Michael Konnert is a mining entrepreneur with deep expertise in deal-making, financing, team leadership and strategic corporate development. As the Founder, President, Director and CEO of Vizsla Silver Corp. (NYSE:VZLA), he has successfully led the company in consolidating one of Mexico’s highest-grade silver and gold districts, positioning it to develop one of the world’s largest single-asset silver producers. He is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Inventa Capital, a natural resource incubator company dedicated to acquiring and developing assets in the natural resource sector. Since its founding in 2017, Inventa has raised over C$800M in capital, focusing on discovering emerging opportunities in the industry.

In 2017, Michael co-founded CobaltOne Energy Corp, a battery metal exploration company, which he successfully led to acquisition by Blackstone Minerals (ASX: BSX). He also serves as Executive Chairman of Vizsla Royalties and holds board positions at Vizsla Copper (TSX-V: VCU) and Summa Silver (CSE: SSVR). Michael's career is marked by his strategic vision, commitment to sustainable development, and innovative approach to the mining industry.

Through the course of his career, Craig has been a founder, director, CEO, senior executive and geologist working across a broad range of commodities with several companies. He is currently Chairman of Skeena Resources Ltd and has been a Director since Dec. 15, 2016. He is a founder and Chairman of Vizsla Silver Corp. (since December 18, 2018), Vizsla Copper Corp. (since September 1, 2021), Gold Bull Resources (since June 29, 2020) and Outback Goldfields Ltd (since January 2019). He was a founder, CEO and director of IsoEnergy Ltd (TSXV:ISO), NexGen Energy Ltd (NYSE:NXE), EMR Capital, Tigers Realm Coal (ASX:TIG), Tigers Realm Minerals, and G-Resources Group. He worked for Rio Tinto from 2000 to 2008.

Craig has led teams and been involved in a number of exceptional discoveries and resource projects including Vizsla's discovery of new veins at its Panuco-Copala silver district, IsoEnergy's Hurricane uranium deposit, NexGen's Arrow uranium deposit and Tigers Realm Coal's Amaam and Amaam North coking coal deposits.

Craig graduated from The University of New South Wales and holds a Bachelor of Science (Applied Geology) with first class Honours and the University Medal. He is a member of the AusIMM.

Charles Funk has over 14 years of industry experience for major junior mining and companies including Newcrest Mining and Evrim Resources. Charles is a geologist specializing in business development for gold, silver and copper projects from early stage to production. Charles has led or supported multiple deposit discoveries in Mexico and Australia and contributed to over $60 million dollars in capital raisings.

Mahesh is Inventa Capital’s CFO. He’s a seasoned, organized, and responsible Chartered Professional Accountant with more than 20 years of experience across diverse industries.

He specializes in Canadian public company reporting and regulatory compliance, business spin-offs/mergers and acquisitions, treasury management, and Canadian and US tax compliance. Mahesh also has many years of experience helping resource companies achieve optimal operations.

Mr. Anthony is a thorough, distinguished, and highly organized Chartered Professional Accountant with over 15 years of experience spread throughout various sectors of accounting. He has extensive history with the hotel industry and is currently involved in the mining industry. The cumulation of his past experiences have led him to become accustomed with forensic accounting, bringing forth new technological solutions, engineering efficient accounting procedures, and updating his skillset with modern innovations in the field of accounting. Mr. Anthony received his Chartered Professional Accountant designation from the CGA, BC, in 2014.

Steve is a geologist with over 30 years of experience in the minerals industry. He was the former President and CEO of Pitchstone Exploration Ltd., VP Exploration for Denison Mines Corp., VP Exploration for IsoEnergy Ltd., and is currently a director of 92 Energy and Cosa Resources. Steve was formerly a mine geologist at the Huckleberry and Similco open pit copper mines in British Columbia and holds a BSc in Geological Sciences from the University of British Columbia and an MSc in Geological Sciences from Queen's University.

Keith is a Professional Geologist with a master's degree in Business Administration. With over 15 years of experience in exploration/mining and capital markets, he most recently led strategy and corporate development for IsoEnergy in Vancouver, BC. Prior to this, he served as Project Geologist at Denison Mines, with a focus on North American and African projects.

