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Murchison Minerals has a highly experienced board, management team, and industry advisors.

With a proven track record for successful discoveries and development of resource projects in Canada’s junior mining sector. From our Executive Chairman, Jean-Charles Potvin, who sold Pangea Goldfields Inc. to Barrick Gold Corporation for CA$204 million in 2000, to Troy Boisjoli – who recently joined Murchison as President and CEO. Troy previously led multiple discoveries and the development at NexGen’s Arrow uranium project. Currently, our leadership team is focused on the the energy metals sector - with the discovery and development of the HPM and BMK projects.

Board of Directors

JC POTVIN Team
Executive Chairman

JEAN-CHARLES (JC) POTVIN
B.Sc. (Hon), MBA

Jean-Charles (JC) Potvin, a co-founder of the Company, was President and CEO of Murchison from inception to November 2015 and resumed that role in December 2018 and has been a director since 2007. JC was President and CEO of Pangea Goldfields Inc., which had extensive holdings in Tanzania, until its acquisition in July 2000 by Barrick Gold Corporation for $204 million. Until 1994, he was a Director and Vice-President of Burns Fry (subsequently BMO Nesbitt Burns and currently BMO Capital Markets) and responsible for evaluating world-wide mining investment opportunities as a top-ranked Equity Research Gold Analyst. JC served as the Chairman of Vaaldiam Mining Inc. from 1992 to 2012 (formerly Tiomin Resources). He is currently the President and CEO of Golden Sun Resources which owns the Bellavista gold mine in Central America and is a director and Audit Committee member of Azimut Exploration Inc. and Gold Reserve Inc. both public exploration and development companies.

TROY BOISJOLI Team
Director, President and CEO

TROY BOISJOLI
B.Sc. Geology

Mr. Troy Boisjoli, previously held positions of Vice President Operations and Project Development and Vice President Exploration and Community for NexGen Energy Ltd. While at NexGen, Troy has led the project team through the development of the Arrow Deposit in northern Saskatchewan and was involved with major milestones such as multiple mineral resource estimates, the preliminary economic assessment, the prefeasibility study, the feasibility study, operations development, the environmental assessment work done to-date, and multiple discoveries along the Patterson Lake corridor. In addition, and foundational to mineral resource development, Troy maintained and established important local relationships with communities close to the Arrow project resulting in the successful signing of Impact Benefit Agreements with two Indigenous communities.

Prior to joining NexGen Energy in 2016, Mr. Boisjoli worked as an exploration geologist for Cameco Corporation on projects throughout northern Saskatchewan and Australia. Troy was also the Chief Geologist at the underground Eagle Point uranium mine, where he led a team that increased the mineral resources threefold while reducing drilling and discovery costs. In addition, while at Eagle Point, Troy led a team that implemented innovative processes that led to improved grade control, production reconciliation and short-range and life of mine planning.

Mr. Boisjoli holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology from St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, as well as a geoscience license with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan.

CORY BELYK Team
Director

CORY BELYK

Mr. Belyk has earned his reputation as a seasoned uranium geologist with nearly 30 years of experience involving grassroots, brownfield and advanced exploration, mining operations, project evaluation, business development, and domestic and international executive roles. His track record includes a significant uranium discovery in the Athabasca Basin area. Mr. Belyk has served on the Board of Directors of Cameco Mongolia LLC and Cameco Australia Pty Ltd when employed as Director, Exploration International and Agreements with Cameco Corporation. More recently, Mr. Belyk’s focus has been on multiple stages of project evaluation and junior- exploration marketing and financing. He currently holds the position of Executive VP and CEO for CanAlaska Uranium Ltd (TSXV: CVV), a uranium, nickel, copper and diamond explorer.

Director

DONALD K. JOHNSONB.Eng., MBA, O.C.

Donald Johnson also serves as a member of the Compensation Committee. Donald currently serves as a member of the Advisory Board of BMO Capital Markets, having joined a predecessor firm in 1963. During his career with the firm, he was President of Burns Fry from 1984 to 1989 and subsequently served as Vice Chairman of BMO Nesbitt burns until 2004. He is currently Chairman of goeasy Ltd. and serves as a volunteer board member on not-for-profit organizations. He was formerly a Director of the Toronto Stock Exchange and Chairman of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada.

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Independent Director

DENIS C. ARSENAULT
B.Comm.

