North Bay Resources Inc. Board of Directors has appointed Jared Lazerson as CEO of the Company replacing Perry Leopold. Mr. Leopold remains a Director of the Company. Mr. Lazerson has been involved in the mineral exploration and technology industries for 25 years.

In 2018, Mr. Lazerson accepted the Standard & Poors Global - Platts Metals Award for Leadership in Base and Specialty Metals on behalf of MGX Minerals as its CEO. As CEO, Mr. Lazerson oversaw the financing of $60M in direct lithium extraction (DLE) and zinc-air battery technologies as well as exploration for magnesium, silicon, and gold including the discovery of the 8.1Mt Measured + Indicated Driftwood Creek Magnesite deposit with an in situ value of approximately $1.8 billion. In addition, Mr. Lazerson has been involved in diamond exploration while CEO of Margaret Lake Diamonds and a Director of Arctic Star Exploration and lithium exploration while at MGX and as a Director of Far Resources (now Foremost Lithium).

Mr. Lazerson holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.