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class="uk-margin-large-left r-col"><h1 class="uk-margin-medium-bottom page-title">Management</h1><div id="content"><div id="bio0" class="bio-item uk-grid-medium" uk-grid><div class="bio uk-width-expand@s" data-photo="0"><h2 class="uk-margin-remove-bottom">WILLIAM LAMB</h2><h3 class="uk-margin-remove">President & Chief Executive Officer, Director</h3><div id="bio-0" class="summary uk-margin-top uk-margin-bottom"><p>William Lamb has more than 30 years of mining industry leadership and mine development experience. Most recently, Mr. Lamb was the CEO for NewGen Resource Lending Inc. and serves on the Board of Directors of a number of Canadian listed copper and gold companies. He was formerly the CEO of Lucara Diamond Corp., responsible for developing and commissioning the Karowe mine in Botswana, before which he was involved in the development, and operation of two diamond mines in Northern Ontario and the Northwest Territories in Canada.</p><p>The primary focus of Mr. Lamb's career has been in mine development and sustainable operations across a wide sector of different commodities, in remote locations in Africa and Northern Canada. He has focused on innovative technologies for the enhancement of economic value, a key aspect in the success generated during his decade with the Lundin Group of Companies. Mr. Lamb has a NDH in Extractive Metallurgy from Technicon Witwatersrand and an MBA from the Edinburgh Business School. He was EY鈥檚 Entrepreneur of the Year for 2017, Pacific Mining and Metals, and received 2016 Hugo Dummett Award, alongside Lukas Lundin, for excellence in diamond exploration and development.</p></div><hr class="primary" /><a class="uk-float-right more" uk-toggle="target:#bio0; cls: uk-active; animation: uk-animation-slide-top-small;">Read More<span class="fa fa-arrow-down"></span></a> <a class="uk-float-right hide" uk-toggle="target:#bio0; cls: uk-active; animation: uk-animation-slide-bottom-small;">Close<span class="fa fa-arrow-up"></span></a></div></div><div id="bio1" class="bio-item uk-grid-medium" uk-grid><div class="bio uk-width-expand@s" data-photo="0"><h2 class="uk-margin-remove-bottom">GLENN KONDO</h2><h3 class="uk-margin-remove">Chief Financial Officer</h3><div id="bio-1" class="summary uk-margin-top uk-margin-bottom"><p>Mr. Kondo has over 25 years of experience in the mining industry. Most recently, Mr Kondo served as Chief Financial Officer of Montage Gold Corp and Orca Gold Corp. Orca Gold was sold to Perseus Mining in 2022. Prior to these roles, Mr. Kondo held senior executive roles with Anglo American where he was responsible for the finance function and leading mergers and acquisitions and raising capital finance. Mr. Kondo is a Chartered Accountant (CPA, CA) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto.</p></div><hr class="primary" /><a class="uk-float-right more" uk-toggle="target:#bio1; cls: uk-active; animation: uk-animation-slide-top-small;">Read More<span class="fa fa-arrow-down"></span></a> <a class="uk-float-right hide" uk-toggle="target:#bio1; cls: uk-active; animation: uk-animation-slide-bottom-small;">Close<span class="fa fa-arrow-up"></span></a></div></div><div id="bio2" class="bio-item uk-grid-medium" uk-grid><div class="bio uk-width-expand@s" data-photo="0"><h2 class="uk-margin-remove-bottom">DR LAUREN FREEMAN</h2><h3 class="uk-margin-remove">VICE PRESIDENT - MINERAL RESOURCES</h3><div id="bio-2" class="summary uk-margin-top uk-margin-bottom"><p>Dr. Freeman is a specialist in large Type II diamonds and has over 25 years of experience in the mining industry, with a strong background in mineral resource estimation, diamond value management, diamond pricing, geological modelling, and strategic mine planning. She has held senior roles at several diamond mining and resource consulting companies, where she led teams responsible for resource definition and underground expansion projects. Most recently she held the position of Group Mineral Resources Manager at Gem Diamonds, working on the Let拧eng resource. Dr. Freeman has a PhD in Economic Geology and a GDE in Mining Engineering, both from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and is a registered Professional Natural Scientist with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions.</p><p>Dr. Freeman is a "Qualified Person" under National Instrument 43-101.</p></div><hr class="primary" /><a class="uk-float-right more" uk-toggle="target:#bio2; cls: uk-active; animation: uk-animation-slide-top-small;">Read More<span class="fa fa-arrow-down"></span></a> <a class="uk-float-right hide" uk-toggle="target:#bio2; cls: uk-active; animation: uk-animation-slide-bottom-small;">Close<span class="fa fa-arrow-up"></span></a></div></div><div id="bio3" class="bio-item uk-grid-medium" uk-grid><div class="bio uk-width-expand@s" data-photo="0"><h2 class="uk-margin-remove-bottom">Alex Tong</h2><h3 class="uk-margin-remove">Vice President - Finance</h3><div id="bio-3" class="summary uk-margin-top uk-margin-bottom"><p>Mr. Tong is a Chartered Accountant (CPA, CA) with over 20 years of finance experience in the mining industry. Most recently, he was the CFO for multiple publicly-listed junior mining companies. Prior to that, he held senior finance positions at mining companies, including Lucara Diamond Corp., NovaGold Resources Inc., and Energy Metals Corp. and was responsible for driving operational success, leading mergers and acquisitions, and managing financing and exit strategies. Mr. Tong started his career at Deloitte and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University.</p></div><hr class="primary" /><a class="uk-float-right more" uk-toggle="target:#bio3; cls: uk-active; animation: uk-animation-slide-top-small;">Read More<span class="fa fa-arrow-down"></span></a> <a class="uk-float-right hide" uk-toggle="target:#bio3; cls: uk-active; animation: uk-animation-slide-bottom-small;">Close<span class="fa fa-arrow-up"></span></a></div></div></div><div></div></div></div><div class="uk-width-1-4@m uk-flex-first@m uk-flex-last@s"><div class="aside"><h2>About Us</h2><ul class='aside uk-nav'><li class='level-2'><a href='/about-us/about-us/'>About Us</a></li><li class='level-2'><a href='/about-us/mission-vision-values/'>Mission, Values & Priorities</a></li><li class='level-2 uk-active'><a href='/about-us/management/'>Management</a><ul class='aside uk-nav'></ul></li><li class='level-2'><a href='/about-us/directors/'>Directors</a></li><li 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