Board of Directors
Eric Krafft
Director
MSc, Shipping Trade & Finance, City University of London
Additionally, Mr. Krafft serves as Non-Executive Director of a Goviex Uranium Inc., a Canadian listed issuer.
Mr. Krafft serves on the boards of numerous private financial holding and ship-owning companies.
Until 2006, Mr. Krafft was the managing owner of Trafalgar Shipping/ Dragon Maritime, a China based dry bulk shipping operation. Prior to this, he worked in corporate finance for DVB Bank AG, a German specialist transportation finance bank. Mr. Krafft worked mainly in Mergers & Acquisitions in London and Equity Capital Markets in New York.
Independent in relation to company and management: No
Independent in relation to major shareholders: No
Became a director in 2020
Holdings: 85,556,577 common shares, 47,502, 173 warrants, 5,500,000 options
Lars-Eric Johansson
Non-Executive Chairman and Director
MBA from Gothenburg School of Economics
2009, Golden Star Corp from 2003 to 2005 and 2007 to 2010 and, Canadian Solar Inc from 2006 to 2019.
Independent in relation to company and management: Yes
Independent in relation to major shareholders: Yes
Became a director in 2020
Holdings: 5,820,000 common shares, 5,820,000 warrants, 3,000,000 options
Daniel Major
Director
BEng (Hons.), Mininig Engineering, Camborne School of Mines
Independent in relation to company and management: Yes
Independent in relation to major shareholders: Yes
Became a director in 2020
Holdings: 3,000,000 options
Management
Kurt Budge
CEO
Mining Engineering at The Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London and MBA from London Business School
Sanjay Swarup
CFO
Master of Business Administration from Cranfield School of Management
CFO since 2021
Holdings: 200,000 options
Manuela Balaj-Coroiu
Corporate Secretary
AGP, CCS
Ms. Balaj-Coroiu recently graduated the Chartered Governance Institute of Canada and applies her in-depth knowledge of corporate laws, capital markets, security laws and corporate governance to provide all types of support and guidance to company directors, helping them in discharging their duties.
Manuela obtained her Law Degree at the University of West Timisoara in Romania, and continued her studies to obtain her Masters in European Law at the University of Oradea, prior to relocating to Canada.
Corporate Secretary since 2022
Holdings: 400,000 options
General Counsel
Stefan Derksen
BA Hons from University College Utrecht, LLM Utrecht University, MSc in International Business from Tilburg University