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Mr Chubb is an Economic Geologist with more than 20 years exploration and mining experience. Andrew has well developed technical and operational skills from 20 years in technical operational and consulting and advisory roles to the mining and exploration industry across multiple continents including Australia, Africa and Europe. Andrew has led large teams from exploration through to feasibility including the Mantra Resources Mkuju Project in Tanzania prior to takeover by ARMZ/Uranium One for AUD1.02 billion. Andrew has a BSc with honours from the University of New England in Australia, a Member of the Australian Institute of Geologists and the Society of Economic Geologists.
Sharon is a Chartered Accountant with over 10 years of experience in accounting and auditing roles for mining and mining-related companies. Ms. Cooper began her career as an auditor at Ernst & Young, working on both internal and external audits, and gaining experience on larger audits for major mining companies as well as junior explorers and mining-related companies. Since leaving Ernst & Young, Sharon has held senior accounting and financial reporting roles for several junior exploration companies and a mining services company.
Karl is an Ivorian National and resides in Abidjan, he was a co-founder of Awalé Resources and has been involved with the company in an advisory role since listing. Karl was an investment banker with BMO Capital Markets in London and holds MSc Chemical Engineering from
University of Manchester and MSc in Metals and Energy Finance from the Royal School of Mines (Imperial College London).
Mr Chubb is an Economic Geologist with more than 20 years exploration and mining experience. Andrew has well developed technical and operational skills from 20 years in technical operational and consulting and advisory roles to the mining and exploration industry across multiple continents including Australia, Africa and Europe. Andrew has led large teams from exploration through to feasibility including the Mantra Resources Mkuju Project in Tanzania prior to takeover by ARMZ/Uranium One for AUD1.02 billion. Andrew has a BSc with honours from the University of New England in Australia, a Member of the Australian Institute of Geologists and the Society of Economic Geologists.
Mr Stewart has over 18 years of financial experience as a director and senior officer with Canadian public companies, including as the CEO and director of Orecap (TSXV:OCI) and QC Copper & Gold Inc. (TSXV:QCCU), and the chair of Mistango River Resources (CSE:MIS) and Baselode Energy Corp. (TSXV:FIND). Mr. Stewart is the founder of the Ore Group, an organization focused on natural resource discovery and development, and founder and chairman of the Young Mining Professionals Scholarship Fund, the largest mining-focused charitable organization and fund which supports mining engineering and geology education in Canada.
Mr. Stewart holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario, a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and a Master of Science degree from the University of Florida.
Derk Hartman has over 17 years of experience in the banking and mining sectors and has been a founder, officer and director of several public and private companies. He most recently served as the chief financial officer of TSX-listed Silver Bear Resources, building the Mangazeisky silver mine in far east Russia, responsible for the transformation from exploration into production company, building the project and operations team and implementing the internal and project control systems. He is a former director of investment banking at BMO Capital Markets. Having worked for 12 years in Natural Resources investment banking, he has extensive debt and equity capital markets experience, as well as experience with the stock exchange listing process, takeover rules and corporate governance of both the Toronto and London markets. Mr. Hartman holds an MSc, mining engineering, from Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands) and the FT non-executive director diploma (United Kingdom).
Mr. Birchall brings more than twenty years of experience in the financing and management of resource companies. Mr. Birchall was most recently Chief Executive Officer & Director at Giyani Metals Corp. Before that he was the Executive Chair of Silver Bear Resources. Mr. Birchall is also a Non-Executive Director of Helium One Global (February -2020 – present). Previous roles include former Chief Executive Officer of a private oil and gas E&P company as well as Vice President Investment & Corporate Banking with BMO Capital Markets, where he completed a variety of high-profile transactions for resource companies. Prior to BMO Capital Markets, Mr. Birchall was Vice President Corporate Finance at Canaccord Adams Ltd.
Mr. Birchall earned an MBA from the University of Cape Town, a MSc in European and International Politics from Edinburgh University, a Première Degré en Langues Literature et Civilisation, from Stendahl Université and a BA from Queens University.
Charles is a P. Geo with over 30 years experience in project generation, business development, exploration chemistry and hands-on project management. Charles previously held the position of General Manager of new business opportunities with IAMGOLD Corporation from 2008 until 2009, after having spent nearly 17 years in various capacities for Noranda-Falconbridge-Xstrata, including as country manager of Brazil from 1996 to 2001 and manager of the Frieda River Project from 2005to 2006. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Geology from the University of Ottawa and a Masters of Geology from McGill University.