Proven Team

Adrian F. C. Hobkirk

PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & DIRECTOR

Mr. Hobkirk has 32 years of experience in the mining and venture capital industry, beginning with Norgold Resources in 1990, which was ultimately purchased by BEMA Gold. Mr. Hobkirk has been involved in Guyana for over twenty years and founded the company to develop the Groete Gold Copper Deposit in 2006. He has worked in many countries including Canada, Mongolia, Venezuela, Guyana, Chile, Colombia, the United States and Mexico. He has been involved in mineral exploration and technology ventures, and has extensive public company experience. He is the founder and project developer of Lithium South. He holds a BA in Economics from Simon Fraser University and is the largest single individual shareholder of the Company.

Christopher P. Cherry

Director & Chief financial Officer

Mr. Cherry has over 20 years of corporate accounting and audit experience. Mr. Cherry has extensive corporate experience and has held senior-level positions for several public mining companies, including director, CFO and secretary. Mr. Cherry has been a chartered accountant since February, 2009, and a certified general accountant since 2004. In his former experience as an auditor, he held positions with KPMG and Davidson and Co. LLP in Vancouver, where he gained experience as an auditor for junior public companies and as an initial public offering specialist. Mr. Cherry served as CFO of the Company in 2012 and 2013, and has extensive knowledge of business in Guyana.

Gordon Neal

Director

Gordon Neal obtained his Bachelor of Science from Dalhousie University in 1978.  Since December 2021, he has served as the CEO and a director of Tincorp Metals Inc. where he oversees the company’s exploration and development programs, capital markets, environmental and social responsibility, corporate development, and team building.  Mr. Neal is focused on asset growth, strengthening corporate foundations and value accretion.  Prior to his appointment at Tincorp Metals Inc., Mr. Neal served as the President of New Pacific Metals Corp. from 2017-2021, as the Vice President of Corporate Development of Silvercorp Metals Inc. from 2016 to 2017 and as Vice President of Corporate Development of MAG Silver Corp. from 2004 to 2013.

Mr. Neal has also been elected as the President of the Dalhousie University Student Union, the Dalhousie Board of Governors, and the Dalhousie Senate and the chair of Viola Desmond Chair in Social Justice for Cape Breton University.

Jan Urata

Corporate Secretary

Ms. Urata brings over 20 years experience in public company corporate finance and securities related matters including her years as a paralegal at McMillan. She also serves as Corporate Secretary of other TSX Venture issuers.