Charting the Course: Meet Advanced Gold's New President & CFO

Since 2018, Mr. Atkinson has been the President and CEO of Talisker Gold, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Advance United. An experienced exploration geologist and project manager with over 45 years of experience, Mr. Atkinson has spent his career in both mineral exploration and mining and the environmental field as Vice President, Exploration Manager and Regional Manager with junior and major mining companies such as Newmont, Billiton and Agnico Eagle. He has reviewed, evaluated and acquired projects around the world and recently was part of the team responsible for mergers and acquisitions at American Silver. He has worked with investors to form and manage junior exploration companies. In the area of mineral exploration, James has designed and managed multimillion-dollar programs searching for and discovering various commodities including industrial minerals. These projects, comprised of up to 100 staff, involved geophysical, geochemical and drilling programs as well as prospecting and geological mapping. He has also negotiated option and purchase deals for mineral properties.

Dr. Ramcharan has an extensive background in corporate development, mining and exploration, project evaluation, and investment banking spanning over twenty years. Previously, as Manager of Corporate Development for IAMGOLD, Dr. Ramcharan was involved in raising over $600 million in equity financings and worked on project acquisitions totalling over $800 million. Dr. Ramcharan has also held senior roles with Sprott and Resource Capital Funds, where he performed over 300 project evaluations and helped complete numerous debt and equity financings. More recently he was the Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Investor Relations for Roscan Gold where he has been instrumental in raising over $40 million. Dr. Ramcharan holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Mining Engineering and Mineral Economics, and attended the Colorado School of Mines, University of Leoben, and Harvard Business School Continuing Education Program. Dr. Ramcharan is a P.Eng. in Ontario, a Registered Member of The Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) in USA, a Fellow of both The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM).

Mr. Danilovsky has over fifteen years of experience as an executive officer, board member, investment analyst and portfolio manager, primarily in the mining sector. Currently, he is a Director and Chief Financial Officer of Advanced Gold Exploration Inc. and, since 2017, a President of McLaren Resources Inc. In addition, between the years 2016 and 2023, Mr. Danilovsky was a Managing Director of Orthogonal Capital, an asset management company. From 2011 to 2016 he served as mining analyst for Accilent Capital, a mining investment firm. Before joining Accilent Capital, Mr. Danilovsky worked as a geophysical consultant in the mining exploration industry. He holds a Masters in Management from ESSEC Business School (Paris, France), a Masters of Sciences from UPMC/Sorbonne University (Paris, France), Hon.BSc from University of Toronto (Canada) and a CIM designation.