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Bruce McLeod

Chairman of the Board

Safety, Sustainability and Technical Committee (Chair)
Compensation Committee (Chair)

Mr. McLeod is a Mining Engineer with over 30 years of experience in all areas of the mining industry. Most recently, he was the President and CEO of Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. until Sabina was acquired by B2Gold Corp. in April 2023 for C$1.2B. Mr. McLeod also served as a director of Kaminak Gold Corp., which was acquired by Goldcorp Inc. for $520 million in 2016. Prior to that, he served in a senior capacity with a number of operating and development mining ventures, including, President and CEO of Mercator Minerals Ltd.; President, CEO and director of Creston Moly Corp.; and founder of both Sherwood Copper Corp. and Stornoway Diamond Corp. He also served on the board of directors of Palmarejo Silver and Gold Corp. (acquired by Coeur D’Alene Mines for $1.2 billion) and Ariane Gold (acquired by Cambior Inc.) and has been involved in numerous projects at various stages of development while with the Northair Group. Mr. McLeod was the co-recipient of AME BC’s E.A. Scholz award for excellence in mine development in 2009 and primarily focuses on project development, strategic planning, and financing activities.

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Gilbert Clark

Chief Executive Officer and Director

Safety, Sustainability and Technical Committee

Mr. Clark has over 20 years of experience within the natural resources industry around the world. Gilbert was formerly a Partner with Sentient Equity Partners, a private equity fund investing in global natural resource projects, where his portfolio covered base and precious metals companies. Previously he managed the international expansion for Queensland Gas Corporation (subsequently BG Group) for non-conventional oil and gas developments. He has resource development and production experience from the Eastern Gold Fields of Western Australia. Gilbert holds a Bachelor of Science (Geology) from Macquarie University.
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Adrian McArthur

President and Director

Safety, Sustainability and Technical Committee

Mr. McArthur has over 25 years of experience in exploration, resource delineation and project generation roles for industrial minerals, gold and base metals. As President of Meridian, he currently leads the Company’s programs in advancing development studies on the Cabaçal Cu-Au-Ag resource project and regional exploration on the Company’s Brazilian property portfolio. Adrian holds a B.S.c. Hons, PhD from Monash is a fellow of AusIMM.
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Susanne H. Sesselmann

Independent Director

Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee (Chair)
Compensation Committee
Audit Committee

Ms. Sesselmann has 20 years of international experience in banking with HVB Group (Unicredit), ten of which were in investment banking and project finance throughout the world but principally in Europe. Since 2003, Susanne has specialized in private equity funds and founded her own company in 2006. Recently, Susanne has also been appointed to the board of directors of Cargo Sous Terrain, a planned underground logistics system in Switzerland. Previously, she was appointed an Independent Director to the board of the Meridiam Infrastructure Funds Group in France and the US, developing, managing and financing infrastructure projects, and also served as a director of natural resources funds group, The Sentient Group, and various Sentient group companies, and of Marengo Mining Limited, a junior copper exploration company. Susanne has been lecturing at universities in Paris and in Linz for many years, and holds a Master’s degree in Languages from the University of Innsbruck, Austria.
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John Skinner

Independent Director

Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

Mr. Skinner has over 35 years the Vancouver investment industry having worked as a Senior Investment Advisor/ Partner at Yorkton Securities and Canaccord Capital. John helped build, finance and advise a significant number of successful ventures, with a focus primarily on mining,. In 2004 John and his wife founded Painted Rock Estate Winery. When their first vintage was released, he retired from the investment industry. Painted Rock has twice been named the InterVin International Winery of the Year and has gained considerable international profile. John remains an active investor in the resource industry and has been a strong supporter of Meridian since July 2020.
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Douglas Ford

Independent Director

Audit Committee (Chair)
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
Compensation Committee

Mr. Ford brings over 35 years of board and management experience with public and private companies in governance, compliance, due diligence, financial reporting and corporate finance over a variety of industries from mineral and energy exploration/development to biotechnology, new technologies and emerging businesses in Canada, the United States and Europe. Doug serves as Managing Director of Dockside Capital Group Inc., a family-office involved in venture capital investing and merchant banking; as CFO and a director of Chemistree Technology Inc.; and previously Lead Director of North American Nickel Inc. (now, Premium Nickel Resources Ltd.). He has also been a director and member of various audit, compensation, corporate governance and nominating committees of other public-listed mineral exploration companies. Doug holds a BA in Political Science from the University of British Columbia.
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Neil Gregson

Independent Director

Safety, Sustainability and Technical Committee
Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
Audit Committee

Mr. Gregson has over 30 years’ experience of investing in mining and oil and gas companies. From 2010 to 2020 he was a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan Asset Management where, as a member of the equity team, he was a portfolio manager investing in mining and energy companies globally. Prior to that, from 1990 to 2009 he was Head of Emerging Markets and Related Sector Funds (including natural resource funds) at Credit Suisse Asset Management. Mr. Gregson previously held various positions at mining companies, including a role as a mining investment analyst at Gold Fields of South Africa. Mr. Gregson has a BSc (Hons) Mining Engineering from Nottingham University. He became an associate of the Institute of Investment Management and Research of London in 1994. He holds a Diploma in Business Management from Damelin College, Johannesburg (1988) and a Mine Managers Certificate of Competency, South Africa (1985). Mr. Gregson, who is based in the UK, is also a director of Atalaya Mining Plc and Uranium Royalty Corp.