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About Element One

Element One Hydrogen & Critical Minerals Corp. (CSE: EONE), through a portfolio of resource assets, proprietary technologies and industry partnerships, is advancing the exploration, development and commercialization of natural hydrogen, magnesium and other critical minerals. The Company's projects span British Columbia, Washington State and Alaska.

Company

Listing
Canadian Securities Exchange, symbol EONE
Head office
Vancouver, British Columbia
Former name
Buscando Resources Corp. (CSE: BRCO). The name change and new trading symbol took effect on October 27, 2025.
Research collaborations
Sponsored research agreement with Columbia University, announced May 6, 2026. See Projects & Technology.

Leadership team

  • Portrait of Brad Kitchen

    Brad Kitchen

    President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

    Brad Kitchen has a 35-year record consisting of investment banking and senior corporate management, including the responsibility for operations and financings for primarily resource based small, medium and large private and public companies. Brad brings knowledge of regulatory, security and tax issues, cross-border financings and market influences to address business challenges of issuers and investors.

  • Portrait of Timothy Johnson

    Timothy Johnson

    Technical Consultant

    Mr. Johnson brings over 35 years of experience in the mineral exploration industry, ranging from grassroots prospecting to consulting company operation and senior public company management. He served as President and CEO of Granite Creek Copper Ltd., a company publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange, prior to its merger with Cascadia Minerals. Mr. Johnson has done extensive research into geologic hydrogen and was responsible for assembling the Company’s current land positions and technical team. He sits on the board of Cascadia Minerals.

  • Portrait of Dr. Allegra Hosford Scheirer

    Dr. Allegra Hosford Scheirer

    Key Geological Advisor

    Dr. Hosford Scheirer is an internationally recognized expert in subsurface energy systems, with over two decades of research experience at leading institutions including the U.S. Geological Survey and the Stanford University Basin Processes and Subsurface Modeling industry consortium. Her work has focused on natural hydrogen generation mechanisms, petroleum systems and subsurface fluid migration. She has a Ph.D. from the MIT-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Marine Geology and Geophysics and a B.S. in Geology-Physics/Mathematics from Brown University.

  • Portrait of Greeshma Gadikota, Ph.D.

    Greeshma Gadikota, Ph.D.

    Technology Developer

    Dr. Gadikota leads the Sustainable Energy and Resource Recovery Group and specializes in sustainable energy. She is the Lenfest Earth Institute Chair and Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia University and the Columbia Climate School, and previously held faculty positions at Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University and has received multiple awards, including DOE, NSF and ARO CAREER honors.

  • David Frank

    Chief Technology Officer (advisory)

    Mr. Frank brings approximately 30 years of leadership experience in industrial electrochemistry, hydrogen production, fuel cells and electrolyzer systems. He spent many years at Hydrogenics, where he held senior technical and operating roles. His career also includes productization experience at Twelve and leadership roles at Cummins. Mr. Frank devotes approximately 25% of his professional time to Element One.

  • [PLACEHOLDER: Chief Operating Officer: confirm whether this role is currently filled following the October 13, 2026 release]

Board of Directors

  • Portrait of Kyler Hardy

    Kyler Hardy

    Chairman and Director

    Samuel “Kyler” Hardy has over 20 years of experience in the global resource sectors. He has worked with venture capital and private equity funds and has introduced strategic partners to advance projects. Mr. Hardy has founded, managed and successfully sold several resource sector businesses on both the project development side and the service provider side of the sector. Mr. Hardy is currently the CEO of Cronin Group, a natural resource focused merchant bank, Chairman of NuE Power Corp., Executive Chairman of Temas Resources Corp. and CEO of Cronin Exploration Inc.

  • Portrait of Brad Kitchen

    Brad Kitchen

    President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

    Brad Kitchen has a 35-year record consisting of investment banking and senior corporate management, including the responsibility for operations and financings for primarily resource based small, medium and large private and public companies. Brad brings knowledge of regulatory, security and tax issues, cross-border financings and market influences to address business challenges of issuers and investors.

  • Portrait of David Robinson

    David Robinson

    Chief Financial Officer and Director

    Mr. Robinson has 15 years of accounting and capital market experience, having provided audit, tax and consulting services to both private and public companies at MNP LLP and the Telus Pension Fund. He is currently CFO and partner at the Cronin Group, providing financial oversight for a portfolio of private and public companies.

  • Portrait of Don Fuller

    Don Fuller

    Non-Executive Director

    Don has over 30 years’ experience in the real estate development and finance sector.

  • Jeff Campbell

    Director

    Mr. Campbell is a retired investment banker with 35 years of investment banking and capital market experience as an Executive Director at CIBC Wood Gundy in Toronto and Vancouver.

Advisory Board

  • Aaron Mattson, MBA

    Advisory Board

    Aaron Mattson is the founder of Mafic Consulting Group, a consultancy dedicated to natural hydrogen, and the creator of GARTH, an AI-driven exploration model for geologic hydrogen resources. He has over 15 years of experience in oil and gas operations, strategy and financial planning, including leadership of programs on Alaska’s North Slope. He holds an MBA from the University of Colorado Boulder.

  • Portrait of Greeshma Gadikota, Ph.D.

    Greeshma Gadikota, Ph.D.

    Technology Developer

    Dr. Gadikota leads the Sustainable Energy and Resource Recovery Group and specializes in sustainable energy. She is the Lenfest Earth Institute Chair and Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia University and the Columbia Climate School, and previously held faculty positions at Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University and has received multiple awards, including DOE, NSF and ARO CAREER honors.