Dale Verran

Mr. Verran is a mining executive with over 25 years of international experience in project generation, discovery, and advancement. He has a proven track record of progressing projects from early-stage exploration through to development and successful M&A.

Prior to joining Fortune Bay Corp., Mr. Verran was Vice President, Exploration at Denison Mines Corp. (a Lundin Group company), where he played a key role in uranium discoveries (+70 Mlbs U₃O₈), advancing projects to pre-feasibility, and supporting corporate transactions. He previously served as Executive Technical Director at Remote Exploration Services (Pty) Ltd, Africa’s largest independent exploration group, and as Exploration Manager at Manica Minerals Limited, where multiple projects were successfully advanced from generation through to corporate transactions. He began his career as an exploration geologist with Gold Fields Limited.

Mr. Verran holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Geology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, an Honours Degree in Geology from the University of Cape Town, and a Master’s Degree in Exploration Geology from Rhodes University. He is a registered P.Geo. (APEGS).

Patrick McGrath

Mr. McGrath is a seasoned finance executive with over 25 years of experience in the resource industry. He has held senior leadership roles in multiple public companies, most recently as Chief Executive Officer of Blue Moon Metals Inc. until November 2024, and previously as Chief Financial Officer and later Chief Executive Officer of Hemlo Mining Corp. until May 2023, then known as Carcetti Capital Corp., a former producing oil and gas company in Eastern Europe.

Mr. McGrath holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Memorial University and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) in Canada. He brings extensive expertise in corporate finance, capital markets, and financial strategy, with a proven track record of supporting resource companies through exploration, development, and growth stages.

Gareth Garlick

Mr. Garlick has approximately 25 years of international experience in the mining and mineral exploration industry. He has work experience in all aspects of the mining cycle ranging from grassroots exploration to resource estimation and resource reconciliation on producing mines, and has been overseeing all of Fortune Bay’s operational and development-related work. Mr. Garlick is a registered P.Geo (EGBC) and holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Geology from the University of Cape Town.

Robert Shaw

Mr. Shaw has accumulated over 35 years of mineral exploration experience throughout the Americas, working at major projects in Guyana, Suriname, Mexico, Brasil, Chile, Peru and Colombia. He also served as editor and lead author for a major Springer Nature volume (2019) describing the geology, tectonics and metallogeny of the northern Andean region. Robert has served as co-founder and director of the Western Canada Greenfields Group and Monteoro Minerals Ltd., private companies dedicated to generative greenfields exploration throughout North and South America. He presently serves as an Independent Director for TSX.V-listed companies Sable Resources Ltd. and Fortune Bay Corp. Mr. Shaw holds a Master of Science in Economic Geology from the University of Alberta.

Ron Halas

Mr. Halas works with Fortune Bay on a consulting basis, providing direct input into project development planning and permitting activities as the project advances toward a PFS. Mr. Halas brings more than 35 years of global mining and project development experience, spanning open pit and underground gold mining, feasibility studies, mine construction, permitting, and operations.

Most recently, Mr. Halas served as Chief Operating Officer of Lumina Gold Corp., where he led technical and operational activities supporting the advancement of the Cangrejos gold-copper project in Ecuador through feasibility-level studies. Lumina Gold Corp. was subsequently acquired by CMOC Group in 2025, following the completion of key technical milestones.

Prior to Lumina Gold Corp., Mr. Halas held senior executive and operational leadership roles with Global Atomic Corporation (Chief Operating Officer), Kinross Gold Corporation, IAMGOLD Corporation, Placer Dome, INCO (now Vale), and PT Freeport Indonesia, among others. His experience includes leadership roles at large-scale open pit and underground mining operations and the delivery of multiple feasibility studies across the Americas, Africa, and Asia. He has also served as a board member and technical advisor to several publicly listed mining companies.

Mr. Halas holds a Bachelor of Mining Engineering from McGill University and a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from Simon Fraser University, and is a registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.).