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Robert Friedland is the founder and Executive Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines, a Canadian public company recognized for its world-scale copper, gold and coal discoveries in Mongolia. Patrick F. N. Anderson has over 12 years experience working in all aspects of the exploration business.Mr. Anderson co-founded Aurelian Resources Inc. and was one of the discoverers of the Condor Project. Ronald K. Netolitzky has extensive experience in mineral exploration, having achieved exploration success on three major gold deposits which have subsequently been put into production: the Snip, Eskay Creek and Brewery Creek mines. Since founding the Canadian-based international mining company Aur Resources in 1981, James Gill has served as its president and CEO. In 1997, he was appointed a member of the Mining Standards Task Force formed by The Toronto Stock Exchange and the Ontario Securities Commission. Pierre Lassonde is President of Newmont Mining Corporation. Mr. Lassonde was elected President of Newmont Mining Corporation, in February 2002 and was elected to the Board in March 2002. He joined the Company following Newmont''s acquisition of Franco-Nevada Mining Corporation Limited, where he had served as President and Co-Chief Executive Officer since 1982. Rob McEwen has been associated with the resource industry for 29 years. His career began in the investment industry, and then in 1990 he stepped into the mining sector. Rob McEwen is the founder of Goldcorp Inc., where he helped take the company from a market capitalization of $50 million to over $7 billion and he is US Gold''s largest shareholder, owning over 33% of the outstanding shares on a undiluted basis. As of March, 2006. A geological engineer with a master’s degree in geological economics, Mr. Gaumond has worked as a geologist for several organizations, including Noranda, SOQUEM and the government of Quebec. From 1987 to 1990, he was a mining analyst for financial institutions Pemberton Securities and Midland Walwyn, among others. In 1990, he joined Corpomin Management as a technical and financial consultant, where he held a variety of senior management positions within assorted mining exploration companies. Mr. Gaumond reorganized Virginia Gold Mines in 1992 and became President of the company. He sits on the Board of Directors of mining companies Vior and Power Tech as well as on the Board of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). Mr. Telfer was previously Chairman and CEO of Wheaton River Minerals from 2002 until its merger with Goldcorp in 2005. He has over 20 years experience in the precious metals business. As a founding director of TVX he served as its President and CEO during the first ten years and has also held positions as a Director of Lihir Gold, President and CEO of Vengold. In these capacities Mr. Telfer has raised over $1 billion for mining exploration and development around the world. Mr. Downie founded Wolfden Resources Inc. in 1997 where he serves as President and CEO. Since 1989, he has been the owner and founder of Vytyl Exploration Services, a contracting business in mineral development and exploration. In 2004, Mr. Downie’s team received the Prospector and Developer Association of Canada "Bill Dennis Prospector of the Year Award" for Wolfden's discovery of the West Zone at the High Lake Deposit, Nunavut. Mr. Downie attended Business Administration at Lakehead University. He currently sits on the board of several publicly traded companies. Mr. Reynolds has been involved in the junior resource sector for over twenty years. He has gained industry knowledge through founding, investing in and serving on the Boards of a number of public exploration companies. Mr. Reynolds has an impressive track record with projects of merit around the world and also for his ability to raise capital for junior companies. Mr. Reynolds is also the founder of Kyoto Capital Partners and Kyoto Funds Limited, two private Irish companies set up to advance environmentally effective technologies while creating a financial organization to provide capital for developing and growing businesses that will positively affect the environment. Ms. McLeod-Seltzer, has built a highly successful career on the financing side of mining exploration, raising more than $250 million Cdn for mining projects and has been involved in almost $2 billion in corporate transactions. She began her career in 1985 at the Canadian brokerage firm Yorkton Securities. In 1993, Ms. McLeod-Seltzer and respected Arizona geologist J. David Lowell, founded Arequipa Resources Ltd., a gold exploration company based and operating in Peru. She had been President and CEO of Arequipa until it was purchased by Barrick Gold Corporation in mid-1996. In 1997, Ms. McLeod-Seltzer went on to head Pacific Rim Mining Corporation. Ms. Thomas is a respected Canadian geologist who brings extensive experience to her role as President and CEO of Stornoway. She served as a geologist with Aber Resources Ltd. (now Aber Diamond Corporation) from 1992 to 1997 and was promoted to Vice-President Exploration for Aber in 1997. She served as a director of Aber Diamond Corporation from April 1998 to August 2006. Ms. Thomas, in addition to Stornoway, is also a director of a number of other public companies and organizations. Previously, Ms. Thomas held the positions of President of Navigator Exploration Corporation and CEO and Director of Stornoway Ventures Limited. Mr. Corman graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, in 1961 and obtained Professional Engineer status in Ontario in 1972. He has 30 years experience as a senior corporate officer of publicly listed companies and has extensive expertise in mineral and geothermal exploration and development, property evaluation and acquisition, project financing and corporate management, most recenty as Chairman and CEO of Western Silver Corporation. Mr. McCreary is President and CEO of Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation. He is a Mining Engineer with more than 30 years experience in the mining industry. He was vice-president of corporate affairs at Kinross Gold Corp. before joining Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation in 2004. Mr. Cohen has held executive operating, project development and commercial positions in major global resource and construction companies with over 20 years international experience. He has started and financed a number of successfully listed resource companies. In restructuring and developing Northern Orion, it has grown from a market capitalization of $10 million to over $750 million. Mr. Cohen is a Professional Engineer (chemical engineering) and has an MBA. Mr. Knoll has been President of Glencairn Gold Corporation since its incorporation in 1987. He was also the co-founder of Wheaton River Minerals Ltd., and stayed with that company for 11 years in various capacities, including President. Other accomplishments during his career include terms as the Editor of both The Northern Miner Magazine and the Canadian Mining Journal. Mr. Pease has been continuously employed by the Placer Dome group for the past 24 years. Since 2002, Mr. Pease was the General Manager, Canada Exploration and Global Major Projects where he was responsible for managing all aspects of Placer Dome's Canadian exploration, and overseeing the geological aspects of advanced stage, major exploration and development projects world-wide. Mr. Farrauto has over 19 years experience as a senior financial officer in private and public companies. His experience encompasses financial and regulatory compliance and public company management. Mr. O'Brien has been employed in the Placer Dome Group for the past 12 years, mostly recently as Senior Geologist, and immediately prior as Project Geologist on the advanced stage Pueblo Veijo project in the Dominican Republic. Mr. Marshall has been continuously employed by the Placer Dome group for the past 19 years. Most recently he was construction project manager for the Cortez Hills project in Nevada. He has supervised and contributed to numerous evaluations, feasibility studies, and construction projects. Mr. Wonders is a Registered Professional Forester (Alberta and British Columbia) and holds a Bachelor of Science in Forestry (Alberta, 1985) and a Masters of Business Administration (Royal Roads, 2005). Mr. Wonders experience includes resource access and development management in the forestry, petroleum and mining industries. Over the last 18 years, he has held progressively challenging positions in government, forestry and education. Mr. Leishman is a geological consultant and was formally the Director of Geology and Exploration for Endeavour Financial Ltd, a financial advisory firm focused on the mineral industry. Prior to joining Endeavour he was a Senior Mining Analyst with Yorkton Securities Inc. in Vancouver. Mr. Franzen has over 30 year experience in mineral exploration, mine development and operations. He is a registered professional engineer in the Province of British Columbia. Mr. Reynolds has served as both an MLA in British Columbia and as a Member of Parliament in Ottawa. Prior to his recent retirement from Federal politics he was the Official Opposition House Leader for the Conservative Caucus. Previously he had been Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons for the Canadian Alliance Caucus. He is currently a Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and a Senior Strategic Advisor for the law firm Lang Michener LLC. Mr. Kurschner has been providing consulting services and assistance to public companies and companies desiring to go public since 1986, through his private British Columbia consulting company. These services can include providing financial strategies, introducing companies to sources of capital, structuring and negotiating terms of investments or acquisitions, and coordinating all steps and preparation of necessary documents for public and private offerings and commercial transactions. In addition to providing consulting services, Mr. Kurschner has been a director or officer of a number of public companies. Dr. Terry's extensive experience has focused on exploration for a wide spectrum of precious and base metal deposits throughout North and South America. His experience has included international project management, management of exploration programs for both major and junior mining companies, as well as independent consulting assignments. He was formerly a Regional Geologist with the British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines and has worked for numerous mining companies including Boliden Limited, Westmin Resources Limited, Hemlo Gold Mines Inc., Cominco Limited and Gold Fields Mining Corporation. Dr. Terry is a registered professional geoscientist and brings Astral Mining over 15 years of international experience in the mineral exploration and mineral deposit research sectors. Mr. Carter entered the mining industry in the 1970s, managing exploration crews in the Leonora and Kimberly regions of Western Australia. He graduated from Midland Technical College after studying accounting. In 1988, Mr Carter was appointed Chief Executive of RAC Finance Limited, a non-bank owned commercial financier in Western Australia. During this time, he was appointed Chairman and Director of Australian Finance Conference Limited and represented the industry as a panel member of the Commercial Tribunal for Western Australia. Mr. Carter is currently President and CEO of Tinka Resources Limited, a TSX Venture Exchange listed company, and also serves as an officer and director of other public reporting companies. Mr. DeMare holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia. Mr. DeMare is the President of Chase Management Ltd., a private company which provides a broad range of administrative, management and financial services to private and public companies engaged in mineral exploration and development, gold and silver production, oil and gas exploration and production and venture capital. Mr. DeMare indirectly owns 100% of Chase. Mr. DeMare currently serves as an officer and director of various public-reporting companies. He is a seasoned chartered accountant with over 25 years of financial management and business development background. Mr. Lang brings extensive experience to the Board in dealing with financial and corporate strategy matters. Ms. McClusky serves as Corporate Secretary for the Grosso Group member companies. She has over 18 years experience working with corporate counsel at both U.S. and Canadian companies. Mr. McClanaghan has extensive experience in finance and is past CEO & President of VanCity Enterprises Ltd. He is also a former corporate banker with Bank of Montreal Dr. Venable has over 20 years of experience in as a field geologist. She has held senior field geologist positions with Kennecott Exploration, Radius Gold Inc. and QGX Ltd. Mr. Anderson has twenty-five years experience as a finance executive. His expertise is in treasury management, corporate finance, and risk analysis. He currently holds the position of Treasury Manager -- Credit Risk Management, BC Hydro. Mr. Bottomer is a professional geologist with more than 33 years experience in global mineral exploration and development with major and junior mining companies. Mr. Steeds worked for over twenty-five years as a licensed Stockbroker working with high net-worth individuals and institutions focusing on the financing of mineral exploration companies Mr. Winters has been a lawyer practicing in British Columbia since 1986; primarily in Canadian securities law. Mr. Agyagos has more than 25 years of management and financial consulting experience and has served as an officer and director on numerous public companies since 1982. This experience has resulted in his managing exploration projects in South America, Eastern Europe (Slovak Republic)-in oil/gas and mineral exploration, and British Columbia, Quebec, Labrador and Ontario (Canada). Mr. Agyagos has served as President and Director of Belmont since December 1996. Mr. Musil has more than 30 years of management and financial consulting experience and has served as an officer and director on numerous public companies since 1988. This experience has resulted in his overseeing the financial aspects and expenditures on exploration projects in Peru, Chile, Eastern Europe (Slovak Republic), British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Labrador and New Brunswick (Canada). Prior to this, he was employed for 15 years with Dickenson Mines Ltd. and Kam-Kotia Mines Ltd. as a Controller for the producing silver/lead/zinc mine in the interior of British Columbia Canada. Mr. Musil currently serves as an Officer/Director on several TSX Venture Exchange public companies, and has served as Chief Financial Officer and Director of Belmont since August 1992. Jake Bottay is a graduate of Simon Fraser University, earning his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1972. Since 1980, Mr. Bottay has been responsible for project co-ordination, financing, contract negotiations, audit committees and public relations with a number of Junior Exploration companies. While serving as a Director or Officer on numerous Public Companies, Mr. Bottay has gained valuable experience in doing business in South America, Europe and Canada. Ken Liebscher is an international businessman with 36 years of securities and executive management experience. Mr. Liebscher spent 22 years with the world's largest dental products manufacturer, Dentsply International Inc., holding several positions culminating as the Manager of their West Coast Division. Eventually recruited by a major European based competitor, Ivoclar Liechtenstein, he led their entry into the North American market. Mr. Liebscher has been on board of publicly held companies since 1992 and as President of a subsidiary called THE ELECTRIC CAR COMPANY in 1994, led a team that developed a prototype electric car from the ground up. Mr. Agyagos has a Diploma in Management Systems from BCIT. Since 1995 he has been Vice-president for a private BC company providing office management and financial consulting services to various private and public companies. Mr. Agyagos has been a director of Montoro since January 1998 and assists with daily correspondence, office services, preparation of news releases and financial statements. Mr. Barr is the Chairman and Director of CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. Mr. Barr has been involved in the mining industry for over 25 years and has an extensive background in business management, corporate finance, and marketing. Mr. Barr holds the following positions: President, CEO and Director of Pacific North West Capital Corp. since May 1996 to present; Chairman and Director of Freegold Ventures Limited; and President, CEO and Director of El Nino Ventures Inc. Mr. Dasler has 30 years of experience in exploration geology including twenty years of geological consulting and contracting for junior and senior companies based out of Vancouver, BC. Mr. Dasler has a Masters degree in exploration and mining geology and is a member of the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Association of BC. His background includes senior geological positions in New Zealand, and Mine Manager of the 10 million ton per annum Taharoa Ironsand Mine, as well as management of junior exploration companies in Canada. Mr. Fung initially began his career as a design engineer of Canadian nuclear reactors, but moved on to New York in the mid 80's, where he headed mergers and acquisitions for Toronto Dominion Securities. During the 90's, Mr. Fung pursued his entrepreneurial interests in Asia where he founded several media, telecoms and entertainment companies. He later formed a venture capital fund to invest exclusively in entrepreneurial start-ups in mainland China. Mr. Fung returned to Canada in 2003 with a view to bridge the growing gap between resource-hungry Asian economies and the commodity riches of Canada. He teamed with CanAlaska Ventures early in 2005 to advance the company's corporate development efforts, completing a circle which originated in his scholastic fascination with all things uranium. Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr. is one of the world's leading experts in nuclear non-proliferation. Amb. Graham has served under four successive U.S. Presidents as a senior diplomat involved in the negotiation of every major international arms control and non-proliferation agreement for the past 35 years, including the SALT, START, ABM, INF, NPT, CFE and CTBT Treaties. He is Chairman of the Board of the Cypress Fund for Peace and Security. He is also Chairman of the Board of Mexco Energy Corporation, an oil and gas exploration company, and of Thorium Power, Ltd. a developer of proliferation-resistant nuclear fuel technologies. Amb. Graham received an A.B. in 1955 from Princeton and a J.D. in 1961 from Harvard University. He is a member of the Kentucky, the District of Columbia and the New York Bars and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has taught at the University of Virginia Law School, Georgetown School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University Law Center, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley and the University of Washington. Mr. Marleau has been the President & CEO of Palos Capital Corp. from 1998-present; Chairman of Marleau, Lemire Inc. from 1989-1998; Director of CanAlaska Ventures Ltd. and International Freegold Mineral Development Inc. from 1996-Present. Ernest S. Peters has over 35 years of experience in the mining industry in exploration, development and production in Canada, the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. Over the past 35 years, he has been instrumental in forming and funding at least 10 public natural resource companies where he served most often as President and Chief Executive Officer. Over the years Mr. Peters has served as an officer and/or director of a number of public or private natural resource companies and he has assisted in the financing and management of many mining exploration and development projects located in various countries including the United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico and Brazil. Charles S. Underhill has been actively involved in the securities and resource industries for over 45 years. He worked for various investment firms from 1959 to 1974 at which time he formed his own financial public relations firm to provide financial and investor relations services to junior resource companies. In 1977, Mr. Underhill became a Director of Arizona Silver Corp. and President/Director of Continental Silver Corp. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Mr. Underhill went on to become the President and Director of approximately 15 junior natural resource companies. In 1986, Mr. Underhill became a founding partner and manager of the Iskut/North West Gold Syndicates, which were the original stakers of most of the mineral claims that comprised the Iskut Gold Camp area in British Columbia. John Poloni is a very accomplished and highly skilled geologist with over 40 years of professional and practical experience in all phases of mineral property development. Prior to becoming a professional geologist, he spent several years working various jobs in underground mines and mills in Ontario. Mr. Poloni has been employed as a geologist and then Chief Geologist at the Priessac Molybdenite mine in Quebec; Chief Geologist at the Sherman Mine at Temagami; and, Chief Exploration Geologist for Marlin Developments Ltd., a management company for several junior natural resource exploration companies. In 1972, Mr. Poloni formed his own consulting company that he has run to the present day. Over the course of the more than 30 years, he has been involved with locating, researching and evaluating numerous prospective mineral properties and planning and managing all aspects of the exploration and development programs on many types of precious and base metal projects. Mr. Poloni has served as an officer and/or director of many public or private companies and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of British Columbia. Jeff Poloni has over 25 years of experience in mineral exploration where he has managed numerous programs throughout both North and South America. In 1991, Mr. Poloni founded and is currently the President of Avant Garde Signs, a manufacturer of custom architectural signs and displays and Pacific Watercutting, a CNC water jet cutting service. Tim Termuende is a professional geologist with over 25 years experience in the mineral exploration industry. He is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. Tim was one of the founders of the company, and has been actively involved since its inception in 1992. Since earning his degree in Geological Sciences at the University of British Columbia in 1987, Tim has worked on exploration projects throughout North, Central, and South America, and has inspected mineral deposits in the former Soviet Union. Tim has been continuously active in mineral exploration throughout western Canada since 1976, and currently oversees a broad range of ongoing exploration projects located throughout British Columbia and the Yukon Territory. Charles C. (Chuck ) Downie has over 20 years experience in mineral exploration and mining. He is a graduate of The University of Alberta (B.Sc 1988). Mr. Downie worked for Cominco Ltd. both pre and post graduation where he was involved with grassroots exploration, property evaluation, mine development and mine production at various exploration projects throughout Western Canada including Pine Point, Polaris, Snip and Sullivan. After leaving Cominco in 1993, Mr. Downie worked as a geological consultant throughout North, Central, and South America with a wide range of projects including copper gold porphyry, shear hosted gold, sedimentary exhalitive, and Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide. Mr. Downie has been associated with Eagle Plains Resources since 1993 and brings extensive project management experience related to property evaluation. Mr. Downie is a member in good standing of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia and has been the Exploration Manager for Eagle Plains Resources since 1999. David Johnston graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1963 with a degree in mining engineering. From 1973 - 1980 Mr. Johnston held the position of manager of operations at the Fording River coal mine. From 1982 – 1989 he was vice president and general manager for Cominco Ltd.’s northern operations group overseeing three operating mines in the Canadian arctic and sub-arctic. During 1990 to 1995, he served as vice president mine operations of Cominco Metals overseeing the Polaris and Magmont underground operations. During his tenure as vice president of mine operations he was responsible for assembling the project and production team that brought the Snip gold mine into production. From 1995 to 1999 Mr. Johnston was president and general manager of Highland Valley Copper Corporation, North America's third largest open pit copper mine. Ron Netolitzky holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of Alberta and an MSc degree from the University of Calgary, both in geological sciences. He is an officer and director of a number of public mining companies currently involved in mineral exploration activity in Western Canada and Argentina. He was previously chairman of Viceroy Resource Corporation and has served formerly as its president. He is also the former chair of both Loki Gold corporation and Baja Gold. Ron continued as a director of Quest Capital since its merger through a plan of arrangement with Viceroy Resource. He is currently President and CEO of Viceroy Exploration Ltd. Glen Diduck Mr. Glen J Diduck B.Comm. C.A. is a self employed Chartered Accountant involved in public practice since 1979. His practice has included accounting, auditing and taxation in the mining sector, auditing of public companies and advising on corporate governance. Glen has been a director of the company since October 1,1996. Paul Wright joined Eldorado in July 1996 and held the positions of Vice President, Mining and Senior Vice President, Operations before being appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in October 1999. A graduate of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Paul has over 30 years of experience in developing and operating open pit and underground gold mines. Prior to joining Eldorado, he worked with Placer Dome, the Redpath Group and Granges. Paul is a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy of London and is a Chartered Engineer (UK). Paul is also a member of the Investment Advisory Council, Turkey Earl Price joined Eldorado in March 1997 and held the positions of Senior Operations Controller and Vice President, Finance before being appointed Chief Financial Officer in January 2003. Earl holds a MBA from Idaho State University and is a Certified Public Accountant with over 32 years of financial and management experience. Prior to joining Eldorado, he worked internationally with British Petroleum and RTZ, and was Vice President and Controller for SNC-Lavalin Group. Norm Pitcher rejoined Eldorado in November 2003 as Manager Evaluations and held position of Vice President, Exploration and Corporate Development before being appointed Chief Operating Officer in July 2006. Norm had previously been with Eldorado as Manager Resource Development in 1997. