Robert Melvin Douglas Cross is a businessperson who founded Bankers Petroleum Ltd. and ROK Resources, Inc. and who has been at the helm of 11 different companies. Currently, he is Non-Executive Chairman of Standard Lithium Ltd. and Chairman for B2Gold Corp. He is also on the board of EastWest Gold Corp., Gallic Energy Ltd. and Jade Capital Corp. and Member of Institute of Corporate Directors. He previously held the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Yorkton Securities, Inc. (British Columbia), Non-Executive Chairman of Arrow Minerals Ltd., Chairman for ROK Resources, Inc., President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at WSM Ventures Corp., Chairman of Chimera Gold Corp., Non-Executive Chairman for Northern Orion Resources, Inc., Non-Executive Chairman of Bankers Petroleum Ltd., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Orion Securities, Inc., Chairman for Mobius Resources, Inc. and Partner-Investment Banking at Gordon Capital Corp. Mr. Cross received an undergraduate degree from The University of Waterloo and an MBA from Harvard Business School.