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Mr. Wenger is a senior executive with over 25 years of experience working in various leadership roles.  Mr. Wenger was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Royal Gold, Inc. from July 2003 to June 2018. Royal Gold is a Denver-based publicly traded company engaged in the acquisition and management of precious metals streams and royalties. During his time at Royal Gold, Mr. Wenger lead the company in raising over $2 billion in the equity and debt capital markets, managed a $1 billion revolving credit facility and stewarded strategic relationships with a syndicate of global banks. Mr. Wenger was active in all financial aspects of corporate M&A, investor relations and corporate strategy, and was instrumental in developing a tax structure for Royal Gold that provided for significant growth internationally. Prior to joining Royal Gold, Mr. Wenger worked in public accounting from 1995 to 2003 as an auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Arthur Andersen LLP.

Mr. Wenger currently serves on the board of directors of Ridgeline Royalties Inc. Ridgeline was founded in 2020 to be the leading source of royalty and stream financing for miners that supply the clean energy marketplace.

Mr. Wenger’s other board experience includes service on the Board of Directors of the Nevada Mining Association and as a member of the Board of Trustees and Treasurer of the American Exploration and Mining Association. In addition, Mr. Wenger served as a director on the boards of several Royal Gold subsidiaries, including as Vice-Chairman of RGLD Gold AG, a Switzerland based subsidiary that made investments totaling more than $2 billion during Mr. Wenger’s tenure on the board. Mr. Wenger currently serves on the board of directors of the Columbine Country Club, and he previously served in the non-profit community as the Board Chairman of the Inner-City Health Center. The Inner-City Health Center is Denver’s premier provider of high-quality clinical health services for the uninsured and underserved.

Mr. Wenger holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Colorado State University, has completed the General Management Program at the Harvard Business School, and is a certified public accountant (inactive).