Mitchell Smith is the founder and President, CEO & Director of Global Energy Metals Corp., a company offering investment exposure to the eMobility rEVolution through a diversified global portfolio of battery mineral assets in safe, mining-friendly jurisdictions alongside key strategic partners. Having been involved directly in the cobalt space for over a decade, Mr. Smith was an early adopter in the battery space and recognized the proliferation and mainstream appetite for rechargeable battery powered devices and electric vehicles and the critical role that the metals associated with these sectors play.

He is an accomplished executive and business development professional with deep experience and proven success developing and executing on corporate strategies, marketing relationships and maximizing business opportunities for long-term engagement and strategic relationships. Mr. Smith has negotiated and structured off-take agreements for cobalt material and built relationships with battery manufacturer intermediaries and facilitated commerce by arranging mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and engineering and procurement construction contracts. Mr. Smith is also a director of a number of public companies listed in Canada and the UK.