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Arizona and has more than 27 years of experience with Pan American Silver, H.A. Simons, Ivanhoe Gold and Pioneer Metals. Berne Jansson joined Eldorado in September 2003 as General Manager; Kisladag located in Turkey and was appointed Vice President, Operations, Eldorado in March 2005. He has over 30 years work experience in the mining industry with a solid background in open pit mine and processing management, cost control, personnel management, project planning and feasibility studies. A graduate from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden with M.Sc. (Mining) and a member of SME.; Berne has worked extensively in Europe, Africa, North and South America and the Middle East responsible for mines under construction and in operation. Dawn Moss joined Eldorado as Corporate Administrator in November 1998 and was appointed Corporate Secretary in October 2000. Prior to joining Eldorado, Dawn worked within the mining industry for Diagem International and Beringer Gold. Mr. Krueger provides financial advisory services to clients in Canada with a specialty focus on the mining industry in China. His experience as a financial advisor provides critical skills he has used to aggressively lead Garrison forward in the acquisition of high-quality mining properties worldwide. He holds an MBA and a BSc degree in Physics. Ms. Yang has been Sr. Vice President at Hermes Bancorp Investment since December 2004. She holds a BA from Shanxi University. Her experience in the investment field provides her with expertise in the preparation of audit and analysis of Garrison's financial statements, as well as knowledge of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting. Ms. Yang US Citizen who grew up in China and has strong ties to the Shanxi Province, China, where one of Garrison's projects is located. She is an independent director of the company. Dr. Chen has a PhD in Geology from Queen's University in Canada, and was formerly Barrick Resources Chief Geologist in China. He is a Canadian Citizen who grew up in China. Mr. Bainbridge, B.Sc. Hons. Ausimm, AIG, has spent the past 25 years working in the gold and base metals industries throughout the Asia-Pacific region. He has held key positions with Highlands Pacific Ltd. in Papau New Guinea, Indonesia, The Solomon Islands, Fiji, Thailand, China and Mongolia. A "Qualified Person" as defined by Canadian National Instrument 43-101, Tony is based full time in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia leading Garrison's TSR project exploration team. Mr. Ruimy holds a BAA degree from HEC Montreal, and has held positions as controller at Aventis Technologies Corp, and Dasher. He is currently self employed and is an independent director of the company. Mr. Kasner has been involved in the mineral exploration and development industry for 40 years across Canada and overseas. Mr. Kasner has been President of GLR Resources since 2002. Prior to that he was president of Greater Lenora Exploration, Mary Ellen Resources and AXR Resources. Mr. KAsner is also the President and CEO of Uranium City Resources. Mr. Orr is a professional Engineer with over 25 years experience in the mining industry. During his career he has worked with various commodities (including Gold) at both underground and open pit operations Mr. Kermeen is a professional consulting Geologist with over 50 years experience in mineral exploration and development – much of it in northern Saskatchewan. Mr. Cook has over 40 years experience in the mining industry. He is president of Tormin Resources and serves as Director of Anaconda Gold, Wolfden Resources, MBMI Resources and Uranium City Resources. Mr. Simon Lawrence graduated in 1986 with a B.Eng. (Mining Engineering) from the Camborne School of Mines, Cornwall, United Kingdom. He began his career working in operations with Anglo American Corporation and Impala Platinum Limited in South Africa. Mr. Lawrence then obtained an MBA from Bradford University, England, in 1991 and went on to work as a mining analyst for HSBC James Capel and ABN AMRO in London, England.Mr. Lawrence moved to Canada in 2000, and since that time has been involved with financing and the development of publicly listed exploration companies in Canada. More recently, he held the position of VP Corporate Development at Gabriel Resources Ltd. Mr. Brent Peters has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, from Brock University, St. Catherines, Canada. He currently serves as Vice President, Finance for Northfield Capital Corporation, as a director of Aranka Gold Inc. and GeoGlobal Resources Inc. Mr. Whitton obtained the Honours Bachelor of Science in Geology from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland in 1972. From 1972-1981, Mr. Whitton was involved with base metal exploration in Canada, U. S. and the British Isles. From 1981-present, Mr. Whitton focused chiefly on gold and other precious metals. He is experienced in all levels of exploration and development including mine and mill design, mine construction and operations. Mr. Whitton is a registered Professional Geoscientist in the Province of Ontario, Canada. Mr. Whitton has over 30 years experience as an exploration geologist, 25 years of which have been in the Red Lake Camp. Mr. Whitton is responsible for all field aspects of the program including logistics, geology, sampling, and administration. Dennis Forgeron has a B.Sc in Geology from St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, and was a former director of the Nova Scotia Chamber of Mineral Resources, and the Nova Scotia Prospectors Association.Mr. Forgeron started his career as a lab technician with Bondar-Clegg & Co. Ltd. in 1967, and held a number of various positions over the next 40 years of his career in Canada and abroad. Most recently he was a Geological Consultant with Kaoclay Resources, Halifax, Nova Scotia where he compiled detailed geological assessments of geology and gold resources at the Tangier gold mine. He also instructed prospecting methods at the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources during this time.Mr. Forgeron joined Exall and Southern Star in 2003 as a Senior Geologist and is responsible for the diamond drilling program at the Bruce Channel Discovery. Mr. Harvey graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of New Brunswick in 1959. He has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Hemlo Gold Mines Inc. from 1989 to 1991. He also held the position of President of Noranda Exploration Company Limited from May 1982 to October 1994. Mr. Harvey is currently a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Professional Engineers of Ontario. Chester Kuryliw graduated with a B.Sc. in Geology in 1949 and completed an M.Sc. in Geology at the University of Manitoba in 1966. He has held positions as Chief Mine Geologist and Mine Superintendent at Cochenour Gold Mine during the 1950's and early 1960's, and as Mine Manager at Surluga/Pango Gold Mine in Wawa Ontario in the 1970's. Mr. Kuryliw has consulted for the Ontario and Canadian governments as well as for numerous Mining companies in North America, South America and Europe. He has been featured in the Canadian media and in 1988 published a theoretical paper with the Northern Miner Magazine. Douglas is an independent financial consultant with experience as an officer and director of a number of junior public companies. Prior to 1991, he held a number of positions in the investment industry including the Executive Director of Listings for the Toronto Stock Exchange, Vice-President and Director of Davidson Partners, Midland Doherty & Yorkton Securities and, earlier, as an Investment Analyst at Burns-Fry. George is a Winnipeg-based, independent consulting geologist who has been engaged in mineral exploration for almost 40 years. Prior to 2002, Mr. Cooke held increasingly responsible positions with Phelps Dodge, Manitoba Mineral Resources, Noramco (Breakwater) Exploration, Echo Bay Mines, Anaconda Canada Exploration and Inco. Louis is a Professional Geologist with over 30 years of primarily field exploration experience in Manitoba and Ontario. He is an independent consultant based in Winnipeg, and currently acts as a consulting geologist with Goldcorp's regional exploration group in Red Lake. Prior to 1993, he was President of a mining services provider, I.E.S. Ltd., a government geologist with Manitoba Energy & Mines and Chief Geologist at Cochenour Willans Gold Mines. Charles is a London-based financial executive who until recently was Chairman of a LSE-member mining brokerage house. Prior thereto, he was Managing Director of Banco Real and Executive Director of Credit Suisse-First Boston. Earlier in his career he held executive positions with two major brokerage firms in New York City, Smith Barney and the First Boston Corporation. James is an associate with the Howard Group, an investor relations firm, based in Calgary. Previously, Mr. Masleck was a Vice-President and a director, which he remains today, of OSR Systems Inc., a subsidiary of MLB Industries, which is engaged in the development of offshore oil spill recovery technology. From 1992 to 2000, Mr. Masleck was an investment advisor, most recently with Dundee Private Investors. Carl is an independent businessman, based in Winnipeg. Over the past number of years he has raised money for the Company. Mr. Chester was appointed Vice-President, in March 2005, with responsibilities for corporate development and treasury. Richard has been Gossan's Corporate Secretary since 1981. He is a practicing Winnipeg-based lawyer and previously was the corporate counsel to a major brokerage house. Douglas is currently an independent consultant having twenty-five years experience in metals production with over twenty years in the magnesium industry. From 1985 to 2000, he held a number of senior management positions with Timminco Ltd. the most recent being Vice President – Manufacturing and Technology. Mr. Williams is a Professional Geologist with 18 years' experience in gold mining and precious and base metals mineral exploration in southern Africa, the Americas and southern Europe. He holds a B.Sc. in Geology from Portsmouth University, UK and a Master's degree in mineral exploration from Queen’s University, Ontario. He is based is Vancouver and is responsible for Helio's corporate affairs. Mr MacKenzie is a Chartered Geologist with 18 years' experience in Africa, Europe, the Americas, Middle East and South East Asia in a variety of geological and management positions. He completed a B.Sc. degree in Geology at Portsmouth University in 1988, and in 2000 he completed his M.Sc. at Rhodes University, South Africa. Mr MacKenzie is based in the UK and oversees all operational aspects of the company. In 2001, Mr. MacKenzie and Mr. Williams formed BAFEX Exploration (Pty) Ltd. and BAFEX Holdings Ltd. BAFEX went on to complete a reverse takeover of Helio Capital Corp. - since then renamed Helio Resource Corp. - in 2004. Founder of Aber Resources Ltd. and Chairman of Strongbow Exploration Inc. CFO of Nevsun Resources Ltd. Chairman and CEO of North American Tungsten Corporation Ltd. Bruce has been involved in the Canadian diamond exploration industry for fourteen years. Between 1992 and 1997 he was employed by BHP Minerals Canada Ltd. And was an integral member of the team responsible for the discovery and development of the Ekati Diamond Mine. In 1997 Bruce joined Dia Met Minerals Ltd. And was senior consultant on their international portfolio of projects until the sale of the company in 2001. Bruce is a Professional Geophysicist and holds a degree in Geological Engineering from the University of British Columbia. Dave has been active inmineral exploration since 1985, focusing on diamond exploration for the past fourteen years. Between 1992 and 1998, he was a senior geologist with Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc. During this time Dave was responsible for managing the Lac de Gras exploration efforts and played an integral role in the discovery and development of the kimberlites that were incorporated into the Diavik Diamond Mine. Since 1998, Dave has been an independent consultant and advisor working for both junior and major diamond explorers including Diamonds North Resources as Manager of their Victoria Island Project. Grant holds a degree in Geophysics and a degree in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of British Columbia. He began his exploration career in 1987 as a contract geophysicist exploring for precious and base metals throughout North America. Grant was involved in exploration for diamonds on behalf of BHP Billiton since 1992 and an integral member of the group responsible for the discovery and development of the Ekati Diamond Mine. During his tenure with BHP Billiton, Grant's role was expanded from drill target generation and testing to include supervision of advanced bulk sampling programs. Grant was also involved in the discoveries made at BHP Billiton's Oilaluguq Project near the community of Repulse Bay, Nunavut. Don has over 35 years experience in the mining sector including his involvement in the early development of the Hemlo discoveries. Neil is a geologist with more than 35 years experience who has held senior exploration and management positions in a number of mining companies. Bryan As a senior investment advisor with Canaccord Capital Corp. Mr. Slusarchuk gained extensive experience financing junior resource companies. Mr. Birrell has an M.Sc in geochemistry and has been engaged in mineral exploration and commercial application of Mobile Metal Ion (MMI) technology. Mr. Michael E.J. Phelps is Chairman of Dornoch Capital Inc., a private investment company. In 2003, the Canadian government appointed Mr. Phelps as Chairman of "the Wise Persons' Committee", a panel developed to review Canada's system of securities regulation. From January 1988 to 2002, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer, and subsequently as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, of Westcoast Energy Inc., Vancouver, BC. In 2001, Mr. Phelps was appointed as an Officer to the Order of Canada. Mr. Phelps sits on the Board of Directors of Canadian Pacific Railway Company, Canfor Corporation, Spectra Energy Corp. (separated from Duke Energy Corp. January 2007), Fairborne Energy Trust and the Vancouver Organizing Committee for 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games. He is currently Chairman of the Board of the GLOBE Foundation of Canada and Kodiak Exploration Limited. Terry brings 20 years of experience in corporate finance and securities to the Company. A resident of Vancouver, B.C., he serves as Corporate Secretary and legal counsel. He is former Chairman of the Securities and Natural Resources Subsection (mining, oil and gas) of the Canadian Bar Association. Terry is principal of Holmes & King, an association of law corporations. Bill With over 15 years experience in mineral property acquisitions, corporate finance and managing exploration programs in the Americas, Africa and SE Asia, Bill is a leader who provides the overall corporate vision for Kodiak. A firm believer in the mineral potential of North America, his practical approach to exploration management is certain to build shareholder wealth. Mr. Brian Maher is an economic geologist with over 27 years of experience in the international mining and exploration industry. Between 1979 and 1982, he worked at various positions for Homestake Mining Company, focusing on integrating new technologies with existing exploration programs and operations. In 1982, Mr. Maher began a 16-year career with ASARCO Inc., initiating, designing and supervising exploration programs for gold and copper deposits throughout North and South America, resulting in the discovery of significant resources. From 1998 through 2002, Mr. Maher operated a successful geologic consulting business, emphasizing geologic modeling, resource estimation and business planning, to multiple junior, mid-size and large mining organizations, and between 2002 and 2004 he was Project Manager for Metallic Ventures Gold Inc., supervising underground and surface exploration at an underground gold mine in Nevada. In 2005, Mr. Maher joined Hochschild Mining PLC as the Exploration Manager for the US, Canada and Mexico. Mr. Maher is a member of the Society of Economic Geologists and the author of numerous publications on economic geology. Bob has over 35 years experience as an exploration geologist in the western US, Canada, Alaska, Finland, Sweden, Mexico, and South America, with emphasis on base and precious metals, IOCG deposits, porphyry copper and molybdenum in a variety of geologic environments. He is credited with the initial discovery and development of the Jerritt Canyon district in Nevada and the discovery of the Richmond Hill gold deposit in South Dakota. He has participated in all roles and phases of exploration including field geologist, project management, consulting, and VP of exploration. Bob was educated at the Idaho State University, receiving his B.Sc. (Geology) in 1971 and his M.Sc. (Geology) in 1973. He started out his geology career with FMC Corporation in 1969, later moving on to Freeport McMoran where he worked for 14 years in a variety of roles including Senior project Manager, Senior Geologist, and District Exploration Manager. He has also worked with Independence Mining Company as and Exploration Manager, and with Cobre Mining Company, Metallic Ventures, and American Bonanza Gold Corp. as the VP of Exploration. He has also acted as a geological consultant to United Bolero Development Corp. and Northland Resources. Bob has written a number of publications that have been published in industry journals, including articles on disseminated gold deposits and porphyry copper deposits. Michel is a francophone bilingual geological engineer with a proven track record in gold and base metals exploration and discovery, development and mining. Michel's most recent employment has been as Director of Geology for SEMAFO Inc in West Africa. In addition he has worked on construction and opening of a gold mine in Guinea and also in Niger. Earlier in his career, he worked for Placer Dome as Chief Geologist at Kiena and Sigma Mines in Val-d'Or, Quebec and also for Falconbridge where he worked as Chief Geologist on the discovery and development of the Lac Shortt gold Mine. Malcolm Swallow has spent the last 30 years building up mine construction and operating experience. He is experienced in both precious and base metals,while at the same time managing the corporate affairs of a number of London and Toronto listed companies. He has extensive experience in evaluation and development of operations from green fields sites through exploration, planning, permitting, feasibility and financing, to construction into production, whilst integrating the mining operations into non-mining communities. Glen Watson has been a corporate communications and marketing consultant for over 20 years. He is experienced at marketing, financing public companies and communicating their message to the investment community. Bill Morton has over 30 years as a professional geologist and has consulted and been employed by several major mining companies. Since 1987 he has been an officer and director of Eastfield Resouces as well as Wild Rose Resources. Jean Luc Roy has over 20 years experience in the Mining Industry. The majority of Mr. Roy's experience has been in Africa for companies such as International Gold Resources, Ashanti Goldfields Inc., Semafo, and First Quantum Minerals. Mr. Roy was also instrumental in securing First Quantum Mineral's extensive land positions in the DRC. Dustin with over 10 years in the financial service industry, he is responsible for corporate and financial compliance. He has been associated with the company since 1995. Mr. Richings, a mining engineer, holds a B.Sc. from Camborne School of Mines and M.Sc. from Queens University. joined Vista in September 2006, and has over 20 years experience in the mining industry, most recently, as President of Pacific Rim El Salvador, and previously as General Manager and Legal Representative for Compania Minera Dayton in Chile. He holds a B.S. in Mining Engineering from Colorado School of Mines. Gregory has more than 25 years of experience in corporate finance, accounting and securities regulatory compliance, much of which has been in the mining industry. Mr. Marlier has a B.S. degree in Business Administration/Accounting from John Carroll University. Robert has twenty-five years of exploration experience in North America and internationally. He holds BA and MS degrees in geology from the University of Colorado. Howard has over 35 years experience in a variety of disciplines in the mining industry. Mr. Harlan holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geology from the University of Arizona and is a Registered Geologist and Certified Professional Geologist. Stephen is a mining executive, corporate director and business consultant. Since September 2002, he has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of ValGold Resources. Prior to this, Mr. Wilkinson was President, CEO and Director of Northern Orion Explorations for the period of 1999 to 2002. From 1996 to 1999, he was the Vancouver-based mining analyst for RBC Dominion Securities Inc. responsible for small capitalization gold and base metal companies. Mr. Wilkinson has extensive experience in the mining and finance industries having served as an officer and director of both private and public companies, supplemented over the past three decades by experience working for mining companies and government agencies. Andrew has been engaged in the management of companies involved in gold mining and exploration for the past 30 years, and has been a director of ValGold since December 2002. Mr. Milligan is a former President of Glamis Gold and Cornucopia Resources and is currently a director of a number of Vancouver-based mining companies with shares listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. He has held senior-executive positions in Canada and the United Kingdom with British Aerospace, Rolls Royce, TRV Minerals Corporation and is a director and officer of Contrarian Resource Fund 2003 Management. brings more than 25 years of accounting and financial management experience to ValGold. Shannon began her career in public practice, moved to the mining industry as an internal auditor for Cominco, and has served as CFO for several mining companies before joining ValGold. Tom has served as Vice President Exploration of ValGold Resources since January 2005 and brings to the company more than 25 years of exploration and management experience. Mr. Pollock held various positions with BHP Minerals from 1980 to 2000 and worked in several countries, including, Canada, Mali, Ghana, Saudi Arabia and China. Following this, he worked as a geological consultant for a number of Vancouver based exploration companies. Jeff is an experienced business and investment educator. After developing and implementing successful entrepreneurship programs for the BC Ministry of Education, he embraced the opportunity to build a client-centered investment advisory practice with a leading national independent investment firm. Mr. Reaugh has over 40 years mining industry experience and is credited with finding and developing several mines, including the Samatosum Mine in British Columbia. Mr. Blair's experience includes a detailed evaluation on an underground gold mine in Gansu Province, China. His responsibilities include the management and transition of the operating Daye Gold Mine located near Rushan City, Shandong Province, China from Daye to Goldrea Management. Mr. Lin has 10 years experience in corporate finance, consulting, and private equity investment, including extensive experience dealing with joint venture investment in China. