Board of Directors

Agenor Narcizo Drumond Cuculicchio, Esq., has served as our director since 2024. Mr. Cuculicchio has been a founding partner of Cuculicchio & Fontes Advogados Associados in Belo Horizonte, a law firm focusing on mining law, including guidance on the legal process to obtain mining titles, concessions, authorizations, and other licenses specific to the mining sector. In 2006, he began his legal activities in mining law, providing advice on mining regulation, due diligence, strategic consultancy, preparation and analysis of contracts and transactions involving mining rights and related to the exploration and use of mineral resources, assistance in the negotiation of mining securities, and defense in all types of administrative and judicial proceedings related to mining infractions. He is currently also dedicated to entrepreneurship in the mineral sector, including being a non-management shareholder in small local mining companies. Mr. Cuculicchio graduated from the Fundação Educacional Monsenhor Messias in Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He has a postgraduate degree in civil procedural law from the Elpídio Donizetti Institute in Belo Horizonte. Mr. Cuculicchio is a member of our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Governance Committee.

Gabriel Santos Cordeiro de Andrade, Esq., has served as our director since 2024. Mr. Andrade has been the founder and lead partner of ARM Mentoria Jurídica, a law firm operating in all areas of business law and with offices in Belo Horizonte, the capital of the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil, and in Montes Claros, a large regional center northern Minas Gerais since 2019. Mr. Andrade is particularly involved as lead counsel in complex negotiations including mergers, spin-offs and real estate development operations. From 2007 to 2019, Mr. Andrade was a Partner at PRA Advogados, a law firm where he focused on the management and leadership of high-level legal operations, focusing on business and real estate law. He supervised complex real estate operations, including subdivisions and hotel projects. He was also responsible for the implementation of conciliation and arbitration practices, significantly reducing the time and cost of resolving disputes. Mr. Andrade graduated from Milton Campos Law School in Belo Horizonte with a law degree. He has a postgraduate degree in business law from Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte. Mr. Andrade is a member of our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Governance Committee.

Joel de Paiva Monteiro, Esq., has served as our director since 2018. Mr. Monteiro has been a consultant to us since 2017 and became our Vice-President, Administration and Operations, in 2020. Previously he was a partner of the Brazilian law firm PRA Advogados – Pimenta da Rocha Andrade, with three offices and headquarters in Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais. Mr. Monteiro has worked with all aspects of Brazilian business law, and has extensive experience in a wide range of areas from strategic business planning to litigation. His prior clients included large corporations in a variety of economic sectors in diverse states in Brazil. Mr. Monteiro has a law degree from the Milton Campos Faculty in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Subsequently he achieved a post-graduate degree in Business and Civil Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais. Mr. Monteiro is also an officer at Atlas Lithium, one of our shareholders, and an officer and a director of Apollo Resources.

Areli Nogueira da Silva Júnior has served as our director since 2019. Mr. da Silva Júnior has been a consultant to us since 2018 and became our Vice-President, Mineral Exploration, in 2021. He is the Founder and was the Chief Technical Officer of MineXplore, a consultancy focused on mineral rights in Brazil. Mr. da Silva Júnior has been a consultant geologist with GeoEspinhaço, a firm that undertakes geological studies in a variety of minerals across Brazil. Mr. da Silva Júnior has also been a college faculty member teaching geology. Previously, he worked at the Brazilian mining department and before that as a geologist at Usiminas Mineração. Mr. da Silva Júnior has a Master of Geology degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and an undergraduate degree in Geological Engineering from the School of Mines of the Federal University of Ouro Preto, a premier and the oldest mining-focused college in Brazil. Mr. da Silva has been officer and consultant to Atlas Lithium and Apollo Resources.

Marc Fogassa is our Founder and has been our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since July 2016. He has lengthy experience in executive management for mining projects, as well as in venture capital and capital markets, and has served on boards of directors of multiple private companies. Mr. Fogassa double majored at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), graduating with two Bachelor of Science degrees in 1990. He later graduated from the Harvard Medical School with a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1995, and also from the Harvard Business School with a Master in Business Administration degree in 1999. Mr. Fogassa was born in Brazil and is fluent in Portuguese and English. Mr. Fogassa is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Atlas Lithium Corporation (“Atlas Lithium”), a related party.