PASCAL VAN OSTA

Appointment of Pascal Van Osta to Vice President Exploration Mr. Pascal VanOsta has more than 30 years of extensive mineral exploration experience throughout West Africa and the Guiana Shield with junior companies exploring for a variety of commodities primarily gold and base metals. Prior roles include Exploration Manager for Sandspring Resources inGuyana and Etruscan Resources/Endeavour Mining, where we worked on many West Africa gold projects located in Mali, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast. He has been involved in the Morila gold deposit discovery in Mali and development of several projects from exploration through to mine construction stage including Samira Hill in Niger, Agbaou in Ivory Coast and Toroparu-Sona Hill inGuyana. Mr. VanOsta also served as Exploration Manager to Komet Mali from May 2018 to June 2019 and has an intimate knowledge of the company's advanced Kabaya deposit. Mr. Pascal VanOsta is a Qualified Person and Euro Geo professional affiliated with a Honors Master's Degree, Geological & Mineralogical Sciences from the Free University of Brussels.