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Science and Technology of China, and an MBA degree from China Europe International Business School. Ms. Piorun has been with the group of companies for twenty years. She is a senior corporate officer with wide-ranging responsibilities, serving as a focal point for communication with the board of directors, senior management and the company's shareholders, and occupies a key role in the administration of critical corporate matters. Mr. Lee is also a Director and Executive Vice President to Adanac Molybdenum Corp., Director of Goldrea Resources Corp. and Director of Rocher Deboule Minerals Corp. Mr. Lee has 10 years experience in the assistance of financing and corporate development of public companies. Mr. Reaugh has been the CEO since March 12, 1981. He has over forty years experience in the mining industry with the past twenty five years directly involved in mineral exploration with junior resource companies. Mr. Reaugh is credited with several producing mines and has raised more than 200 million dollars for the exploration and development of mining properties. Mr. Lin has 10 years experience in corporate finance, consulting, and private equity investment, including extensive experience dealing with joint venture investment in China. Mr. Lin holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Science and Technology of China, and an MBA degree from China Europe International Business School. Ms. Piorun has been with the group of companies for twenty years. She is a senior corporate officer with wide-ranging responsibilities, serving as a focal point for communication with the board of directors, senior management and the company's shareholders, and occupies a key role in the administration of critical corporate matters. Mr. Varshney is a principal and Director of Varshney Capital Corp., a public venture capital firm. Currently a director or officer of several public companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and the TSX including Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. (MPV) and JER Envirotech International Corp. (JER). John Fraser employed in mineral exploration since 1970, including 15 years with Noranda Exploration Co. Ltd., ending as Exploration Manager, Central Canada. Has provided mineral exploration consulting services to several resource companies and has served as a director or officer of a number of public companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. From 1997 to 2003 was a partner of Exulta AG and is currently a principal of Sircon AG, both are portfolio management companies based in Zurich, Switzerland. Currently a director of various private companies. From 1982 to 1987, was President and General Manager of Cominco Alaska Inc. and in this position was responsible for the development of the Red Dog Mine in northwest Alaska, the largest zinc mine in the world. Was also Project Engineer on the Black Angel Mine Project in Greenland, Project Manager for the Polaris Mine Project on Little Cornwallis Island, NWT (the furthest north metal mine in the world). Mr. Kasner has been involved in the mineral exploration and development industry for 40 years across Canada and overseas. Mr. Kasner has been President of Uranium City Resources since 2005 when it was created from property assets held by GLR Resources. Mr. Kasner is also the President and CEO of GLR Resources. Prior to his involvement with GLR Resources he was president of Greater Lenora Exploration, Mary Ellen Resources and AXR Resources. Mr. Kermeen is a professional consulting Geologist with over 50 years experience in mineral exploration and development – much of it in northern Saskatchewan. Mr. Cook has over 40 years experience in the mining industry. He is president of Tormin Resources and serves as Director of Anaconda Gold, Wolfden Resources, MBMI Resources and Uranium City Resources. Dr. John J. Gurney is the chairman of Motapa and has served in this capacity since Motapa's founding in March 1998. Dr. Gurney has a PhD in geochemistry and a BSc (Honours) from the University of Cape Town, where he has served as a professor since 1984. Dr. Gurney is one of the world's leading authorities in the field of geochemical exploration for diamondiferous kimberlites. Dr. Gurney has extensive knowledge of marine and alluvial diamond deposits and experience in marketing, diamond valuation, diamond recovery processes and mine development procedures. Over the course of a distinguished 40 year academic career, Dr. Gurney has authored and co-authored more than a hundred research papers on diamonds and associated rocks and minerals. Dr. Gurney has consulted for many companies during his career and was world-wide diamond consultant to BHP Minerals from 1989 for over a decade. Between 1989 and 1998, he was the Chairman of Benguela Concessions and a director of Industrial and Commercial Holdings. Dr. Lawrence E. Ott is the Company’s chief executive officer and managing director, a position he has held since December 1998. Dr. Ott holds an MSc in Geology from Montana Tech and a PhD in Geology from the University of Idaho and is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He has over 20 years international experience in mineral exploration and production. Prior to 1998, Dr. Ott was diamond exploration manager at BHP Diamonds Inc. Prior to joining BHP Diamonds Inc. in 1988, Dr. Ott held positions with Amoco Minerals Inc., Cyprus Mines Corp., Asamera Minerals Inc. and Utah International Inc. Mr. Allen holds a Bachelor in Business Science and an Honours degree in Accounts from the University of Cape Town and is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. Since 1997, Mr. Allen has provided financial and business development consulting services to Mineral Services, where he currently serves as Group Financial Manager. Mr. Allen has served as the Company's chief financial officer since 1999. Prior to July 1997, Mr. Allen practiced with the accounting firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Robert M. Bishop has been a director of Motapa since March 2001. Mr. Bishop holds a B.A. in Journalism from the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Bishop is the editor and publisher of Gold Mining Stock Report, a fax and e-mail service established in 1983 to provide commentary on early-stage gold and natural resource companies. His investment commentaries are widely published and he is frequent speaker at North American and global investment conferences. He currently serves as a director of FCMI Precious Metals Fund Inc. Dr. Theodore Laub has been a director of Motapa since August 2002. Dr. Laub holds a BSc Honours in theoretical physics from the University of Witwatersrand and a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Cambridge. Dr. Laub has been actively involved in the processing and trading of rough and polished diamonds since 1969. Since 1973, he has been the managing director of Euro-Diam Ltd. London. Between 1984 and 1994, Dr. Laub was a director of Psion plc. Mr. Varshney, a Chartered Accountant, is a Principal and Director of Varshney Capital Corp., a public venture capital firm. He is currently a director or officer of several public companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and the TSX including Mantle Resources Inc. and Carmanah Technologies Corporation. Mantle is earning a majority interest in a highly prospective zinc-lead deposit in Northern BC, Canada. Carmanah is the largest solar-power company in Canada and one of the world's premier suppliers of energy efficient products with more than 250,000 installations in 110 countries. Mr. Varshney has been a member of the Vancouver chapter of The Entrepreneurs'Organization (EO) since 1996 and is past chapter President. He is also a founding director of the Vancouver chapter of The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE) and served on the chapter board from 1999 to 2002. Mr. Varshney is a member of the Sauder School of Business Faculty Advisory Board, a Director of the Vancouver Board of Trade and a past recipient of Business in Vancouver's 40 Under 40 Awards. Mr. Laskowski holds an MSc in Geology, from the Colorado School of Mines, and is a Qualified Person, as defined by NI 43-101, with over 25 years of experience in uranium, precious metals and base metals exploration, and mine geology. Mr. Laskowski started his exploration career in 1979 and has visited and/or studied the major uranium deposits in Mongolia, the Athabasca Basin, Elliot Lake, Rossing, Langer Heinrich and the Witswatersrand Basin. Mr. Laskowski brings extensive international exploration experience to the Company. His focus has been on the identification and acquisition of quality exploration projects. In the past, he has served as the President and CEO of the Gallant Minerals group of exploration companies, from 1997-2005, based in London and exploring in Peru and Mongolia. With Gallant, he directed the acquisition of 14 uranium exploration properties in Mongolia, which were subsequently ventured to Erdene Gold (TSX) and International Uranium Corporation (TSX). Prior to his tenure with Gallant, Mr. Laskowski worked 17 years with Newmont Exploration Ltd., where he managed regional exploration offices in North Carolina and Minnesota, and obtained operating experience in the Post and Carlin gold mines in Nevada (U.S.A.). He also managed resource definition programs in Idaho and Alaska. Since 1983, Mr. Laskowski has authored or co-authored six geological publications. Mr. Sokhie Puar is the principal and founder of SNJ Capital Ltd., a Vancouver based venture capital firm since February 2000. From May of 2000 and prior to commencing SNJ Capital, he was Senior Vice President of Corporate Development for Infertek Inc. Previously, from 1987 to 1998, Sokhie was an Account Executive at Canaccord Capital Corporation and Noram Investments (USA). Mr. Puar has also served as a director and officer and provided corporate finance consulting services to a number of private and public companies. Mr. Puar holds a diploma in Mechanical Engineering and a Diploma in Business Administration, both from the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Mr. Varshney, a lawyer with experience in corporate/commercial and securities law, is a Principal and Director of Varshney Capital Corp., a public venture capital firm. He is currently a director or officer of several public companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and the TSX including Mantle Resources Inc. Mantle is earning a majority interest in a highly prospective zinc-lead deposit in Northern BC, Canada. In December 2006, Lundin Mining Corp. made a $2.87 million investment whereby it acquired just under a 10% interest in Mantle. Mr. Varshney obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree (1989) and a Bachelor of Laws degree (1991) from the University of British Columbia. Mr. Briggs has a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from the University of Durham, England. He held a senior exploration position with Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited, during which time he established the company's regional exploration office for the Atlantic Provinces of Canada. Starting in the early 1980's, Mr. Briggs held senior management positions with Manitoba Mineral Resources Ltd. (MMR) ultimately serving as president from 1993-1995. While at MMR, Mr. Briggs managed the company's 27% interest in the Trout Lake Joint Venture and annually negotiated the sale of MMR's share of production from the 2,500 ton per day Trout Lake Mine resulting in annual revenues of some $18 million. He also represented MMR on the Board of Tantalum Mining Corporation of Canada (Tanco), North America's only tantalum producer. Mr. Briggs is a director and officer of several other public companies, including Rupert Resources and Playfair Mining Mrs. Shevlin is a Certified General Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto. From June 1990 to February 2002, Mrs. Shevlin held a variety of positions with the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, culminating as senior director. She is a contract and self-employed consultant to public companies specializing in risk management and corporate governance Dr. Talal Ali Al Shair Educated in the United States with a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering, an MBA and a Ph.D. in International Business Administration. He is a member of the Board of Directors of NIC, SAFRA Co. Ltd. and also the Chairman of the Board of The National Titanium Dioxide Co. Ltd. (CRISTAL), Saudi Union Co. and the Yanbu Chamber Of Commerce. Holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mining Engineering from the University of Utah and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. He held various academic research and teaching positions from Lecturer to Chairmanship of the Mining Engineering Department at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He had held numerous professional positions in the mining industry in the United States, Saudi Arabia and Africa and has been the General Manager of companies in the Chemical & Petrochemical industries. He has been active in project developments in the mining, chemical and petrochemical sectors and has published academic writings in these areas. Mr. Hall holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Geology, and a Masters degree in Business Administration, all from Eastern Washington University. Mr. Hall has over 35 years of experience in the mining industry and has previously held senior management positions with Dayton Mining Corporation and Pegasus Gold Corporation. Mr. Hall was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, and a Director of the Company on November 8, 1999. Mr. Blacketor holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with distinction from Indiana University and a Masters degree in Business Administration from Colorado State University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant. He has over 24 years of experience in domestic and foreign accounting, taxation and finance. He was Chief Financial Officer and Secretary for Mincorp Ltd. of Denver, Colorado (1991 to 1997), Vice President and Controller of Pincock, Allen & Holt, Inc. of Lakewood, Colorado (1988 to 1991) and an Audit Manager at Touche Ross & Co. in Denver, Colorado (1983 to 1988). He was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Secretary for the Company in 1997 and Vice President of the Company in June 2003. Mr. Fierro holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mine Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. He also attended Advanced Mine Feasibility and Design courses at the Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. Mr. Fierro has over 23 years of experience in the mining industry and was previously the Vice President of Operations for Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation. Mr. Fierro began his mining career at the Homestake Gold Mine in Lead, South Dakota which eventually progressed to senior management positions with several international precious metals producers. Mr. Fierro has been a Director on the Nevada Mining Association and the Northwest Mining Association Boards. Mr. Petersen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geology from The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, and a Master of Science degree in Geology from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. He has been involved in precious and base metals exploration and development for over 23 years. Since joining the Company in 1995, Mr. Petersen has held positions as Senior Project Manager, in-house Exploration Consultant, Exploration Manager, and his most recent appointment as Vice President of Exploration, which occurred in March 2007. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Petersen held positions as an exploration geologist with major mining companies that included Lac Minerals USA, Bond Gold and St. Joe Gold. Over 17 years experience in Canadian Capital Markets, including 5 years in mining corporate finance. Responsible for corporate strategy, property acquisition and financing. Over 12 years of international exploration and management experience. Responsible for the operations of the Company's uranium exploration and development projects. Experienced geologist specializing in exploration reserve calculations, mine engineering and project valuation. Responsible for the technical aspects of Trigon's uranium properties. Over 25 years experience as a mining engineer, primarily in Uranium. His experience includes development, permitting, administration and reclamation of uranium mines. Mr. Len Harris is a well-known and highly respected business entrepreneur who has founded and/or been involved in the development of a number of successful businesses over the years, mostly in the natural resource sector. In the late 1960's he started his professional career as a registered representative with Hemsworth Turton & Co. where he became an assistant to the head trader in less than 2 years. From 1972-1989 Len was a registered with Jones Gable & Co. where he rapidly became a top tier producer in the firm. Mr. Harris completed the Prospectors Course conducted by the University of British Columbia to enhance his knowledge of mining and geology, and proceeded to specialize in mining and oil & gas securities. Over the course of a couple of decades, he sponsored and acted as fiscal agent for a number of successful natural resource companies, raising millions of dollars for numerous exploration projects. Mr. Jim Turner graduated in 1971 from the University of British Columbia, and during his career has worked in British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Baffin Island, Yukon Territory, Mali, Ghana, Panama, U.S.A and Brazil. He has held positions as Manager/Project Geologist for Newmont; Manager/Project Geologist for Noranda; Project Manager with Terrasat Geomatics Inc; Computer Geologist for Mind Quest Exploration Associates. Mr. Turner has extensive experience in exploration for base metals, precious metals, and diamonds. Mr. Roger Laine, an experienced geological engineer with a Ph.D. in geosciences from the University of Arizona at Tucson. Familiar with exploration and development, budgeting and programming, diamond/reverse circulation drilling, core/geotechnical logging, geostatistics and reserve estimating, underground and open-pit mines, grade and quality control, geochemistry, and geophysics. Roger has international exposure in the Americas, West & Central Africa, and Europe, combined with 14 years uranium experience with Cogema. He was VP of exploration for Amok Ltd., a subsidiary of Cogema, mining uranium deposits in the Cluff Lake area in the Athabasca Sandstone Basin, in northern Saskatchewan. Mr. David Hudson has been involved with various public companies as a director or management for the past 16 years, after working as a chartered accountant for Clarkson Gordon and Henfrey & Co. of Vancouver, British Columbia. Hudson qualified as a chartered accountant with Peat Marwick Mitchell in Leeds, England in 1973 and soon after moved to Vancouver to practice with Touche Ross, where he qualified in 1979 as a Canadian chartered accountant. Mr. Hudson has run his own chartered accountancy practice from 1982 to present. Michael Townsend,16 years of experience in management and finance. Served as President and Executive Chairman and of West Hawk Successfully raised over $12 million dollars in financing in the past 4 years. Christopher R. Verrico,25 years of construction and mine development/operations experience Involved in scoping studies as well as exploration financing for numerous projects in Peru and Bolivia. Casey Forward,forward brings over 15 years of accounting experience in North America, including extensive knowledge of the regulatory filing processes involved both in Canada and the U.S. Brian Thurston,15 years of exploration and project management experience, 12 years in Latin America Instrumental in a new uranium discovery (Lucky 7 Zone) near Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada as project manager for Pacific Ridge Exploration Corp Part of the initial geological exploration team that evaluated the current land holdings of Aurelian Resources Inc. in Ecuador Gordon Allen,more than 32 years of experience in the exploration industry, 14 years in Latin America. He is a professional geologist registered with APEGBC and holds an honours BSc degree with a specialization in geology from the University of British Columbia. Robert Findlay,16 year career with Atlas Copco Construction and Mining North America, focused largely on underground mining technology Peter Dickie,over 20 years experience working with public companies and in the securities industry including 10 years of senior management experience David H. Francisco joined Newmont in 1995 as VP, International Operations, and is now Senior Technical Advisor to CEO Jeffrey Reeder,Over 18 years of experience in mineral exploration from grassroots to advanced exploration programs. Over 12 years experience operating in South America, exploring for porphyry copper-gold and epithermal gold systems. Dušan Berka,member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C. since 1977. Over 35 years international experience in Engineering Tibor Rozgonyi,currently sits as Head Professor of the Mining Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines. Elected to the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering A 25-year industry veteran, Mr. Tremblay brings significant financial and management experience to Levon Resources. He was appointed President of Levon in October, 2006. In that time he has been instrumental in revitalizing the company by obtaining additional funding and spearheading new exploration. Mr. Tremblay is a registered broker with 12 year's experience. Mr. Wolfin's career in management and finance spans more than forty years and includes notable achievements in exploration and mine development. He founded Levon Resources in 1984 and directed the company through its many gold discoveries at the Congress property. He also developed the Avino Mine in Mexico, the Bralorne Mine in British Columbia and the valuable Robertson gold project in Nevada. A Certified Financial Planner, Mr. Robertson has worked in the financial industry for the past twenty years. He presently serves on the board of several private companies as well as on the board of six Canadian junior gold mining companies. President of Avino Silver & Gold Mines, David began as a geologists' assistant doing field work in 1986 and later worked in a variety of mining-related capacities. Over the last five years, he has been instrumental in financing, investor relations and overall management for Levon and a number of related companies. A paralegal in corporate and securities law with a national law firm for nine years, Ms. Lillico has worked in public company management and administration since 2003. