NioCorp Investor Presentation Deck
Mark A. Smith, P.E.
Executive Chairman,
President and CEO
Mr. Smith has over 40 years of experience in operating,
developing, and financing mining and strategic materials projects
in the Americas and abroad. In September 2013, he was
appointed CEO and a Director of NioCorp. From April 2015 to
September 2019, Mr. Smith served as the President and Director,
and later as CEO, for Largo Resources Ltd. Mr. Smith has also
served on the board of directors of IBC Advanced Alloys Corp., a
leading beryllium and copper advanced alloys company, since
May 2016, and as CEO of IBC since July 2020. From October
2008 through December 2012, Mr. Smith served as President,
CEO and Director of Molycorp, Inc., a rare earths producer, where
he was instrumentally involved in taking it from a private company
to a publicly traded company with a producing mine. Prior to
Molycorp, Mr. Smith was the President and CEO of Chevron
Mining Inc. He also served for over seven years as the
shareholder representative of Companhia Brasileira Metalúrgica
e Mineração, a private company that currently produces
approximately 85% of the world supply of niobium. Mr. Smith is a
Registered Professional Engineer and serves as an active
member of the State Bars of California and Colorado. He
received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural
Engineering from Colorado State University in 1981 and his Juris
Doctor, cum laude, from Western State University, College of
Law, in 1990.
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Nilsa Guerrero-Mahon
Audit Committee Chair
A former CFO and Controller for global corporations in
the technology, energy, and government sectors, Ms.
Guerrero-Mahon provides consulting services to
domestic and international corporations as the principal
at NG Mahon Business Consulting, LLC. In addition, Ms.
Guerrero-Mahon was appointed to the Board of FinGoal
Inc. in April 2022, a finance technology company
building artificial intelligence tools for the financial
services industry and other financial technology
developers. She also serves on the Board of the State
of Colorado Division of Securities. From 2016 to August
2019, she served on the board of directors of Centura
Health Mountains & North Denver Operating Group, the
largest division in the Centura Health Care System. From
2014 to 2016, she served as the Vice Chair of the board
of directors and Chaired the Strategy Committee at St.
Anthony Hospital. From 2009 to 2017, Ms. Guerrero-
Mahon served as a gubernatorial appointed Board
Member of the State of Colorado Financial Services
Commission. Among other prior positions, from 2004 to
2007, she was the Global Services Controller at
Microsoft Corporation, overseeing internal controls and
corporate finance activities.
Michael J. Morris
Lead Director
Mr. Morris was formerly the Chairman of the board of
directors of Heritage Oaks Bankcorp, the holding
company of Heritage Oaks Bank. When Heritage Oaks
Bank merged with Pacific Premier Bancorp on April 1,
2017, Mr. Morris became a member of the Pacific
Premier Bancorp's board of directors, a position he held
until May 31, 2020. He joined Heritage Oaks' board of
directors in January 2001 and assumed the board's
chairmanship in 2007. In addition, Mr. Morris has worked
since 1972 at Andre, Morris & Buttery, a professional law
corporation, where he serves as Senior Principal and
has served as Chairman of the board since 2005. From
2000 to late 2006, Mr. Morris served on the board of
Molycorp, a rare earths producer, which at the time was
a wholly owned subsidiary of Unocal and then Chevron
Mining. Mr. Morris was the only independent director of
Molycorp at that time. Mr. Morris is a graduate of
Georgetown University and received his law degree
from the University of San Francisco School of Law. He
has practiced business and environmental law for over
40 years. Mr. Morris served as a member of the Board of
Governors and Vice President of the State Bar of
California. He served as a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army
from 1970 to 1972.
David C. Beling, P.E.
Mr. Beling is a Registered Professional Mining
Engineer with 58 years of project and
corporate experience. He has served as a
director on the boards of 14 mining companies
starting in 1981, including NioCorp since 2011.
Mr. Beling is the owner of D.C. Beling & Assoc.,
LLC, which provides strategic advisory, project,
and corporate development services to the
mining industry. His previous employment and
consulting included 14 years with five major
mining companies and then 44 years with 30+
U.S. and Canadian junior mining companies.
He was the President, CEO, and Director of
Bullfrog Gold Corp. from 2011 until October
2020; and the Executive Vice President and
COO of Geovic Mining Corp. from 2004
through 2010. Mr. Beling has examined,
significantly reviewed, or been directly
involved with 90 underground mines, 136 open
pit mines, and 174 process plants in the global
metal, energy, and industrial mineral sectors.
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