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Christopher Park is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CGA) and seasoned finance executive with more than 25 years of experience which includes over two decades in the mining sector with companies ranging from grassroots exploration to producers. He has led finance organizations through transformational phases including mine constructions within North America.

Mr. Park began his career in public accounting before entering the resource sector. His career includes executive roles with accountability for finance, strategic planning and corporate restructuring. He has held numerous positions with publicly listed mining companies and recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Northern Vertex, Northern Graphite and Northstar Clean Technologies during critical phases of their development. He has acted as Interim Chief.

Gord Doerksen, FEC, P.Eng. has over 40 years of experience in the mining industry in operations, consulting and project development.

Gord’s 20+ years of operating experience was gained through increasingly responsible engineering and production roles in open pit and underground mines in North America and Africa and evolved into Chief Engineer and Mine Manager positions.

Gord also has 20 years of consulting and EPCM experience including Mining Practice Leader at SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. and President, Engineering Division, JDS Energy & Mining Inc. In his consulting roles, Gord has led project teams in dozens of engineering studies, designed and executed development plans, functioned as a Qualified Person for NI 43-101 reports, led operational improvement initiatives and built and led EPCM teams.

As a co-founder of Minera Consulting Inc., he provides focused owner and First Nation support for mineral development projects. Gord also is a part-time instructor at the British Columbia Institute of Technology helping to develop the next generation of mining professionals.

Blaine Smit is an exploration geologist with a multi-disciplinary background in mineral exploration, project evaluation, and corporate development for projects ranging from early-stage grassroots to advanced producing assets. He was most recently with Orla Mining’s corporate exploration team during the company’s growth from a junior developer to a multi-asset gold producer. He has worked with exploration and mining teams across North America on successful exploration programs where his work was instrumental in the discovery of new mineral resources.

Mr. Smit holds a Bachelor of Science, Geology, from the University of British Columbia, and is a registered Professional Geoscientist with Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.

Sam Brezden is an Indigenous senior communications and engagement leader with more than a decade of experience supporting complex construction, mining, and infrastructure projects across Canada. She brings deep expertise in corporate and investor-facing communications, market positioning, stakeholder strategy, and regulatory communications, with a proven ability to deliver clear, transparent, and credible messaging that strengthens shareholder confidence and supports informed decision-making.

Throughout her career, Sam has advised executive teams and boards on strategic communications and led multi-layered stakeholder programs for major resource projects, including her work with Nations Royalty Corp, a majority Indigenous-owned royalty company. Previously, she founded and led a public relations firm specializing in the construction and mining sectors, and is recognized for aligning community and corporate priorities to build long-lasting partnerships, while communicating outcomes with clarity, credibility, and impact.

John Tejada is a Professional Geoscientist with more than nine years of experience in surface and underground mining and mineral exploration. He has held progressively senior technical and leadership roles with major producers and junior mining companies, contributing to active operations as well as greenfields and brownfields exploration projects. These include the Red Mountain Project, the Premier Gold Project, the Mount Milligan Mine, and most recently the Brucejack Mine. His background spans exploration and resource drilling, geological modelling, the execution of large-scale drill programs, and production geology experience gained through close collaboration with technical and operations teams. John holds a B.Sc. in Geological Sciences from the University of British Columbia and is a registered Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) with Engineers and Geoscientists.

Ranj Pillai is a business executive and former public sector leader who served as the tenth Premier of the Yukon. Over nearly a decade in territorial politics, he held several senior cabinet portfolios, including energy, mines and resources and economic development, and was the minister responsible for the territory’s development and energy corporations. Over nearly a decade in government, Pillai focused on strengthening and diversifying the Yukon’s economy through responsible resource development, strategic infrastructure investment, and targeted support to entrepreneurs and the resource sector while advancing reconciliation. As Premier, he brought national attention to Arctic security and northern infrastructure, advocating for a Northern trade corridor to expand territorial access to domestic and international markets, advancing the connection of the Yukon’s electrical grid to British Columbia, and supporting initiatives to increase the Yukon’s access to tidewater. Pillai worked collaboratively with Yukon First Nations and industry to modernize mineral resource management and enhance regulatory clarity. He is a signatory to the 2017 memorandum of understanding between the Government of Yukon and self-governing Yukon First Nations, which addressed the full lifecycle of mineral development, from prospecting to post-closure management. Pillai has served as a co-chair for the federal, provincial, and territorial Energy and Mines Ministers’ meeting and Internal Trade Table, and chaired the 2024 Western Premiers’ Conference and 2025 Northern Premier’s Conference.

Before entering territorial politics, Pillai held senior leadership roles with Gorilla Minerals Corporation, Champagne and Aishihik First Nation, Northern Vision Development, the City of Whitehorse, and Yukon University. He is currently CEO of Seva Mining, a gold exploration company. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from King’s College, comes from a proud multi-generational mining family, and lives in Whitehorse with his wife and sons.

Julianne Madsen is a professional geoscientist with over 20 years of experience in exploration and mining, specializing in geological database management and data quality. Guided by the conviction that reliable data is essential for achieving success, Julianne is dedicated to promoting the highest standards of accuracy and integrity throughout every stage of data management.

Before joining Cambria, Julianne Madsen played a pivotal role at Brucejack Mine. Over more than seven years, Julianne led advancements in Brucejack’s geological database systems, data validation workflows, and QAQC programs, while mentoring site teams and fostering best practices. During this time, she also successfully navigated two corporate takeovers and adapted to the evolving standards of three mining companies—Pretivm Resources, Newcrest Mining, and Newmont—further expanding industry expertise and versatility.

Cleveland Rueckert is a seasoned finance professional with twenty years of capital markets experience spanning investment management, equity research and investor relations. Cleve most recently served as Vice President, Head of Investor Relations at Barrick Mining Corporation, one of the world’s leading gold producers, where he helped the investment community understand the value of the world class Fourmile project. Prior to joining Barrick, Cleve had many years of progressively senior roles at investment banks, primarily in equity research at UBS, concluding as an Executive Director covering the Metals & Mining and Paper & Packaging sectors in both North and South America. He began his career working at Birinyi Associates with the legendary investment strategist and Salomon Brothers alumnus, Laszlo Birinyi.

Cleve holds an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business and a BA from the University of Vermont. He brings a rare combination of analytical rigor, media fluency, and relationship-building to his work. Beyond his professional life, Cleve serves on the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Greater New York, as Vice Chair of the Finance Committee and as a Director and member of the Investment Committee of the Cleveland H. Dodge Foundation.

Mr. East brings a multi-disciplinary background spanning all stages of mineral exploration, including project generation, resource and reserve growth, project development, evaluations, and corporate strategy. His experience covers major mineral provinces across the North American Cordillera, Western Africa, and the Far East Russian gold districts.

Over the past five years, Mr. East has held a regional leadership role at Barrick, where he directed exploration activities across the United States, including all stages of exploration and growth at Nevada Gold Mines. Prior, he spent 11 years with Kinross Gold Corporation in a range of technical and leadership positions globally. Throughout his tenure at both organizations he played a key role in advanced stage project development, resource growth initiatives and generative exploration programs that significantly extended mine life across multiple operations, including the recent advancement of Barrick’s giant Fourmile gold project.

Earlier in his career, Mr. East was part of the discovery team at Underworld Resources Inc., contributing to the identification of the Golden Saddle Resource, which was subsequently acquired by Kinross in 2010. He is a graduate in Geology from the University of Illinois.