Karlene is an accomplished leader with over 15 years of industry experience in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and publicly listed companies trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange Venture, Canadian Securities Exchange and in the U.S. markets. She is an expert in overseeing business operations located both locally and internationally; leading operations in five different countries. Karlene scaled the first publicly listed cryptocurrency company in Canada with a market capitalization of over $1B and has guided start-up companies from private to publicly listed entities, including leading management through the regulatory landscape and lead financings. Karlene’s recent focus has been in the natural resource sector where she has managed and scaled a portfolio of companies in her current role as Vice President of Operations. Karlene is a director of Baltic I Acquisition Corp., TinOne Resources Inc. and Vizsla Copper Corp.

Carolyn is an office management professional who coordinates the daily operations at the Inventa Capital office. With a strong background in client service, Carolyn possesses excellent organizational and communication skills. Experienced in handling a wide range of administrative duties and executive support while aiding with Human Resource and Accounting functions.

Jennifer is a dedicated and versatile Senior Professional that brings more than 22 years of corporate finance, accounting and regulatory experience in several industries. She has helped with multiple acquisitions and mergers and has helped to list many companies on the various exchanges in Canada and has recently helped Vizsla Silver Corp. achieve a listing on the NYSE. Jennifer is Corporate Secretary for many publicly traded companies as well as some private companies.

Anna brings over a decade of expertise in legal and commercial management within the mining and engineering sectors. As Director of Commercial & Risk at Vizsla Silver, she drives strategic initiatives across legal affairs, commercial planning, and operational governance. During her previous tenure at Ausenco, Anna first served as the Legal Advisor for the North American mining group, where she provided guidance on complex legal and governance matters. She then advanced to Senior Manager of Commercial Operations, leading high-performing teams, implementing advanced commercial frameworks, and shaping key business strategies. A graduate of Adelaide University with a Bachelor of Laws degree, Anna combines legal expertise and commercial acumen to deliver impactful, results-driven solutions.

Jon is a proactive and resourceful investor relations and capital markets professional responsible for leading investor and marketing initiatives for the Inventa Capital companies. His experience includes the development and communication of corporate strategy to the financial markets, stakeholder relations, project management, capital markets, business development and marketing. Jon has previous experience working in business services for Global accounting firm BDO (Australia) and holds a BBus (Finance and Accounting) with extended majors in Funds Management, Professional Accounting and Banking from Queensland University of Technology.

Kate has over 15 years of experience in the capital markets industry, including work with both public companies and brokerage firms.

Prior to her role as Executive Assistant to the Inventa Partners, she managed the Vancouver office of Perpetua Resources Corp., providing critical support to the CEO, accounting team, and investor relations. Prior to Perpetua, Kate worked in the Institutional Trading department of Qtrade Investor.

Kate has completed her Canadian Securities Course (CSC) as well as courses in Mining Exploration and Accounting. She holds Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Manitoba.

David is a veteran investment banker with 25 years of financial services experience. Currently, he is Vice Chairman of Metals and Mining, Macquarie Group where he is responsible for sourcing and leading merger, acquisition, sale and defence transactions for clients ranging from exploration and development companies to global metals & mining companies. David clients are based in Canada, US, U.K., South Africa and Australia.

In addition, David has extensive experience in global commodity and securities markets. David joined Macquarie in 2011 as a Managing Director, Head of Mining, Macquarie Capital Markets Canada. Prior to joining Macquarie, David worked at CIBC World Markets and CIBC Capital Partners for 13 years in various capacities, including as a Managing Director, Global Mining Investment Banking and Managing Director, Equity Capital Markets.

David holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, University of Western Ontario and Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Harvard Business School.

Chartered Professional Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst with broad experience in executive-level financial management positions across multiple industries. Formerly with Yamana Gold, Endeavour Mining and Pan American Silver.

Leo is a geologist and senior executive in the mining and exploration industry with 25 years of experience. He currently serves as Senior VP of Lumina Gold Corp., Senior VP Exploration of Luminex Resources Corp. and VP Exploration for Strategic Resources Corp. and is a Director of Bluestone Resources Inc.

