Targa Exploration Corp. announced the formation of an advisory board consisting of Craig Parry, John Robins, and Leo Hathaway. The three-person technical and strategic advisory board will be supporting the Targa management team with regards to project geology, target generation, project assessment, exploration techniques, and corporate strategy.

The advisors bring a deep track record of discovery success and value creation for shareholders of companies they have led and founded. Craig Parry has been a founder, director, CEO, senior executive and geologist working across a broad range of commodities with several companies. Mr. Parry is a Co-Founder and Partner of Inventa Capital, a venture capital advisory firm dedicated to the acquisition and development of assets in the natural resource sector.

He is Lead Director and former chair of Skeena Resources Limited as well as a founder and Chairman of Vizsla Silver Corp., Vizsla Copper Corp., and a number of other companies associated with Inventa Capital. He was founder, CEO and/or director of IsoEnergy Ltd. and NexGen Energy Ltd., he is a partner in EMR Capital, and was founder of the Tigers Realm Group, which he started after leaving Rio Tinto in 2008. Mr. Parry graduated from the University of New South Wales and holds a Bachelor of Science (Applied Geology) with first class Honours and the University Medal.

He is a member of the AusIMM. Mr. Parry has led teams and been involved in a number of exceptional discoveries and resource projects including Vizsla Silver's discovery of new veins at its Panuco-Copala silver district, IsoEnergy's Hurricane uranium deposit, NexGen's Arrow uranium deposit and Tigers Realm Amaam and Amaam North coking coal deposits. In 2022, Mr. Parry was among those recognized with the AME Colin Spence Award for their discovery of the Hurricane Zone on the Larocque East property in 2018, arguably the most significant recent uranium discovery in the historically productive eastern part of the Athabasca Basin.

John Robins, P. Geo, a co-founder and principal of Discovery Group, is a professional geologist, prospector, and entrepreneur with over 35 years of experience in the mining industry. In 2022, he was the recipient of the AME's Murray Pezim Award for his significant contribution to the financing of exploration and development projects over the last 20 years. He was also awarded the Spud Huestis Award in 2008 for having made significant contributions to mineral exploration in British Columbia and Yukon.

Mr. Robins has been involved in several notable discoveries, including the 5M oz Coffee Gold deposit in Yukon, the Three Bluffs gold deposit in the Committee Bay greenstone belt, the Aviat /Churchill diamond districts of Nunavut, and the Great Bear project in north-western Ontario. Through his entrepreneurship, John has been instrumental in over $3 Billion in M&A activity and has generated over $1 Billion in direct and indirect mineral expenditures throughout Canada, Latin America, and Australia. Notable recent successes include the sales of Great Bear Resources Ltd. to Kinross Gold Corp.

for $1.8 Billion, Great Bear Royalties Corp. to Royal Gold Inc. for $200 Million, and Kaminak Gold Corp. to Goldcorp for $510 Million.

John's outstanding strategic guidance, technical expertise, strong industry relationships, and steadfast adherence to ethical practices, underpin his status as a leading steward of the junior mining industry. He currently acts as Chairman of Fireweed Metals Corp. and K2 Gold Corp.

Mr. Robins is also a Director of Elemental Altus Royalties and a Strategic Advisor to Kodiak Copper Corp., ValOre Metals Corp., and Prospector Metals Corp. Leo Hathaway is a geologist and senior executive in the mining and exploration industry with 25 years of experience. He currently serves as Executive Chairman of Golden Shield Resources Inc., Senior VP of Lumina Gold Corp., and Senior VP Exploration of Luminex Resources Corp.

His previous roles include Chief Geological Officer for Lumina Copper Corp., VP Exploration for Northern Peru Copper Corp., Regalito Copper Corp., and Lumina Resources Corp. All of these companies were acquired by large mining companies and were derived from the original Lumina Copper Corp, for which Mr. Hathaway was VP Exploration. Prior to 2004 he worked for Inmet Mining in Europe, Central and South America and also Australia.

Mr. Hathaway holds a B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Applied Geology from the University of Plymouth, a M.Sc. in Mineral Exploration from the University of London, and has a P.Geo designation from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of British Columbia.

The Company is also announced that Andrew Rockandel will be joining Targa's board of directors to serve as an Executive Director. Mr. Rockandel is an accomplished entrepreneur whose four decades of business experience span mineral resources, renewable energy, forestry, and specialized chemicals. Involved in the junior mining market for over 25 years, he has helped found multiple junior companies, bringing together management teams, assets, and financing.