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OFFICERS

BIO OF MAYO LAKE OFFICERS

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MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Corporate Information

 
OFFICERS
President and CEO, Director: Vern Rampton, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Vice-President, Exploration: Tyrell Sutherland, M.Sc., P.Geo.
Chief Financial Officer: André Rancourt, CPA, C.A. 
Corporate Secretary: Chris Irwin, B.A., LL.B 
Executive Assistant: Sylvie Boisvert

 
BIOS OF MAYO LAKE MINERALS OFFICERS
Vern Rampton, Ph.D., P. Eng. - President and CEO, Director
Vern Rampton, Ph.D., P. Eng. - President and CEO, Director, Mayo Lake Minerals
Dr. Rampton has over 40 years of experience in all aspects of mineral exploration and development from grass roots exploration through to corporate management in domestic and international jurisdictions. He has been jointly responsible for financings in excess of $30M and was President, CEO and a director of TSXV listed Kinbauri Gold Corp. from its inception in 1984 until its take-over in 2009. At Kinbauri, he was responsible for all aspects of its governance, finances, strategy and development. He successfully negotiated the purchase of two mines and a mill in Spain in 2007 for US$5M; Kinbauri was subsequently taken over in 2009 for about tenfold of the Spanish asset’s purchase price.

Dr. Rampton founded Carube Resources Inc. in 2011, which evolved into Carube Copper Corp., a TSXV listed company with operations in the Caribbean and Canada. He served as President, CEO, VP Corporate Development and a director at various times until 2017. He is also President and CEO of Auropean Ventures Inc., a private company with operations in Europe from 2012 until present.

Dr. Rampton is the sole principal of Rampton Resources Group Inc. and has been President, CEO and a director of Mayo Lake Minerals since its inception in 2011. He is a member of numerous professional associations and he has authored or co-authored over seventy articles in his fields of expertise, most recently on the dispersal of ore tracers in surficial materials. He is a professional engineer (Ontario) and is a “Qualified Person” under securities legislation in Canada.

Dr. Rampton holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Geology) from the University of Manitoba and a Doctorate (Geology) from the University of Minnesota.


 
Tyrell Sutherland, M.Sc., P.Geo. - Senior Technical Advisor
Tyrell Sutherland, M.Sc., P.Geo. - Vice President Exploration, Mayo Lake Minerals
Tyrell Sutherland, M.Sc., P.Geo., is an experienced exploration geologist and mining executive with extensive international expertise across Canada, Australia, China, and the Caribbean. He is President, CEO, and Executive Director of Viridian Metals Inc., which he co-founded, and serves as Director of Levon Resources Ltd. He is also Senior Technical Advisor of Exploration at Mayo Lake Minerals Inc., where he has overseen exploration work since 2011 and previously served as Director. His career includes roles at major mining operations such as Goldcorp’s Musselwhite Mine and Kirkland Lake Gold’s Macassa Mine, as well as projects in multiple mineral-rich districts. He is a registered professional geologist (APGO), a Qualified Person under Canadian securities rules, and holds geology degrees from the University of Ottawa and Queen’s University.


 
Andre R.C. Rancourt, CPA, C.A. – Chief Financial Officer
Andre R.C. Rancourt, CPA, C.A. – Chief Financial Officer, Mayo Lake Minerals
Mr. Rancourt provides Mayo Lake Minerals with impressive business development and leadership skills. For over 40 years, he has been involved in the public, private and not for profit sectors. In senior management positions, he has helped coordinate a number of mergers, several acquisitions and multiple corporate restructurings; as well as numerous private financing rounds. He is fluently bilingual.In particular, he has held senior management positions as President of The Lowe Martin Group, Vice-President and CFO, March Networks; Vice President of Operations, Canada Communications Group Inc. and Chief Financial Officer, Ventana Management Services/East Lane Developments. He has also provided management services and advice to Canada’s House of Commons.

Of special note, is that he has extensive experience in the north while working with First Nations communities. While Business Manager of Mackenzie Valley Construction Ltd a company owned 51% by the Gwich’in Development Corporation and 49% by Flint Energy Services Ltd., he was responsible for operations in Inuvik and Ft McPherson, NWT. Mr. Rancourt has also worked for the Inuvialuit Development Corporation a First Nations owned holding company with consolidated revenues in excess of $168M.

M. Rancourt is a graduate of the University of Ottawa where he earned his Bachelor of Commerce degree and a graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors for Not For Profit Organizations – Telfer School of Management.


 
Chris Irwin, B.A., LL.B - Corporate Secretary
Chris Irwin, B.A., LL.B - Corporate Secretary, Mayo Lake Minerals
Mr. Irwin has practised law, primarily securities, since 1996 at which time he became a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada. From 1998 to 2004, he was associated initially with Boyle & Company and subsequently with Power Budd LLP. From 2004 to 2006, he was associated with Wildeboer Dellelce LLP.Mr. Irwin initiated his own practise in 2007 and is a principal of Irwin Lowy LLP, a Toronto based law firm specializing in corporate and securities law. He has been, and is, a director and officer of a number of private and public companies. Mr. Irwin has served as Secretary of Mayo Lake Minerals since its inception in 2011.

Mr. Irwin received his Bachelor of Arts from Bishop’s University in Lennoxville, Quebec in 1990 and his Bachelor of Laws from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1994.


 
Sylvie Boisvert - Executive Assistant
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MAILING ADDRESS
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Box 158, Carp On K0A 1L0

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STREET ADDRESS
110 Westhunt Drive, Unit #2,
Carp ON K0A 1L0

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