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Leadership

The people building the network.

Our executive team and advisors bring leadership in technology, materials extraction, capital markets and compliance, and a track record of building and scaling resilient public companies.

Executive team

Tim Johnston

Tim Johnston

Chief Executive Officer

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Tim is a seasoned entrepreneur and business leader with extensive experience developing technologies and founding companies focused on extracting and processing energy transition metals. He brings a multidisciplinary background, having served as Founder, Executive Director, CEO and Senior Consultant across ventures. Tim holds more than 100 patents and has led multiple companies from start-up to go-public transactions and profitable exits.

Arjun Kochhar

Arjun Kochhar

Chief Financial Officer

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Arjun is a seasoned financial professional with a background in accounting, audit and financial management. Formerly at Deloitte, he worked with public and private companies on compliance, taxation and reporting. Through Arkilos, he offers fractional CFO and controller services focused on strategic planning, risk management and reporting.

Charlie Macfarlane

Charlie Macfarlane

General Counsel

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Charlie is an experienced business and corporate lawyer with in-house experience across the metals, mining and industrial recycling sectors, including with publicly traded and privately held companies. He advises on corporate and commercial matters, corporate governance and corporate secretarial matters, delivering practical legal solutions focused on business growth, regulatory compliance and risk management.

Sarah Riley

Sarah Riley

VP, Investor Relations & Communications

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Sarah is a communications strategist trained in journalism and public relations, and an early mover in ESG and green marketing. She has advised some of the world's largest critical minerals and manufacturing companies, trusted to manage investor-ready disclosures in complex stakeholder environments. Sarah was named one of Canada's Clean50 for her engagement on waste, resilience and advanced energy systems.

Directors & advisors

Erez Ichilov

Erez Ichilov

Director

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Erez is a critical minerals expert whose work spans sustainable exploration, mining, processing, recycling and rehabilitation technologies enabling the transition to renewable energy sources.

Brad Morris

Brad Morris

Director

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Brad is an M&A and securities lawyer specializing in restructurings, capital formation, seed and follow-on financings, strategic acquisitions and business development, having raised over $800M across seven companies.

Jay Hambro

Jay Hambro

Advisor

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Jay is a seasoned business leader with extensive experience in financing. He has deployed US$10B in growth projects, led M&A strategies and secured over US$20B in funding for large-scale ventures.

Tom Mele

Tom Mele

Advisor

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With 46 years in industrial recycling, Tom is the President of CT Metal, now a CLN company. Operating since 1985, CT Metal designs recovery systems that reclaim aluminum from composites others send to landfill.

Nick Popovic

Nick Popovic

Advisor

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Nick is widely recognized as a thought leader in the extraction and processing of a wide range of energy transition metals, with more than three decades of experience.

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