Darren L. Smith
Director · Executive Vice President, Exploration
Executive Vice President, Exploration of PMET Resources Inc. (formerly Patriot Battery Metals, where he was Vice President Exploration from 2019), and Director and Vice President Exploration of Ophir Metals Corp. since 2021. M.Sc., P.Geo.; a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101 and a member in good standing of the Ordre des Géologues du Québec. Also Mentor and Senior Technical Advisor for REEs and Nb at Dahrouge Geological Consulting Ltd. Specialises in high-level project management including program design and implementation, technical reporting, land management, community engagement and corporate technical disclosure, and has provided technical oversight for PEA-, PFS- and FS-level projects as well as complex metallurgical programs.