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He was head of mining investment banking for Europe and Africa at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce for 15 years prior to his retirement in 2011. From 2011 to 2018, he served as a non-executive director and senior independent director of London-listed FTSE 100 company Randgold Resources. Upon the merger with TSX- and NYSE-listed Barrick Gold in 2019, he joined that board as a non-executive director and served until May 2025.

From October 2016 to October 2025, Mr Quinn served as a non-executive director of the London Bullion Market Association, the international trade association that represents the OTC market for precious metals, setting refining standards, managing the Good Delivery List, enforcing responsible sourcing rules and guiding market practices.

In July 2026, Mr Quinn was appointed a non-executive director of London AIM-listed Cornish Metals Plc. Mr Quinn has more than 50 years of experience in the mining and finance industries, including positions at Anglo American, Greenbushes Tin, The Mining Journal, James Capel, and HSBC Investment Banking. He holds an undergraduate degree in Mineral Exploitation (Mining Engineering) from Cardiff University, is a member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining, and is a registered Chartered Engineer.

He is the former chair of Mandalay Resources, a role he held from April 2017 until the merger with Alkane. Prior to that, he served as the CEO of Mandalay from 2009 until 2016 and oversaw its transition to a producing gold company (2010).

Other past roles include CEO of Lonmin Plc (GBX: LMI) (2004-2009), the world’s number three platinum and platinum group metals producer, and president of BHP Billiton’s copper group. He was a director of Rambler Metals & Mining PLC, a Canadian-based and precious metals mining company.

Mr Mills is also the founder and managing director of Plinian Capital, a private equity firm whose principal business is investment in natural resources projects and companies.

Mr Mills is currently a director of Circum Minerals, a private potash development company in Ethiopia.

He is the former president, CEO and director of Mandalay Resources, a role he held from April 2023 until the merger with Alkane Resources. Mr Bourchier has extensive public company and inter-company board governance experience, and holds a Chartered Director Certification (C.Dir.) accredited by McMaster University, Canada.

Previous executive roles include president, CEO and director of Harte Gold Corp. (late 2020 to early 2022), COO of Detour Gold (2018-2019), COO at Nevsun Resources (2012-2017), and an executive at Wheaton Precious Metals (formerly Silver Wheaton) from 2010-2012. For the first 16 years of his career, he worked at Placer Dome (subsequently Barrick Gold), where he held positions of increasing responsibility, concluding as mining manager and then general manager at the Porgera open pit gold mine in PNG.

Mr Bourchier also served as a director of Treasury Metals Inc. (TSX: TML) from August 2020 to March 2024.

He has been a director of the Gandel Retail Trust and has had an involvement in the construction and leasing of Gandel shopping centres. He has previously been involved in the Priceline retail chain and the Corporate Executive Offices chain of serviced offices. Mr Gandel has been an investor in the mining industry since 1994. Mr Gandel is currently a substantial holder in a number of publicly listed Australian companies and, through his private investment vehicles, now holds and explores tenements in his own right in Western Australia and South Australia.

During the past five years, he has also served as a director of the following publicly listed companies:

Alliance Resources Pty Ltd (appointed as a director on 15 October, 2003 and in June 2016 was appointed non-executive chair). Alliance Resources Pty Ltd was delisted in July 2022; and Australian Strategic Materials Limited (ASX: ASM) (previously named Australian Zirconia Limited) (appointed as a director in 2014 and in 2017 was appointed non-executive chairman).

She was a partner with KPMG for 30 years, specialising in audit and advisory services, and served as a national board member and national mining leader.

Ms McComish is currently a non-executive director of Toll Group, Web Travel Group and Beyond Blue. She previously held non-executive director roles at Synergy (Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation), Gold Road Resources, Mineral Resources and Macmahon Holdings.

Ms McComish was a member of the Australian Takeovers Panel for 12 years until 2025. In 2018, Ms McComish was recognised in the Top 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining. She is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a member of Chief Executive Women.