Additionally, the Company owns 100% of the exclusive mineral rights to two titanium, vanadium and iron bearing properties in Quebec. It is advancing the 208.5Mt inferred @ 16.7% TiO2 Eq La Blache VTM/ilmenite project where it has consolidated 100% ownership over three deposit areas. The Farrell-Taylor deposit is the subject of a current Preliminary Economic Assessment (the “PEA”) showing C$6.6 billion NPV8 post tax, 60.8% IRR over a 14-year mine life. Temas is actively exploring exclusive mineral rights to its high-grade Lac Brule hemo-ilmenite hosted titanium deposit which is geologically similar to Rio Tinto’s (ASX: RIO) TiO2 deposit at the nearby Lac Tio mine in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. The critical metals the Company is exploring for are central to our national mineral independence, and titanium is a key aerospace and defense industry metal.
Temas aims to maximize shareholder value through patented metallurgical IP technology licensing and strategic North American mineral exploration assets.
Patented metallurgical IP delivering superior operational economics and environmental performance.
La Blache Project (Quebec):
Lac Brule Project (Quebec):
Mr. Samuel ‘Kyler’ Hardy has over 20 years of experience in the global resource sector where he has operated, advised and brought venture capital, private equity and strategic partners to the table. Mr. Hardy has founded and sold several resource focused businesses from services to extraction and development. Mr. Hardy is currently CEO of the Cronin Group, Chairman of NuE Corp, and Director of Hexa Resources, among other private and public companies
Mr. Fernback has over 25 years of experience in the venture capital and investment banking industries. He is the former Regional Director of the CFO Centre Limited, responsible for all operations in Western Canada. Mr. Fernback holds an Honours B.Sc. from McMaster University and holds an MBA with a concentration in Finance from the University of British Columbia. Mr. Fernback holds a Certified Professional Accounting (CPA) designation in Canada and is a current and former director and senior executive of several publicly traded companies in both Canada and the USA.
As a CPA and CA, David has over 15 years of accounting and capital markets experience. David provided audit, tax and consulting services to private and public companies for a number of years at MNP LLP before moving to the TELUS Pension Fund as a senior analyst where he gained significant exposure to equity portfolio management and commercial lending. Currently, David is the CFO of the Cronin Group where he provides financial oversight to its portfolio of private and public companies.
With over two decades of experience, he brings deep operational experience as both a founder and director, having served on the boards of ASX-listed companies including Weebit Nano (ASX:WBT) and UltraCharge (ASX:UTR, now Green360 Technologies, ASX:GT3). His history of hands-on leadership, often involving co-founding and early investment in ventures, underscores his commitment to long-term strategic outcomes and shareholder alignment. Notable ventures he has helped build or guide to exit include Dotz Nano (ASX:DTZ), Splitt (ASX:SPT), and was a founding shareholder and leader behind MTM Critical Metals (ASX:MTM). He also successfully exited Open Platform Systems through a strategic sale to Hills Limited in 2014.
Mr. Ben-Shabat holds an MBA in Marketing and Information Technology from The University of Manchester, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Ruppin Academic Center.
Ms. Veronique Laberge is a chartered professional accountant and holder of the title of auditor. With more than 18 years of experience in professional practice, she specialized in certification mandates, general accounting and has been working as a fractional CFO for multiple public and private companies since 2018.
Nic is a mechanical engineer and finance professional with over 17 years’ experience in the resources sector. His wide industry experience includes the provision of engineering, risk consulting and insurance services to numerous tier 1 mining companies with operations in lithium, iron ore, mineral sands,gold and rare earths.
Nic is a non-executive director at Adavale Resources (ASX:ADD) and previously served as Managing Director of Pinnacle Minerals (ASX:PIM) and Executive Director of Heavy Minerals (ASX:HVY) where he delivered both a maiden resource and scoping study (NPV8 $253M) for the Port Gregory Garnet Project within 9 months of listing on the ASX.
Nic holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mech) with Honours, Bachelor of Science (Phys/IT), Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Country Directors (AICD).
