Management

John Miniotis

Chief Executive Officer

John Miniotis has over 18 years of experience in the mining industry focused primarily on mergers & acquisitions, equity capital markets, investor relations and corporate finance. He was previously CEO of Aethon Minerals Corp where he was responsible for overseeing the capital markets and mergers and acquisitions strategy of the company, which culminated in the successful merger with AbraSilver. Prior to joining Aethon he was the VP Corporate Development at AuRico Metals, which was acquired by Centerra Gold in January 2018 for approximately $310 million. John also worked and Lundin Mining where he was responsible for Investor Relations and Corporate Development, and  played a key role in successfully executing various acquisitions valued at well over $2 billion. Prior to that he worked in mining equity research at Wellington West Capital Markets and BMO Capital Markets, and commenced his career in the Corporate Development group at Barrick Gold. Mr. Miniotis holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst and received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, with high distinction, from the University of Toronto.

John is also a non-executive director of NOA Lithium Brines Inc. (NOAL: TSXV).

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David O'Connor

Chief Geologist

David O'Connor has over 40 years experience in the mining industry, focused on the identification, acquisition and management of mineral projects of merit. He was the founder, or co-founder of five publicly listed companies based on projects in South America and managed the merger of three of these. With Explorator Resources, he developed the El Espino deposit in Chile to an open pittable resource of 230 million tonnes at 0.65% Cu and 0.2g/t Au, following which the company was sold to Pucobre (a Chilean copper miner). Previously David was in charge of early exploration for Western Mining Corporation at the world class Olympic Dam deposit and later was Chief geologist of Peko-Wallsend in Australia. He holds a BSc (Hons) degree from Cape Town University and an MSc D.I.C. in mineral exploration from the Royal School of Mines in London.

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Carlos Pinglo

Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary

Carlos Pinglo is an Economist with over 20 years senior management experience. He has worked with both private and public companies in corporate finance, strategic planning, financial reporting, turnarounds, mergers and acquisitions. Carlos’ extensive background includes Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary at Eurotin Inc., Chief Financial Officer at Adriana Resources Corporation, Carpathian Gold Inc., First Bauxite Corporation, Medoro Resources Ltd., Controller of both Silver Eagle Mines Inc. and Excellon Resources Inc. and a member of the Board of Directors at Mineros Nacionales S.A.

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Jeremy Weyland

Senior Vice President, Projects and Development

Jeremy Weyland has worked in the mining industry since 2007, focused on projects, technical services and due diligence. Prior to joining AbraSilver, Jeremy was at Lundin Mining from 2017 where he held positions as Director of Project Studies and Acting Vice President of Technical Services. During his time at Lundin Mining he led the completion of feasibility studies for expansionary projects in Chile and Brazil, led the post acquisition integration effort of Lundin's acquisition of Chapada in Brazil and was the technical due diligence lead for Lundin Mining's acquisition of the Josemaria project in Argentina and the Caserones operation in Chile. Prior to Lundin Mining, Jeremy was at Kinross Gold for 10 years where he held various roles in risk management, strategic planning and projects, including secondments to the La Coipa and Maricunga operations in Chile. Prior to his career in mining, Jeremy worked in upstream energy at Centrica North America (Direct Energy), corporate credit at Scotiabank and engineering at Foster Wheeler. Jeremy is a Professional Engineer with Professional Engineers Ontario and holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Mechanical Engineering) from Queen's University, as well as an MBA from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.

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