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University and a Paralegal/Legal Assistant diploma from Capilano College. Dr. Feng obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Geology in China and his Ph.D. Geology degree in Canada. He is a renowned expert with extensive experience in the evaluation and acquisition of mineral properties in China, and has an extensive network in China's mining and exploration industry. Dr. Feng is well-versed in China's legal framework related to the mining industry and has acquired numerous Chinese mining / exploration properties for Canadian public companies. Mr. Moore was born in the Red Lake Mining District and has over 30 years' experience in the mining industry. He is a director and officer of several public mining companies including Kermode Resources. Mr. Briggs has a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from the University of Durham, England. He has held a senior exploration and management positions with a number of mining companies. Mr. Briggs is a director of several other public mining companies including Kermode Resources. Mr. Van Tassell has been involved in the Canadian mining industry for over 40 years; the last 16 of which were spent as Vice President of Exploration for Dickenson Mines/ Goldcorp. Exploration teams led by Dutch are credited with at least 3 significant discoveries, including Goldcorp's High Grade Zone. Mr. Hinchcliffe, is currently President and co-founder of Kirkland Lake Gold Inc. and possesses decades of experience in the development of mining projects and mine finance. Mr. Hinchcliffe was the founder of American Pacific Mining which owned the El Mochito zinc mine. Mr. Gorzynski is a Geologist (P.Eng.) and an international mineral exploration consultant to the junior exploration industry. His wide-ranging experience spans 20 years and has included mining projects all over the world. He has served on the boards and in management of several junior mining companies. Mr. Schneyer is founder and President of Mercantile Resource Finance based in Denver, Colorado and has more than 20 years' experience in banking, project and trade finance and resource development in the natural resources sector. Previously, a senior geologist with Newmont Mining Corp. since 1987, Mr. Branham brings more than 20 years of international exploration experience to Midway. Mr. Branham earned a Masters of Science Degree in Economic Geology from Washington State University, a Bachelor Degree from Stanford University, California, and has participated in successful exploration projects in the Southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America. Mr. Branham has conducted extensive exploration in the Great Basin area of Nevada for the past eight years, resulting in several significant mineral discoveries. In addition, he was involved with the discovery of several world-class gold deposits on the Carlin Trend in Nevada. Mr. Bayley is Chief Executive Officer of Quest Investment Corporation since July 4, 2002, a public merchant banking company whose shares trade on the TSX Exchange. Quest Investments Corporation is a merchant banking company involved in providing asset backed/collaterized bridge loans to publicly listed venture companies. Mr. Bayley is also President and director of Quest Management Corp., a management company which is wholly-owned by Arapaho Capital Corp., the shares of which trade on the TSX Venture Exchange, since December 1996 and director of Quest Ventures Ltd., a private merchant banking company since December 1996. Mr. Bayley holds an MBA from Queen's University, Kingston , Ontario. Mr. Hawes is President of G.T. Hawes & Co., a private New York real estate and investment company. He is a director of Gentry Resources Ltd., a publicly traded natural resource company, the shares of which trade on the TSX Exchange, since April, 2000 and presently chairman of the Audit Committee. Brian McAlister is the President of Cornet Capital Corporation, a corporation owned and controlled by Mr. McAlister, which is engaged in the business of assisting start-up corporations with capital raising, funding, and other consulting activities. Over the past 23 years, Mr. McAlister has assisted in excess of 25 early stage companies in varied industries including biotechnology, enterprise software, and natural resources. In 1991 Mr. McAlister co-founded Novadigm Inc., a software corporation whose securities trade on the NASDAQ. Mr. McAlister holds a Bachelor of Science Degree (1979) with a major in Finance from the University of Denver. Mr. Lupien brings over 40 years of public market financial expertise and US equity market exposure to the Company's board. Mr. Lupien was a specialist on the Pacific Stock Exchange from 1968 until 1983, responsible for trading in the securities of many public companies including IBM, Ford Motor, Occidental Petroleum, Pfizer, Cyprus Mines, Warner Lambert, Bethlehem Steel, Digital Equipment, Caesar's World, Harrah's, Hilton and many others. Mr. Lupien has served on numerous private and public company boards including Mitchum, Jones & Templeton, Instinet, National Health Enterprises, and others. He also held a position as Trustee of the Securities Industry Institute and the Securities and Exchange Commission National Market Advisory Board as well as being a Governor of the Pacific Stock Exchange for 6 years. Mr. Lupien is the co-author along with David Nassar of Market Evaluation and Analysis for Swing Trading which was published in 2004 by McGraw Hill. Mr. Lupien is currently a private investor and a financial equity market consultant. Mr. Sheriff holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and is considered one of Nevada's leading prospectors, having generated numerous mining projects to major mining companies including Newmont, Anglo, Barrick, Meridian and others. Mr. Sheriff began his minerals career in 1980 and in 1985 founded Platoro West Incorporated, a minerals exploration firm specializing in project identification and acquisition throughout the western USA. Bill is President of Pacific Intermountain Gold Corporation, a private corporation 75% owned by Seabridge Gold Corporation (TSX:VE SEA), which holds over 30 advanced gold exploration projects throughout Nevada and is Pan-Nevada's joint venture partner in two gold projects. Graduate of the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Applied Science and Engineering degree, has had a career spanning more than 30 years in the mineral resource sector. He has served as a founding director and shareholder of numerous mining and hydrocarbon companies. Co-founder of Galore, Mr. Byrne has over 20 years of public practice accounting, tax and wealth management experience. He has an extensive background in financial management and is principal of Byrne & Associates, a Vancouver-based chartered accounting firm. Mr. Torresan has extensive international PR experience, managing offices in all of Canada’s major cities, and several in Europe. He is a recipient of many industry awards and has directed international programs for many resource-based companies, including the Ivanhoe Group. Dr. Bird has over 35 years experience in mining. He has been a senior executive and CEO of several successful publicly-traded companies. He obtained his PhD in Geology from the Colorado School of Mines, and has served in numerous consulting and teaching capacities. Mr. Schmidt is a B.Sc graduate from UBC and a professional geologist, registered with the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC. He has more than 35 years of mineral exploration experience. His experience includes base, precious metals, uranium and industrial minerals exploration in the Western Cordillera of Yukon, BC, Mexico and Peru. Mr. Cavey was formerly on Cdn. Securities Administrators’ Mining Technical Monitoring and Advisory Committee. He is also past-president of the Cdn. Council of Prof. Geoscientists. He has been engaged as a consultant to the BC Securities Commission and the TSX-V, and has won many industry awards. Past-president and CEO of the Mining Association of BC, Mr. Enemark vitalized the association in the mid-eighties. He also served as the deputy minister for Consumer and Corporate Affairs for the province of British Columbia. Ms. White has 20 years experience as a senior securities legal assistant, as well as acting as Corporate Secretary and general office manager for a number of publicly traded resource-based companies. Mr. Jivraj is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and President of Cityscape Developments Ltd. a private company involved in providing financial and business consulting services. He has public company management experience. Mr. Jivraj is one of the founders of Planet Exploration. Mr. Parken received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from the University of Calgary in 1977 and his Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Calgary in 1980. From 1980 to 1990, Mr. Parken practiced corporate securities law with a major Canadian law firm of which he was a partner. He has public company management experience and a wide range of experience in the areas of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Parken is one of the founders of Planet Exploration. Dr. Mann has been self-employed as the owner of Ruthrie Enterprises Ltd., a private mineral exploration and mine development company in Calgary, Alberta, since October 1989. Dr. Mann has been the President and a Director of Planet Exploration Inc. (a public company trading on the TSX-V) since April 1997. He is currently Vice-President, Exploration of Planet Exploration Inc. Dr. Mann obtained a BSc Degree and a BSc Hons. Degree from the University of London (UCRN) in Harare, Zimbabwe. He also received a PhD from the University of London, London, UK and an MBA Degree from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Dr. Mann was granted the designation P.Geol by APEGGA in 1995. Mr. Sundher brings 10 years experience in the brokerage business and 12 years of working with publicly traded companies. Based in Singapore he is also the founder of Canrim Ventures a Singapore based Venture capital firm that specializes in raising money for international exploration and development projects. Mr. Sundher's specialties are project acquisition, financing and development. Mr. Sundher is one of the founders of Planet Exploration Cynthia Le Sueur-Aquin has 28 years of extensive mine management experience within the precious metal mining industry and has been involved in global exploration operations and producing gold mining companies. Michael Bourassa is a partner of the law firm of Fasken Martineau and member of the Global Mining Group. He was listed in the 2004 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory as one of Canada’s leading lawyers in mining law. a graduate of the Haileybury School of Mines, Terry has more than 30 years of hands on operating experience. Terry is CEO of Silver Eagle Mines Inc. - (SEG-TSX). Gerard Lanthier has been the President and CEO of A & L Line Construction for the past 29 years. David Burkes is a practicing Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of public accounting experience. Neil Westholl has a PhD in Geology and is widely experienced in metal exploration and business development internationally. Dr. Westoll is with Gartner Lee Limited as Mining Practice Leader – Eastern Canada. Leslie A. Tihor is a graduate in geology from Lakehead University with 38 years in mineral exploration. He has worked as an exploration geologist with many majors, and has consulted for many junior resource companies. Gold Port's management team has a breadth of experience in Guyana's mining sector. Gold Port President and CEO Adrian Hobkirk has more than 17 years experience in the gold resource exploration sector, working in the U.S., Canada, Latin America and South America. He previously worked with Norgold Resources, which was later purchased by Bema Gold, and was a founding director of Can-Pro Development Ltd. which conducted the initial exploration of the Dublin Gulch Project, a 2 million ounce gold deposit now owned by StrataGold. In 1995 Hobkirk began exploring in Guyana's Groete Creek area and has developed strong local business and government relationships and an extensive knowledge of the country's operations. Mr. Ambrose has 25 years of experience in the mining industry, including work with larger companies as well as junior exploration companies. Mr. Ambrose has extensive experience in all phases of exploration, project evaluation and project management, and has worked as a geologic consultant in the U.S., Venezuela, and Argentina. As a consultant, he was a co-discoverer of a Venezuelan auriferous massive sulfide deposit acquired by Gold Reserve Corporation, and known as the Brisas deposit with a current resource of 12.1 million ounces of gold. He has been employed as the exploration manager for N.A. Degerstrom Inc., a U.S. contract mining company, and has worked as a geologist for Cyprus minerals, Kidd Creek Mines, Molycorp, Boise Cascade and Dennison Mines. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Geology from Eastern Washington University. A.D. (Darryl) Drummond, Director, is a Ph.D. and professional engineer and has been a director of Minera Andes since June 1996. He graduated from the University of British Columbia with a B.A.Sc. in Geological Engineering in 1959 and with a M.A.Sc. in 1961. He obtained his Doctorate degree in 1966 from the University of California at Berkeley. As an undergraduate and graduate, he worked with Kennco Explorations (Western) Ltd. during the period 1958 to 1961. He has been associated with the Placer Development Group of Companies since 1963, first with Craigmont Mines Ltd, then Endako Mines and Gibraltar Mines. John Kearney has over thirty years experience in the mining industry worldwide. With degrees in law, economics and business administration, he has a strong background in corporate development, finance and managing public companies, primarily in the mining field. He was previously President and Chief Executive of Northgate Exploration Limited, Campbell Resources Inc, and Sonora Gold Corp. He is currently Chairman of Anglesey Mining plc and Conquest Resources Limited and a Director of Avnel Gold Mining Ltd.; Scandinavian Minerals Limited; Sulliden Exploration Inc. and Minco plc. He is also a director of the Mining Association of Canada, and of the NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mines. A director of Canadian Zinc since 2001, Mr. Kearney was appointed President in June 2003 and since that time has led the Company in the redevelopment of the Prairie Creek Mine, including raising over $40 million. Alan Taylor has over 25 years experience in the mineral exploration industry and is a qualified P.Geo. with a Masters degree in Geology. He previously worked with Cominco, Imperial Metals Corporation, GSC, OGS, along with numerous other junior companies throughout the world. He is a member of the GAC, CIM, BC & NWT Chamber of Mines and is presently also a Director of Sunrise Minerals. Mr. Taylor was formerly president of San Andreas Resources (Canadian Zinc’s predecessor company) and has been involved with the Prairie Creek Mine and property for over 10 years. During his involvement on the property the mineral resource base has increased significantly in order of magnitudes as a result of exploration. Robert Gayton graduated from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1962 with a Bachelor of Commerce and in 1964 earned the Chartered Accountant designation while at Peat Marwick Mitchell. He joined the Faculty of Business Administration at UBC in 1965, beginning 10 years in the academic world, including time at the University of California, Berkeley, earning a Ph.D. in Business. Mr. Gayton rejoined Peat Marwick Mitchell in 1974 and became a partner in 1976 where he provided audit and consulting services to private and public company clients for 11 years. Mr. Gayton has directed the accounting and financial matters of public companies in the resource and non-resource fields since 1987. In addition to Canadian Zinc Corporation, he also serves as Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee for Bema Gold Corp., Western Copper Corp., Nevsun Resources Ltd. and Northern Orion Resources Inc. among others. John MacPherson is the original visionary and founding chairman of Canadian Zinc Corporation. He has been active in public markets, corporate finance and corporate development for over 30 years. During this time he has led the strategic development of several successful ventures, primarily in the fields of mining and oil and gas. Throughout his career he has served as director of many private and public corporations listed on the Toronto, AMEX and London Stock Exchanges. In addition to Canadian Zinc Corporation, he is also a director of Tower Energy Ltd., a publicly traded oil and gas company. Mr. Savage entered the mining industry in 1978 and formed the predecessor company to Imperial Metals Corporation, where he was president until his departure in 1986. Thereafter, he was involved in the exploration of the Windy Craggy deposit, and in the discovery and feasibility of the Huckleberry copper mine. Since 1996, Mr. Savage has been actively involved as President in the development of Doublestar Resources Ltd. Leading to a successful plan of arrangement with Selkirk Metals Corp. in 2007.Mr. Savage is currently a director of Copper Ridge Exploration Ltd. Professional Engineer, Mining consultant, Director, Tyhee Development Corp.; previously Chairman of Northwest Territories Water Board; Member of Parliament, Member of NWT Legislative Assembly; Government Minister Philippe Giaro has over 20 years experience in mineral exploration and engineering as a geologist, project manager and VP Exploration for various companies in the Americas, North Africa, Europe and the Middle East. Denis Tremblay has been an officer of RSG since 1997 and previously worked for the Royal Bank of Canada, as Vice President of an IR firm and founder of AGM Corporate Services, a specialized firm providing legal, management and strategic advice for public companies. Pierre Goossens has over 35 years of world-wide experience in exploration, reserve evaluation, mining legislation, fiscal policies and due diligence for financial institutions. In 1981 he founded BUGECO, a geological consultancy office, and is also Professor of Geology at the University of Liège in Belgium. Maurice Giroux is a consulting geologist with 25 years of international mining experience through which he has supervised exploration campaigns and developed medium scale production operations Florent Baril has over 40 years of experience in the mining business, including 25 years in the consulting engineering industry. Jean Nannan is a natural resource investor actively involved with a group of Belgium private fund holders in financing junior mining companies. Dr. Hikmet Akin, born 1948 in Turkey, has German citizenship, and has been resident of Canada since 1990. Hikmet (Ph.D. Eng, P. Geo) has 34 years experience in mining development and project evaluation, first gathered on base metal deposits in the NE Turkish Pontide belt. In 1985 he became a professor at the Technical University of Berlin. Since 1978, he has held various managerial and staff positions with Uranerz in Germany performing project evaluations and reserve estimations. During the 1990’s, he operated the mining and exploration activities of Uranerz in the USA and Canada as president of the local subsidiaries. From 1995-1998, Hikmet was president and CEO of the entire Uranerz Group comprising operations in Germany, Canada, USA, and Central Asia. Since 1998, he has been engaged in the coal mining/energy sector, becoming project director Australia for Rheinbraun AG (Germany) in cooperation with Consol Energy Inc. (USA). He has also advised DEA regarding an oil and gas project in Kazakhstan. Since 2001, Hikmet has been consulting to various companies in the mining sector. He is fluent in English, German, and Turkish, and has basic knowledge of French. Dr. Martin Oczlon was born 1963, is German and has over 15 years experience as a professional in minerals exploration. From 1992 to 1999, he worked with BHP (now BHPBilliton) as a project geologist in Eastern Europe and Southwest Asia. On the Reko Diq porphyry copper project in Pakistan, he planned and drilled the discovery hole in the H4 Complex, which is now developed to become a large copper mine. Following BHP’s corporate restructuring in 1999, Martin acquired from BHP a very large copper-gold exploration license perimeter in Romania (> 2500 km2) for a private company. This project was successfully operated and sold in early 2002, during the industry market-depression period, with a net 200 % profit on the investment. Martin then focused his interests on Turkey, where he acquired high-potential, precious and base metal exploration projects for Aldridge Minerals Inc. He became a director of Aldridge in January, 2003. Throughout his tenure as a professional, his incorporation of pro-active, safety management has given him a 100 % accident-free safety track record. Beyond his activities in the industry, Martin compiled the “Terrane Map of Europe”, which has been published in October 2006. In addition to Martin’s native German, he has fluent to colloquial language levels in English, French, Spanish, Romanian, Russian, and Bulgarian. Dr. Peter Kausch (Ph.D., M.Sc. Mining Engineering), was born 1940, is German, and has 40 years experience in the mining sector. In 1969, he became an advisor to the UN-Seabed-Committee and started to work in the energy sector for Rheinbraun AG (now RWE Power AG) in Germany. From 1973 to 1984, during his amazing career with Rheinbraun, Peter participated in building uranium divisions in North America and Australia and organized the US-hard coal division. From 1984 to 2000, he was managing director of Rheinbraun US GmbH and, from 1994 to 2000, he was chairman of Rheinbraun Australia Pty Ltd., Sydney. In addition to his activities with Rheinbraun, Peter was a board member of Uranerz GmbH, Germany, from 1987 to 1998, as well as being managing director from 1993 to 1995 (and then again from 1998 to 2000). Peter’s activities in Canada included serving as a board member of Uranerz Exploration and Mining Ltd., Saskatoon, from 1992 to 1998. He served as chairman of the German-Chinese Coal Group (1992 to 2003), board member of Consol Energy Inc., USA (1992 to 1998), board member of Energy Resources of Australia, Sydney (1996 to 1999), board member of SSM, Rotterdam (hard coal trading company; 1992 to 2003), and as chairman of the German Association of Foreign Mining (FAB; 2000 to 2003). Peter is a lecturer and honorary professor of International Management of Resources, at the Technical University, Bergakademie, in Freiberg, Germany. Peter is fluent in English and can communicate in French. John Schaw is Canadian and entrepreneur in the financial business, looking back on a successful career of 45 years. His main fields of activity are coaching and financing of young public companies in various markets, as well as advising government departments on developing new initiatives to spur economic and industrial opportunity, and growth. Mr. Blackwell is a professional geologist with 37 years experience in the mining industry. For the past fourteen years Mr. Blackwell's principal occupation has been serving as President of the Corporation. Prior to his appointment with the Corporation in May 1993, Mr. Blackwell was self-employed as a consulting geologist, and prior to that was a project geologist with Cominco Ltd. Mr. Blackwell