About

Hernan Zaballa is a senior partner at “Zaballa Carchio Abogados” in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with over 30 years of legal experience focused primarily on the mining industry. Mr. Zaballa has served on the local Board of Directors for companies such as Barrick Gold, Pan American Silver, Northern Orion, and Penoles. Over the past 5 years, he has successfully co-founded Huayra Minerals Corp. and Abrasilver Resource Corp.. Mr. Zaballa is the former Executive Chairman and currently a Board member at AbraSilver Resource Corp., and is currently a Vice-President and Board member at Minera Exar SA.

Gabriel Rubacha has more than 30 years of management and leadership experience, both local in Argentina and internationally. Between 2017 and 2021 he was President of South American Operations at Lithium Americas Corp (LAC) and CEO of Minera Exar, its Argentinian operation, as well as member of LAC's board from 2016 until 2021. Before that, he spent 25 years at Techint Engineering & Construction, where his most recent role was Managing Director for the Southern Cone and member of the corporate board and in subsidiaries, among many leadership positions in Argentina and Chile, including leading Mega-Projects. Gabriel is an Aeronautical Engineer and has an MBA. He also attended The Executive Program at Darden Business School (University of Virginia) and Finance for Senior Executives at Harvard Business School.

Mr. Cross is a Chartered Professional Accountant ("CPA"), Certified General Accountant, and is a co-founder of Cross Davis & Company, a CPA firm that has focused on providing accounting and management services to publicly listed companies since 2010. In total, Mr. Cross has over 25 years of accounting experience, starting in 1997 with a Vancouver-based CPA firm.

Estanislao Zaballa is a lawyer graduated summa cum laude from the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Prior to joining NOA Lithium Brines, he was a Public Officer in the Buenos Aires City Supreme Court, and a professor in Tax and Criminal Law. He has experience in the mining business, since he was involved in the early stages of AbraSilver Resource Corp.. As one of the founders of NOA Lithium Brines, he was a part of the birth and development of the company.

Ms. Fernandez has more than 15 years of experience in exploration, specializing in lithium brine deposits. Most recently she was Technical Manager of Lithium Projects at Aminco S.R.L., a Salta-based contractor specializing in geophysics, hydrology and environmental surveys of the Puna region, Argentina, where all of NOA’s assets are located. Ms. Fernandez was also a Consulting Geologist for REMSA (Recursos Energeticos Y Mineros De Salta), a state-owned company responsible for managing the energy and mining resources of the Province of Salta, where she was responsible for overseeing and directing geological and environmental evaluations of lithium brine properties. Earlier in her career, she was a Field Geologist for Albemarle Corporation working on its Argentinian lithium projects. Ms. Fernandez has a Bachelor’s degree in Geology from the National University of Salta (Argentina) and her licenses include: Registered Professional Geologist (Salta Province) Registered Environmental and Social Impact Consultant (Secretary of Environment & Sustainable Development for Salta Province), and Registered Technical Director in Groundwater Extraction (Secretary of Water Resources for Salta Province).