About ATHA Energy

Mr. Boisjoli brings extensive experience in developing uranium assets both internationally and in the Athabasca Basin. Mr. Boisjoli’s experience within the Athabasca Basin most notably includes his role as Vice President Operations and Project Development as well as Vice President Exploration and Community for NexGen Energy Ltd., where he led a team through the development of the Arrow Deposit – considered to be the largest, high-grade uranium development project in the world. Prior to joining NexGen Energy in 2016, Mr. Boisjoli worked as an exploration geologist for Cameco Corporation on projects throughout northern Saskatchewan and Australia. In Saskatchewan, Mr. Boisjoli served as the Chief Geologist at the underground Eagle Point uranium mine, where his team increased the mineral resources threefold, while reducing drilling and discovery costs.

Mr. Castanho is the principal of Axis Capital Ventures Corp., a private investment firm specializing in venture capital and advisory services since October 2019. Prior to founding Axis Capital, Mr. Castanho spent sixteen years in financial services with national investment firms, raising capital across a broad range of industries and advising investments for high-net-worth individuals, institutions, and family offices. Mr. Castanho is a graduate of the Finance Program at British Columbia Institute of Technology as of 2004.

Ms. Tyne brings experience gained over 16 years in the mining sector, including Indigenous engagement, corporate management, as well as exploration and mine geology working on some of the world’s highest-grade uranium deposits, including Cameco’s McArthur River. Ms. Tyne led community and Indigenous engagement at NexGen Energy, where she played an integral role in the successful negotiation and execution of collaboration agreements with several Indigenous nations. With a diverse and extensive range of experience, Ms. Tyne has managed the development of numerous internal processes and systems through times of both rapid growth and immense regulatory change, including leading the development and implementation of a professional practice management plan for Teck Resources Limited, one of BC’s largest employers of engineers and geoscientists.

Mr. Gaffney has extensive experience providing corporate finance services to mining and oil and gas companies including debt, equity and M&A origination and advice. Previously, Mr. Gaffney was Managing Director with the investment bank Canaccord Genuity, where he worked between Canadian and UK capital markets from 2002 to 2015. He was also a Non-Executive Director of Australian Stock Exchange listed Auroch Minerals Limited from 2016 to 2019 and CFO of Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited from 2020 to 2024.

Mr. Engdahl has over 20 years of experience managing various companies with over 15 years of geological experience in both junior and major exploration and mining sectors across North America and in Africa. His extensive mineral exploration experience has been focused on data compilation and interpretation, drill target generation and drill program management, as well as resource and mine modeling with focus on structural geology and resource calculations. Mr. Engdahl has extensive Athabasca Basin resource experience having previously spent over eight years working as a Senior Mine Geologist on Cameco Corporation’s McArthur River Mine, the largest high-grade uranium mine in the world.

Mr. Patel has worked in the investment industry for over 15 years with junior companies from inception and incorporation to final listing. He has acted as CEO and director of several public companies and as the head of his own accounting firm. Mr. Patel brings public and private experience, having worked at several Chartered Accounting firms and conducted audits for the public and government sectors. Mr. Patel has also been an active board member and contributed to the start-up of Makena Resources Inc (CAJ), MX Gold Corp(MXL), WestKam Gold Corp.(WKG), Cameo Industries (CRU) and Cresval Capital Corp (CRV).

Mr. Kallir has over 11 years of Investment and Capital Markets Experience. In 2013, Mr. Kallir co-founded HGC Investment Management Inc, a leading Toronto based Hedge Fund with assets under management in excess of CAD$950MM. As CEO and CIO of HGC Investment Management, Mr. Kallir has achieved leading performance amongst peers, and has been involved in hundreds of M&A transactions. Mr. Kallir holds an Honors BA in Economics from the University of Western Ontario.

Mr. Pearce is an experienced professional in the global mining and mining technology industries, the private investment sector and in the agricultural sector. His experience in the mining industry spans the value chain, including board directorships, exploration, operation management, mining finance, M&A, business strategy and operational improvement. Throughout his career of over 20 years, Mr. Pearce has worked in multiple commodities and geographies, including iron ore, coal, uranium, mineral sands, gold, and copper in Europe, the Middle East, North and South America, South East Asia, New Zealand, and Australia.

Mr. Barber has worked closely with various public company boards and executive teams to assist in capital markets initiatives and advise on go-public transactions, valuations and M&A mandates. Mr. Barber was a cofounder and CFO of Hiku Brands until the company’s sale to Canopy Growth in 2018. Prior to that Mr. Barber was a managing partner of a boutique energy focused M&A advisory firm in Calgary. Prior thereto, Mr. Barber spent many years covering the energy sector on investment banking and research teams at Canaccord and Raymond James. Mr. Barber began his career as an economist with Deloitte LLP. Jeff Barber has served on the board of Standard Lithium since 2017 and recently joined the board of Helium Evolution. Mr. Barber is a CFA charterholder and holds a master’s degree in finance and Economics from the University of Alberta.

Mr. Williams brings over two decades of mining and finance industry experience, including roles in senior management and corporate development, equity research, fund management, and investment banking in the metals and mining sector with a focus on uranium. As a research analyst at Westwind Partners, Mr. Williams launched coverage on the uranium sector in 2007. In late 2008, he joined Pinetree Capital, a natural resource focused investment fund as VP Business Development. During this time, he was responsible for analyzing and monitoring uranium investments and was also appointed to the board of directors of several investee uranium companies. In 2012, he joined Dundee Capital Markets (now Eight Capital) in the investment banking group. As a Managing Director, he completed equity financings across a wide range of commodities and was a named advisor on multiple M&A transactions in the uranium sector. In 2017, Mr. Williams was a co-founder of Uranium Royalty Corp., serving as President, CEO and Director. In March 2020, Mr. Williams joined NxGold (formerly Consolidated Uranium) and has been responsible for executing the plan to consolidate and develop uranium projects around the world.