Denis Arsenault also serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Arsenault has more than 40 years of professional experience and has held senior financial positions in a range of sectors including manufacturing, mining and resources. He has extensive board and governance committee experience with private and publicly-listed companies. Mr. Arsenault is currently Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Quebec at Troilus Gold Corp. Mr. Arsenault was CFO of Sulliden Gold Corporation Ltd. (a TSX listed company) from November 2010 and to when it was acquired by Rio Alto Mining Limited in August 2014. He was also director of Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc., Stonegate Agricom Ltd., MBAC Fertilizer Corp. and Belo Sun Mining Corp. Mr. Arsenault is a chartered professional accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto.

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Independent

DAVID PYPER
B.Eng., MBA.

David Pyper also serves as Chairman of the Compensation Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Pyper is currently the Managing Partner at Blair Franklin Capital Partners Inc. of Toronto, a leading independent Canadian mergers and acquisitions advisory firm. Mr. Pyper has over 26 years of mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance experience in a wide variety of industries including the mining sector. Mr. Pyper holds an MBA from the University of Toronto and a B. Eng. from the Royal Military College of Canada.

JACQUELINE LEROUX Team
Independent Director

JACQUELINE LEROUX
P.Eng.

Ms. Jacqueline Leroux, a professional metallurgical engineer, has built a successful career in the Canadian mining industry that spans more than 28 years, having worked for several renowned mining companies including Blackrock Metals, Mason Graphite and Goldcorp, specializing in environmental compliance. Ms. Leroux was the co-president of Rupert Reverence, a native and non-native association to protect northern rivers. Currently, Ms. Leroux is Vice-President of Environment and Permitting at Troilus Gold, overseeing the permitting process, environmental compliance, environmental design input and social acceptability. She is also the owner of JLeroux enr, an environmental consulting firm based in Quebec, Canada.

Governance

Murchison Minerals (the “Company”) has assembled a qualified and experienced board of directors (the “Board”) to ensure effective management of the Company and the protection of its shareholders. The Board fulfills its responsibilities directly and indirectly through its committees at regularly scheduled meetings or as required. At present, the Board committees consist of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee with the Board performing the functions of a Nominating Committee at this stage of the Company’s development.

Management Team

TROY BOISJOLI Team
Director, President and CEO

TROY BOISJOLI
B.Sc. Geology

Mr. Troy Boisjoli, previously held positions of Vice President Operations and Project Development and Vice President Exploration and Community for NexGen Energy Ltd. While at NexGen, Troy has led the project team through the development of the Arrow Deposit in northern Saskatchewan and was involved with major milestones such as multiple mineral resource estimates, the preliminary economic assessment, the prefeasibility study, the feasibility study, operations development, the environmental assessment work done to-date, and multiple discoveries along the Patterson Lake corridor. In addition, and foundational to mineral resource development, Troy maintained and established important local relationships with communities close to the Arrow project resulting in the successful signing of Impact Benefit Agreements with two Indigenous communities.

Prior to joining NexGen Energy in 2016, Mr. Boisjoli worked as an exploration geologist for Cameco Corporation on projects throughout northern Saskatchewan and Australia. Troy was also the Chief Geologist at the underground Eagle Point uranium mine, where he led a team that increased the mineral resources threefold while reducing drilling and discovery costs. In addition, while at Eagle Point, Troy led a team that implemented innovative processes that led to improved grade control, production reconciliation and short-range and life of mine planning.

Mr. Boisjoli holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology from St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, as well as a geoscience license with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan.

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Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

ERIK H. MARTINCPA, CMA

Erik H. Martin has been Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Corporation since 2007. He has 25 years of financial disclosure and management experience with a focus on publicly listed resource companies. Mr. Martin is a Certified Public Accountant and graduated from the University of Québec at Rimouski with a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and received his Certified Management Accountant (CMA) accreditation in 1996.

JOHN SHMYR Team
VP Exploration

JOHN SHMYR
B.Sc. Geology (Honours)

John Shmyr is a professional geologist with 10 years of experience in mineral exploration. Mr. Shmyr has been working with the Company as a private consultant since 2018 and has been the lead project geologist for the Brabant-McKenzie project since 2019. Prior to this, he most notably worked as a project geologist for the privately held company BFR Copper & Gold. His work directly led to the discovery of additional copper-zinc mineralization at BFR’s Flin Flon project.

Mr. Shmyr graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science High Honours degree in geology and is currently completing a Master of Science degree in geology on the Brabant-McKenzie deposit at the University of Saskatchewan. He is registered as a member of the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan and currently holds a special authorization with the Ordre des Géologues du Québec.

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Technical Advisor

Dr. PETER C. LIGHTFOOT

  • President and Chief Geologist of Lightfoot Geosciences
  • Former Chief Geologist for Vale, Nickel: Base Metals Division
  • Former Principal Geologist for Inco, Nickel Sulphide Global Project Generation Program
  • Adjunct Industry Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Western Ontario
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