Peter Cashin

CEO

Mr. Cashin is a respected minerals industry executive with over 40 years experience in all facets of the Canadian and International mining exploration and development sector. Prior to joining Auriginal Metals, a member of The Ore Group, he founded a mineral sector consultancy, Apex Mineral Consultants Inc, providing exploration and development technical advisory services for the critical mineral and material sectors. Peter is an established mining sector executive as the Founder and President & CEO of both Imperial Mining Group Ltd. (TSXV:IPG) from 2018 to 2024 and Quest Rare Minerals Ltd. (TSXV:QRM) from 2008 to 2015. It was with Quest in 2009 that he had his greatest career success with the discovery and development of the Strange Lake B-Zone rare earth deposit in northeastern Quebec, considered the largest deposit of its type in the world outside of China. The discovery’s significance was acknowledged by the Quebec Mineral Exploration Association in 2010 with the awarding of The Quebec Prospector of the Year Award to Peter and his Team.

Mr. Cashin obtained his Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of New Brunswick in 1979 and a Master of Science degree in Mineral Exploration from McGill University in 1985. Peter was born and raised north of Montreal, Quebec and currently lives with his family in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Cashin has been a Practicing Professional Geoscientist with Professional Geoscientists Ontario (PGO) since 2008.

Stephen Stewart

Chairman & Director

Stephen is the founder and Chairman of Ore Group, a private company focused on natural resource discovery and development. He is also the Chairman of public companies: Orecap Invest, XXIX Metal Corp, American Eagle Gold, Baselode Energy, Mistango River Resources, Metal Energy, and a Director of Awale Resources.

Stephen is the Founder and Chairman of the Young Mining Professionals Scholarship Fund, the largest mining-focused charitable organization supporting mining engineering and geology education.

Stephen holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Ontario, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, and a Master of Science from the University of Florida.

Joel Friedman

Chairman & Director

Joel is a finance professional with over 13 years of experience working in the mining and cannabis industries. Most recently, Joel served as the CFO of Khiron Life Sciences Corp, prior to this, he was Vice President, Finance at CannTrust Inc., and Director of Finance at Primero Mining Corp. and senior finance roles at Banro Corporation and Iamgold Corporation. Mr. Friedman began his career at Deloitte in the Real Estate and Resources group, where he worked with a variety of publicly listed clients throughout the mining lifecycle, from exploration to multi-asset operators. Mr. Friedman holds a CPA, CA and Honours Bachelor of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business at York University, Canada.