Board of Directors
MICHELLE ROTH
CHAIRPERSON, DIRECTOR
Ms. Roth is an entrepreneur and business leader who founded Roth Investor Relations in 1987. She successfully expanded this global consulting business through multiple investment cycles by formulating comprehensive shareholder engagement solutions for a worldwide client base including mining clients with gold, silver, platinum, copper, nickel, and diamond operations or projects located in North America, Australia, Africa, Europe and South America. Ms. Roth currently serves as an Independent Director of Ardiden Limited and Velocity Minerals. She also acts as a strategic advisor to Brooks & Nelson, a privately held company. Previously, she was a strategic advisor to Nova Royalty, a privately held cell tower infrastructure/ IT managed services company and a cybersecurity solutions provider, where she has advised on growth opportunities. In the public sector, Ms. Roth served as Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Planning Board Chairperson of Manalapan Township, New Jersey. She has also held appointed positions on other governmental boards. During her service, she gained experience with budgeting, succession planning, union negotiations, public/private partnerships and the setting and implementing of land use policy. Ms. Roth earned her MBA in Finance from Fordham University.
KIRAN PATANKAR
PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND DIRECTOR
Mr. Patankar is a senior mining executive with more than 15 years of public company management, investment banking and capital markets experience. He brings a diverse financial, technical, and strategic skill set, including mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, project evaluation and development, financial controls and reporting, stakeholder engagement and corporate governance. He previously served as Maple Gold’s Chief Financial Officer since 2022, after serving as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Growth Strategy since 2021. From 2015 to 2018, Mr. Patankar served as President, CEO and a Director of two TSX-V listed gold exploration and development companies, where he led growth initiatives and orchestrated successful company turnarounds. As an investment banker with leading Canadian and global financial institutions from 2007 to 2014, he worked exclusively with mining companies on strategic corporate matters and executed M&A and corporate finance transactions totaling more than $3 billion in value. Mr. Patankar holds a Bachelor of Science in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.
MAURICE A. TAGAMI P.Eng.
DIRECTOR
Mr. Tagami served as the Vice President, Mining Operations and later as Technical Ambassador for Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. from July 2012 to November 2022. He is a Metallurgical Engineer from the University of British Columbia with over 40 years of experience in mining and mineral processing. He was responsible for maintaining partnerships with over 20 operating mines and 13 development projects from which Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. has metal streaming agreements. Mr. Tagami currently serves on the Board Foran Mining Corporation and Freegold Ventures Limited. Previously, he held the positions of President and CEO, with Keegan Resources Inc. and Senior Project Manager (Onca Puma Project) with Canico Resource Corp. Mr. Tagami previously served on the Board of Brett Resources Inc.
GÉRALD RIVERIN Ph.D
DIRECTOR
Dr. Gérald Riverin obtained his Ph.D. from Queen's University in 1977. He has been involved with the discovery and development of several properties including Inmet's Troilus open pit gold-copper mine near Chibougamau. Dr. Riverin is internationally renowned as an expert on the geology of volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits and is routinely invited as a speaker and lecturer on various aspects of the geology of volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits, and on exploration technology. He has served as Executive Director of Exploration (North America) for Inmet Mining Corporation, President and CEO of Cogitore Resources, President of Yorbeau Resources. All three companies were active in the greater Douay area. Dr. Riverin served as President of the Association de l'Exploration Minière du Québec, and is also a Prospector of the Year award winner (QMEA).
Darwin Green, P.Geo.
DIRECTOR
Darwin Green, P.Geo. has over 30 years of experience in the minerals mining industry and brings significant industry, corporate and technical knowledge to the Company. He currently serves on the boards of NYSE-listed Contango ORE, Inc., TSX Venture Exchange-listed Onyx Gold Corp. and Evergold Corp., and as a Technical Advisor to other junior mining companies. Mr. Green previously served as Founder, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of HighGold Mining Inc. from August 2019 until its recent acquisition by Contango ORE in July 2024 and has served as Founder and Executive Chairman of Onyx Gold since July 2023. Between November 2008 and December 2019, he served as the Vice President Exploration for Constantine Metal Resources Ltd. and prior to that, Mr. Green oversaw exploration and underground development programs at the Niblack (Cu-Au-Zn-Ag) deposit in Alaska, for which he received the Commissioner's Award for Project Excellence by the State of Alaska. Mr. Green holds a B.Sc. from the University of British Columbia and an M.Sc. in Economic Geology from Carleton University.