The company has appointed Russell Ball as executive chair and Raymond Threlkeld as a director, while John Reynolds stepped down but joined the strategic advisory board, which also welcomed Darren Hall as a member.

Ball previously held a number of positions at Goldcorp, culminating in the position of CFO and executive vice president of corporate development.,

Prior to this he spent 19 years at Newmont, where he was ultimately executive VP and CFO.

Threlkeld has over 32 years' experience in the mining industry and was most recently CEO of New Gold, where he was also a board member.

Prior to this he was CEO of Rainy River Resources until it was acquired by New Gold in 2013 and was also a director of Northern Empire Resources until it was acquired by Coeur Mining in October 2018.

Threlkeld was executive chairman of Newmarket Gold and also previously held senior executive positions with Barrick Gold

Hall is currently principal of Hall Mining Services and has had a mining industry career spanning over 30 years.

He was previously COO at Newmarket Gold before it merged with Kirkland Lake Gold and also held a number of roles at Newmont Mining.