Board of Directors

Richard Warke

Executive Chairman

Richard Warke is a Vancouver-based Canadian business executive with over 40 years of experience in the international resource sector. In 2005, he founded the Augusta Group of Companies, recognized for an exceptional track record of value creation in the mining sector.

From 2006 to 2018, Augusta Group founded, managed, and funded three world-class mineral discoveries: Ventana Gold, which discovered the La Bodega deposit in Colombia (over 10 Moz gold; sold for $1.3B in 2011); Augusta Resource, which advanced the Rosemont copper project in Arizona into one of the largest U.S. copper deposits (sold for $667M in 2014); and Arizona Mining, which discovered and grew the Hermosa–Taylor deposit into one of the world’s top five primary zinc deposits and the largest in the U.S. (sold for $2.1B in 2018).

In 2017, Mr. Warke co-founded Equinox Gold, now a major mid-tier gold producer with operations in Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and the U.S., growing to a market cap exceeding $13B. In 2019, Solaris Resources joined the Augusta Group, where under his leadership the Warintza Project in Ecuador was revitalized and its resource increasing more than 45-fold to 5.8 Bt, with the company now trading at a market capitalization of $1.7B. Solaris relocated to Switzerland in 2024 and is no longer an Augusta Group company, though Mr. Warke remains Chairman.

In 2020, Augusta Group and Barrick Gold became cornerstone shareholders of Augusta Gold Corp. (formerly known as Bullfrog Gold Corp.), strengthening its leadership, advancing the Bullfrog Project, and acquiring the fully permitted Reward Project. The company was acquired by AngloGold Ashanti in 2025 for $200M.

Presently, the Augusta Group comprises of private businesses and public companies, including Titan Mining Corporation, a zinc concentrate producer and emerging natural flake graphite supplier in New York, and Highlander Silver Corp., which is advancing the high-grade San Luis gold-silver project in Peru.

Throughout his career, Mr. Warke has built a reputation for generating value through pioneering transactions, early-stage investing, award-winning exploration, and rapidly advancing projects with consistent access to low-cost capital. His expertise and global industry relationships have made him a recognized strategic partner and sought-after industry expert on mining, business, and resource development. He is a Member of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Leadership Council, supporting one of the world’s leading cancer institutions and advancing world-class research, patient care, and medical innovation.

Donald R. Taylor, P.G.

Vice Chair

Donald R. Taylor is the recipient of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s (“PDAC”) 2018 Thayer Lindsley Award for the 2014 discovery of the Taylor lead-zinc-silver deposit in Arizona. He has 30 years of mineral exploration experience with precious and base metals on five continents, taking projects from exploration to mine development. He has worked extensively for large and small cap companies, including Arizona Mining, BHP Minerals, Bear Creek Mining, American Copper and Nickel, Doe Run Resources and Westmont Mining Company. Mr. Taylor is a Licensed Professional Geologist in several eastern and western states and a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Southeast Missouri State University and a Master of Science degree from the University of Missouri at Rolla.

Rita Adiani

President & CEO

Rita Adiani has over 18 years of experience in the mining industry and has been involved in operating companies and development projects in North and South America, Australia, Europe and Africa. She has held senior executive positions in listed companies, private investment vehicles and has been an investment banker, private equity professional and lawyer. She has experience in global capital markets, public and private M&A transactions and has been involved in raising over US$10 billion in public equities.

Ms. Adiani is a law graduate from the University of Oxford and the University of Sheffield. She has a Chartered Financial Analyst qualification (Level 4) in ESG Investing from the CFA Institute and also has a Certificate in Mining Studies — Mining & Minerals Engineering from the University of British Columbia (Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering).

Speaker John Boehner

Director

John Boehner served as the 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Mr. Boehner was the U.S. Representative from Ohio's 8th congressional district, serving from 1991 to 2015. He previously served as the House Minority Leader from 2007 until 2011, and House Majority Leader from 2006 until 2007. Following his career in government service, Mr. Boehner joined Squire Patton Boggs, a global law and public policy firm. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in business administration from Xavier University.

Lenard Boggio, CPA

Director

Len Boggio was formerly a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) where he served for more than 30 years until his retirement in May 2012. During that time, he was Leader of the B.C. Mining Group of PwC, a senior member of PwC's Global Mining Industry Practice and an auditor of Canadian, U.S. U.K. and other internationally-listed mineral resource and energy clients. Mr. Boggio is a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (FCPA, FCA) and has served as president of the British Columbia Institute of Chartered Accountants and chairman of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

William Mulrow

Director

William Mulrow is a Consultant at The Blackstone Group, an alternative asset manager. Previously, he was Director of Global Capital Markets at Citigroup, Inc., Managing Director of Paladin Capital Group, Senior Vice President and Head of New Product Development at Gabelli Asset Management (now GAMCO Investors), Managing Director in Corporate Finance for Rothschild Inc., and Managing Director and Head of Public Finance Banking for Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette Securities Corporation. He is a graduate of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and of Yale College where he graduated Cum Laude and was a Rhodes Scholar finalist.

Governor George Pataki

Director

George E. Pataki is the co-founder and Chairman of the Pataki-Cahill Group, a specialized development firm, and serves as Senior Counsel to the international law firm Norton Rose Fullbright. Previously, he served three terms as the 53rd Governor of the State of New York from 1995 to 2006, being elected after serving consecutively as the mayor of Peekskill, an assemblyman in the New York State Legislature, and as a senator in the New York State Senate. Mr. Pataki has vast experience serving on the boards of international conglomerates and private equity firms.