His previous roles include Chief Geological Officer for Lumina Copper Corp., VP Exploration for Northern Peru Copper Corp., Regalito Copper Corp., and Lumina Resources Corp. All of these companies were acquired by large mining companies and were derived from the original Lumina Copper Corp, for which Leo was VP Exploration. Prior to 2004 he worked for Inmet Mining in Europe, Central and South America and also Australia.

Leo holds a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Applied Geology from the University of Plymouth, a M.Sc. in Mineral Exploration from the University of London, and has a P.Geo designation from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of BC.

A proven CEO, Advisor and Company Founder in the global resources sector. With two decades of experience, including the past ten years at executive listed board level, Cherie has led businesses in senior positions at publicly traded companies as well as developed and built several successful resource focused start-ups.

Cherie has dedicated her career to discovering mineral deposits that translate to a cleaner world. She has built successful companies and teams around many of those projects, adding significant value to stakeholders along the way. Cherie has experience negotiating and executing win-win business transactions with a multitude of companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies.

Cherie is proud to be part of the global mining industry and has a passion for adding value via exploration, in particularly of battery metals. She promotes the industry and its vital role in our society at every chance she gets.

Current Executive Positions: Cherie is CEO of Gold Bull Resources (TSX.V:GBRC) and Director of Hog Ranch Minerals (ASX:RXM).

Cherie holds a BSc (Hons) in Applied Geology from the Western Australian School of Mines is a member of Australian Institute of Geoscientists & American Exploration & Mining Association.

Cameron Tymstra is a mining industry professional with experience managing projects in Canada, the U.S. and Latin America. He previously held the role of Chief Operations Officer at Latin American Minerals, overseeing gold exploration and development projects in Paraguay. His experiences further include gold and iron ore exploration in Colombia and Canada, as well as large-scale tailings mining operations in the United States. Cameron graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in Mining Engineering and holds a Master’s in Mining Management from the South Dakota School of Mines.

Grant brings over 15 years of financial leadership experience in the mining industry.  Before joining TineOne, he was the Director, Finance Operations with Ma’aden Gold & Base Metals.  Prior to this Grant held senior financial positions at Teck Resources Limited, New Gold, Copper Mountain Mining Corporation, and Bisha Mining Share Company an operating subsidiary of Nevsun Resources.  He has experience at both the corporate and operational levels having worked throughout North America, Mexico, Africa and the Middle East in gold, base metals and coal operations.  

Grant has a Bachelor’s of Business Administration, specializing in Entrepreneurial Leadership and is a Canadian Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA). 

Mr. Cmrlec is a highly experienced senior engineer with over 30-years of industry experience who has been a director of Vizsla Silver since its formation and has most recently held the position of Chief Operating Officer of Ausenco, a global mining engineering and consulting firm. He has extensive experience in building mining projects around the world and across a number of different commodities and will be tasked with advancing Vizsla Silver’s world-class Panuco silver-gold Project towards production, with the goal of becoming one of the world’s largest single-asset silver producers.

Mr. Cmrlec began his career with Western Mining Corporation (WMC) at its Olympic Dam Mine in South Australia where he held several technical and operations roles. He was an Owners Representatives for the Olympic Dam Expansion Project (ODP) where he supported the design, construction and commissioning of the Smelter and Hydrometallurgical facilities. Following the completion of the ODP project Mr. Cmrlec joined Kvaerner and was involved in the construction and commissioning of various base metals, iron ore and gold projects in the US, South America, Middle East and South Africa. In 2001, he joined Inco on the Goro Nickel project in New Caledonia as the Project Manager responsible for the Refinery facility. Mr. Cmrlec held a number of roles on the Goro Nickel project including Senior Project Manager and Construction director in his eight years there. Mr. Cmrlec joined Ausenco in 2009 as the Manager, Project Delivery before assuming the role of President APAC/Africa. In 2015, Mr. Cmrlec moved to Canada and became Ausenco’s President North America before transitioning to President Americas in 2017 and the Chief Operating Officer in 2019.

Simon attended the Gartrell School of Mining, Metallurgy and Applied Geology at the University of South Australia and graduated with a B.Eng (Hons) in Metallurgical Engineering in 1994.