With thirty-five (35) years of applied experience, David is a Geologist, Geophysicist and Geochemist. He has practical experience taking mineral projects from grass roots generative development through all aspects of feasibility, permitting and the asset build-out process in the US, Canada and Latin America.
Most recently he served as Co-Founder, Director and Chief Innovation and Sustainability Officer for Pinnacle Iron and Steel/Trinidad Tobago Iron Steel Co., and prior to that role, David spent over 14 years at BlackRock metals as Co-Founder, Director and VP Technical services where he identified the Lac Dore layered complex as having strong potential to host a polymetallic deposit with world class tonnage and strong grades in three metals (Fe/Ti/V), and established a full feasibility for a $1.3B construction project with the best vanadium grades of any North American deposit in this critical metal along with excellent titanium credits and high purity iron.
Michel Lebeuf is the managing partner of the Montreal legal firm Lebeuf Legal and a seasoned corporate finance and securities attorney. Michel has developed an expertise in securities law, particularly in the areas of natural resources, institutional and corporate financing, and public and private mergers and acquisitions. He has experience in corporate reorganizations, public and private transfers, and institutional funding. Michel graduated from Université de Montréal, where he obtained a degree in political sciences (international relations) and a civil law degree. Michel also acts and has previously acted as director and officer for many listed issuers on the Canadian Securities Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange.
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With over 35 years of experience, Mr. Olweean is a renowned figure in the financial industry, specializing in investment, banking, trading, and venture capital. His impressive track record spans multiple continents, including the US, Canada, and international markets. Mr. Olweean, graduated with honors at Michigan State University (1986) and is a former board member with the South Florida MSU Alumni Association. From 1986 – 1999, Mr. Olweean was both a registered stock broker and trader in South Florida, and since that time has been an active CEO and director of both public and private issuers.
Mr. Caldwell is a recognized expert in the geology and geochemistry of VTM and Ilmenite deposits and acts as the current Temas Chief Operating Officer. With over thirty-five (35) years of applied experience, David is a Geologist, Geophysicist and Geochemist. He has practical experience taking mineral projects from grassroots generative development through all aspects of feasibility, permitting and the asset build-out process in the US, Canada and Latin America.
Most recently he served as Co-Founder, Director and Chief Innovation and Sustainability Officer for Pinnacle Iron and Steel/Trinidad Tobago Iron Steel Co., prior to that role, David spent over 14 years at BlackRock Metals Inc. as Co-Founder, Director and VP Technical services where he identified the Lac Dore layered complex as having strong potential to host a polymetallic deposit with world class tonnage and strong grades in three metals (Fe/Ti/V), and established a full feasibility for a USD$1.3B construction project with the best vanadium grades of any North American deposit in this critical metal along with excellent titanium credits and high purity iron.
Educated in the USA, David has a BSc. in Geology and Geophysics from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology, and a MSc. In Geochemistry from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and is a former President and current Chairman of the Board of the 1,200 member Geologic Society of Nevada.
Dr. V.I. Lakshmanan is an internationally renowned scientist, innovator, entrepreneur and teacher in the area of technologies for sustainable development. He has more than 40 years of hands-on experience in technology development and commercialization, having successfully guided process technologies from concept through development and demonstration to commercialization for energy (including renewable energy), resources and chemical (including specialty chemical) industries. Dr. Lakshmanan has consistently identified and developed innovative applications in technology commercialization. Dr. Lakshmanan is the current Chairman of Process Research ORTECH Inc. and one of the founding scientists of the Temas RCL mixed chloride leaching technology.
Born and educated in India, Dr. Lakshmanan obtained his Ph.D in Chemistry from Bombay University and moved to Canada in 1974 after serving as Lecturer in Minerals Engineering at the University of Birmingham, UK. His corporate experience includes roles in Noranda, Eldorado Nuclear, ORTECH Corporation and Process Research ORTECH, the last of which he founded and guided to become a global leader in sustainable process technologies through its laboratory and pilot plant. He has extensive client contacts and relationships at senior levels with major international corporations, as well as academic and government sectors globally. He was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto until 2010. Dr. Lakshmanan is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and Fellow, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum and holds numerous patents.
