Board of Directors

Justin is an internationally experienced business development executive with multi-commodity expertise in the natural resources sector. Most recently he served as Vice-President for Rio Tinto Exploration in the Americas with the responsibility to formulate and execute commercial strategies for acquisitions and divestments. Prior to this, Justin served in various legal roles for Rio Tinto Exploration and Placer Dome, including General Counsel for Rio Tinto Exploration North America and Kennecott Minerals Company where he managed the legal and commercial affairs of these companies. Justin also serves as a director of a private Canadian nature resource company.

Paddy currently serves as President, CEO and Director of Orogen Royalties Inc. Paddy joined Orogen Royalties in 2020 as part of a merger between Renaissance Gold and Evrim Resources, where he served as co-founder and CEO since 2011. Paddy is an experienced public company executive, having spent over two decades in the management of mineral exploration companies. In his career, Paddy has a track record of creating shareholder value through exploration partnerships generated from early-stage base and precious metal opportunities in western Canada, United States, and Mexico.  Under Paddy's leadership, the Orogen team generates royalties and recuperates its investment through transactions with industry or joint venture partners on high‐quality exploration projects including the producing Ermitaño gold mine in Sonora, Mexico - (2.0% NSR) and the Silicon gold project in Nevada, U.S.A ‐ (1.0% NSR). Paddy holds an MBA in Executive Management, Consulting from Royal Roads University and a B.A. in Economics from Simon Fraser University.

Mr. Butler was a co-founder, officer and director of Altius Minerals Corporation, a leading diversified mineral royalty company, from 1997 to 2010. He was then President and CEO of Callinan Royalties Corporation, which was subsequently acquired by Altius in 2015. Currently he is a non-executive director of Adia Resources in Canada and Aurum Global Exploration, which is based in Ireland and active in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Mr. Butler was also co-recipient of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award by the P. J. Gardner Institute at Memorial University on behalf of Altius Minerals Corporation and is an Honorary Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum.

Tim is highly skilled, experienced and award winning General Manager with a broad range of expertise in mining operations throughout the USA, Canada and Australia. He has a proven track record of professionalism in leading teams to succeed in start-ups and shut-downs as well as effecting change to improve production, costs and safety performance. In addition, Tim ran the acquisition program for Homestake Mining Corporation, Canada that included: evaluation of potential acquisitions and due diligence review for major business transactions. Tim has over 40 years of experience principally in gold operations at Homestake, Barrick Gold Corporation and most recently at Goldcorp, where he served as General Manager of the Marigold Mine and as Chief Operating Officer of Pershing Gold. Tim served as a Director of Renaissance Gold before it merged to form Orogen Royalties.

Samantha Shorter is a senior finance and accounting professional with 15 years of experience in the mineral exploration sector and has served as CFO of various junior mining companies. She has extensive international experience with development projects as well as operating assets. Ms. Shorter was also previously employed as an audit manager at Davidson & Company specializing in the mining industry and has extensive experience in financial reporting.  Ms. Shorter is a CPA, CA and CIA and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with Honours from the University of British Columbia. Ms. Shorter is nominated to be elected as director on October 27, 2022. In addition, she will also be appointed as the Audit Committee Chair.

Mr. Wells is an experienced executive and geologist with over 25 years of multi-commodity expertise in the natural resources sector.  Most recently, Chad was Vice President of Altius Minerals Corporation, where he played a key role in the development and commercialization of Altius’ project generation platform. During his time at Altius, the business grew from an early-stage exploration company into a diversified mineral royalty company with a current market capitalization of approximately $3 billion.  Mr. Wells brings extensive experience in structuring exploration agreements, creating royalty portfolios, and generating significant value through disciplined capital allocation. His background includes involvement in the acquisition and origination of numerous projects and royalties, as well as the co-founding and development of several publicly listed exploration companies.