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Mr. Paul Jacobi joined Wexford in 1996 and focuses on Wexford's private equity energy investments. From 1995-96, Paul worked for Moody's Investors Services as an analyst covering the investment banking and asset management industries. From 1993-95, he was employed by Kidder Peabody & Co. as a senior financial analyst in the investment banking group. From 1988-93, Paul worked for KPMG Peat Marwick as an audit manager in the financial services practice. He holds a BS in accounting from Villanova University and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Frank Powell has over 40 years of exploration experience globally, including 24 years in senior management with both major and junior gold exploration/mining companies such as Placer Dome, Oro Gold Ltd, Mako Mining Corp. Frank's career spans the sector from grass-roots to feasibility studies where he has lead teams in the acquisition, discovery, quantification and optimization of gold and platinum resources including: Las Cristinas, Venezuela; South Deeps, South Africa; Getchell Gold Mine, Nevada USA, Moss Gold Mine, Arizona USA; La Trinidad, Mexico; Sedibelo Platinum, South Africa and San Albino, Nicaragua. Frank holds a B.Sc. Geological Engineering at Colorado School of Mines.

Mr. Durand has more than 12 years of combined Banking, Financial Control & Budgeting, and Business Development expertise in the mining sector. He previously served as Corporate Head of Cost & Budget with Minsur SA (a major Peruvian producer of tin and precious metals) and pioneered the Corporate Financial Planning area at Sierra Metals Inc. Prior to Sierra Metals, he worked as Business Development Manager with Minera Volcan and as Senior Equity Research Analyst with Credicorp Capital in Peru. Mr. Durand was also part of the Investment Banking Summer Program at Lehman Brothers in New York in 2008. He received a double degree in Economics (B.A) and Corporate Financial Management (B.B.A) at St. Mary's University, TX as well as an MBA from HEC, Paris.

Asheef Lalani serves as an independent director to the board of Sailfish Royalty Corp. Mr. Lalani graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Mathematics and Masters of Accounting, earned the CA/CPA designation in 2002 and is a CFA charterholder since 2003. Asheef first started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1998 and went on to become a portfolio manager at UBS Securities. Currently, Mr. Lalani is the Chief Investment Officer at Berczy Park Capital, a private family office in Toronto, Canada.

Mr. Parsons is an accomplished mining and capital markets professional with 25 years of combined capital markets, mine operations and senior executive expertise. Mr. Parsons spent 14 years in the investment industry, with the majority of that time as a Senior Equity Analyst at National Bank Financial and Wellington West Capital Markets, focussed on precious metals and precious metal companies. He has previously served as Senior Vice President, Investor Relations at Yamana Gold Inc., as well as Chief Executive Officer of Goldsource Mines Inc. prior to Goldsource Mines being acquired by Mako Mining Corp. in July 2024, following which Mr. Parsons acted as President of Goldsource Mines until his appointment as President of Mako Mining Corp. in April 2025. Mr. Parsons holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Mining Engineering) from Queen's University and is a registered Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario.

Jesse Munoz serves as Chief Operating Officer of Mako Mining Corp. and has over 39 years of experience working in the domestic and international mining sector. His successful career has included construction and start-up in both surface and underground mine projects, with attention to exceptional safety records. He has a diverse background and has focused primarily on production and the processing side of operations. He has extensive knowledge in conventional milling, heap leaching, agglomeration, crushing, refining, and both carbon adsorption and Merrill-Crowe recovery systems. Jesse's bilingual and bi-cultural capabilities have proven extremely valuable while working in various Latin American countries.

Mr. Mario Caron is a mining executive with over 40 years of wide-ranging international experience in the mining industry in senior executive and board positions. Mr. Caron is currently Lead Director of Falco Resources Ltd. From 2016 to 2023, he was the Chairman of New Moly LLC. (formerly known as Alloycorp Mining Inc.), which held a molybdenum deposit in British Columbia. He also acted as Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer of New Millenium Iron Corp. From November 2011 to July 2013, he served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Aldridge Minerals Inc., developing a polymetallic massive sulfide deposit in Turkey. Previously, Mr. Caron served as a senior executive and directors for various publicly listed companies developing projects in Africa and South-East Asia. Mr. Caron is a past (retired) member of the Quebec Order of Engineers and the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario.

Laurie Gaborit has over 30 years of combined work experience in mineral exploration, investor relations and corporate communications. Ms. Gaborit is currently the Chief Executive Officer of her own consulting firm, LG IRServices Inc. Prior Ms. Gaborit held the position of VP Investor Relations at Dore Copper and Detour Gold Corporation. As a key member of Detour Gold's management team, she participated in the company's initial public offering in 2007 and its transformation from exploration company to intermediate gold producer within a seven-year period, during which time Detour Gold's market capitalization increased from $120 million to over $3 billion.

Akiba Leisman serves as the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Mako Mining Corp. Previously, Akiba was Executive Chairman and Interim CEO of Marlin Gold Mining Ltd., leading the company through the spinout of Sailfish Royalty Corp. and the acquisition of Marlin by Golden Reign Resources Ltd. to form Mako. He also serves as the Executive Chairman and a Director of Sailfish, a Director at Bonterra Resources Inc. and as a consultant at Wexford Capital LP. Prior to Wexford, he was a Senior Analyst at Red Kite Capital Management for the Mine Finance funds where he was responsible for senior secured investments on metal mining assets. Previously, he was an Associate at Standard Bank working in the Structured Commodity Products and Mine Finance groups. Akiba has an MBA from New York University, and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

Mr. Fier is a Certified Professional Geologist and Engineer with over 30 years of experience in the international mining industry including exploration, acquisition, development and production of numerous mining projects in Guyana, Chile, Brazil, Central America, Mexico and Peru. He has in-depth knowledge of project evaluation and management, reserve estimation and economic analysis, construction, as well as operations management. Mr. Fier previously worked as Chief Geologist with Pegasus Gold Corp., Senior Engineer & Manager with Newmont Mining Corp., Project Manager with Eldorado Gold Corp. and Chief Operating Officer of Goldsource Mines Inc. Prior to the formation of SilverCrest Metals he was a co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of SilverCrest Mines Inc.

Ezequiel Sirotinsky serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Mako Mining Corp. Ezequiel is a professional in accounting and finance with over 25 years of senior level experience in the mining industry, working in Argentina, Colombia and Central America (Nicaragua and Panama). Prior to joining Mako Mining, Ezequiel has held several senior positions with gold and silver producers such as Calibre Mining, AngloGold Ashanti, Silver Standard Resources and other mid-tier and junior mining companies. He is experienced with IFRS and regulatory financial reporting, treasury management, corporate financing, budgeting and forecasting, tax planning, compliance and auditing. He received a CPA degree from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and a postgraduate diploma in human resources management from the School of Business of the University of Cape Town (South Africa) and is fluent in English and Spanish.

Mr. Hick has considerable experience in both senior management and director capacities with a number of public companies over the last 42 years, prior to which he was actively engaged in the practice of law in Ontario. Mr. Hick is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of his own consulting firm, John W. W. Hick Consultants Inc. During his career, he has also been the President and/or Chief Executive Officer of the following public companies where he has direct involvement in and responsibilities for the financial results and reporting of such companies: Medoro Resources Ltd., Grafton Group Limited, TVX Gold Inc., Geomaque Explorations Ltd., Defiance Mining Corporation and Rio Narcea Gold Mines Ltd. In addition to serving as a director, he has served on the audit committees of a number of public companies.