Management And Directors
Management
John Lee, CFA CEO & Executive Chairman
Mr. Lee specializes in mining M&A and has raised over $150 million through the TSX and TSX Venture Exchange for junior companies since 2009. Lee identified, negotiated and financed Lynn Lake nickel acquisition in 2009, Ulaan Ovoo coal in 2010, Wellgreen nickel-pgm in 2011, Shakespeare nickel-pgm in 2012, Pulacayo silver in 2015, Gibellini vanadium in 2017, Bisoni vanadium in 2020, and Minago nickel-pgm in 2021. Mr. Lee is a CFA charterholder and graduated from Rice University with bachelor’s degrees in Economics and in Engineering (honor).
Andrew Yau, CPA Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Yau is an accomplished financial executive with diverse merger and acquisition experience in the mining sector complemented with strong international financial reporting standards (IFRS) and public company compliance knowledge. Mr. Yau previously held senior financial positions with several Toronto Stock Exchange- and TSX Venture Exchange-listed companies, most recently as executive vice-president and chief financial officer of Orea Mining Corp.Mr. Yau, CPA, CGA, holds a bachelor of commerce and business administration degree from the University of British Columbia and has been in accounting and finance roles with publicly listed companies since 2006.
Stephanie Lee VP Legal
Ms. Lee is a lawyer with nearly a decade of experience in corporate finance, securities, and mining law. Before joining CleanTech Vanadium Mining Corp., she practiced at a large national law firm, where she advised public and private companies on financings, mergers and acquisitions, disclosure, and regulatory compliance. At CleanTech Vanadium, Ms. Lee oversees legal, governance, and compliance matters across the Company and its subsidiaries. She provides strategic legal advice to senior management and the Board on corporate, transactional, and securities law matters.
Michael Hendrickson VP Exploration
Mr. Hendrickson is an exploration geologist with 15+ years of international experience exploring for and developing diverse ore deposit classes, including Cobalt, Copper, Gold, IOCG, and Lithium. He is a licensed professional geologist (PGEO) in Canada and a Qualified Person by 43-101 standards. Mike holds an M.Sc. in Economic Geology from the Colorado School of Mines.
Directors
John Lee, CFA CEO & Executive Chairman
Mr. Lee specializes in mining M&A and has raised over $150 million through the TSX and TSX Venture Exchange for junior companies since 2009. Lee identified, negotiated and financed Lynn Lake nickel acquisition in 2009, Ulaan Ovoo coal in 2010, Wellgreen nickel-pgm in 2011, Shakespeare nickel-pgm in 2012, Pulacayo silver in 2015, Gibellini vanadium in 2017, Bisoni vanadium in 2020, and Minago nickel-pgm in 2021. Mr. Lee is a CFA charterholder and graduated from Rice University with bachelor’s degrees in Economics and in Engineering (honor).
Greg Hall Director
Greg Hall has over 40 years of experience in venture capital, corporate finance, and capital markets, with a track record of building and financing growth-stage companies. He was a Founding Partner and Director of PI Financial (Ventum Financial) and Haywood Securities, and later held senior roles at Canaccord Genuity and Leede Financial, specializing in resource-sector financings. He served as Director and Audit Committee Chair of Silvercorp Metals (NYSE: SVM). Mr. Hall is Co-Founder and Director of Silver Elephant Mining Corp. (TSX: ELEF), and a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Masa Igata Director
Mr. Igata has more than 35 years experience working in Asian financial markets. Previously, he was managing director at Nikko Citigroup with a leading role in Japanese equity sales and investor relations. Mr. Igata has been advising and investing in resource companies in Asia in the last 30 years and now focuses in North America as well. Mr. Igata received his graduate of law from Kyoto University and is a member of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan.
Advisors
Harald Batista Advisor
Based in Brazil and California, Harald Batista is the son of the honorable Eliezer Batista (1924–2018), the founder and former president of CVRD (now Vale). With extensive network and fluency in Portuguese, German, English, and Spanish, Mr. Batista will advise on CleanTech CTV’s Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) strategy.
Jason Reid Advisor
Mr. Reid serves as chief executive officer, president and director of Fortitude Gold Corp., a gold producer in the state of Nevada. Fortitude Gold was spun out of Gold Resource Corp. Fortitude built and currently operates three mines in Nevada. Mr. Reid’s industry accomplishments include over a decade of production, over 10 consecutive years of profitability, generated over $1-billion (U.S.) in revenue and returned in excess of $115-million (U.S.) cash to shareholders through dividends.
James Rodriguez de Castro Advisor
Mr. Rodriguez de Castro is a mining executive and the founder of Mongolian Minerals Pte Ltd., with a focus on developing fluorspar projects in Mongolia. He brings over 15 years of fluorspar industry experience to CleanTech and will introduce the Company to the fluorspar supply-chain, expand its consumer network, and provide expertise on fluorspar extraction and processing. Mr. Rodriguez de Castro holds a physics degree from the University of Oxford and has an extensive background spanning mining development and finance.
Steve Gardner Advisor
Mr. Gardner a Licensed Professional Engineer in Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Providing professional mining and engineering services for over 45 years.His experience includes preparation and review of mining and reclamation plans and permit actions in numerous states for industrial minerals, fluorspar, aggregates, coal and the hard rock mining industry.He has served on the advisory Boards of the Kentucky Geological Survey. He served as the 2015 President of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME www.smenet.org), the largest mining professional organization in the U.S. In 2024-25 he served as the President of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Engineers. (AIME https://aimehq.org/)
Rodriguez de Castro Advisor
Mr. Rodriguez is a mining executive and the founder of Mongolian Minerals Pte. Ltd., with a focus on developing fluorspar projects in Mongolia. He brings over 15 years of fluorspar industry experience to Cleantech and will introduce the company to the fluorspar supply-chain, expand its consumer network, and provide expertise on fluorspar extraction and processing. Mr. Rodriguez de Castro holds a physics degree from the University of Oxford and has an extensive background spanning mining development and finance.