Mr. Allas has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Maximos since 2018. For the fourteen years prior, Mr. Allas was an investment banker and investment professional in the natural resource industry where he advised numerous companies on growth and financing strategies. Mr. Allas holds a Bachelor of Arts (Economics, Physics) degree from Mount Allison University.

Mr. Kearney is Chairman of CMC and a number of public companies, including Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited, Buchans Resources Limited and Conquest Resources Limited, and until 2019 was Chairman of Canadian Zinc Corporation. Over the course of his career he has served as a senior officer (usually Chairman and/or Chief Executive) of more than thirty public companies incorporated in Canada; Ireland; United Kingdom; United States; Australia and elsewhere, the shares of which were listed on various stock exchanges (including London Stock Exchange; AIM Market; Toronto Stock Exchange; New York Stock Exchange; American Stock Exchange; NASDAQ; Australian Stock Exchange). He was formerly the Chairman or President and Chief Executive Officer of several public companies which developed various mineral properties and projects and which were subsequently acquired by or sold in major transactions including: Scandinavian Minerals Inc., which explored and developed the Kevista nickel /copper project in Finland and was acquired by First Quantum in 2008; Sulliden Exploration Inc., which discovered and explored the Shahuindo gold deposit in Peru, which was subsequently acquired by Rio Alto Mining Limited in August 2014. He was previously the Chairman (and previously President and Chief Executive and previously Executive Vice President and Secretary) of Northgate Exploration Limited (1979 to 1996) which operated two copper/gold mines near Chibougamau, Quebec, and which were sold to Western Mining of Australia in 1987, and earlier through its subsidiaries operated two lead/zinc mines in Ireland. Mr. Kearney also served as a director and member of the Executive Committee of the Mining Association of Canada and as a director and President of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Chamber of Mines. Mr. Kearney is a member of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Law Society of Ireland. He holds degrees in law and economics from University College Dublin and an M.B.A. degree from Trinity College Dublin and the Osgoode Certificate in Mining Law from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto. He qualified as a solicitor in Ireland and as a chartered secretary with the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in London.

Mr. Hurley is President and Chief Executive of Trinity Resources, a private company operating a worldclass pyrophyllite mine in which supplies aluminum silicate products to various industries worldwide. With over 24 years of experience in the mining and industrial minerals industry, Mr. Hurley’s business development initiatives have spanned 14 countries. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Chemistry from Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Mr. Varma is a chartered accountant in England and Wales, with over 37 years of experience in financial management. He is currently a director of Anglesey Mining plc, Brookfield Investment Corp and Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited, Mr. Varma serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Anglesey Mining plc, Buchans Resources Limited and Xtierra Inc. Previously, he was President of Westfield Minerals Limited and a director of Northgate Exploration Limited and American Resource Corporation.

Ms. Byrne is a Lawyer and Corporate Director and is currently Executive Vice President – Legal Pennecon Limited, a large privately owned conglomerate based in eastern Canada.  Ms. Byrne is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Lottery Corporation where she is Chair of the People & Culture Committee and a member of the Governance Committee; and the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation, a Canadian organization jointly owned by the five provincial lottery corporations. Ms. Byrne also serves on the Board of the Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation as Chair of the Regulatory Committee and a member of the Governance and Human Resources Committee. Ms. Byrne is actively engaged in her community, currently serving as a Director of Junior Achievement Newfoundland and Labrador and Cabinet Member, The SPCA Way Home Capital Campaign. She recently served as Chair of the St. John’s Board of Trade and is a member of the International Women’s Forum of Canada and has been a speaker at leadership and legal conferences throughout Canada. Ms. Byrne was awarded the Queen’s Counsel in 2020 and is a member in good standing with the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Canadian Bar Association.