James M. Bruchs, Esq. began his legal career with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the independent United States government agency with the mandate to regulate commodity futures and option markets in the United States, and spent the next decade in the specialized legal field of commodity futures regulation and trading as general counsel with both a commodity futures exchange and a futures commission merchant. Since 1989, Mr. Bruchs has worked with private companies in Central and West Africa in the area of mineral exploration, trading and development prior to becoming President and Chief Executive Officer of Tsodilo Resources Limited in July of 2002. Mr. Bruchs was appointed director in 2002.

Jonathan R. Kelafant is Senior Vice President of Advanced Resources International, Inc. He has over 25 of years of experience in oil and gas exploration in the U.S. and in more than 20 countries. He has extensive experience throughout the southern African region and was a founder of Kalahari Gas Corp., a Botswana based company focused on unconventional gas exploration in the country. Mr. Kelafant was also founder and President of Covalent Energy which was the first company in the U.S. to drill and hydraulically fracture the Utica shale in 2007 in upstate New York. Currently, he is a partner in Flat Rock Resources which controls about 30,000 acres in eastern Ohio with both Marcellus and Utica shale potential.

Mr. Kelafant holds a M.Sc. in Geology from George Washington University and a B.Sc. in Geology from Washington and Lee University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Mr. Kelafant was appointed director in 2007.

An Economist by profession, Mr Marole spent 21 years of his career in the Botswana civil service where he reached the highest post in the Ministry of Energy, Water and Minerals Resources as its Permanent Secretary.

Mr Marole has provided oversight as Director and Chairman of the following national and international Boards: African Energy Resources; Associated Fund Administrators (AFA); Alternate Director and Chairman, Botswana Diamond Valuing Company; Alternate Director, Director and Chairman, Debswana Diamond Company; Director Diamond Manufacturing Botswana; Alternate Director, Diamond Trading Company; Alternate Director for Debswana Pension Fund Board of Trustees; Chairman of Botswana Power Corporation; Chairman of Water Utilities Corporation; Alternate Director BCL; Chairman of Water Apportionment Board; Chairman Teemane Manufacturing Company; Director De Beers Centenary AG/De Beers Consolidated Mines; Director BCL Limited; Director Botswana Ash; Director De Beers Prospecting (Pty) Ltd; Director De Beers Botswana (Pty) Ltd; Chairman Barclays Bank of Botswana; Director CIC Energy among others.

Mr Marole holds a Master of Arts Degree in Economics from Williams College, Massachusetts, United States. He also holds Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from the University of Botswana, and an Economic Institute Diploma with the University of Colorado. Mr. Marole was appointed director in 2017.