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2026-11-06

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David Smithson

Senior Vice President, Geology

Career chronology

  • Current as of 2026-09-26; exact start date not supplied: Li-FT Power Ltd. — Senior Vice President, Geology. Notice and Management Information Circular 2025 (Directors’ report / current executive roster)

  • Earlier career; exact dates not fully disclosed: Previous employers and professional roles as summarized in issuer disclosure — ore-deposit geologist; co-founded Tier One Silver; prior global gold specialist with Newmont. Management (Management biography)

  • 2017–2020: Auryn Resources Inc. — Vice President Exploration. Annual Information Form 2024 (Principal occupation for past five years)

  • 2020–2021: Universal Mineral Services — Geological consultant. Annual Information Form 2024 (Principal occupation for past five years)

  • 2020–2022: Tier-1 Resources / Tier One Silver — Senior Vice President Exploration. Annual Information Form 2024 (Principal occupation for past five years)

  • 2020–2022: Sombrero Resources — Vice President Exploration. Annual Information Form 2024 (Principal occupation for past five years)

Contributions and company outcomes

Company-level project and delivery record

Most recent report through cutoff · issuer reported · low materiality

Li-FT continued advancing its lithium exploration portfolio and announced the Renard option transaction. A conditional transaction or exploration target is not treated as a mine delivery.

Attribution: Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The individual held the stated role during some or all of the reported period; available evidence does not isolate personal contribution.

Relevance: Provides the company outcome against which the executive’s delivery record should be assessed.

Notice and Management Information Circular 2025 (directors’ report / operating update)

Suitability for the current role

Professional fit for Senior Vice President, Geology

Current role as of cutoff · analyst inference · medium materiality

Role fit is an analytical inference from the documented position and the listed experience. The current role aligns with the function stated in the title; demonstrated personal outcomes are not inferred from employer results.

Attribution: Responsibility not applicable. Analyst assessment based on the cited role and career record; it does not establish performance causation.

Relevance: Assesses documented capability against the current role and company stage.

Notice and Management Information Circular 2025 (Current executive roster); Management (Management biography); Notice and Management Information Circular 2025 (Directors’ report / current executive roster); Annual Information Form 2024 (Principal occupation for past five years)