Mark Brennan

Mr. Brennan is a founding partner of Ascendant Resources Inc. and has over 30 years of financing and operating experience in North America and Europe. Mr. Brennan most recently served as President and CEO of Sierra Metals Inc. where he overhauled the corporate structure and led a campaign to rehabilitate the Yaricocha mine, a zinc-lead-silver-copper mine in Peru, and oversaw the growth of the resource base and production at its Cusi and Bolivar mines in Mexico. Prior to Sierra, Mr. Brennan served as President and CEO at Largo Resources Ltd. where he facilitated the acquisition of its flagship Maracas Vanadium Project in 2006 and advanced the project through a maiden resource, definitive feasibility, completion of $300 million of financing and first production. Prior to Largo. Mr. Brennan was a founder or founding member of several resource companies, including Desert Sun Mining, Linear Capital, Brasoil Corporation, James Bay Resources, Morumbi Oil and Gas, and Admiral Bay Resources. Mr. Brennan began his professional career as an investment banker in London, England.