also serves as a director of Stratabound Minerals Corp. and Pencari Mining Corp,, mineral exploration companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr. Foster joined the Corporation in February of 1995. Prior to that, he consulted for several companies, including Gold Fields Exploration Ltd., on a number of projects in Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec. From 1987 to 1992, he was Vice-President of Exploration for Prime Explorations Ltd., working on gold and base metals projects across North America, including the Eskay Creek Project and the Goldstream Deposit. Mr. Spong graduated in 1978 and has maintained an accounting consultancy in Vancouver since 1994. Mr. Spong is Chief Financial Officer of Riverstone Resources Inc. and Canasil Resources Inc. and a Director of Primary Metals Inc., which are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr. Hepburn is a senior partner in the law firm of Beach, Hepburn LLP. Since co-founding Beach, Hepburn LLP in 1985, Mr. Hepburn’s practice has been focused primarily on public mineral exploration and mining companies. Mr. Hepburn is a director of Fronteer Development Group Inc., First Nickel Inc. and North Atlantic Resources Ltd., all of which are mineral exploration companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and the Corporate Secretary of Aber Diamond Corporation, a senior diamond producing and luxury goods company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. Mr. Kimura is a professional geologist who has over 40 years of experience in exploration and in the mining industry. Since 1997, Mr. Kimura has served as an independent consulting geologist. From 1964 to 1997, Mr. Kimura served in a number of senior positions with Placer Dome Inc. and its affiliates including Canadian Exploration Manager (1992-1997), Western Exploration Management (1987-1992), Seabee Underground Program Project Manager (1987), Senior Exploration Geologist (1981-1986) and Chief Geologist of the Endako Mines Division (1964-1981). Mr. Kimura lives in Vancouver, B.C. and holds a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree in geology and physics from the University of British Columbia. Mr. Kimura is a director of Eastfield Resources Ltd., Wildrose Resources Ltd. and Cariboo Rose Resources Ltd. These companies are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr. Booth was appointed as a director of the Corporation on April 10, 2000. Mr. Booth has been the President of Highwood Advisory Services Inc., a financial consulting firm, since February 1999. From December 1995 to October 1998, Mr. Booth was a Vice-President, Investment Banking with RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in Toronto and Vancouver, specializing in corporate finance for the mining industry. From September 1991 to November 1995, Mr. Booth was a member of the Mining Group of Nesbitt Burns Inc., including Vice-President, Investment Banking, prior to which he spent three years in the Corporate Banking Department of a major Canadian bank assisting mining companies. Mr. Booth lives in West Vancouver, B.C. and holds an M.B.A. from St. Mary's University and a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from Carleton University. Mr. Booth is President and a Director of Aurcana Corporation and a Director of Orsa Ventures Corp., both of which companies are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr. Tanaka was appointed to the board of directors on March 18, 2005. Mr. Tanaka has been the President and Director of Fjordland Exploration Inc. since 1996 and President and Director of Pathfinder Resources Ltd. from 1993 to 2006, and its successor company, Bayswater Uranium Corporation as C.O.O, Executive Vice President and Director. Mr. Tanaka is also a director of each of Impact Minerals Ltd., Commander Resources Ltd. and Serengeti Resources Inc., all companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr. Sutherland has over 10 years of business of professional experience. Mr. Sutherland was previously a Director and Chief Financial Officer of Gammon Gold Inc. and Mexgold Resources Inc. During his tenure, Gammon’s market capitalization grew from $300 million to in excess of $2 billion, and successfully took the Company from an exploration stage company to commercial production. Mr. Sutherland has extensive experience in the financial markets, and successfully raised in excess of US$400 million for the development and construction of the Gammon assets. Mr. Sutherland is a Chartered Accountant and a graduate of Saint Francis Xavier University. Mr. Waddington is a consultant with over 30 years of business and professional experience in mineral exploration and related fields. Prior to commencing his consulting practice, he was in management and field operations with public and private companies active in the minerals industry in Canada and overseas. He is a Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.) who holds an M.Sc. in Geology from the University of Toronto as well as an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University. Mr. Warren has over 20 years of experience in a broad spectrum of exploration projects and is a seasoned field geologist. Primarily a precious metals geologist, he has also worked in base and specialty metals, industrial minerals, clays, geothermal, oil and gas, and coal. Mr. Warren is a Professional Geologist and has extensive experience in project supervision and administration, project generation and property evaluation. He holds a B.Sc. in Geology from Auburn University, a M.Sc. in Geophysics from the Colorado School of Mines, and has military experience as a Captain in the U.S. Army. Mr. Warren has been consulting to Nayarit Gold since June of 2006. Paul Saxton, P.Eng, holds a degree in engineering and an MBA. Mr. Saxton is the President of Lincoln Gold Corporation, a junior resource company, and has extensive experience in operational and executive roles in the resource sector. Senator Eyton is a Member of the Senate of Canada and a director of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. He is also Chairman of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame and a Governor of the Canadian Olympic Foundation and Junior Achievement of Canada. In 2002 he was awarded Mexico's Aguila Azteca - the highest award given to foreigners by the government of Mexico. Senator Eyton is also the co-founder and co-chairman of the Canada/Mexico Retreat, a volunteer organization formed in 1990 involving senior business and government people for the purpose of promoting two-way trade and investment. Mr. MacMullin is currently a Managing Director with Xavier Sussex, LLC, a private investment firm he co-founded in 2004. Prior to 2004, he was Director and Chief Operating Officer with DB Advisors, LLC, a $6 billion hedge fund group based in New York and wholly owned by Deutsche Bank AG. He previously served in various positions with Deutsche Bank Offshore in the Cayman Islands including Head of Investment Funds. Mr. MacMullin began his career in public accounting with Coopers & Lybrand in Ottawa, Canada and KPMG in the Cayman Islands. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Saint Francis Xavier University and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mr. Hendrick is a senior geological consultant with extensive experience in precious metals, base metals, uranium, coal and natural gas exploration, development, production and financing. Following a 28-year career with Kerr Addison Mines and the Noranda Group where he attained senior executive positions, he formed Dale M. Hendrick & Associates, through which he has provided consulting services to mining companies around the world, including Mexico. He also serves on the board of a number of publicly listed mining companies which presently include Cline Mining Corporation, Gammon Lake Resources Inc., Mexgold Resources Inc. and Radisson Mining Resources Inc. Mr. Flemming is a prominent businessman in Atlantic Canada. Mr. Flemming has extensive financial markets experience, and was previously a Director of Mexgold Resources Inc. where during his tenure the Company grew its market capitalization from $150 million to in excess of $450 million. Mr. Thorsen is the former President of Teck Exploration Ltd. He has 37 years of exploration experience, including the 21-year career with Teck Cominco. He was responsible for worldwide exploration at Teck. Key projects: Estrades sulphide discovery, Leinster Mine discovery (Aus.) Mr. Friesen has 40 years mining and exploration experience with several major and junior corporations including Teck Exploration Ltd and the Noranda group. He has extensive experience in underground and open pit mining operations, mining area exploration, and project development from pre-feasibility through production. Key projects: Alaska's Pogo mine (Teck), Ontario's Geko Mine, B.C.'s Samatosum Mine. Mr. Marco Fernandez-Concha is the former Noranda and Teck Peru SA head geologist in South America. He has 25 years of exploration and geological experience in South America. He served the position of South American Exploration Manager for Noranda, and GM responsible for Latin America with Teck Exploration Ltd. Marco Fernandez-Concha has strong geological assessment, reserve calculation, and feasibility experience. Mr. Reeder is a professional geologist registered with APEGBC in the Province of British Columbia and holds a BSc Degree with a specialization in geology from the University of Alberta. Mr. Reeder has worked extensively throughout Latin America for the last 15 years and has significant mineral discoveries to his credit. Mr. Reeder has worked extensively in tropical environments and has extensive knowledge and hands-on experience with exploring for gold in deeply weathered terrains similar to Amerix's Brazilian properties. Mr. Reeder is currently a director of Duran Ventures and Lateegra Gold Corporation and was previously a director of Acero-Martin Exploration. Mr. Andrews is an accomplished mining engineer, and was formerly President & Chief Operating Officer of Stillwater Mining Company, a major PGM producer in Montana and President and CEO of Beartooth Platinum. He has more than 36 years of international experience in managing mining operations in the precious metals, base metals and coal industries. Mr. Burgess is mining engineer and Vice President of Micon International Limited, a highly regarded geological consulting group with operations worldwide. He has over 36 years of experience, including extensive operating experience, worldwide. . Mr. Davis is a mining lawyer, and partner with Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP. He represents various public and private companies and investment banking firms. He has more than 23 years' experience working with companies in the natural resource sector. Mr. Lightfoot is a corporate and securities attorney with Maitland and Company, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He has more than 16 years' experience working with companies in the natural resource area. Mr. Hamilton brings over 25 years of post-qualification experience in accounting and financial roles, including service as Chief Financial Officer of Crystallex International and Vice President, Group Controller of Amec Americas (formerly AGRA Inc.). Mr. Hamilton is a current director and Chair of the Audit Committee for Silk Road Resources. Mr. Whitehead began his career in the heavy equipment rental business as a rental manager and worked his way up to becoming a major partner. His entrepreneurial spirit then lead him through a successful and varied career of investments including but not limited to the building and operating of the first privately owned nursing home in Ontario, numerous commercial real estate ventures, as well as residential subdivision developments. He served as a member of the Ontario Parole Board during the 1980's. He is a past director of CanClean Services. He continues to serve as a director of GLR Resources (a mining operation), a position he has held for over 30 years. Mr. Liddy was previously a director of Merrill Lynch Canada and a partner in BBN James Capel Inc. He has served as an expert witness to the Standing Committee on Resource Development of the Ontario Legislature and as a consultant to the Embassy of the United States of America, Ottawa with respect to trade matters involving the North American steel industry. He has also served as the Canadian representative on the Financial Reporting Policy Committee of the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR). Mr. Liddy is a past director of Hawker Siddely Canada Inc. and chairman of its audit committee. Mr. Larry Reaugh has over 40 years mining industry experience and is credited with finding and developing several mines, including the Samatosum Mine in British Columbia. Mr. Michael MacLeod has spent 30 years executing major capital projects and mine developments in the mining industry, including the Byron Creek coal mine expansion for Esso Resources Canada Limited and in-pit crusher/conveying system and Highmont concentrator re-location for Highland Valley Copper Ltd. Mr. David Kwok has been a private entrepreneur in numerous retail and industrial business ventures for over 10 years. Mr. Rick Alexander has over 25 years engineering and building remote mining projects in Canada and areas of the former Soviet Union, including project management at the Diavik Mine, NWT, and gold mine on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Mr. Mike Petrina has over 25 years experience designing and operating underground and open pit mines in Canada and Central America, including managing the re-start of the Huaron Mine for Pan American Silver and mine operations at Nanasivik Mine for Breakwater Resources. Mr. Marasco is the founder of West High Yield (W. H. Y.) Resources and is also currently President, Director, of Big Mountain Development Corp. Ltd. He was a founder and director of Wave Form Energy Oil and Gas, now Second Wave Petroleum. He also co-founded Pacific Cascade Minerals in 2006 and is a Director. Mr. Marasco is experienced in financing matters and the continuous growth of his business; he has personally assisted in and organized successfully the negotiation purchases for 25 major Real-estate Assets. Mr. Robson has over 30 years of experience in the stock market. This experience included involvement with public company management, and with regulatory, compliance, and risk management aspects of the publicly traded markets. Mr. Robson began his career as a stock broker in Vancouver in 1971. By 1980 he had joined the B.C. Securities Commission (then the Superintendent of Brokers, Real Estate and Insurance) as an investigator. In 1987 Mr. Robson began consulting to companies in all stages of going public. Mr. Robson joined the brokerage firm of C.M. Oliver and Company Ltd. in December 1993 and went on to become its Director and Sr. Vice President of Compliance and Risk Management. Subsequent to C.M. Oliver's take over, Mr. Robson continued to act as a consultant and director or officer of companies in both the private and public stages. Mr. Vinck is an independent financial consultant and Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of business experience including various financial controllership roles with manufacturing and oilfield services businesses and more recently Sarbanes Oxley and Canadian internal financial controls consulting. Mr. Vinck is CFO and a Director of Unitech Energy Resources Inc since May 2007 and a director of Sulfur Recovery Engineering since January 2007. Mr. Vinck is a Chartered Accountant (1990) and a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Manitoba. Ms. Nelson has experience in the industry through the time Ms. Nelson spent as the Minister of Energy in Alberta. Ms. Nelson is currently the CEO of the Calgary Health Trust. Ms. Nelson has spent recent years serving as the Minister of Government Services (May 1999-2001) and as the Minister of Finance and Chair of the Treasury Board of Alberta (March 2001 – December 2004). Ms. Nelson was the Minister responsible for two quasi-judicial agencies (Energy Resources Conservation Board and the Public Utilities Board) and three Crown Corporations (Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission, Alberta Oil Sands Equity, and Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority). Ms. Nelson also served as the Manager of Financial Control at Suncor Inc., as Controller at Sabre Petroleum Ltd., Petroterra Natural Resources, and Capital Engineering Ltd. Ms. Nelson has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary. Mr. Robb has over 17 years experience in mineral exploration and mining. This experience includes involvement with both Junior and Senior mining companies in North America and Internationally. From November 2003 to December 2005 he was employed as a Senior Consulting Geologist at Majestic Gold Corp., a public mining company, overseeing their gold exploration programs in the Peoples Republic of China. From May 2003 to September 2003, Mr. Robb acted as a Consulting Geologist to True North Gems a public mining company active in the Yukon Territory. Prior thereto Mr. Robb acted for six years as Vice President Investor Relations to Trivalence Mining Corporation, a public company which mined diamonds in the Republic of Guinea West Africa. Mr. Robb received a Bachelor of Science degree in Geological Sciences from the University of British Columbia in September 1987, and it a registered Professional Geoscientist with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientist of British Columbia. Mr. Drysdale is a lawyer and counsel to the law firm of Burstall Winger LLP in Calgary, Alberta. Mr. Drysdale has over thirty years of experience in the legal profession and has specialized in corporate and business law with a particular focus on public companies. Mr. Drysdale was admitted to the New Brunswick bar in 1973 and the Alberta bar in 1978. Prior to moving to private practice in 1985, Mr. Drysdale spent eight years working as legal counsel for two major oil and gas companies in Calgary, followed by seventeen years with McCarthy Tetrault LLP, of which Mr. Drysdale was partner for 12 years and two and one half years with Baker & McKenzie LLP in Calgary, Alberta. Mr. Drysdale is a director and officer of a number of private and public companies. Mr. Wolfin brings 20 years' experience in mining and finance to Avino's team. He learned the business from the ground up, starting as a geologist's assistant in Nevada, a metallurgist's assistant at the Avino mine in Mexico and later in a number of mining and exploration-related capacities. In the late 1980s, Mr. Wolfin worked on the floor of the Vancouver Stock Exchange and also for several brokerage houses, gaining a solid foundation in the finance side of the industry. Since 1990, Mr. Wolfin has worked for the Resource Group of companies, including Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. (President & Director), Bralorne Gold Mines Ltd. (Vice-President Finance & Director), Coral Gold Resources Ltd. (President & Director), Levon Resources Ltd. (Director), Berkley Resources Inc. (Director), Mill Bay Ventures Inc. (Director), Cresval Capital Corp. (Director) and Gray Rock Resources Ltd. (Director). In his various roles with these firms, he has helped raise over C$50 million. Mr. Wolfin, who founded Avino in the late 1960s, managed funding and development of the Avino Mine through its entire operational history from the early 1970s until 2002. His career in management and finance spans more than forty years and includes many notable achievements in exploration and mine development. He assembled key land packages in Nevada along the Battle Mountain-Eureka gold trend, and directed development of the Bralorne-Pioneer mine in British Columbia, which re-opened in 2004 after more than 30 years of suspended operation. Mr. Baybak has been in public relations for more than 20 years and specializes in financial and market development activities. Connie Lillico has been the Corporate Secretary of the Company since 2004. Ms. Lillico was a paralegal in corporate and securities law with a national law firm for nine years, and has been working in management and administration of junior exploration companies since 2003. Ms. Lillico is the Corporate Secretary of six other public companies, including Berkley Resources Inc., Bralorne Gold Mines Ltd., Coral Gold Resources Ltd., Levon Resources Ltd., Mill Bay Ventures Inc. and Gray Rock Resources Ltd. Mr. Andrews, a former Washington State Senator, provides Coral with extensive experience in both the private and public sectors. He currently sits on the Board of Smith Barney Mutual Fund. Mr. Robertson is a Certified Financial Planner. He has worked in the financial industry for the past twenty years, and presently serves on the board of several private companies as well as on the board of 5 Canadian junior gold mining companies, including Bralorne Gold Mines Ltd., Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd., Coral Gold Resources Ltd., Mill Bay Ventures Inc. and Sage Gold Inc. Mr. Bolton received an M.B.A. from the University of British Columbia in 1974, and he has been the President of Douglas Power Equipment Ltd. since 1986. Douglas Power Equipment Ltd. is an electrical supplies distributing company. Klaus Eckhof is a qualified geologist and a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He migrated to Australia in 1988 to work for Mount Eden Gold Mines in Australia, Asia and Africa. Since 1994 he has managed his own geological consulting company and has had considerable success in assessing and acquiring mineral prospects around the world. He has been president and a director of Moto Gold Mines since 2003. Mamadou Keita has more than 25 years of experience in international exploration. From 1978 to 1983 he was chief geologist for the Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres, an agency of the French Government, heading a regional survey for gold and diamonds in Western Mali. It was during this survey that the initial discovery of the Loulo gold deposit was made. He was the chief geologist of the Kenieba Region for the Direction Nationale de la Geologie et des Mines of the Malian Ministere des Mines. He has also worked as a geologist in Russia and New Mexico. Mr. Keita holds an Ingenieur Degree (Geology) from the National School of Ingenieurs (Mali) and a M.Sc. (Minera) from the Mining Institute of Petersburg (Russia). Willis Osborne has been active in precious and base metal exploration for more than 30 years, beginning his career as an exploration geologist for Noranda Exploration. He led the team involved in the discovery of the gold - copper Empress zone on the Taseko Property and has served on the boards of several junior exploration companies. Mr. Osborne holds a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of Minnesota and a M.Sc. in Geology from the University of British Columbia. Industry veteran, Garry Anselmo, brings 46 years of mineral exploration, mining and finance experience to Silverado Gold Mines Ltd., where he currently serves as Chairman, CEO, and President. He also serves as CEO and President of the wholly-owned subsidiarie, Silverado Green Fuel Inc. He has directed Silverado’s growth since its inception in 1973, spearheading and funding a wide range of successful exploration and development programs. Mr. Anselmo’s experience includes field explorations with Kennecott Copper, Anaconda American Brass, and American Metals Climax. Mr. Anselmo founded Tri-Con Mining Ltd., a private exploration service company, in 1968. Tri-Con has performed exploration services and built mining operations for a wide range of clients over a period of 40 years. These projects varied geographically from New Mexico, California, Arizona, Nevada, British Columbia, North West and Yukon Territories to Alaska. Mr. Anselmo through Tri-Con started, guided and financed Silverado in its early years. Mr. Anselmo is a member of the Alaska Miners Association. He obtained his B.A. from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. A 30-year veteran of the environmental and mine safety industry, Roger C. Burggraf directs Silverado’s external relations with state agencies, ensuring the company meets all environmental and safety standards. Mr. Burggraf is responsible for obtaining permits, managing claim maintenance, and implementing safety operations for Silverado’s Alaska operations. He holds a B.S. in Wildlife Management and Conservation