Mr Smith has over 15 years of executive leadership, entrepreneurship and capital markets experience at all stages of the junior mining lifecycle and is experienced with start-ups and mature companies in industries both private and public. Through his network, knowledge and passion for the natural resource space is presently leveraging his skills to enable and strengthen awareness around the battery and energy metals sector. His experience and understanding of the battery supply chain has resulted in identifying and negotiating the acquisition of multi-jurisdictional mining exploration and development projects in North America, Europe, and Australia. Through his network of international relationships, Mitchell was responsible for establishing off-take and EPC contracts with lithium-ion battery cathode material companies that are suppliers to some of the world's largest battery manufacturers. Mitchell has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Reuters and other notable news sources where he provided insight to the critical role that cobalt and battery materials play in the global shift towards a lower-carbon economy. Mr Smith is the Founder, CEO and Director of Global Energy Metals Corp. Mitchell is also a Director of the Battery Metals Association of Canada, a trade organization of entrepreneurs, explorers, developers and producers of battery metals and materials, who have joined together to support a rapidly changing energy landscape leading an effort to ensure Canada fully captures the abundant economic potential of its massive resources through the responsible and sustainable growth of Canada's battery metals supply chain. His directorships in last three years are Global Energy Metals, Sceptre Ventures, Panther Metals, Fulcrum Metals PLC.
