Axcap Ventures

Mr. Dubeau is a seasoned equity and real estate investor. He is the current CEO of By the Bay Properties, a real estate company with its primary portfolio in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Prior to this, he spent fifteen years in government regulatory roles and private business. He has extensive experience in audit, operations management, and real estate management. Mr. Dubeau is a graduate of Kwantlen Polytechnic University with a Major in Accounting.

Mr. Vetro is an experienced investor and financier. He specializes in structuring and raising growth capital for resource companies. He is currently a partner at Vancouver based merchant bank, Commodity Partners, which co- founded TSX listed K92 Mining Inc. resulting in the renowned world class gold discovery and mining operation at Kainantu in Papua New Guinea. Mr. Vetro is a graduate of UBC with a major in Political Science.

Resources finance executive with 18 years of experience financing Latin American mining projects. CEO of Vista Gold (Peru). Former Head of LatAm Equities at Canaccord Genuity. Former Executive Chair at Silver X Mining. Former Partner & Head of Capital Markets at Peru’s largest independent brokerage firm.

Mr. Breytenbach is a former equity analyst at Cormark Securities and Stifel Canada where he interacted extensively with the international investment community. Prior to joining Aris Mining in 2022, Mr. Breytenbach was a Managing Director in the investment banking group at Canada’s largest employee-owned dealer – Cormark. Prior to entering capital markets, Mr. Breytenbach spent a decade in the mining industry as a geologist where he specialized in exploration, resource estimation and grade control. Mr. Breytenbach holds a BSc (Honours) Degree from Rand Afrikaans University in South Africa and is a designated P.Geo. He started his career under the Anglo Platinum Scholarship Program and has extensive experience in the Bushveld Intrusive Complex (the largest repository of magmatic ore deposits globally).

Blake Mclaughlin is a Chief Geologist – Near Mine Exploration at Argonaut Gold based in Toronto, Ontario. Previously, Blake was a Senior Geologist – Magino Project Leader at Argonaut Gold and also held positions at Red Pine Exploration, MacDonald Mines Exploration, Insight Geophysics.

Over 15 years experience in various CFO roles. Former Director of Finance at Alexco and former CFO of First Cobalt.

Mr. Lewins is a Mineral Engineer with over 35 years’ experience in the mining industry. He has previously worked in Africa, Australia, Asia, North America and the former Soviet Union. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and served as Chief Operating Officer from May 2016 to August 2017. Mr. Lewins has successfully managed the development of a number of open pit and underground gold, precious and base metal mines from feasibility study through to profitable operations.

Mr. Lewins has operated extensively at the corporate level in various roles from Executive General Manager to Director and Chief Executive Officer with a number of other mining companies, including MIM Holdings, First Dynasty Mines, Platinum Australia and African Thunder Platinum.

Mr. Lewins received his National Diploma for Technicians (Extractive Metallurgy) from Technikon Witwatersrand, South Africa, a Bachelor of Science degree (Honours) in Mineral Engineering from University of Leeds, England and a Graduate Diploma in Management from University of Queensland.

Vice President, Corporate Development at Wesdome. Former equity research at Cormark and business development at Kinross.

Mr. Medilek is a mining professional with over 17 years of mining capital markets, corporate strategy and technical operating experience. Mr. Medilek joined K92 in 2019, most recently holding the position of President, and prior to that was its Vice President Business Development and Investor Relations. Previously, Mr. Medilek was an equity research analyst covering precious metals companies, with Macquarie Group Limited; a mining investment banker with Cormark Securities Inc.; and a mining engineer with Barrick Gold Corporation in Western Australia. Mr. Medilek holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mining Engineering with Distinction from the University of British Columbia, a Professional Engineer designation in the Province of British Columbia, and is a CFA ® charter holder*. (*CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are registered trademarks owned by CFA Institute.)

Senior Partner and Equity Analyst and Cormark Securities.