with a minor in Geology from Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, located in Ithaca, NY. Mr. Burggraf is a member of the Alaska Miners Association and was formerly appointed by the Governor of Alaska to the Alaska Minerals Commission. After finishing high school in Colorado in 1955, Mr. Dobbs began mining the following year near Grants, New Mexico. Thereafter he boomed around the western states working at mines in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California and for a period of time in Mexico. He attended the University of Arizona College of Mines for two years, after which he worked for two years on a mine development project in Chile, South America. He traveled to Alaska in 1970 for a short job, and found a home in a state that suited his tastes. Mr. Dobbs worked in various mining and tunneling jobs in Alaska, as well as blasting work for surface operations around the state. Placer mining was a late interest that took him to even more areas of the state, as well as a couple of projects in Western Africa, in the gold rich country of Benin. He has worked in nearly every Hydro tunnel and underground excavation in the state of Alaska since 1970. He has worked off and on for Silverado since 1981, and is the lead man in all of our underground and surface mining. Gil is also the father of 3 sons, all of which are active in the blasting and underground mining business. With over 30 years experience in energy-related fuel consulting, Dr. Warrack G. Willson, directs all technical aspects of Silverado’s Low-Rank Coal-Water Fuel venture, particularly with regard to technology, feasibility, and joint venture programs with U.S. Government agencies. He holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Wyoming and a Supervisory Chemical Engineering Rating from the U.S. Civil Service Commission. He also earned a B.A. in Chemistry and Mathematics from the University of Northern Colorado. Dr. Willson is a member of the Alaska Miner’s Association, The American Chemical Society, The American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the Resource Development Council of Alaska. He is also a distinguished recipient of the 1982 U.S. Department of Energy’s Superior Achievement Award and holds a U.S. Patent on a coal conversion process (U.S. Patent No, 4, 337, 142, June 29, 1982). Prior to joining Silverado in 2000, he founded Coal-Water Fuel Services, a formation of multi-disciplinary engineering teams. He served as the principal investigator for the Alaska Low-Rank Coal-Water Fuel Demonstration Project as well as the director of the Fuels and Process Chemistry Research Institute, Energy & Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota. A former visiting professor of coal science and technology for The Mineral Industry Research Laboratory at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, he also worked with the U.S. Department of Energy as manager of gasification and liquefaction at the Grand Forks Energy Technology Center. He previously held positions with Occidental Research Corporation, EI DuPont de Nemours Co., and the Natural Resources Research Institute at the University of Wyoming. Dr. Eden oversees Silverado Gold Mines Inc.’s exploration projects in Alaska. During his professional career as an exploration geologist, Dr. Eden has successfully supervised and managed mineral exploration projects in Alaska, Western Australia, West Africa, Europe and Central Asia for international mining companies. He is considered a leading expert in GIS-based mineral potential modeling by the international mining industry. Dr. Eden holds a Master’s Degree in Economic Geology from the Technical University of Clausthal. He focused his thesis on the “Geology and Gold Mineralization of the Nolan Area in the Brooks Range, Alaska”. Dr. Eden also holds a Doctorate Degree in Exploration Geology with an emphasis in GIS applications in mineral exploration from the University of Technology Aachen. He has received two internationally recognized research awards for his academic achievements. Daniel L. Basketfield, P.E., Silverado Green Fuel Inc.’s Vice President of Environmental Engineering, brings the company public, private and industry expertise gained through more than 19 years of experience as a practicing professional engineer. A licensed civil engineer in the states of Washington, Alaska and Hawaii, and licensed agricultural engineer in the State of Oregon, Mr. Basketfield has specialized in federal, state and local permit acquisition, compliance and administration; water resource analysis and management; surface and subsurface water quality, hydrology and hydraulics; contaminated site assessment and remediation; and rural and remote-site water and wastewater design, testing, analysis and reporting. Mr. Basketfield was educated as an Agricultural Engineer (B.S., M.S) at Oregon State University, and engaged in additional study at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Across his career he has served in various positions that include Senior Water Resources Engineer and Acting Water Resources Business Area Manager for Seattle Public Utilities, co-founder of a private engineering firm specializing in Interior Alaska water and wastewater systems, Senior Environmental Engineer for Tri-con Mining Alaska Inc., Environmental Engineer and Interior District Contaminated Sites Coordinator for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, and Tribal Agricultural Engineer for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of Northwest Montana. Mr. Basketfield has also had the opportunity to engage in work with NOAA’s Climate Change Science Program as an advisor and contributing author on decision support systems, and has independently co-authored several papers on topics that include the non-linear analysis of hydrologic and climatic data. Mr. McKelvey, MS. Geol., has more than forty years of extensive, international experience in Latin America, Africa, and Europe in expanding responsibilities for signiificant mining companies such as Kennecott, Cominco, Homestake, and Phelps Dodge. He also acts as an Adjunct Faculty member at the University of Arizona in their International Center for Mining Health, Safety, and Environment and worked for the USGS in Latin America. He has also consulted for Lundin, Codelco, Phelps Dodge, Newmont Mining, Gerald Metals, and Quadra Mining. Mr. McKelvey has successfully directed and led innovative exploration efforts, resulting in the discovery and identification of several major ore deposits. He participated in or led the teams that discovered Sossego (Cu/Au) in Brazil; Sheep Creek (Zn, Cu, Co) in Montana; Spar Lake--Cabinet Mts. (Cu, Ag) in Montana; Sechura, (P2O5) in Peru; extensions of the Punta de Cobre (Cu/Au) deposits in Chile; extensions of ore at Chino (Cu) in New Mexico; the Codelco IOCG discovery in Brazil, and the recent new porphyry copper center at Sierra Gorda in Chile As the former VP of Exploration-Latin America for Phelps Dodge, Greg will lead for the strategic and tactical exploration plans for Animas Resources. Mr. Wilson has over forty years of experience and success in all aspects of base and precious metals exploration, discovery, reserve definition, and mine development. His work has included discoveries in Brazil, Nevada, and Peru. He has also done detailed evaluations of numerous deposits and prospect types in varying geological settings throughout the western U.S., Russia, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Central America, and Asia. His work for Cyprus Minerals Company, Codelco Corporation, Amoco, Kinross Gold Corporation, AMAX Mining Corporation, and Essex has ranged from initial prospect evaluation to the design and management of regional exploration, deposit modeling, and development programs. Mr. Wilson has a strong field orientation with excellent development skills and a proven record of discovery. Winnie Wong C.A received a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Honours) from Queen's University in 1996 and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia. She is currently Vice President of Pacific Opportunity Capital Ltd.. Her role is to manage the financial administration team and to assist Pacific Opportunity Capital Ltd.'s management group on corporate finance projects. Prior to joining Pacific Opportunity Capital Ltd., Ms. Wong was the controller of Pivotal Corporation, a company providing software, services, and support to a variety of businesses. Between 1996 and 1999, Ms. Wong worked with Deloitte & Touche, Chartered Accountants. Dr. Ranta is an exploration and development mining executive, experienced in planning, implementing and directing successful exploration and acquisition programs throughout North America, South America, Africa, and other international locations. He has extensive experience in generative exploration, project exploration and appraisal, geologic-engineering, and economic evaluation as well as strategic and business planning. In addition, he is a former President and Board member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration and the current Vice President-Finance and a Board member of The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers. He has been a director of several junior exploration and mining companies He has had a significant role in the successful exploration, discovery, and acquisition of several major ore deposits including the Sleeper gold deposit in Nevada, the Emmons molybdenum deposit in Colorado, the McDonald gold deposit in Montana, and the Santa Gertrudis gold orebodies in Sonora, Mexico. His exploration teams participated in the acquisition or discovery of a number of other deposits including: the Paradones Amarillos gold deposit in Baja California, the Aquarius gold deposit in Ontario, Canada, the Kilgore gold deposit in Idaho, the Seven-Up Pete gold deposit in Montana, the Dolores gold-silver deposit in Mexico, the Youga gold deposit in Burkina Faso, the Kuranakh gold deposit in Russia, and the Cochise copper deposit in Arizona. Mark T. Brown is the President of Pacific Opportunity Capital Ltd. headquartered in Vancouver B.C. Pacific Opportunity is a financial consulting and merchant banking firm active in venture capital markets in North America. Mr. Brown has assisted in the successful establishment of several private and public companies. In the mining and mineral exploration sector, Mr. Brown has played key roles in the success of Rare Element Resources Ltd., Sutter Gold Mining Ltd., Portal Resources Ltd., Pitchstone Exploration Ltd., and other junior exploration companies. His corporate activities include merger and acquisition transactions, financing, strategic corporate planning, and corporate development. Prior to joining Pacific Opportunity, Mr. Brown managed the financial departments of two TSE 300 companies: Miramar Mining Corp. and Eldorado Gold Ltd. Mr. Brown has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1993 while working with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Vancouver, Portal Resources Ltd., Pitchstone Exploration Ltd. and other junior exploration companies. Until his retirement in August 2003, Mr. Morris worked for Teck Cominco Limited as Vice President, Business Development, and was responsible for identifying, evaluating, and negotiating acquisitions, primarily in the zinc business. Prior to that appointment he had been Vice President, Finance and Director of Cominco Resources International Ltd., the listed international exploration arm of Cominco Ltd., and had held senior positions in Cominco's finance organization. During his career with Teck Cominco he also served as a director of several subsidiary and associated companies. Between 1965 and 1974 Mr. Morris worked in Peru for Cerro de Pasco Corporation and Centromin. He is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) and is also a director of several junior mining companies. Currently he is a director and CFO of Andean American and Sinchao Metals; a direcor of Inca Pacific and Mediterranean Resources and, until late June 2007, a director and CFO of Morgain Minerals. George is a member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists and Engineers of British Columbia and is a Licensed Engineering Geologist in the State of Washington. He worked for subsidiaries of Gold Fields PLC during the 1980's in Chile and Nevada, and was Exploration Manager for Canyon Resources in Argentina from 1993 to 1995. Mr. Sanders was educated at the Colorado School of Mines and the University of Arizona. He is active in the Mining and Exploration Division of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) and also belongs to the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). George writes the Argentina Annual Review for the Mining Journal of London each year and was a founding member of Argentina's GEMERA, a group of mineral exploration companies formed to lobby the government on issues of concern to foreign mining investors. Mr. Brett is best known for his work with Cusac Gold Mines Ltd., he founded Cusac in 1965 and can be described as one of the more successful prospector/mining-man/financier personalities in the Vancouver mining industry. Under Mr. Brett's astute management Cusac went public on the VSE in 1966, graduated to NASDAQ in 1980 and was listed on the TSE in 1987. Cusac is one of the few Vancouver mining juniors to "hit for the cycle" by taking a gold property from grass-roots exploration to profitable, full scale gold production. Mr. Brett's mining experience and knowledge covers a wide variety of mineral projects from large scale porphyry deposits to epithermal gold environments. Mr. Brett brings this background and wealth of experience to the Board as President of Pacific Bay Minerals Ltd. David has 25 years of public company management and financing experience, including being president of the Pacific Bay from 1995 to 1999, and Managing Director from 1985 to 1992. This is David’s second term as CEO of the Company (as of Dec 2007). David is also CEO of Toronto Stock Exchange Listed Cusac Gold Mines Ltd. David is also CEO and founder of Knexa Solutions Ltd., a Knowledge Management company. David obtained a BA from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from Simon Fraser University. Mr. Black is a senior advisor to Pacific Bay and brings a vast amount of geological and business experience as a consulting engineer. Mr. Black is the founder MPH Consulting. Mr. Mlait has been working with Pacific Bay since 2004. Mr. Mlait holds a BA degree (Economics) from Simon Fraser University and has worked with public companies listed on the TSX and TSX Venture exchange including junior gold producer, Cusac Gold Mines Ltd., and software developer, Knexa Solutions Inc. Mr. Mlait has held various positions with Stockhouse Media Corporation, one of the world's largest financial information portals. Mr. Mlait is currently pursuing his MBA at Royal Roads University in British Columbia. Mr. Evaskevich has 28 years of experience in the resources sector, and is currently president and chief executive officer of Yangarra Resources Inc., a TSX Venture Exchange-listed oil and gas company, and is also president and CEO of Cascadia International Resources Inc., a TSX Venture-listed mining exploration company. Mr. Tarrida is a real estate developer and builder in Washington, and formerly worked in the banking sector with CIBC and the Canadian Western Bank. Mr. Tarrida brings a wealth of financing and banking experience to board. Lea brings 15 years of public company experience to the team. She manages corporate governance for both Pacific Bay Mineral Ltd., and Cusac Gold Mines Ltd. Mr. Panneton is a mining executive with over 25 years of experience. He has an extensive background in project evaluation and development, with a focus on late stage international projects. Mr. Thiessen is an accredited public accountant in Canada and a director and/or officer of several Hunter Dickinson publicly traded mineral exploration companies. Mr. Mason is an accredited public accountant and directs accounting and financing activities for Continental. He is a director and/or officer of a number of Hunter Dickinson companies. Co-founder, Past VP & Director of Bema Gold Corp. • Co-founder, Past VP & Director of Eldorado Gold Corp. • Co-founder of Polaris Minerals Corporation • Past Director of Nevada Pacific Gold Ltd. • Co-founder, Past CFO and Director of Bema Gold Corp. • Co-founder, Past President, CEO & Director of Eldorado Gold Corp. • Past President, CEO & Director of Nevada Pacific Gold Ltd. • Past President of Inco Brazil Limitada • Past Senior Vice-President of International Exploration for Eldorado Gold Corporation He is a registered Professional Engineer graduating from The University of British Columbia and the University of Auckland. Morgan studied a major gold deposit for his Masters thesis in Fiji, and brings to the company an advanced understanding of epithermal gold deposits. He has considerable experience working in Mexico, speaking fluent Spanish, and manages Almaden’s exploration projects in Mexico and the U. S.A He is a registered Professional Engineer graduating from The University of Saskatchewan. Duane has been in the exploration side of the mining business for 40 years working internationally in Greece, Australia, Mexico and the USA. He has had considerable success including the discovery of the Santa Fe Gold Deposit in Nevada in 1981. Duane founded Almaden Resources Corp and in 1996 bought an interest in Fairfield Minerals Ltd., the companies were amalgamated in 2001 under the new name of Almaden Minerals Ltd. David has 25 years of public company management and financing experience, including being president of the Pacific Bay from 1995 to 1999, and Managing Director from 1985 to 1992. This is David’s second term as CEO of the Company (as of Dec 2007). David was CEO of Toronto Stock Exchange Listed Cusac Gold Mines Ltd. David is also CEO and founder of Knexa Solutions Ltd., a Knowledge Management company. David obtained a BA from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from Simon Fraser University. Mr. Black is a senior advisor to Pacific Bay and brings a vast amount of geological and business experience as a consulting engineer. Mr. Black is the founder MPH Consulting. Dr. Free has been an independent consulting geologist since 1993 and has worked in uranium, precious metals, oil and gas exploration, mine development and production for over 40 years. He has been an officer and director of a number of public companies since 1984 and in June, 2006 he joined Pacific Bay Minerals, Ltd. as Advisor to the Board of Directors responsible for evaluating uranium opportunities worldwide. Mr. Mlait has been working with Pacific Bay since 2004. Mr. Mlait holds a BA degree (Economics) from Simon Fraser University and has worked with public companies listed on the TSX and TSX Venture exchange including junior gold producer, Cusac Gold Mines Ltd., and software developer, Knexa Solutions Inc. Mr. Mlait has held various positions with Stockhouse Media Corporation, one of the world's largest financial information portals. Mr. Mlait is currently pursuing his MBA at Royal Roads University in British Columbia. Mr. Evaskevich has 28 years of experience in the resources sector, and is currently president and chief executive officer of Yangarra Resources Inc., a TSX Venture Exchange-listed oil and gas company, and is also president and CEO of Cascadia International Resources Inc., a TSX Venture-listed mining exploration company. Mr. Tarrida is a real estate developer and builder in Washington, and formerly worked in the banking sector with CIBC and the Canadian Western Bank. Mr. Tarrida brings a wealth of financing and banking experience to board. Mr. Brett is best known for his work with Cusac Gold Mines Ltd., he founded Cusac in 1965 and can be described as one of the more successful prospector/mining-man/financier personalities in the Vancouver mining industry. Under Mr. Brett, Cusac went public on the VSE in 1966, graduated to NASDAQ in 1980 and was listed on the TSE in 1987. Professional Mining Engineer and holds a B.Sc. (Engineering) from McGill University, Montreal. Experience commissioning four major developments from start-up including: • Mont Wright Mine, Quebec Cartier Mine, Quebec • Gibraltar Mine, British Columbia, an open pit operation similar to this project • Barrick Gold, commissioned and operated the flagship Meikle mine in Nevada • Montcalm, Falconbridge, Ontario CMA with extensive financial experience within resources. Previously VP, Corporate Controller of Kinross Gold Corp. and VP, Finance of Goldcorp Inc. Mr. Pat Gleeson is a corporate securities lawyer. In addition, he is an officer of several publicly traded companies. Former managers @ Québec Cartier, Iron Ore Company of Canada and Quebec Fer et Titane. Former director with extensive experience within resource sectors. Former director with extensive experience within resource sectors. Mr. Mark Kolebaba, President, CEO & Director has been actively exploring for minerals since the 1980's and has experience with diamond, gold, silver and base metals. This experience ranges from early to advanced exploration, feasibility studies, and working in an operating mine. Mr. Kolebaba has held positions with BHP Billiton, Cominco Ltd. and the Northgate Group of companies. Mr. Kolebaba was part of the team that discovered over 100 kimberlites at the Ekati Diamond Mine and was responsible for the initial discovery of the Hope Bay Gold deposit in Nunavut. Mr. Kolebaba currently serves as President and CEO of Diamonds North Resources Ltd. where he and the exploration team have acquired one of Canada's largest land positions including the discovery of the Amaruk project. Mr. Kolebaba's strengths lie in land and project acquisition and new business development. His aggressive management style and his understanding of exploration in northern Canada will be a significant advantage to the future development of Diamonds North. The company’s strategy since day one has been to build a strong, experienced, and well-balanced management team, complimented by an active board of directors and – with expertise in finance, business strategy, exploration and mining. Together this team brings together and alchemy of science, education, and experience – including a highly seasoned team of geologists who have been part of numerous global diamond discoveries including Ekati, Canada’s first diamond mine. Mr. Jackson was the founding principal of EuroZinc Mining Corporation and was largely responsible for the acquisition of the Aljustrel and Neves-Corvo zinc and copper mines in Portugal. He was President and Chief Operating Officer of EuroZinc from 1999 to 2005. During his 35-year geological career, he has been directly involved with the exploration, and development of two major gold deposits and one porphyry copper deposit, both of which subsequently became producers. Ms. Yan has more than 15 years experience in advising and managing companies and has played a significant role in the corporate financing and business development between several North American and Chinese companies. Ms. Yan is a director of Hanfeng Evergreen Inc. (TSX.HF) and Hanwei Energy Services Corp. (TSX.HE). Mr. Dickson is Chairman of Gold-Ore Resources Ltd. Mr. Dickson is a professional geologist with over 30 years of exploration experience in several different countries, and has been instrumental in the discovery of two multi-million ounce gold deposits in Nunavut, Canada. Mr. Mellon is a co-founder and a director of Regent Pacific Group Limited, a public listed company in Hong Kong. Mr. Mellon has over 20 years investment experience in Asia. Dr. Bué has over thirty years experience in the metals business, many of which were as a senior executive with Penarroya. Dr. Bué is a former Vice Chairman of the International Zinc Association and the French Non Ferrous Metals Business Association, and was as well a Director of EuroZinc Mining Corporation. Mr. Stalker is an international mining executive with over thirty years of mining experience in Europe, Africa and Australia. He has worked his way up from operational roles in the base and precious metals arenas to senior project development and director positions in some of the largest mining companies in the world. He is the Executive Deputy Chairman of Niger Uranium Limited and former CEO of UraMin Inc. Mr. Dawson was the former Vice President, Exploration of EuroZinc Mining Corporation, responsible for exploration in Portugal, as