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Segun Lawson

Segun Lawson is the Chief Executive Officer, President and Director of Thor Explorations Ltd, Nigeria’s first large-scale gold producer listed on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange and the TSX-V market of the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Segun founded African Star Resources which carried out a reverse takeover of Thor Explorations Ltd, where has been the CEO of since the transaction in August 2011. Since then, he has identified and led all of Thor’s acquisitions and financings establishing Thor’s footprint in West Africa where the Company is advancing projects in Nigeria, Senegal and Burkina Faso.

In particular, Segun identified and completed the acquisition of the Segilola Gold Project in Nigeria which was developed by Thor through the entire mining value chain from Maiden Resource, through preliminary feasibility, bankable feasibility, financing and construction.

As a result, Segun has led Thor’s growth by, overseeing the transition from a grassroots explorer to becoming Nigeria’s first large-scale commercial gold producer and continues to lead Thor as it grows in West Africa and as a first mover in Nigeria where the mining industry is in its infancy and the company has a long term belief in the potential of the sector.

Segun’s background is in Natural Resources Corporate Finance, Natural Resources Business Development and Natural Resources Project Finance.

He holds a Bachelor of Science from the Royal School of Mines at Imperial College (UK) with Honours in Geology and has an MBA from Cass Business School. Mr Lawson had extensive transaction experience at Noble & Company, in the Mining and also Oil and Gas corporate finance areas, and also experience at Premier Oil in identifying and negotiating new West African opportunities.

Segun is a Nigerian citizen and has a strong network of contacts both in the UK, West Africa and China.”

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