Ms. Grafton has served as a director of Dakota Gold since March 2022 and as the Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Secretary of Rare Earths Americas, Inc., since February 2025. She has also served as Lead Independent Director of Farmland Partners, Inc. (NYSE: FPI) since March 2023. Previously, she served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel (March 2023 May 2024) and Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel (January 2021 February 2023) of E2open Parent Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ETWO), a cloud-based, end-to-end supply chain management software company. From December 2008 to July 2019, Ms. Grafton worked at Westmoreland Coal Company (NASDAQ: WLB), most recently serving as Chief Legal Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary. Prior to Westmoreland, Ms. Grafton worked in the corporate group of various Denver-based and national law firms focusing her practice on securities and corporate governance. Ms. Grafton holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan, Juris Doctorate from the University of Denver and a Bachelor of Arts in politics and government from the University of Puget Sound. Our Board of Directors believes Ms. Grafton s experience and skills developed as a lawyer and an executive officer for several publicly traded companies provide her with the appropriate background in matters related to corporate governance and risk assessment and make her well-qualified to serve as a director of the Company.