chartered Accountant designation in Canada while working at EY.

Chief Executive Officer

With over 30 years of experience in more than 30 countries on five continents, Mark has built his career upon identifying ways to improve mining operations with an emphasis on global corporate responsibility, communities and sustainability. He has served in numerous executive roles in the extractive industry, including as Vice President of Corporate Responsibility at Torex Gold Resources, Senior Vice President of CSR and Environmental Affairs at Golden Star Resources Limited, and most recently as Senior Vice President, ESG at INV metals. In 2020, during his tenure at INV, the company’s CSR performance was recognized with the Communitas Award for Excellence. The Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Mining Innovation Council, Mark has a PhD in Mine Land Reclamation from the University of Saskatchewan and an ICD.D Corporate Director Certificate from the Rotman School of Business.

John is a senior financial management professional with more than 30 years of private and public company experience. He is currently the part-time CFO of AMPD Ventures Inc. (CSE – since July 2019), U3O8 Corp. (TSX – since June 2010) and Buccaneer Gold Corp. (since September 2016). He was the interim CEO (May 2019 to March 2020) and CFO (February 2017 to March 2020) of Hempco Food and Fiber Inc. (TSXV), which was acquired by Aurora Cannabis Inc. (NYSE) in August 2019. John was CFO of FNX Mining Company from 2002 to 2005 and of IAMGOLD Corporation from 1996 to 2002.

President, Americas

John’s success as a business leader is derived from a long and diverse career that combines highly technical, customer-facing, capital-raising and senior leadership roles. He is an expert in strategy and finance as well as an inspiring team leader.

John began his career as an oil and gas exploration geoscientist in New Orleans, LA. Over the next 30 years, John excelled in the Capital Markets Industry in senior wealth management roles with Drexel Burnham, Citi Group and UBS, as well as leadership roles (Partner) at several boutique Institutional Energy Investment Banks.

Prior to joining EnviroGold Global, John was the Chief Financial Officer of Vigilent, Inc., an early-stage technology company that creates advanced data and communications hardware and software solutions for autonomous unmanned aerial systems. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Geoscience from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, VA, and Master of Science in Geoscience (ABD) from the University of New Orleans, LA.

Executive Strategy & Capital Markets

J. Paul Austin III is an experienced senior executive, management consultant, advisor, board member and capital markets leader. From 2010 – 2019, Paul was Managing Director of BlueArc Capital Management’s hedge fund strategies. Prior to this, he spent seven years as Chief Investment Officer of Beach Capital Management, the investment office of Mr. S. Daniel Abraham. Paul began his career at Goldman, Sachs & Co. after receiving his degree in finance from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he graduated with Highest Honors and has served as a member of the board of Trustees for the Georgia Tech Alumni Association. Paul is CEO of Bespoke Quantitative Strategies in the US, a partner at Bopu Capital Management in Hong Kong and serves on the board of Rabun Gap Nacoochee Schools.

CEM, QEP – Permitting, Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS)

Ron Leiken is a distinguished environmental professional with 30 years of experience leading environmental and EHS compliance, permitting and sustainability initiatives in the metals, mining, resource development, and manufacturing sectors. Ron has extensive experience in key US mining districts including Nevada, Arizona and California. He has successfully permitted many complex projects in these jurisdictions and other states. He is a senior Environmental Manager at Equinox Gold (NYSE AMEX: EQX), and has recently held roles including Director of Safety, Health and Environment for Comstock Mining (NYSE AMEX: LODE), Senior Manager-Permitting for SSR Mining/Marigold Mine and Corporate Environmental/Regulatory Affairs for Ormat Technologies.