Paul Ténière, M.Sc., P.Geo. has over 20 years of diverse experience in the mining and oil & gas sectors in Canada, United States, and internationally taking projects from exploration stage to mine development. Mr. Ténière has held senior to executive roles with junior to major mining companies developing precious metal, base metal, and metallurgical coal deposits, and has significant capital markets and corporate finance experience. As a mining expert at the TSX and TSX Venture, he approved the listing of numerous exploration and mining companies and advised issuers on their NI 43-101 technical disclosure and corporate governance requirements. He was Chief Geologist for Sherritt International Corp. and an Exploration Manager for Vale S.A. and Solid Energy New Zealand developing large-scale coal mining projects in Australia and New Zealand. As a mining consultant.

Mr. Ténière has worked on numerous carbonate-hosted Mississippi Valley Type (MVT) and SEDEX lead-zinc deposits, porphyry-style copper-lead-zinc deposits, and gold-PGM deposits in Canada, United States, and Europe. He is a registered Professional Geologist (P.Geo.) in Ontario and New Brunswick and a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101. Mr. Ténière has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Earth Sciences from Dalhousie University and a Master of Science degree in Geology from Acadia University.

Mr. Ténière is an officer and director of several junior mining companies including President and CEO of Major Precious Metals Corp. (CSE:SIZE), CEO and Director of Cameo Industries Corp. (CSE:CRU), CEO of Lido Minerals Ltd. (CSE:LIDO), and a Director of Monarca Minerals Inc. (TSXV:MMN).

Key Skills

• Geology
• Mineral Exploration
• Mining
• Oil & Gas and seismic interpretation
• Mineral Resource/Reserve Estimation
• Mining Studies and Project Evaluation
• NI 43-101 Technical Reporting