Mr. Cashin is a respected minerals industry executive with over 40 years experience in all facets of the Canadian and International mining exploration and development sector. Prior to joining Kintavar Exploration, a member of The Ore Group, he founded a mineral sector consultancy, Apex Mineral Consultants Inc, providing exploration and development technical advisory services for the critical mineral and material sectors.  Peter is an established mining sector executive as the Founder and President & CEO of both Imperial Mining Group Ltd. (TSXV:IPG) from 2018 to 2024 and Quest Rare Minerals Ltd. (TSXV:QRM) from 2008 to 2015. It was with Quest in 2009 that he had his greatest career success with the discovery and development of the Strange Lake B-Zone rare earth deposit in northeastern Quebec, considered the largest deposit of its type in the world outside of China. The discovery’s significance was acknowledged by the Quebec Mineral Exploration Association in 2010 with the awarding of The Quebec Prospector of the Year Award to Peter and his Team.

Mr. Cashin obtained his Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of New Brunswick in 1979 and a Master of Science degree in Mineral Exploration from McGill University in 1985. Peter was born and raised north of Montreal, Quebec and currently lives with his family in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Cashin has been a Practicing Professional Geoscientist with Professional Geoscientists Ontario (PGO) since 2008.