Ian Telfer is a Canadian mining executive with more than three decades of experience in the
international resource industry and is well-regarded for his ability to establish and lead a
number of successful and profitable mining companies.

Ian attended the University of Toronto where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political
Science. Ian then went on to receive a Masters of Business Management from the University of
Ottawa.

Ian serves as Chairman of the Board at Goldcorp, a gold producer headquartered in Vancouver
that employs approximately 18,000 people around the globe. Before his Chairmanship, Ian
served as CEO and President for Goldcorp.
In 2009, Ian was appointed Chairman of the World Gold Council, a position he held until 2013.

Over the years, Ian has led a number of companies that have grown into multi-million dollar
businesses. These companies include TVX Gold, Wheaton River – which later merged with
Goldcorp – Silver Wheaton, Terrane Minerals and Uranium One. Ian’s leadership helped these
firms reach a collective market capitalization of more than $50 billion at their peak.
Ian is a Fellow in the Institute of Chartered Accountants, a member of the National Association
of Corporate Directors, and a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.

In 2007, Ian donated a record-setting amount to the business school at his alma mater, the
University of Ottawa. His $25 million dollar donation was the largest individual donation to a
business school in Canadian history, and in honour of this contribution, University of Ottawa’s
business school was renamed Telfer School of Management.

In 2015, Ian was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame for his long-spanning career
and service in the mining sector. This year, Ian will be inducted into the Business Laureates of British Columbia (BLBC) Hall of Fame for his business accomplishment and philanthropic endeavors

Mr. Beaty is a geologist and resource company entrepreneur with more than 40 years of experience in the international minerals industry. He founded and currently serves as Chairman of Pan American Silver Corp., one of the world’s largest silver producers, and Alterra Power Corp., a wind, hydro and geothermal power producer, and has also founded and divested a number of other public mineral resource companies since 1985, including Northern Peru Copper and Global Copper Corp. Mr. Beaty is also President of the Sitka Foundation, one of Canada’s leading environmental foundations, patron of the Beaty Biodiversity Center at the University of B.C., a member of the of the Advisory Board of The Nature Trust, B.C.’s pre-eminent land conservancy, and Director of the Pacific Salmon Foundation.

Mr. Beaty is a past President of the Silver Institute, a Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, and a recipient of the Institute’s Past President Memorial Medal. In 2007 Mr. Beaty received the Association of Mineral Exploration of B.C.’s Colin Spence Award for excellence in global mineral exploration, in 2008 the Mining Person of the Year award from the Mining Association of B.C. and the 2008 Natural Resources & Energy Entrepreneur of the Year Award by Ernst & Young. In 2010, Mr. Beaty was awarded the prestigious Viola MacMillan Award by the Prospector and Developers Association of Canada and was selected as Mining Person of the Year for 2011 by Canada’s Northern Miner newspaper. In 2014 Mr. Beaty received the CIM’s Vale Medal for Meritorious Contribution to Mining.

Mr. Beaty was born in Vancouver, Canada and educated at the Royal School of Mines, University of London, England, M.Sc., Distinction (Mineral Exploration) 1975 and the University of British Columbia, LL.B. (Law) 1979 and B.Sc. (Honours Geology) 1974.

Mr. Rule has dedicated his entire adult life to many aspects of natural resource securities investing. In addition to the knowledge and experience gained in a long and focused career, he has a worldwide network of contacts in the natural resource and finance worlds. As Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Sprott US Holdings, Inc., Mr. Rule leads a highly skilled team of earth science and finance professionals who enjoy a worldwide reputation for resource investment management.

Mr. Rule is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, and is interviewed for numerous radio, television, print and online media outlets concerning natural resource investment and industry topics. He is frequently quoted and referred by prominent natural resource oriented newsletters and advisories. Mr. Rule and his team have long experience in many resource sectors including agriculture, alternative energy, forestry, oil and gas, mining and water.