Management Team

Murray Nye

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Nye brings +20 years of experience as a director and officer of various public companies, with junior mining sector, mergers & acquisitions, and capital markets expertise. He most recently served as CEO of American Tungsten (CSE:TUNG), a tungsten-focused explorer and developer focused on onshoring domestic supply into the United States.

Prior, Mr. Nye was CEO of a publicly-listed junior mining company from 2016 until 2022, where he was led efforts in securing seed capital financing and listing on the CSE.

Mr. Nye was also instrumental in helping the company secure a lease to purchase option and acquiring key patented mining claims, 

Steven Nguyen

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Nguyen is a Chartered Professional Accountant with extensive experience supporting private and public companies in the junior mining and resource sectors. He specializes in financial reporting, audit readiness, and corporate compliance, and has guided companies through IPOs and reverse takeovers (RTOs).

Mr. Nguyen currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of Corporate Minds Financial Ltd. and Nordique Resources Inc. (CNSX: NORD). He has also held financial leadership roles with several public companies, including Metalmark Resources Corp., and previously served as Interim CFO and Controller of Filament Health.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Nguyen worked at Crowe MacKay LLP and previously served with the Canada Revenue Agency.

Clyde McMillan

VP of Exploration

Professional geologist with +10 years of mineral exploration experience, with expertise across Quebec’s most prolific mining districts. Mr. McMillan has gained industry experience with Azimut Exploration and Osisko Mining, and spent three years in a key technical role at Benz Mining. Mr. McMillan’s track record spans gold-copper systems, lithium pegmatites, and niobium-rare earth deposits, highlighted by his contribution to the team that helped triple the gold resources at the Eastmain Mine.

As President of McMillan Geosciences Inc., Clyde combines technical leadership with innovation, leveraging AI-driven workflows and a strong network of mining professionals to advance projects from grassroots through to resource development with efficiency, rigor, and disciplined execution that maximizes discovery success.

Neal Backmore

Technical Advisor

Experienced project generator and mineral exploration professional with +15 years of experience. As Principal of Grassroots Prospecting & Prospect Generation Inc., he has built a proven track record in advancing exploration concepts from desktop evaluation through to drill testing. Mr. Blackmore has supported +40 junior exploration companies across Canada in planning, management, and execution of exploration programs, contributing to gold, lithium, and base metal discoveries.
 
Mr. Blackmore has extensive experience in geotechnical engineering and large-scale civil infrastructure projects.  He has served the Newfoundland and Labrador Prospectors Association in multiple roles and participated as an industry representative on several government committees. He has also acted as a technical advisor to both private and public companies throughout his career.

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