Colin Porter is a geologist with over 25 years’ experience in exploration management and applied structural geology. Mr. Porter’s expertise spans a wide range of gold mineralization systems including Archaean, Proterozoic and Pan-African orogenic deposits and districts. Previous roles include Head of Exploration for Mwana Africa PLC and as a Structural Geologist for Anglogold Ashanti, Africa Region with extensive experience in the Birimian craton of West Africa, which included planning and implementation of deposit scale and brownfields exploration at major mines (Obuasi, Sadiola, Morila, Siguiri). Mr. Porter is also well experienced in target generation, design and implementation of exploration programmes at numerous West Africa gold projects including Banfora, Burkina, Faso 
(Gryphon Minerals), Salman/Anwia, Ghana (adamus Resources) and Konongo, Ghana (Mwana Africa). Mr. Porter was the head of exploration of Mwana Africa where he managed all exploration activities at the Zani-Kodo gold project in NE DR Congo, from instigation to definition of 3Moz resource. Mr. Porter holds a BSc (Hons) in geology from Queen’s University Belfast, a PhD in geology from University of Southampton and is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Jon is an economic geologist with over 35 years of experience globally, in exploration, project development and mining operations and has been directly involved in the discovery of several world-class projects within both greenfield and brownfield areas.

As Principal Advisor at Exploration Outcomes ltd, which he founded in 2017, Jon provides specialist support to a number of companies including Jaguar Mining Inc 
(TSX-JAG), Lavras Gold (TSX-V:LGC) and Sanatana Resources (TSX-V:STA).

Jon is non executive director and chairman of Royal Road Minerals (TSX-V:RYR) and a non executive director of Stratabound Minerals (TSX-V:SB). He holds a BSC (Hons) Economic Geology from University of Cape Town, South Africa and a BAppSc. Applied Geology from the Queensland University of Technology, Australia and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Mr. Mata Botima is BHP Billiton’s former Country President (DRC), Mr. Botima is a high energy, self-motivated, seasoned, well-travelled and globally exposed Executive, Director and Business Strategist. A trained Metallurgical Engineer, he has more than 25 years’ experience in the natural resources industries, with a specific focus in developed and emerging markets across Sub-Saharan Africa. 

Mr. Botima’s exposure acquired through leading and successfully implementing various projects coupled with his strong commercial background and business acumen, have equipped him with the interpersonal and negotiation flair to interact at board and ministerial level, and a distinct ability to translate strategy into actionable plans that support business objectives. 

Mr. Botima has held senior positions at Bateman Engineering, Mogale Alloys and Mintek, spanning from Business Development Executive, Production Manager and Senior R&D Engineer. He possesses valuable experience in metal and Ferro-alloys processing and production, (ranging from ferro-nickel, ferro-chrome, ferro-manganese, silicomanganese, aluminium, Magnesium), as well as in the various beneficiation processes for precious metals and base metals. 
 

Specializing in project identification, evaluation, strategy development and implementation as well as plant operation management, his previous positions include being an Executive Director of Blackstone Resources responsible for the natural resource’s strategy development, and he also led SAF Energy, an electricity generation and transmission entity purposed with supplying electricity to Cabinda in Angola. He was also a Chief Strategist at Syntech, an innovative technology company where he was responsible for the company's growth strategy. He is currently an independent Consultant to Compagnie Minière de Tondo where he is driving the development of a Tier One copper cobalt deposit.