Bolt Metals leadership
The management team and advisors of Bolt Metals Corp. Additional details are available in the Company's SEDAR+ filings and investor deck.
Leadership and Technical Advisory
Zachary Kotowych
Before Bolt Metals, Mr. Kotowych held corporate development roles at junior miners, most recently at Abitibi Metals, advancing the B26 Polymetallic Deposit and Beschefer Gold Project. He conducted equity research on mining at Haywood and Red Cloud Securities. Exploration experience includes Great Bear (now Kinross), Carlisle (now Alamos), and Solstice Gold. Holds an MSc in Geophysics and Honours BSc in Math and Geology from the University of Toronto.
Rick Mah
Mr. Mah is a finance executive with more than 25 years of experience across public and private companies in the technology, finance, natural resources, and hospitality sectors. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University. He was appointed CFO and Corporate Secretary of Bolt Metals in April 2026.
Henrique De Sales
Mr. De Sales previously worked as an iron ore geologist with Vale and is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. He resides in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. He has been responsible for developing hematite DSO mines in Brazil (1 to 3 Mtpa), including Ferro Puro, GSM and Corrego do Onca (all within 50 km of Florália).
Brett Matich
Mr. Matich was CEO of Aztec Resources (ASX: AZR), which developed the Koolan Island Hematite DSO Project from a flooded open cut to operations (24.9 Mt at 65% Fe); AZR was acquired by Mt Gibson Iron (ASX: MGX) in 2006. As CEO of Cervantes (TSXV: CEV) he advanced the Block 103 prospect. He is currently CEO of Operations for the Sierra Azul Project in Colombia for Freeport.
Qualified Person
Dr. Chris Grainger
Dr. Grainger has over 25 years of experience in South America with Newmont, Ivanhoe Electric (Friedland Group), Vale, Inco and Troy Resources. He was involved with Continental Gold's Buriticá project (acquired by Zijin in 2019) and co-founded Collective Mining. He is CEO of Helius Minerals (TSXV: HHH). He resides in Brazil and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.
Deepak Varshney, P.Geo.
The technical and scientific information relating to the Florália Project has been reviewed and approved by Mr. Varshney, a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Varshney is not independent of Bolt within the meaning of NI 43-101 s.1.5 by virtue of his shareholdings in the Company.