John Swallow has served as CEO and President of Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc. during the preceding six years.  Mr. Swallow—the largest Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc. shareholder—is a successful business owner, c-suite leader and public company director with over 30 years of experience in the mining industry, and has an impressive track record of investment return and job creation. Mr. Swallow grew up in Northern Idaho in a time when timber and mining were the dominant industries. This has given him a historical perspective of the industries and understanding of employees and local communities that has proven to be valuable in driving business growth. Since 2014, Mr. Swallow has been Chairman of IDR and President and CEO since 2018, where he led efforts to transform IDR from a small, OTC listed company that began with a partially owned gold mine and mill, into a NYSE listed and vertically integrated gold producer with ~50 employees, three of the best rare earth elements properties, and the number one thorium property in the United States. He is a co-founder and former owner of Timberline Drilling Inc. (TDI) and helped guide the business from a small core drilling company into a successful industry service provider from 2011 to 2015. Mr. Swallow has led fundraising efforts for both private and publicly traded companies and advanced private companies to a public listing, including on the NYSE American. In addition to a career in the mining industry, Mr. Swallow is active in his local communities with a specific focus on historical preservation and conservation. He has led efforts to save and renovate five distinct historic buildings in his local Northern Idaho communities with the goal of giving them purpose for the next 100+ years of life. In addition, he has also opted to contribute a portion of his personal property holdings into a conservation easement to protect it from future development and preserve the natural scenic corridor and wildlife overlooking Lake Coeur d’Alene. Mr. Swallow attended the University of Idaho and received a B.A. degree in finance from Arizona State University.

Grant is a registered profession mining engineer, IDR co-founder, and fellow shareholder. He helped design, permit and build the New Jersey Mill and supervises both mining and milling operations at the Company, including permitting, bonding and internal feasibility studies. Grant has been instrumental in many aspects of Company's operations and management, including all levels of economic analysis, open pit and underground modeling, pit design, and underground mining and development. His knowledge of paste tailings and flotation mill design makes him one of the foremost experts in the field. His dedication to the success of the company and building a cohesive employee base has been an important factor in advancing the Golden Chest Mine to production. Grant is a co-principal of Mine Systems Design, Inc., a family-owned mining consulting firm specializing in paste backfill. He is the second of three generations that have worked or are working for IDR. Grant has deep roots in the Silver Valley and is a respected member of local community. Previously, he worked for Newmont on the Carlin Trend prior to co-founding IDR in the 1990s.

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Mr. Shiell has more than 30 years of operating and management experience in the mining and mineral processing industries. He has held executive leadership positions at several public companies, including General Manager and Vice President of Mine Operations at Stillwater Mining Company, Chief Operating Officer at MGM Gold, and various mine supervisory positions at Hecla Mining Company. Mr. Shiell is currently President and Director at Gold Road Mining Corporation, and serves as an Independent Director at Idaho Strategic.

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Mr. Beaven is Lead Portfolio Manager and Principal at Signia Capital. Signia is a small-cap value asset manager with a largely institutional (pension fund) client base. Prior to co-founding Signia Capital Management in 2002, Rich was the Assistant Director of Research and a Portfolio Manager for a $2B Pacific Northwest asset management firm. With blue-collar roots, Rich went on to get a BA in business administration from the University of Kentucky and an MBA from Gonzaga University. In addition, he is a CFA charter holder and has served as President of the CFA Society of Spokane.

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Mrs. Turner is currently the owner and principal of Graham Peak Consulting, LLC in Kingston, ID where she specializes in accounting and finance consulting in the mining and heavy construction industries. Prior to her time at Graham Peak Consulting, Mrs. Turner spent over 30 years in the mining industry with companies such as Silver Valley Resources (ASARCO), Coeur Mining, and Hecla Mining Corp. Mrs. Turner’s experience includes mine operations, metals marketing, project development and financing. She previously served as the Treasurer for both Hecla Mining and Coeur Mining where her roles were centered around quarterly and annual budgeting, rolling monthly forecasting, economic modeling, mergers and acquisitions, as well as numerous treasury and audit functions. Mrs. Turner’s educational background consists of a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration Accounting from Montana State University – Billings, followed by a Master of Business Administration from Regis University, Denver. Mrs. Turner is a licensed CPA and has served numerous years as an elected trustee on the Kellogg Idaho Joint School District Board.

Mr. Morgan has over 21 years of exploration experience, including 19 years focused on gold exploration, of which 11 years were in Northern Idaho and Montana. Mr. Morgan has worked for some of the world’s leading gold exploration and mining companies including Newmont and ASARCO throughout the western United States, Alaska and South America. He is practiced in designing, implementing and managing large exploration programs for gold, silver, base metals and rare earth elements. His technical work has included geologic mapping, logging of drill holes, compilation and interpretation of multiple data sets for target identification.

Ms. Hayes has 12 years of mining industry experience in investor relations and corporate governance – most recently overseeing community relations in northwest Montana for Hecla Mining following its acquisition of Revett Mining Company. At Revett she was Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Secretary where she managed stakeholder relations, and directed its up-listing to the NYSE market.