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Banyan Gold Corp.

Tara Christie is the President of Banyan Gold Corp, and serves on the Board of Klondike Gold. She has been the owner/operator of one of the largest placer mines in the Yukon, a board member for the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, a founding member of the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board and the Chair of the Yukon Salmon Sub-Committee. She brings considerable experience in environmental and regulatory issues and government/First Nations relations from her years consulting.

Marc Blythe has a Master of Business Administration from La Trobe University in Melbourne and a Bachelor of Mining Engineering degree from the Western Australian School of Mines. Mr. Blythe was Vice President, Mining of Almaden Minerals Ltd from 2006 to 2011 and President & CEO of Tarsis Resources Ltd. He was also the Vice President of Corporate Development at Nevsun Resources Ltd. Prior to that he was Corporate Senior Mining Engineer for Placer Dome Inc. based in Vancouver from 2004 until 2006, where he completed internal and external mine evaluation, including advising on potential acquisitions and mining technology implementation. Prior to this, he managed mines in Kalgoorlie, Australia for Placer Dome. Mr. Blythe has a strong understanding of mine feasibility and led two feasibility studies which resulted in successful operating mines; Raleigh Mine and Bullant Mine, both located in Kalgoorlie, Australia and owned by Barrick Gold Corp. The Raleigh Mine exceeded its projected production rate, in part due to the development of a novel mining method by Mr. Blythe. Mr. Blythe holds a Western Australian First Class Mine Manager's Certificate of Competency and has managed mines for both Placer Dome and WMC Resources (formerly Western Mining Corporation). Mr. Blythe is a third generation prospector.

Tara Christie is the President of Banyan Gold Corp, and serves on the Board of Klondike Gold. She has been the owner/operator of one of the largest placer mines in the Yukon, a board member for the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, a founding member of the Yukon Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment Board and the Chair of the Yukon Salmon Sub-Committee. She brings considerable experience in environmental and regulatory issues and government/First Nations relations from her years consulting.

A resourceful and innovative leader with over 20 years of experience, Hayley Halsall-Whitney comes to Banyan with significant expertise in the mining industry. She is recognized for her dedication to building the next generation of junior and mid-tier mining producers, with an unrelenting commitment to sustainable development, health and safety, social license and increasing shareholder value. On completion of BASc and MASc degrees in Chemical Engineering, Ms. Halsall-Whitney went on to work for Glencore, a globally diversified multinational mining company (formerly Xstrata, Noranda & Falconbridge), where she delivered on the goal of zero harm and operational performance excellence for 13 years. Following Glencore, she was the Processing Superintendent for Goldcorp's Project Century PFS, Mill Superintendent at North American Palladium and Mill Manager at Wesdome where she was promoted to General Manager in 2020. While General Manager of Wesdome's Eagle River Gold Mine, Ms. Halsall-Whitney led Eagle River to record production, development of their first block model and LOM in 2021, and was one of the QPs for their 43-101 (2021). Ms. Halsall-Whitney also holds an Executive MBA from Kellogg-Schulich and is heading to Wharton to complete the Advanced Executive Management Program.

David Reid, LL.B., is a senior partner and Global Co-Chair of Mining with DLA Piper (Canada) LLP with over 30 years of experience in mining and securities law, including over $2 billion in corporate finance and M&A transactions since 2011. Mr. Reid is recognized by Lexpert as a Leading Canadian Lawyer in Global Mining, The Legal 500 Canada (Energy-Mining-Corporate-M&A), and Best Lawyers in Canada in the areas of mining, natural resources law and securities law. David led a team in connection with a transaction awarded Mining Deal of the Year by Canadian Dealmakers in 2012 and has served on the board of several TSX, NYSE and TSXV resource companies, including Far West Mining Ltd. (acquired in 2011 by Capstone Mining Corp. in a $1.1 billion M&A transaction).