Corporate

Experienced Team

Guiding exploration activities across North America

MANAGEMENT

CEO & DIRECTOR (CHAIRMAN)

Loren Currie

Mr. Currie has over 20 years of experience holding executive corporate positions in the Canadian public markets. He served as CFO of Oracle Energy Corp. from October 2004 to June 2012, as CFO, Secretary, and President at Toba Industries Ltd., as corporate secretary of Brand Marvel Worldwide Consumer Products Corporation, and as director of Oracle Energy Corp. from October 2004 to February 2015. He has been a director of Ballistic since December 2018 and CEO since August 2020. He is also Ballistic’s corporate secretary.

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Anthony Clements

Mr. Clements is a former investment banker with Fox Davies Capital Limited, a London-based firm specializing in financing both mining and oil and gas corporations. In 1970, he joined the Electricity Council Pension Fund as a Senior Investment Analyst and, in 1973, moved to Hermes Investment Management, where he managed the company’s resource portfolio, including the multi-billion dollar North American portfolio. In 1987, he moved to the sales side of the investment industry, specifically in corporate finance, with particular emphasis on Australian and North American resource issuers. He worked with several firms, including T. Hoare and Co. and Yorkton Securities Inc. From 2001 until 2010, he was Head of Corporate Finance at ODL Securities. He has acted as an advisor and director to numerous natural resource companies. He is a director of Aton Resources Inc. He has been a director of Ballistic since 2017.
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Matthew Mikulic

Mr. Mikulic was a director of Lucky Strike Resources Ltd. from December 2009 to December 2010. He is also a winemaker, and in 2013, he joined Earlco Vineyards Ltd., a vineyard management and consulting company that had been formed 10 years prior. He has been a director of Ballistic since 2011.
INTERIM CFO

Pieter Bakker

Mr. Bakker has 12 years of experience in the mineral resource industry. He has been an analyst for public and private mineral exploration and development companies, primarily focusing on projects in Canada and Southeast Asia, and has helped raise capital for junior mineral exploration companies. Mr. Bakker consults on industrial, precious, and base metals mineral projects, providing financial services and commodity and market analyses. He is a director of Oracle Energy Corp. He has been CFO of Ballistic since February 2022.

CORPORATE GOVERANCE

The Board believes that good corporate governance improves corporate performance and benefits all shareholders. The Canadian Securities Administrators (the “CSA”) have adopted National Policy 58-201 Corporate Governance Guidelines, which provides non-prescriptive guidelines on corporate governance practices for reporting issuers such as the Company. In addition, the CSA has implemented National Instrument 58-101, Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices, which prescribes specific disclosure by the Company of its corporate governance practices. This section sets out the Company’s approach to corporate governance and addresses the Company’s compliance with NI 58-101.

CONSTITUTION AND INDEPENDENCE OF THE BOARD

The Board of Directors comprises three persons, of whom two are independent directors. Directors are considered to be independent if they have no direct or indirect material relationship with the Company. A “material relationship” is a relationship which could, in the view of the Company’s Board of Directors, be reasonably expected to interfere with the exercise of a director’s independent judgment. 1 of the 3 members of the Board is non-independent: Loren Currie. The independent directors are Anthony Clements and Matthew Mikulic.

Management has been delegated the responsibility for meeting defined corporate objectives, implementing approved strategic and operating plans, carrying on the Company’s business in the ordinary course, managing cash flow, evaluating new business opportunities, recruiting staff, and complying with applicable regulatory requirements. The board facilitates its independent supervision over management by reviewing and approving long-term strategic, business, and capital plans, material contracts and business transactions, and all debt and equity financing transactions. Through its audit committee, the Board examines the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control processes and management information systems.

Management and board members informally conduct orientation and education for new board members. The orientation provides background information on the Company’s history, performance, and strategic plans.

OTHER BOARD COMMITTEES

The Board has no other committees other than the Audit Committee.

ASSESSMENTS

The Board monitors the adequacy of information given to directors, communication between the Board and management, and the strategic direction and processes of the Board and committees on an ongoing basis.