Valorem Resources Inc. announced that, effective as of April 13, 2023, Sir Samuel Jonah (KBE, OSG) has been appointed as a senior advisor to the Company. Sir Samuel Jonah has significant experience and expertise in the global mining sector, especially in Africa. He has extensive listed company experience, having served on the boards of various public and private companies, including Ashanti Goldfields, Anglo Ashanti, Moto Gold Mines, Vodafone Group plc, the Global Advisory Council of the Bank of America corporation and Standard Bank Group, Roscan Gold and a Non-Executive Director of Grit Real Estate Income Group Limited.

Sir Samuel Jonah is currently the Chairman of Helios Towers, a leading independent telecoms infrastructure company, focused on Africa and the Middle East, listed on the London Stock Exchange. Sir Samuel Jonah is the Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He joined Ashanti Goldfields Corporation in 1979, working in various capacities, including underground operations.

At the age of 36, he became the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and supervised the transformation of Ashanti Goldfields into a mining multinational, increased gold production from 240,000 ounces per annum to over 1.6 million ounces in over ten years, and oversaw the company's listing as the first operating African company on the New York Stock Exchange. He became Executive President of Anglo Ashanti Ltd. (world second largest gold producer at the time) in May 2004 when Ashanti merged with AngloGold Limited. Sir Samuel Jonah was instrumental in creating and building Uramin Inc., from a start-up AIM London listed junior uranium mining company to the sale of the company is less then 24 months for $2.4 Billion.

Sir Samuel Jonah also played a significant role in transforming Equinox Minerals from a $60 Million market capitalization company to a $7.4 Billion company before selling to Barrick. In addition, he took Moto Gold from a $50 Million market capitalization company to a $546 Million company before selling to Rangold. Moto Gold discovered the Kabali gold mine in DRC, which is now one of Barrick Gold's largest producing mines.

In June 2003, Sir Jonah became the first Ghanaian to be knighted in the 21st century when he was presented with an honorary knighthood in recognition of his achievements as an African businessman, a leading business executive from the Commonwealth, and an international public figure. Sir Jonah was elected in 2018 as a foreign member of the United States National Academy of Engineering in recognition of his distinguished leadership and technical contributions to engineering and for advancing the mineral industry in Africa. Sir Jonah had his high-school education at Adisadel College, in Cape Coast, Ghana, then earned an Associateship in Mining Engineering at the Camborne School of Mines, Cornwall, England, and subsequently a M.Sc.

in Mine Management at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London. Sir Jonah has an honorary Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degree awarded jointly by the Camborne School of Mines and the University of Exeter (UK) in 1996. In 2022, Sir Jonah was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) by the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London.