well as reviewing new opportunities worldwide. Prior to joining EuroZinc, he consulted internationally and held a number of positions with junior and senior mining companies. Mr. Leung is a Managing Partner of Leung & Company Chartered Accountants (Toronto). Mr. Montpellier has been engaged in the mining sector for over 25 years as an advisor to a wide range of mineral exploration and development companies. Mr. Cloutier is a graduate of the University of Montreal (B.Sc. Geology 1988) and has over 19 years of experience in the mining exploration and development business. Mr. Cloutier was most recently Vice President Exploration for Alexis Minerals Corp., and has previously worked for industry leaders such as Noranda Inc., Aur Resources Inc., and Soquem. He serves as member of the Order of Geologist professional inspection committee, is a director of the Quebec Mineral Exploration Association (QMEA), and is a director of the Chamber of commerce of City of Val-d’Or, Quebec. Dr. Descarreaux is a graduate of the University of Montreal (B.Sc. 1964 and M.Sc. 1967) and University Laval (Ph.D. 1970). His thesis was entitled “Geochemistry of the volcanic rocks of the Abitibi”. Dr. Descarreaux has 42 years of experience in the mining exploration and development business. Mr. Descarreaux has held various positions such as on the Quebec Prospectors Association (1977-78, now the Quebec Mineral Exploration Association (QMEA)), the Prospectors and Developers of Canada (PDAC, 1978 to 1984), member of the board of directors of Montreal and McGill Universities Mineral Exploration Research Institute (1984 to 1986), and recently as a member of the board of directors (2001 to 2006) of SIDEX (Diversification of Exploration Investment Partnership). Dr. Descarreaux is an independent prospector since 1998. Mr. Massé is a graduate of Laval University with a B.Sc Actuarial Science (1989) and a certificate in financial administration (1990). Mr. Massé provides the board with financial analysis expertise through his profession as president of DM Actuariat Inc. (actuarial service in personal injury damages) and Groupe Financier Massé Inc .He has also held various positions on public organizations such as Val-d’Or’s Chamber of commerce (president from 2004 to 2006), Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec (director from 2004 to 2006), the Foundation for the Val-d’Or Hospital (president from 2000 to 2002 and secretary from 1999 to 2000). Mr. Jacob is president and director of Maximus Capital Inc., a consulting company in business financing and corporate reorganization. He is a lawyer and a member of the Québec Bar since 1995. He is also director and corporate secretary of Power Tech Corporation Inc. and Demcap Investments Inc., a capital pool company. Mr. Jacob is a Director of Virginia Mines Inc. Mr. Carriere is a corporate strategy advisor to emerging Canadian-based companies operating in a vast array of business sectors. A member of the Quebec Bar since 1996, he is a graduate of Concordia University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science in 1990 and a Master of Arts degree in Public Policy and Public Administration in 1992, and of the University of Ottawa where he obtained his degree in Civil Law (LL.L) in 1995. • 32 year involvement in mineral exploration, in 10 countries on 4 continents. • Former senior company experience with BHP and Homestake. • Former junior company experience with Triex Resources (President), East Africa Gold (President) and Jordex Resources (VP, Exploration). • Senior mining executive with over 30 years of experience in exploration, executive-level management, corporate finance and corporate governance. • Former President, CEO, and director of Ashton Mining of Canada Inc., and former VP Exploration for Homestake Canada. • Member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C., the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Society of Economic Geologists, and a fellow of the Geological Association of Canada and Gemmological Associations of Great Britain and Canada. • President and founder of Cumberland Resources Corporation, one of the largest private coal mining companies in North America. Cumberland currently produces 8+ million tons of high quality coal per year, with revenues in excess of US$325 million per annum. • Atlanta based venture capitalist, and investor. Founder and majority owner of Quest Capital Corp., which owns a majority or controlling interest in more than 10 companies, with annual revenues in excess of US$400 million. • Currently CFO for Denver based Geobiotics and Diamondex Resources. • Former President and CFO of First Point Minerals. Previous senior roles with Orvana Minerals Corp., Viceroy Resources Corp., and Constellation Copper. • Former CFO at Atna Resources Ltd. • 16 years in the mineral exploration industry. • Strong familiarity with financial and regulatory requirements. • 15 years Investor relation experience in the exploration and resource investment sectors, with a background in public company management. • Currently also acting in IR/Corporate Communications for Triex Minerals Corp. and Silver Quest Resources. • Former Director and Officer of two Canadian publicly listed companies. Mr. Hoël has been a consultant to both private and public companies. He has acted as an advisor in raising capital, preparing for Initial Public Offering (IPO’s), Reverse Mergers (RTO’s), organizing institutional and retail broker meetings primarily in Ontario, Quebec and in the United States. James Tilsley whose career experience has spanned the globe has over 45 years experience as a Geologist. Mr. Tilsley has worked on exploration, development and evaluation of mineral deposits and mineral environments in North, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, Indonesia and Greenland. Mr. Douchane has more than 35 years of mining industry experience at all levels. He is currently President and CEO of Starfield Resources Inc., Chairman of the Board and former President and CEO of North American Palladium Ltd., and a member of the Board of Directors of Osisko Exploration Ltd. From 1996 to 2001 Mr. Douchane was Vice President Operations for Franco-Nevada Mining Corporation. Mr. Douchane was President and CEO of Chief Consolidated Mining Co., Vice President Operations of Franco-Nevada Mining Corporation and Battle Mountain Gold, President of Battle Mountain North America and Vice President and General Manager of Round Mountain Gold Company. Mr. Jarvis has considerable experience in the financing and operations of public companies, primarily in exploration and production of mining and oil and gas projects. After a career in financing exploration projects as a stockbroker, Mr. Jarvis moved to the corporate side of the business by joining the Board of Ultra Petroleum, at the time a small oil and gas exploration and development company, in 1996. As Director responsible for Corporate Finance, he raised the equity capital necessary for proof of concept and to establish enough production to leverage further growth through debt financing. Ultra Petroleum has grown through the drill bit from a market capitalization of U.S. $10 million to its current capitalization of more than U.S. $3 billion. Mr. Jarvis is also a former President of Gemini Energy Corp., another successful oil and gas company. Mr. Jarvis has held the position of CEO and President of Hard Creek Nickel Corporation since January 7th 2004. Mr. Froc holds a geological engineering degree from the University of Saskatchewan and has worked in the resource and urban development sector primarily in British Columbia for the past 25 years. He is a registered Professional Engineer with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia. He has been actively involved in various stages of precious metals, base metals and industrial mineral exploration since 1980. Project involvement ranged from grass-roots exploration, computer database development, data quality control and assurance, feasibility studies, small scale pilot projects to technical editing and report writing for Stage II documents submitted to the British Columbia Government as part of the Mine Review Process. Mr. Froc became involved with the Company over two years ago as a consulting engineer. He will be responsible for the management of the Company's engineering and technical studies including infrastructure and socio-economic project development. This will include various levels of public relations and consultation with government officials, first nations, community and special interest groups. Mr. Fiddler is a resident professional with over 21 years of corporate accounting and operations experience. Mr. Fiddler also brings extensive experience working specifically with resource-based companies both as a consultant and as an Officer. Ms. Young's 20 year background in the junior capital markets started with CM Oliver & Company where she served as Executive Secretary to senior management and board members. Ms. Young joined Hard Creek Nickel Corporation February 2004 as the Corporate Secretary and Office Administrator. She is responsible for corporate filings, assisting and reporting to the President, secretary to the Board Meetings, to act as liaison with corporate council and respective corporate matters, and to act as Manager to administrative employees and the general operations. Mr. Hitchins completed his bachelors and masters degrees in engineering geology and economic geology at the University of Toronto. Subsequently Mr. Hitchins spent the next twenty years involved in various aspects of mineral exploration from field geologist to project manager. Exploration targets included volcanogenic massive sulphides, carbonate and sandstone hosted Pb-Zn-Ag, vein gold, intrusive hosted gold, base metal skarn, and tungsten-molybdenum porphyry deposits for the Amax group of companies. Between 1994-1998, he was district exploration manager for Cyprus Gold in Western Australia. Since returning to Canada Mr. Hitchins has worked with Vancouver based junior exploration companies. Mr. Scheel is responsible for the continued development of the Turnagain geologic model. This includes overseeing the advancement of the deposit mineral resource/reserve estimates and the planning and on-site management of future exploration and development drilling for the project. Mr. Scheel completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Alberta in 2004, with his thesis work based on the metamorphic evolution of part of the Neoarchean Wheeler Basin north of Yellowknife. Erik completed his master's degree at the University of British Columbia in 2007. Mr. Scheel's master's research focused on the company's Turnagain property, with which he became involed in June 2004. Erik determined that the nickel-sulphide mineralization on the Turnagain Property was the result of assimilation of graphitic country rocks into the Turnagain intrusion's parent magma. Mr. Musil has more than 30 years of management and financial consulting experience and has served as an officer and director on numerous public companies since 1988. This experience has resulted in his overseeing the financial aspects and expenditures on exploration projects in Peru, Chile, Eastern Europe (Slovak Republic), and British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick (Canada). Prior to this, he was employed for 15 years with Dickenson Mines Ltd. and Kam-Kotia Mines Ltd. as a Controller for the producing silver/lead/zinc mine in the interior of British Columbia Canada. Mr. Musil currently serves as an Officer/Director on several TSX Venture Exchange public companies. Mr. Agyagos has a Diploma in Management Systems from BCIT. He has provided office management and financial consulting services to various private and public companies since 1995. Mr. Agyagos has been a director of Montoro since January 1998. Mr. Bried has over thirty years of management responsibilities and experience in the mining industry in various capacities in Engineering, Reclamation and Operations. His significant experience in the last ten years has been VP Operations for Endeavour Silver Corp., General Manager of Kinross Gold USA Inc., Lupin Mine, Homestake Mining Company as General Manager of the Lead Mine in South Dakota and the Snip Mine in British Columbia. Prior to that he was the Mine Superintendent at Eskay Creek in British Columbia and Chief Engineer and Mine Superintendent at Teck-Corona (Homestake) Operating Corporation's David Bell Mine in Marathon, Ontario. Mr. Griffin is a graduate of U.B.C. with a BSc. in geology. He has been with Noranda Exploration, The Geological Survey of Canada and Similkameen Mining in various exploration related positions. Mr. Chmelauskas holds a Geological Engineering degree from the University of British Columbia as well as an MBA from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. Prior to becoming president of Jinshan Gold Mines, Mr. Chmelauskas managed business development and other corporate finance activities for the company from Beijing. He has extensive international experience as an engineer and financial analyst in the resource sector and gold mining industry, including operating experience at one of the largest remote gold mines in the Asia Pacific region. Mr. McKee has more than 35 years' experience in mining and exploration, including acquisition, development and production. He has held senior-level positions with Newmont Mining Corporation, Pegasus Gold Corporation and Johns-Manville Corporation. Mr. McKee has extensive heap-leach mining experience, and was the General Manager at the Zarafshan-Newmont heap-leach gold mine in Uzbekistan from 2001 to 2004. Mr. Jiang has over 20 years of experience working in the gold and copper exploration industry. He worked for 7 years in the province of Shandong, China's number one gold producing province, and 14 years in Canada. Mr. Jiang has worked on projects ranging from grass roots to bankable feasibility studies. As a geologist, he has also worked with companies such as Cyprus Amax, Placer Dome, American Barrick Resources and First Quantum Minerals, etc. Mr. Walsh joins Jinshan from Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. where he was Vice President. Prior to joining Ivanhoe Mines, Mr. Walsh was a founding shareholder of Geographe Corporate Advisory, which provides acquisition, divestment and strategic advisory services to the international mining sector. Mr. Walsh previously worked in the investment banking sector in Australia. Mr. Walsh holds a Bachelor of Business degree and qualified as a Chartered Accountant, in Australia, with Price Waterhouse. Mr. Patterson has over 12 years experience in the mineral exploration business and brings a wealth of international experience to the Jinshan team. Mr. Patterson has previously worked for majors such as Homestake Canada (now Barrick) as well as various juniors such as IMA Exploration. During Mr. Patterson's four years as Exploration Manager for IMA, he led the team that was responsible for the Navidad discovery and took the project from a grassroots find to a world-class silver deposit. Mr. Patterson holds a Master's degree in Geology as well as a Geological Engineering degree, both obtained at the University of British Columbia. He is a registered professional geoscientist in the province of British Columbia. Mr. Long, Ph.D. in metallurgical engineering, directs the company's metallurgical studies aimed at developing an optimal process flow sheet for the 217 Gold Project. He has several years' experience in research and development for precious and base metal projects. Mr.Boguski has been a director of the Company since August 1997 and President since October 2002. He is a private businessman and Corporate Consultant with a finance and mining background. He has been involved in the management of public companies for over 15 years. Mr. Boguski has directly participated in all phases of the mining sector, including prospecting, land acquisition, and mineral exploration. He has been involved in mining and resource projects in Canada, the USA and Latin America for over 25 years. Mr. Poonian has been a director of the Company since October 2002. He is a private businessman and Corporate Consultant. Currently he serves in senior management position and directorships of several other public companies. Robert A. Fung is the former founding chairman of the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation, a corporation established by the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario and the City of Toronto to lead the $17 billion renewal of Toronto’s waterfront. Mr. Fung is a member of the advisory body to the Capital Markets group at Macquarie Capital Markets Canada. He was the former Deputy Chairman of a predecessor company to Macquarie Capital Markets Canada. Mr. Fung is a member of the Board of Directors of a number of private, public and charitable organizations. He is Chairman of Crystallex International Corporation, Tonbridge Corporation, Tonbridge Power Corporation and Deputy Chairman of Kingsway International Holdings. He is also as a Director of Mount Sinai Hospital, Export Development Canada and GLOBE Foundation of Canada. He is on the Advisory Board of Marsh Canada as well as the former Vice-Chairman of Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. He is a member of the Province of Ontario’s BioCouncil and former Chairman of Smart Toronto. He was a member of the Prime Minister of Canada's Advisory Committee on Asia Pacific Economic Corporation, as well as a member of the Government of Canada's Department of Industry International Trade and Agriculture Team Canada Inc. Advisory Board, which provided advice to the Government of Canada in setting strategic direction and performance objectives for Canada's International Business Development Mr. Crombie has over 15 years of mining-related financial experience. From 1999-2001, he was a Vice President of Dresdner Bank in Toronto and managed the origination and structuring of their Canadian mining project finance initiatives. Until 1999, he was Vice President Corporate Finance for the Chase Manhattan Bank in Toronto, and was the principal executive managing and developing a portfolio of Canadian mining clients. Between 1989 and 1992, he held positions with Corona Corporation, a Canadian mining company, including time at two of their operations. Mr. Crombie has a Master of Science degree in Mineral Economics from Penn State University and an Honours Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Queen’s University. Since 1982, Mr. Peter has been involved as founder and principal in resource exploration companies which have been listed on the Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and London Stock Exchange. He is an award winning entrepreneur and his experience includes all aspects of resource exploration and development, financing and management of projects and personnel. Mr. Peter is also the founder of MerFin International Inc. and Concert Industries Ltd., innovative manufacturing companies and preferred suppliers within the personal hygiene industries which were listed on the TSX. Mr. Hosanee FCCA, CFE, CIA, CGA, brings a wealth of experience gained over his 25 years as a finance professional across a wide range of industries, mainly in Europe and Africa. He is particularly conversant with International Financial Reporting Standards. Ms. See is a chartered secretary and has been corporate secretary of public companies and a director of several private companies. Ms. See is also Corporate Secretary and Director of Corporate Affairs of Mineral Hill Industries Ltd., Corporate Secretary-Treasurer of Copper Belt Resources Ltd. and several other private companies. Mr. Skoda is responsible for the exploration and development of all aggregate projects. He has been involved in the mining industry, globally, since 1971. His experience includes mineral exploration, mine development and production services in underground, open pit and tunneling projects. Presently, he is a director on five corporate boards; three public trading and two private companies. Directors Andrew von Kursell Hugh Maddin Hans Schwabl James Stypula Grant Hendricksen Dr. Patrick Pettman Dr. Peter Lewis Mr. Lindsay has in excess of 18 years experience in corporate finance, investment banking and business development in both North America and Asia. Most recently, he was a Vice President in the Corporate Finance and Investment Banking Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Lindsay was a founding Director of Malasapina Capital Ltd., and was responsible for identifying and negotiating its merger with Miranda Mining Corp. (subsequently acquired by Wheaton River Minerals). Mr. Lindsay is President of The Family Services of Greater Vancouver (the largest social service agency in British Columbia) and a Director of the Hong Kong – Canada Business Association. Mr. Lindsay has a BComm from UBC (1989), an MBA from Dalhousie University (1993) and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Mr. Bernardi has over 25 years of experience in the mining industry, with a successful track record of mineral discoveries. Mr. Bernardi’s uranium experience is extensive and includes his role as the Principal Investigator of three 2 degree quadrangle studies for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Uranium Resource Evaluation Program. Mr. Bernardi has also been employed by Amoco Minerals, Cyprus Metals Exploration and Echo Bay Mines. Dr. Carden has more than 25 years of experience in exploration and exploration management with a track record of ore-body discoveries. Dr. Carden has 6 years experience with the Frontier Uranium Group of Exxon Minerals Company, conducting hard rock uranium exploration in Alaska, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico and Idaho. Other uranium experience includes supervising a project in Alaska for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Uranium Resource Evaluation Program. Mr. Downey brings over 25 years experience in the natural resource sector with extensive development and operations experience throughout the world, with a focus on South America. Currently he is President and CEO of TSX-listed Aura Minerals Inc. Most recently he served as President and CEO for Viceroy Exploration Ltd. prior to its acquisition by Yamana Gold. He was also President of Oliver Gold Ltd. where he successfully negotiated the merger to form Canico Ltd., which acquired the Onca Puma Nickel project in Brazil and was recently purchased by CVRD and is now in development. Mr. Schneider is the President of Corex Gold Corp., a publicly-traded gold exploration company with active operations in Mexico and Argentina. Mr. Schneider has in excess of 10 years experience managing, developing and financing junior exploration companies. Mr. Viens is the former Vice President of Business Development and Exploration for Cambior, Inc. Previously he was Vice President Exploration for Ariane Gold Corp. and before that Vice President Exploration for Hope Bay Gold Corp. Mr. Viens has also held a variety of operations positions with Cambior in the Val d'Or region of Quebec, at the Omai gold mine in Guyana and the Gross Rosebel mine in Suriname, and was chief geologist at Sigma Mines for 6 years. Mr. Fennell received his law degree in 1979 from the University of Alberta and practiced in the areas of corporate and resource law, until 1983 when he founded Golden Star Resources. During his term as President & CEO, Golden Star became a TSE 300 company and one of the largest and most successful exploration companies. In 1998, Mr. Fennell left Golden Star to become Chairman and CEO of Cambiex Explorations Ltd, which became Hope Bay Gold Corporation. He held this position until the merger of Hope Bay and Miramar Mining Corporation where he continued as Executive Vice-Chairman and director for the combined entity until its takeover, in January 2008, by Newmont Mining Corporation, a leading gold producer. He was Chairman of Ariane Gold Corp. from August 2002 until its acquisition by Cambior Inc. in November 2003, and was a director of Palmarejo Silver and Gold Corporation until the merger with Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation, one of the world's leading silver companies, in December 2007. He is currently a director of Major Drilling Group International Inc., and Chairman and director of Reunion Gold Corporation and Queensland Minerals Ltd. Bernard Boily brings to Maximus nearly 30 years of experience in exploration (gold and base metals) and in