Tom has over 12 years leading and managing mining operations and over 15 years investing, restructuring and building businesses. Having managed the due diligence process and closing, staffing and ramp up of three acquisitions in twelve months, he has a history of successfully identifying mining operations that have the ability to meet the company’s model of cost cutting and efficiency. Tom is a graduate from University of Rochester (Economics degree) and additional business studies from the Simon School of Business.

Julie has held leadership roles for the Indiana Innovation Institute. Within this role, she was able to highlight her strategic vision, rich background in government affairs, and business development and marketing experience. Before joining the Indiana Innovation Institute, Griffith served as the vice president of Public Affairs for Purdue University and worked with Duke Energy in a variety of roles, including vice president for Government Affairs and Foundation Relations. Before that she worked for the Texas-based energy company Spectra Energy and its predecessor companies. Griffith has an extensive background in marketing, business development, and government and regulatory affairs. She graduated from Ball State in 1979 with a bachelor of science degree in Political Science, and now serves on the Foundation board and the Dean's Advisory Council for the University's College of Sciences and Humanities. She has previously represented Ball State as a State House intern, London Center participant, Above & Beyond Campaign Development Committee member, Bold Campaign Regional Subcommittee member, Indianapolis Alumni Club board member, and a National Philanthropy Council member.

Mr. Smith serves as Independent Director of the Company and has had an extensive career in the financial services industry with a focus on publicly traded small and mid-capitalized companies. He currently serves as Managing Director at MZ Group North America, a communications, investor relations, and strategy firm since June 2023.  Prior to MZ Group, from 2016 to 2023, Mr. Smith was a Principal at Class VI Capital-New River Fund, a Long/Short US equity strategy investing in small and mid-capitalized companies. Prior to Class VI, from 2011 to 2016, he was a Portfolio Manager with Bardin Hill Investment Partners (formerly Halcyon Asset Management).  Mr. Smith is a graduate of Syracuse University with degrees in Finance and Marketing, where he graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Science, Finance & Marketing. The Board nominated Mr. Smith to serve as a director because of his deep financial industry experience and work with company valuation and transaction structuring. He has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Ben is the president of ReElement Technologies Corporation and most recently served as CEO of the Battery Innovation Center where he focused on serving the commercial Industry, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and global research institutes to rapidly develop, test, advise, and commercialize the next generation of safe, reliable, lightweight, and cost-effective energy storage systems. He has more than 23-years of experience in the battery / electronics industry that has spanned companies such as Energy Systems Network, EnerDel, Eclipse Energy and Diversified System.