Corporate

Ms. Kristen Reinertson, a Director and Corporate Secretary of BeMetals, has been appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer while the Company's board solidifies a new permanent CEO to spearhead BeMetals' corporate strategy. Ms. Reinertson is a founding Director and has been an executive officer of BeMetals since 2016. She has 18 years of experience with publicly listed companies in the natural resources and emerging technologies sectors in roles ranging from CEO, CFO, Corporate Secretary, and Director. Her expertise spans corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, financial disclosure, governance, and regulatory compliance. She studied at Simon Fraser University and the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

Nick Furber, CA (ICAEW), CFA is senior financial professional with some 29 years of experience providing consulting, management and financial advisory services for private and publicly traded companies. This included 10 years as CFO and Corporate Secretary of Dynasty Metals & Mining Inc. (“Dynasty”) when Dynasty evolved from gold exploration into a producer listed on the TSX. Mr. Furber also has over 10 years of accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, valuations and due diligence experience in a variety of industries while at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Furber was educated in the U.K. and has his Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) and Chartered Financial Analyst designations.

Mr. Iwanaka is a founding member of the BeMetals executive management team. He has over 23 years of investor relations and corporate development experience in the mining industry. Over the course of his career, he has been involved with over 20 mergers, acquisitions and property divestures, and he has played key roles in raising over US$100 million through various equity financings, including one of the first at-the-market (“ATM”) financings by a Canadian brokerage firm. Prior to joining BeMetals, Mr. Iwanaka oversaw the marketing programs for a number of mining companies traded in Canada, USA, Germany and the UK.

In 2003, Mr. Iwanaka started his career in investor relations with tri-listed (TSX, AMEX, AIM) intermediate gold producer Bema Gold Corporation. From 2006 to 2010, he managed the marketing programs at Brilliant Mining Corp., and for two consecutive years, Brilliant was named in the TSX Venture50^TM for ranking as one of the top 10 mining companies on the stock exchange. From 2010 to 2015, Mr. Iwanaka directed the marketing campaigns at U.S.-based uranium producer, Uranerz Energy Corp. In 2015, Derek played an important role in Uranerz completing a CAD$320 million business combination with Energy Fuels Inc. Most recently, Mr. Iwanaka served as Vice-President of Investor Relations at First Mining Gold Corp. He was part of the original executive management team that acquired 11 mineral projects and grew that company’s market capitalization from CAD$45 million to over CAD$500 million during the company’s first two years of trading.

Derek has a Bachelor of Commerce with a major in marketing from the University of Northern British Columbia.