Ms. Patil has served as a Director of since June 2022. She is Chair and a member of the Compensation and Nominating Committee ad also serves as a member of the Audit Committee. Ms. Patil is an experienced corporate director, former senior public company executive, and investment banker. She began serving as an independent corporate director of public companies in 2016 and has served as a volunteer board member of universities and other economic-focused organizations since 2003. From 2014 to 2026, Ms. Patil was Head, Business Development (Diversified Industries) of the Toronto Stock Exchange. She previously served as Managing Director, Partner and Founding Partner (Eastern Operations) of PI Financial Corp. and as Managing Director, Partner and Head of Investment Banking of Loewen Ondaatje McCutcheon. Ms. Patil also served as Global General Corporate Counsel of Breakwater Global Resources Ltd, a Canadian and U.S. listed mining company. She started her career as an attorney with Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP in Palo Alto, California. From February 2021 to August 2024, Ms. Patil was a director of Rambler Metals & Mining PLC (AIM of LSE: RMM), where she was Chair of the Compensation, Governance and Nominations Committee and a member of its Audit and Safety, Health, Environment and Community Committees. She also served as a director of Signature Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: SIG) from September 2021 to May 2022 and as an advisory board member from May 2022 to September 2023. From October 2016 to August 2019, Ms. Patil was an Independent Corporate Director of Alexandria Minerals Inc., serving as Chair of its Audit Committee and as a member of its Management & Special Committee. Ms. Patil holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Ottawa and a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics and Computer Sciences from the University of Bombay. She has completed the Directors Education Program at the Rotman School of Management (University of Toronto) and the Innovation Governance Program of the Council of Canadian Innovators. Ms. Patil is a member of the State Bar of California and the Law Society of Ontario and Charter of the Institute of Corporate Directors. She served as a Board Member of the Council of Great Lakes Region and as a Board Member of the Association of Corporate Growth from 2015 to 2019. She also served on the advisory boards of the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law and Metropolitan Toronto University, Digital Media Zone from 2016 to 2019.