Mr. Husband is a Professional Geologist with over 30 years of experience in mineral exploration and project evaluation. He is a founder of Cipher Research, providing independent geological and management consulting to mining companies and investors. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.

Natalie Pietrzak-Renaud is a professional geologist with more than 25 years of experience in gold exploration and resource development across Canada. She has held senior technical and management roles with junior and major mining companies, specializing in orogenic gold systems and structurally controlled deposits.

Natalie is recognized as an expert on the Hawkins Gold Project, where she has led geological interpretation, targeting, and resource evaluation. Her work has been instrumental in advancing the McKinnon Zone and identifying new opportunities along strike and at depth.

She holds an M.S.c. in Geology and is a registered Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) in Ontario.

Mark Richardson is a professional geologist with more than a decade of exploration experience across Canada, with a focus on structural geology and gold deposits. He has held senior roles with several exploration companies, including Exploits Discovery, Labrador Gold, Gold Terra Resource, and GeoVector. Mark is also the President and Principal Geologist of Axis Geoscience Ltd., where he specializes in transforming early-stage ideas into successful exploration opportunities.

At Exploits Discovery, Mark has previously served as Senior Geologist and Consulting Geologist, contributing to target generation, drill program design, and field leadership. His prior work includes advancing discoveries at Labrador Gold’s “Big Vein,” Golden Glove, HTC Zone, and Doyle Zone, as well as gold exploration in the Yellowknife Greenstone Belt with Gold Terra.

Mark holds both B.Sc. (Honours) and M.Sc. degrees in Geology from the University of New Brunswick, with a specialization in structural geology and ore deposits. He is a registered Professional Geoscientist in Ontario (PGO) and New Brunswick (APEGNB).

Ms. Fitzmaurice, is a chartered accountant with over 15 years of experience in accounting and financial control for both private and publicly listed companies. She has significant experience as CFO for exploration companies and has been involved in numerous private placements, prospectus filings, flow-through financings and corporate audits. Ms. Fitzmaurice holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from Athlone Institute of Technology, Ireland.