Leadership

Conrad Swanson

Chairman, Director and Interim CEO

Mr. Swanson has 30 years experience raising capital, managing and advancing various projects in the public market. In 1991 he founded one of the first Internet companies in Vancouver, called Internet Direct, which was sold to Bell, in 1995. In 1998 Conrad was a founding member of Western Canadian coal, which was acquired by Walters Energy in 2010 for $2.2billion. In 2011 Conrad and his group of investors funded Richfield Ventures, which acquired the Black Water gold deposit in central BC and that property was sold to New Gold in 2012 for $550m. In 2003, he started Surge Copper . and raised more than $25m for exploration.

Chantelle Collins

Chief Financial Officer

Ms. Collins holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants Association of British Columbia (CPA, CGA). With 10 years of experience in the public sector, she brings extensive knowledge of the financial reporting requirements for public companies, ensuring compliance and accuracy in all financial disclosures.

Christopher E. Babcock

Chief Operations Officer

Christopher Babcock brings over 40 years of mining experience in open pit heap and vat leach gold projects, specializing in the development, design, construction, and start-up of operations in the United States, Mexico, and internationally.

He has held senior leadership roles from consultant to President, with a proven track record in advancing projects from bulk sampling through to commercial production. Notable achievements include leading the development of the El Castillo Mine in Mexico as President & CEO of Castle Gold, contributing to the start-up of the Mulatos Mine with Alamos Gold, and managing production at the Santana Gold Project for Corex Gold.

Mr. Babcock’s extensive expertise in heap leach facility design, mine restarts, and early-stage production provides CopAur with the operational leadership to advance its flagship Kinsley Mountain Oxide Gold Project toward potential near-term production.

Taryn Downing

Corporate Secretary

Ms. Downing has over 25 years of experience serving as a Director and Corporate Secretary for several TSX and TSXV-listed companies, primarily within the mining industry. Her expertise spans both national and international operations, where she has played a key role in corporate governance, compliance, and administrative leadership.

Jay Roberge

Director

Mr. Roberge brings over 25 years of business experience and has served as Executive Management, Director and/or Chairman of a number of publicly traded and private companies in natural resources (mining), technology and energy industries. He is an avid supporter of International trade and investment between Canada and Asia. He is on the Board of Directors for the Hong Kong Canada Business Association, and on the Advisory Board of Mines & Money in Hong Kong, Toronto, and London.

Gregory Stewart

Director

Gregory Stewart is a businessman and entrepreneur residing in Calgary, Alberta. As a Director for International Samuel he brings over 35 years of practical experience in the Canadian securities markets. As Chairman and President of 2 private and long established investment partnerships he has developed skills in strategic planning and analysis. Previous experience as a Director of a small publicly traded oil producer led to becoming Chairman and President of the company for a period of 3 years. Gregory has worked with many organizations demonstrating a commitment to excellence through exceptional communication skills.

Malcolm Dorsey

Director

Malcolm Dorsey M.Sc. Senior Geologist for Benchmark Metals inc. Thesis Gold Inc. and Altiplano Metals Inc. Malcolm  is a exploration structural geologist with extensive experience in consulting and management on a broad range of early grassroots through to feasibility projects in North, Central, and South America. His MSc thesis from the University of Calgary focused on recharacterizing district-scale structures and stratigraphy that influenced gold, silver, and copper mineralizing systems within British Columbia.

Maximilian Sali

Director

Mr. Sali has been in the capital markets since 2009 managing family assets both public and private. He is the president of Baccarat Investments Inc., a private investment company providing consulting, M&A and management services to public and private companies. Mr. Sali was corporate development and a founding shareholder of Advantage Lithium Corp which was acquired by producing lithium company Orocobre, now Allkem for $69 million on February 18, 2020. Mr. Sali is the founder, director and former CEO of Defense Metals Corp. (TSXV: DEFN) a rare earth company that recently completed a PEA on its Wicheeda LREE deposit in British Columbia. He is the founder, director and former CEO of New Placer Dome Gold Corp which was acquired by Copaur Minerals on May 11, 2022.

Advisory Board

Alvin Jackson

Advisor

Mr. Jackson has over 40 years of worldwide experience in mineral exploration and development. During his career he has been directly involved with the exploration drilling and pre-feasibility studies on two major gold deposits (Detour Lake, Ontario and Golden Cross in New Zealand) and one porphyry copper deposit (Huckleberry, B.C.), all of which subsequently became producers. His experience includes work as an Exploration Manager for Cyrpus Minerals Canada from 1989 to 1992 and serving as President and CEO/COO of Eurozinc Mining between 1999 to 2005, where he directed that company in its acquisition of the Alijustrel and Neves Corvo zinc and copper mines in Portugal. Eurozinc subsequently grew to a market cap of over $1.5 billion before merging with Lundin Mining. Currently, Mr. Jackson serves as Director and VP Exploration and Development of Freegold Ventures.

Chester Millar

Advisor

Chester Millar is a Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inductee and a pioneer of heap leach gold extraction—an innovation that revolutionized low-cost, high-margin gold production globally. He founded the Afton Mine and served as Chairman of Glamis Gold Ltd., transforming it into a North American industry leader prior to its US$8.2 billion acquisition by Goldcorp. Mr. Millar has also played key roles in the success of Eldorado Gold, Castle Gold, Glencairn Gold (now part of B2Gold), New Oroperu Resources, and Alamos Gold. Backed by a multi-generational team of oxide gold heap leach experts, Chester’s leadership is instrumental in advancing CopAur’s high-grade oxide gold assets in Nevada toward near-term production.

Duane Nelson

Advisor

Duane Nelson is a respected innovator and entrepreneur in the field of environmentally responsible metallurgy. He is the founder and CEO of Innovation Mining Inc., a company at the forefront of developing eco-friendly alternatives to traditional cyanide and smelting-based metal extraction methods. With a proven track record of advancing clean technologies in the mining sector, Mr. Nelson brings a forward-thinking approach to sustainable resource development. His expertise complements CopAur’s operational strategy, strengthening the Company’s commitment to responsible mining as it advances its oxide gold projects in Nevada.

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