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Our Board and Senior Management team bring decades of hands-on experience across lithium exploration, African resource development, and global mining, combined with deep capital markets expertise
Chief Executive Officer
Tyron spent a decade in the mining industry as a geologist (specialized in resource estimation at Detour Gold) and then moved into international equity analysis at Cormark Securities & Stifel Canada.
Executive Chair
Carl’s long and varied career within the natural resource investment and development sector began at Deloitte before he moved to BHP Billiton as an M&A analyst. Carl moved into equity investment as a fund manager at GLG Partners in London in 2008, focused on natural resources investments. Carl is also the founder/chairman of a Portugal headquartered legal cannabis business, director of London listed Contango Holdings Plc and CEO of Waraba Gold Limited, a CSE, Frankfurt and OTC exploration company. Carl established Lithium Africa Resources Corp. in 2021 and since that time has used his experience and network to secure a wide range of prospective lithium assets across Africa.
Director
Blake is a veteran explorationist and is currently CEO and founder of Lithium Ionic where he co-discovered of multiple Li deposits in Brazil. Prior to Lithium Ionic, Blake led the discovery of >8Moz gold equivalent at Troilus Gold Corp.
Director
Mr. Eckford is the CEO of Rua Gold and co-founder of Aris Mining, the largest gold producer in Colombia. He is a veteran audit/finance exec.
Director
Tolu is currently the Head of Business Development in Ganfeng Lithium’s Africa division. He has 4 years of experience in the industry and began his journey by establishing an exploration company in Nigeria. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Philosophy from the University College, London and is completing an MSc in Energy Studies at the University of Dundee.
Chief Executive Officer
Tyron spent a decade in the mining industry as a geologist (specialized in resource estimation at Detour Gold) and then moved into international equity analysis at Cormark Securities & Stifel Canada.
Dr. Tom Benson is a Stanford Ph.D. volcanologist and globally recognized lithium exploration executive. As Vice President of Global Exploration at Lithium Argentina, he has led resource growth initiatives across some of the most significant lithium projects in the Americas. Previously at Lithium Americas, he played a key leadership role in the exploration and expansion of Thacker Pass, helping advance it into the largest lithium mineral resource globally. Dr. Benson brings deep technical expertise in lithium deposit formation and strategic exploration to Lithium Africa’s continent-scale spodumene portfolio.
Mamadou is a geologist with 12 years experiences in mineral exploration. Mr. Coulibaly started work with Randgold Mr. Coulibaly has worked with several professionals from various academic institutions including Kingston University and the University of Western Australia. Mr. Coulibaly has extensive knowledge and experience of the geology of the West African Birimian.
VP Exploration
Mr. Gelber is a geologist with >19 years experience specializing in gold and lithium systems. He currently serves as VP Exploration and Director of Gold Line Resources and was previously with Barrick Gold Corporation as Exploration Manager, Guyana. Prior to Barrick, Benjamin held the position of Generative Exploration Manager, with Galiano Gold Inc.
Business Development Analyst
Jeroen, a Ph.D. in geometallurgy, established his reputation through geochemical and mineralogical material fingerprinting research. He currently specializes in lithium pegmatite exploration targeting, GIS data compilation, programming, and geochemical data interpretation.
CFO
Mr. Robinson is qualified as a Chartered Accountant while working at Deloitte, Vancouver, before beginning his career consulting as CFO to a variety of Mining Companies.
General Counsel
Chris is an English-qualified lawyer with over 20 years of private practice & in-house experience, focused on capital markets, corporate finance and M&A transactions in emerging markets throughout Africa, Eastern Europe and the CIS.
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