Mr. Barker is fund manager, senior analyst and geologist with 30 years’ experience in mining and finance. Mr. Barker was most recently Portfolio Manager at BlackRock, where he held concurrent roles as Head of Mining and Head of Research. Prior to this he worked as a top ranked Senior Mining Analyst for a number of investment banks, including Numis Securities and Royal Bank of Canada. Mr. Barker is also an entrepreneur and small business executive, starting his career as a project geologist in Africa. He has a MSc in Mineral Deposit Evaluation from the Royal School of Mines in London and a BSc in Geology from Southampton University. Mr. Barker is a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists, a Fellow of the Geological Society of London and a Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining.

Mr. Harbidge is a geologist with more than 25 years of experience in mining exploration and development with a proven track record of discovering world class gold deposits. Mr. Harbidge was most recently the President and Chief Executive Officer of GT Gold and led the company to a CA$456 million acquisition by Newmont Mining Corp. in May 2021. Prior to leading GT Gold, Mr. Harbidge was the Senior Vice President of Exploration at the multinational gold mining company Goldcorp Inc. from 2016 until its acquisition by Newmont Mining Corp. in April 2019. Mr. Harbidge also successfully led the Exploration Team at the gold miner Randgold Resources Limited, resulting in five major gold discoveries including the +5Moz Gounkoto deposit in the Loulo area of Mali and the +4Moz Massawa deposit in Senegal. He is a technical advisor to Kalo Gold in Fiji and Gemdale Gold in Finland. Mr. Harbidge holds a First-Class Honours Degree in Geology from Kingston University, London, UK, and a Master of Science in Mineral Exploration and Mining Geology from Leicester University, UK.