Mr. Clarke brings close to 30 years’ experience building companies and implementing successful capital markets and growth strategies focused on mining, energy, and energy technology. Mr. Clarke was, until Fall 2024, CEO and a director of American Lithium Corp., a leading lithium and uranium development company trading on the TSXV and NASDAQ. During his 4 years with the Company, Mr. Clarke helped grow American Lithium to its position of being one of the largest lithium development companies globally with 2 advanced stage, large scale lithium projects and a market valuation of approx. $1.2 billion at the height of the recent lithium cycle.  American Lithium also owns Macusani, the largest uranium asset in South America which is also one of the largest development stage uranium projects globally. Mr Clarke remains an Advisor to American Lithium.

Mr. Clarke was also a co-founder, CEO, and director of M2 Cobalt Corp., which explored for cobalt and copper in East Africa.  M2 Cobalt was acquired by Jervois Global in June 2019 and as part of the transaction terms, Mr. Clarke joined Jervois as a Director and then as part of Senior Management for a 12-month term. He was also a co-founder, executive, and director of Osum Oil Sands Corp., a Calgary-based oil sands company which grew through exploration and development into production and was producing in excess of 20,000 barrels of oil per day when it was acquired by Waterous Energy Fund for approx. $400 million in April 2021.

Mr. Clarke is also currently President, CEO & Director of American Critical Minerals Corp. and holds an LLB and Diploma in Legal Practice from Aberdeen University, Scotland.