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James Rogers is a resource professional and entrepreneur active in the exploration and mining sector for over 13 years. He has a unique background with technical, corporate and capital markets experience. James brings publicly listed CEO experience in the exploration and technology sector as well as global operational experience with a focus on the Americas and Africa.

Luke van der Meer is a Professional Geoscientist in the Province of British Columbia and has over 20 years of experience in mineral exploration, mining, and civil engineering. Luke graduated from the university of Otago in New Zealand in 2001 and started his career underground mining with Barrick Gold in Western Australia where technical best practices form the corner stone of mineral exploration, and resource development. He was subsequently involved with numerous successful exploration projects, including Christmas Creek/Cloud break where he was a part of the initial resource drill-out team which contributed to the maiden resource of 2.1Bt Iron Ore, and has also been involved in numerous resource development projects in Canada including Shea Creek, and Raven Horseshoe Uranium deposits in the Athabasca Basin. More recently Luke has focused on early-stage project evaluation and generation in the UASA and Canada, for various major and junior clients within his own private consultancy. Recently he has joined the team at Longford Exploration Services where he is spearheading the companies’ efforts in the provision of high-level technical services to boutique clients within the mineral exploration industry in Canada.

Sarah joined the Longford team in 2018. She has deep experience with data analysis, technical report writing and claims management. Sarah has conducted field work across British Columbia, the Yukon, Quebec and Newfoundland. She is bilingual and works on project documentation, reports and communications in both French and English. Additionally, Sarah has experience with project generation, project planning and coordination, as well as helping to oversee the day to day operations at Longford.

Sarah has a BSc. degree in Earth Sciences from Memorial University of Newfoundland and previously obtained a Bachelor of Business degree from the Athlone Institute of Technology, Ireland.

Ryan brings a broad range of skills to the team gained from 13 years of mineral exploration experience with a more recent focus on the Yukon. His hobby as a drone pilot adds technical and promotional value to all properties he visits. He attended the University of Waterloo and the University of British Columbia and is registered as a Geoscientist In Training in British Columbia & Quebec.

Vedran joined the Longford team at the beginning of 2018. After completing his undergraduate degree in Geology with a minor in GIS at the University of Florida, he went on to obtain a master’s degree from the University of British Columbia in 2017. While at UBC, he completed his research at the Diamond Exploration Laboratory on the topic of diamondiferous eclogite xenoliths from the Chidliak kimberlite. Vedran leads Longford's GIS team and supports the field crews. His expertise includes advanced GIS, company-wide database management, data analytics, 3D modeling, and overseeing large historical data compilations. In his free time, Vedran enjoys hiking and traveling with his wife and daughter, making bread and pizza from scratch, and advancing his ukulele and coding skills.

Moujan is a Human Resource and Marketing professional with a proven talent for aligning business strategy and objectives with established and emerging customer service and sales paradigms to achieve maximum operational impacts with minimum resource expenditures. Growth-focused team leader with a wealth of experience spanning banking security and operations, compliance, business development, client relationship management, and financial services. Remarkably dedicated with keen interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills, as well as advising, strategy implementation, and team-building expertise. Exceptional academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resources and Marketing candidacy from Capilano University.

Ms. Zuniga is an Ecuadorian Exploration Geologist based in Vancouver, Canada. Mayra holds a permanent residency status in Canada since 2017. She started with the Longford team as an Exploration Geologist and have been proven her dedication and work ethic in the Dominican Republic, in the Neita project for our client Unigold. She quickly has gained efficiency and started to create 3D Models using the Leapfrog software based on core logging interpretation. Ms. Zuniga is well versed in 3D Modeling, data collection, sampling procedures, core logging, and geological interpretation.

Andrea received a Bachelor of Science in Applied Biology in 2017 from the University of British Columbia. She began her GIS career at the British Columbia Institute of Technology at the beginning of 2019, where she was enrolled in the Advanced Certificate in GIS. In 2022, she graduated from Vancouver Island University with an Advanced Diploma in GIS Applications. Since 2019, she has provided her GIS-expertise as a sub-consultant for Metro Vancouver and as a Project Coordinator for a province-wide GIS project for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Andrea has worked at Longford since 2021, where she helps create visually appealing maps for various technical reports and collaborates with the rest of the GIS team to complete other GIS-based projects.