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Nav Dhaliwal

President & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Dhaliwal brings a wealth of entrepreneurial, sales, and financing experience. He is particularly adept at nurturing early stage companies through their critical phases of evolution, having founded a number of companies over his career. Mr. Dhaliwal is also very experienced in corporate development, corporate communications and investor relations, bringing valuable business relationships with international analysts, brokers and investment bankers from Canada, the United States and Asia.

Dale Ginn, B.Sc., P.Geo.

Director
Mr. Ginn is an experienced mining executive and geologist of nearly 30 years. He is the founder of two exploration and mining companies and has led and participated in numerous gold and base metal discoveries, many of which are in production today. While specializing in complex, structurally-controlled deposits, he also has extensive mine-operations, development and startup experience. Mr. Ginn is recognized as an advocate of First Nations and local community participation in mining and exploration.

Mr. Ginn’s career has included mine and exploration geology, mine management and various executive roles. He is currently the Vice-President of Kerr Mines Inc. and Chief Executive Officer of SGX Resources Inc. and was a founder of San Gold Corporation and Chief Executive Officer until 2010. Prior to that, he held positions with Harmony Gold, Hudbay, Westmin, Goldcorp and Granges Exploration. Mr. Ginn is a registered professional geologist in Manitoba and Ontario and is a graduate of the University of Manitoba.

John Florek, M.Sc., P.Geo.

Technical Advisor
John Florek is a Professional Geologist with over 23 years diversified experience in the mining industry, including exploration and operations. He has a MSc. in Geology and his work has covered a broad range of mineral commodities, including gold, base metals, platinum group metals, and nickel throughout Canada, USA, Australia, Europe, Central America, and South America. Mr. Florek was previously responsible for the management and execution of mineral exploration and development for BHP Minerals, Placer Dome, and Barrick. He was part of the team that received the 2008 Developer of the Year Award, awarded by the Northwestern Ontario Prospectors Association, for extending the life of mine at Barrick’s Hemlo Mines. Mr. Florek is currently VP Exploration and Director for Entourage Metals, and is a Director of other TSX Venture listed issuers.

Robert Bryce, P.Eng, MBA

Director
Mr. Bryce has in excess of 40 years of practical and executive mining experience at all levels. From 1975 to 1990 he led the Selbaie project from an advanced exploration project through feasibility into a 7500 tpd producing mine. From 1990 to 1994 Mr. Bryce was VP Mining for Aur Resources where he led the $280M construction and development of the 400 tpd Louvicourt Cu-Zn-Au mine near Val d'Or, Quebec. Mr. Bryce founded Abitex Resources in 1996, presided over the company until 2007, and continues to serve as a director of the company. He serves as director on various boards and advisory boards of several listed junior resource companies. These include Metanor Resources and Eagle Hill Resources, both of which are active in the Barry - Windfall area where BonTerra is presently concentrating its efforts.

Robert Gagnon, Geo.

Director

Mr. Gagnon has +10 Years as a professional geologist, earning his Mining Techniques Diploma from the Collège de la Région de l'Amiante (1995) . Ordre des géologues du Québec (circa 2002), Board of Directors of the Quebec Mineral Exploration Association (circa 2009). President of the Association des prospecteurs du Nord du Québec (circa 2012) BSc., Geology from the University of Quebec (1999)

Joseph Meagher

Chief Financial Officer & Director
Mr. Meagher is a director at Triumvirate Consulting Corp., a financial consulting firm. He specializes in accounting, auditing and financial reporting under both IFRS and ASPE. Prior to joining Triumvirate, Mr. Meagher worked at Smythe Ratcliffe LLP as a manager focusing on publicly listed and private company audits as well as staff training and development. He was a member of Smythe Ratcliffe’s IFRS conversion team as well as a technical reviewer for complex accounting topics. Mr. Meagher holds a CA designation and a Bachelor of Commerce.