Mr. Dutton a recognized world-expert in the metallurgy of VTM and Ilmenite deposits and the extraction of high value Titanium and Vanadium products from them. Mr. Dutton is currently the Temas Chief Metallurgist responsible for all Temas metallurgical strategy and development. Mr. Dutton also currently serves as President of Yellowstone Consulting Inc., a Québec-based metallurgical advisory and consultancy firm, where he acts as the VP Technical Services & Metallurgical Products and Processes at Strategic Resources Inc. (previously BlackRock Metals Inc.) where he led the development and finalization of prefeasibility and feasibility studies for major iron ore and metallurgical projects, including managing coordination with key stakeholders, and various engineering groups.
Previously, Danie worked for Anglo American at Highveld Steel and Vanadium in South Africa and at Vanchem Vanadium Products in the Vanadium Chemical, Oxides & FeV Operations, Vanadium Market Development, Vanadium Mine Development, R&D and Analytical Services. Mr. Dutton holds a diploma in Chemical Engineering from Vaal Triangle University of Technology, South Africa in addition to a Metallurgical Engineering – Extractive Diploma from Pretoria University of Technology, South Africa. He emigrated from South Africa to Québec, Canada in 2019.
Dr. Santiago Faucher is a highly accomplished chemical engineer and technology leader with more than 30 years of experience in metallurgy, chemical process development, and industrial engineering. He specializes in transforming complex mineral and industrial resources into commercially viable, high-value products, with technologies successfully implemented across five continents.
Dr. Faucher’s expertise spans hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy, and advanced materials processing, with significant contributions in uranium extraction, base metal recovery, slag valorization, and sustainable chemical production. He is particularly recognized for bridging the gap between laboratory innovation and full-scale industrial deployment, guiding projects from early-stage concept through pilot development to commercial operation.
He currently serves as the President of Insight R&D Inc., where he leads multidisciplinary teams in the development, piloting, and commercialization of cutting-edge process technologies for the mining and metallurgical industries. His work includes advancing uranium processing technologies, ore beneficiation methods, and environmentally responsible solutions such as waste-to-resource conversion.
Dr. Faucher holds a Ph.D. and B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from McMaster University and Queen’s University, respectively. He is an inventor on more than 60 U.S. patents and has authored numerous technical publications. Earlier in his career, he held senior roles at Hatch Ltd. and the Xerox Research Centre of Canada, where he led major innovations in materials and process engineering.
A former adjunct professor at McMaster University and past president of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineers, Dr. Faucher is widely recognized for his leadership, technical excellence, and contributions to advancing industrial process technologies.
Our goal is to protect the long-term wellbeing and viability of natural environments affected by our operations by: utilizing practices that minimize, lessen or remediate environmental impact; and, minimizing harmful emissions to air, water and land (including direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions) as well as wastes and the toxicity of wastes.
We strive to have injury and fatality-free workplaces, and who aim to improve the well-being of employees, contractors and communities. We achieve this by: adopting, encouraging and maintaining a positive safety culture and behaviour; providing safety leadership and appropriate training at every level; and, instituting safe work systems, occupational and community health/hygiene programs and endeavoring to eliminate/mitigate safety, occupational and community health and hygiene hazards.
We strive to assist in the social and economic development of sustainable communities associated with operations by: maintaining an active, transparent and constructive dialogue with the communities and other stakeholders associated with their operations. This dialogue is conducted in a culturally sensitive and appropriate manner, starting as early as practicable and throughout the life of the operation to build and maintain relationships which are founded on active participation and mutual benefit; maximizing local content (such as employees, suppliers, contractors) as far as is possible and appropriate; and, respecting local customs, cultures and the rights of communities, including indigenous peoples and previously disadvantaged groups.
Our goal is to foster a safe working environment that is based on mutual respect, openness, honesty and fairness. We achieve this by: providing equal opportunity throughout the organization and which treat employees and contractors fairly and without prejudice; fostering a meritocratic environment with employment and advancement based on merit, whilst respecting local legislation (such as in geographies aiming to benefit historically disadvantaged groups); and, not accepting any incidents of discrimination, bullying, harassment or physical assault in the workplace and operate an impartial employee complaints process.