production (both underground and open pit). Prior to joining Maximus, Mr. Boily held several positions with Inmet Mining and its predecessors. While working with Inmet, he was directly involved in the discovery of the Troilus Mine, a 79 M t deposit located in northern Quebec containing nearly 2 M oz of gold and other smaller deposits such as the Donalda Mine in Abitibi. (Visit www.maximusventures.com for bios on other members of the Company) Mr. Feng obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Geology in China and his Ph.D. degree in Canada. He is a renowned expert with extensive experience in the evaluation and acquisition of mineral properties in China, and has an extensive network in China's mining and exploration industry. Mr. Feng is well-versed in China's legal framework related to the mining industry and has acquired numerous Chinese mining/exploration properties for Canadian public companies. Mr. Lou Duarte has over twenty years of management and financial experience in the mining industry in various parts of the world, including Canada, China, the Ivory Coast, West Africa and Brazil. Mr. Duarte has acted as principal, director and CEO of various public mining companies and many mineral limited partnerships involved in funding public mining companies, in which over $60 million was raised through various offerings. Mr. Duarte holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Civil Engineering, and a M.B.A. from the University of British Columbia. Furthermore, Mr. Duarte is a member of the Certificate Management Accountants of British Columbia. Mr. Fisher has been President, CEO, and Director of Hi Ho Silver Resources Inc. since April 2005. Prior to this he assisted a number of public companies in developing their business and operating plans and raising financing for their mineral exploration operations by introducing them to potential business partners and venture capitalists. From 1986 to 1989, Mr. Fisher was a stockbroker at Jefferson Securities in Vancouver, B.C. Mr. Fisher has been involved with public mining companies at various levels for over 25 years Isabel Alves has an extensive background in the financial industry. From March 2001 to June 2002 Isabel was an RRSP/ Mutual Fund manager at Octagon Capital Corporation. Her extensive technical knowledge of the financial industry and exceptional sales skills has made Ms. Alves a welcomed asset in the role of Investor Relations. Ms. Alves has been a Director in Hi Ho Silver as of September 26, 2006 Thomas Murdoch holds a BA in Economics and Business from Wilfrid Laurier University. His BA program included financial and managerial accounting courses, which has given him the ability to understand the accounting principles used in preparing its financial statements. Mr. Murdoch has previously assisted several mineral exploration companies in developing their business and operating plans, as well as raising financing for operations through introductions to potential mining partners and venture capitalists. James Rainbird graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in Economics from Laurentian University in 1989. Mr. Rainbird also graduated in March of 1998 from the Canadian Institute of Financial Planning and was awarded the designation of Chartered Financial Planner. From 1998 to August 2007 Mr. Rainbird was the General Manager and Corporate Secretary for Group #1 Financial Services Inc. He was also the branch compliance officer and oversaw all aspects of compliance for the company's administrative and sales teams. From 1990 to 1998, Mr. Rainbird was with Royal Bank of Canada where he held several roles including manager of market planning and development, manager of Personal Banking at various branches where he was responsible for all aspects of branch operations, staff management, compliance, sales and business planning. Mr. Savage possesses over 30 years of experience in the mining field and was responsible for bringing the 90 million tones Huckleberry copper/molybdenum/gold/silver deposit to commercial feasibility. His resume also includes key roles with Geddes Resources, Imperial Minerals, and Doublestar Resources. Sean Roosen,graduate of the Haileybury School of Mines, over 20 years international experience including exploration and development projects (Etruscan, Echo Bay, Placer Dome). Wares, a geologist with over 25 years of experience, currently a director of the Quebec Order of Professional Geologists. Mr. Coates is a chartered accountant with over 20 years experience in the mining industry. Most recently Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Quebec based Cambior Inc. John Burzynski,over 20 years experience in Quebec and internationally on exploration and development projects (Barrick-Pangea Goldfields Tanzania, Echo Bay -IGR Ghana). Mr. Bradley is a chartered accountant with over 40 years experience in the minerals industry. He is the founder and Chairman of Yamana Gold Inc., currently serves as President and CEO of Aura Gold Inc. and is a director of Frontier Pacific Mining Corp. Graduate of the Haileybury School of Mines, over 20 years international experience including exploration and development projects (Etruscan, Placer Dome). A geologist with over 25 years of experience, currently a director of the Quebec Order of Professional Geologists. A chartered accountant with over 20 years experience in the mining industry. Most recently Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Quebec based Cambior Inc. Mr. Harold Forzley is a Chartered Accountant who for over 20 years has been involved in the building of numerous companies in the mining sector, most notably, Continental Gold Corp., which was sold to a major mining concern and El Condor Resources, also sold to an intermediate mining company with both companies generating substantial returns to their respective shareholders. Mr. Forzley is currently Director and CFO of Grande Portage Resource Ltd, S2C Global Systems Inc., and Sonora Gold Corp. Mr. Craig Robson is a self-employed management consultant with extensive experience in all aspects of financial markets. Mr. Robson was previously employed by C.M. Oliver as Vice-President and Director, responsible for compliance and risk management. Robson is currently President of On Shore Boards International Inc. and Director of Sonora Gold Corp. Mr. Dave McMillan was an investment advisor for Yorkton Securities Inc. from 1983-2000. From 1995-2000 he held the position of Senior Vice-President and Director of Yorkton. He has acted as a consultant and advisor to venture companies since 2000, and is President and CEO of Wyn Developments Inc. and Sonora Gold Corp. and a Director of TTM Resources Inc., Premium Exploration Inc, and Goldmember Ventures Corp. Mr. Marasco is currently President and Chief Excutive Officer of WHY Resources Inc and a director of Big Mountain. Mr. Marasco was also a cofounder of Waveform Energy Ltd.. Mr. Marasco has extensive management experience having helped purchase and operate many hotels, restaurants and liquor stores through the late 1970s to the early 2000s. Mr. Tran graduated from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance and a Bachelor of Arts with a focus on energy and natural resource economics. He has worked in corporate finance and accounting for oil and gas companies including BP Amoco, PricewaterhouseCoopers and ARC Energy Trust. He is Chief Financial Officer of Wyn Developments Inc. and TTM Resources Inc, as well as Corporate Secretary of Sonora Gold Corp. Geologist with a track record of discovery and development in India, Canada, U.S., China and Latin America. Forty-three years of global experience as a geologist and exploration manager; contributed to discovery, development or augmenting of reserves of mineral deposits in several countries. Professor Emeritus, School of Business, University of Alabama at Birmingham; specialising in geology and mineral economics. Former Senior Advisor on International and Trade Relations to the British Columbia Ministry of Competition, Science and Enterprise; has a network of government and industry colleagues in Canada and around the Pacific rim. Served as Chief Financial Officer or Director of various junior public mining companies since 1982, and is Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Pebble Creek board Geologist and Managing Director of India Resources Ltd., based in Perth, Western Australia. Experienced in exploration and development of deposits of copper, gold, manganese, chromite, iron ore, lead, zinc, uranium and silver. Accountant, manager and chief executive in the tunneling, construction and mining businesses in Canada, U.S. and Mexico for more than 40 years. A senior member of the J.E.R. Wood group of companies that acquired, financed and developed several metal mines. A partner of Koffman Kalef LLP, Business Lawyers, since April 1993 with his practice focused on advising mining and technology companies in connection with corporate finance and corporate/commercial matters and international projects. A native of Bombay, India; received his BS in 1962 and MS in 1965 from the Alfred P. Sloan School of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; financed many start-up ventures and venture capital partnerships. Mr. Cohen is also the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Gulf & Pacific Equities Corp., a publicly listed real estate company. He was a Director of Gendis Inc., a public merchandising and energy company, and was also a Director of Chauvco Resources Ltd., a public oil and gas company. He received a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration degree from Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Navas is National Practice Leader, Executive Compensation for Hay Group in Canada. He has served for over a decade as an advisor to the top management and boards of major corporations around the world. He specializes in the innovative design and implementation of corporate governance and compensation programs that support organizational strategy and objectives, as well as shareholders' interests. Luis has consulted to a variety of organizations in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, across a wide spectrum of industries. A mining engineer who brings with him a diversity of experience with both major and junior mining companies. As a Consultant of Aurogin Resources Ltd., Mr. Paterson oversees a number of active exploration projects in Guatemala as well as in Nevada. Mr. Paterson also serves on the Board of Columbia Metal Corporation Ltd. and Everton Resources Inc. and is a Director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. Robert currently serves as a Director of Lexam Explorations Inc., Silver Fields Resources Inc. and Rupert Resources Ltd., junior mining companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. He is also a director of Finmetal Mining and Yukon Gold Corp. listed on the NASDAQ. From 1982 to 1998, he served as Vice President, Exploration for Goldcorp Inc. Mr. Van Tassell holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geology from Mount Allison University. Mr. Lees is President and CEO of Sage Gold Inc. and a director of Yamana Gold Inc. as well as a director of various other mining companies. He is a founder and past director of TVX Gold Inc., a significant gold producer in North and South America formerly listed on the TSX and the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Lees has over 30 years of experience in the Canadian mining investment industry and this experience will be of benefit to Plato. Mr. Wong holds a BASc in civil engineering and a MBA from the University of British Columbia. From 2000 to 2004, Mr. Wong held the position of President of the Ontario Liberal Fund, for the current Premier of Ontario. He currently also serves as Director and Chief Financial Officer for Gulf & Pacific Equities Corp. (TSX Venture Exchange – “GUF”). Mr. Moore worked as a stockbroker beginning in 1968 and then as the economic development director in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, starting in 1975. He returned to the mining industry in 1981 as Executive Vice President of International Corona in Vancouver, B.C. where he worked with David Bell in the early stages of the development of Ontario's prolific Hemlo gold deposits. He then launched a career as an independent consultant to the mining industry. His expertise now includes organizing, restructuring, promoting and negotiating complex acquisitions and joint ventures for junior and senior mining companies, based in North America and in Europe. Mr. Briggs has a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from the University of Durham, England. He held a senior exploration position with Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited, during which time he established the company's regional exploration office for the Atlantic Provinces of Canada. Starting in the early 1980's, Mr. Briggs held senior management positions with Manitoba Mineral Resources Ltd. and also represented MMR on the Board of Tantalum Mining Corporation of Canada (Tanco), North America's only tantalum producer. Mr. Robertson is a Professional Engineer and President of Midas Management Inc., a private company specializing in management and financial services for mineral exploration companies. He was previously employed as Manager of Engineering for Acres International and has over 35 years of experience in management of mining exploration and development and corporate administration and finance. Mr. Lightfoot holds a Bachelor of Law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Ontario (1984); as well as a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario (1981). Mr. Lightfoot has been a member of the Law Society of British Columbia since September, 1985; and a Partner with the law firm of Maitland & Company since March, 1994. Mr. Crombie graduated from the Royal School of Mines, London, in 1980 with a B.Sc. (Hons) in mining engineering, having been awarded an Anglo American scholarship. Mr. Crombie held various positions with DeBeers Consolidated Mines and the Anglo American Corporation in South Africa and Angola. He spent the next thirteen years as a mining analyst and investment banker with Shepards, Merrill Lynch, James Capel & Co. and finally with Yorkton Securities. Mr. Crombie was the Vice President, Corporate Development of Hope Bay Mining Corporation Inc. and President and CEO of Ariane Gold Corp. Mr. Crombie was President, CEO and a director of Palmarejo Silver and Gold Corporation until the merger with Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation, one of the world’s leading silver companies, in December 2007. Currently, Mr.Crombie is a director of Arian Silver Corporation, Sherwood Copper Corporation and is President & CEO of Reunion Gold Corporation. Mr. Fennell received his law degree in 1979 from the University of Alberta and practiced in the areas of corporate and resource law, until 1983 when he founded Golden Star Resources. During his term as President & CEO, Golden Star became a TSE 300 company and one of the largest and most successful exploration companies. In 1998, Mr. Fennell left Golden Star to become Chairman and CEO of Cambiex Explorations Ltd, which became Hope Bay Gold Corporation. He held this position until the merger of Hope Bay and Miramar Mining Corporation where he continued as Executive Vice-Chairman and director for the combined entity until its takeover, in January 2008, by Newmont Mining Corporation, a leading gold producer. He was Chairman of Ariane Gold Corp. until its acquisition by Cambior Inc. and was a director of Palmarejo Silver and Gold Corporation until the merger with Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation, one of the world’s leading silver companies, in December 2007. He is currently a director of Major Drilling Group International Inc., and Chairman and director of Reunion Gold Corporation and Maximus Ventures Ltd . Mr Fleming is a Professional Geologist and a geological consultant who earned an honours degree in geology from the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia, in 1973. He has been the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Underworld Resources Inc. since December 1, 2005 as well as Project Manager for Reunion Gold Corporation. Mr. Fleming has worked as an exploration geologist for more than 30 years in Australasia, Papua New Guinea, North and South America and Africa. His experience covers a range of minerals and different geological settings. Since 1980 he has focused mainly on gold exploration. He has held a number of senior positions including exploration manager for Placer Pacific, now Placer Dome, in Sydney; and VP Exploration for Golden Star in Denver, Colorado. Since 1998, He is a Professional Geologist with accreditation from the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy since 1973 and a member of the Society of Economic Geologists. (Visit www.queenslandminerals.com for bios on other members of the Company) Mr. Crombie graduated from the Royal School of Mines, London, in 1980 with a B.Sc. (Hons) in mining engineering, having been awarded an Anglo American scholarship. Mr. Crombie held various positions with DeBeers Consolidated Mines and the Anglo American Corporation in South Africa and Angola. He spent the next thirteen years as a mining analyst and investment banker with Shepards, Merrill Lynch, James Capel & Co. and finally with Yorkton Securities. Mr. Crombie was the Vice President, Corporate Development of Hope Bay Mining Corporation Inc. and President and CEO of Ariane Gold Corp. Mr. Crombie was President, CEO and a director of Palmarejo Silver and Gold Corporation until the merger with Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation, one of the world’s leading silver companies, in December 2007. Currently, Mr.Crombie is a director of Arian Silver Corporation, Sherwood Copper Corporation and is CEO /Executive Vice Chairman of Queensland Minerals Ltd. Mr. Fennell received his law degree in 1979 from the University of Alberta and practiced in the areas of corporate and resource law, until 1983 when he founded Golden Star Resources. During his term as President & CEO, Golden Star became a TSE 300 company and one of the largest and most successful exploration companies. In 1998, Mr. Fennell left Golden Star to become Chairman and CEO of Cambiex Explorations Ltd, which became Hope Bay Gold Corporation. He held this position until the merger of Hope Bay and Miramar Mining Corporation where he continued as Executive Vice-Chairman and director for the combined entity until its takeover, in January 2008, by Newmont Mining Corporation, a leading gold producer. He was Chairman of Ariane Gold Corp. until its acquisition by Cambior Inc. and was a director of Palmarejo Silver and Gold Corporation until the merger with Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation, one of the world’s leading silver companies, in December 2007. He is currently a director of Major Drilling Group International Inc., and Chairman and director of Queensland Minerals Ltd. and Maximus Ventures Ltd . Mr Fleming is a Professional Geologist and a geological consultant who earned an honours degree in geology from the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia, in 1973. He has been the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Underworld Resources Inc. since December 1, 2005 as well as President of Queensland Minerals Ltd. Mr. Fleming has worked as an exploration geologist for more than 30 years in Australasia, Papua New Guinea, North and South America and Africa. His experience covers a range of minerals and different geological settings. Since 1980 he has focused mainly on gold exploration. He has held a number of senior positions including exploration manager for Placer Pacific, now Placer Dome, in Sydney; and VP Exploration for Golden Star in Denver, Colorado. Since 1998, He is a Professional Geologist with accreditation from the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy since 1973 and a member of the Society of Economic Geologists. (Visit www.reuniongold.com for bios on other members of the Company) Dr. Feng obtained his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Geology in China and his Ph.D. Geology degree in Canada. He is a renowned expert with extensive experience in the evaluation and acquisition of mineral properties in China, and has an extensive network in China's mining and exploration industry. Dr. Feng is well-versed in China's legal framework related to the mining industry and has acquired numerous Chinese mining/exploration properties for Canadian public companies. Mr. Gao obtained his B.Sc. in geology from Lanzhou University, China, in 1982. Moving to Canada in 1989, he received his M.Sc. Degree in geology in 1993 from Laurentian University. Since then Mr. Gao has worked for numerous Canadian mining and exploration companies in both Canada and China, focusing on gold and copper mining and exploration. He is based part-time in China, where he is also active in sourcing, assessing and acquiring mineral projects for the company. Mr. Schellenberg has degree in Geology and was part of Winspear and De Beers buyout of $550 million and also the merging of Golden Coast Energy into Providence Energy Trust. Also found and manages a profitable geology consulting firm, Coast Mountain Geological Ltd that employs over 60 geologists worldwide and provides consulting for mining firms. Mr. Bella is a Certified General Accountant with public company experience including CFO of Coast Mountain Geological and involved in structuring early companies to successful ventures. Mr. Chung has degree in Geology, MBA, and was part of Takatu Deposit in Guyana and Rock River’s Coal discovery. Mr. Herald has Masters in Geology and is CEO of Solitario Resources. He has discovered 4 million ounces of gold in Americas Has Bachelor in Geology and is VP of Exploration for NovaGold, part of team that found 28 million ounces gold at Donlin Creek. A Chartered Accountant, Mr. Varshney is involved with Varshney Capital as President and has raised more than $150 million for venture projects. Mr. Klip has degree in management and MBA of Finance. He provides expertise in banking, transportation, mining, and was instrumental in many multi-billion buyouts in Europe Mr. Lara has Geology Degree and was geologist for Crown Resources USA and VP of Compania Minera Solitario Argentina, well-known for mining in Argentina. Has degree in Business, and wealth of experience in banking, finance, and international marketing. Mr. Kajszo has over 26 years of mining and mineral explora¬tion experience, including being President of Nevada Pacific Gold from 1997-2004 and VP Exploration for Ivanhoe Capital, where associated companies such as Ven-ezuela Goldfields, First Dynasty Gold, Dia¬mond Fields Resources and African Miner¬als Corp. were involved in major discoveries in North America and internationally. Mr. Howald has over 22 years of mining in¬dustry experience primarily in Nevada, Mexico and Central and South America. As general manager of exploration for the U.S. and Latin America at Placer Dome, Bill played a substantial role in many major discoveries including Pipeline, Tur¬quoise Ridge/Getchell, Bald Mountain and Cortez Hills in Nevada, Pueblo Viejo in the Dominican Republic and Puren in Chile. The Management at Rye Patch Gold Corp. has extensive experience in Nevada and internationally in all facets of the mining industry, from early-stage exploration right through to the production phase. Mr. Loesby is a registered professional mining engineer with over 30 year experience in the mining and finance industries. He received his Mining Engineering degree and Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Washington. His resource development experience has included molybdenum, copper, gold, silver, coal and industrial minerals projects. Mr. Mourin has had a major presence in the Canadian mining finance business for over 35 years. He owned a borkerage firm that financed over 200 junior exploration companies over that period. Mr. Holmstead has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto and has been working in the exploration and mining industry for 30 years. He worked for an uranium exploration company for 7 years before opening an exploration consulting business that managed mineral exploration projects throughout Canada. He is one of the co-founders of the MacLeod Lake property. Mr. Vaughan is a lawyer with the Toronto law firm of McMillan Binch Mendelsohn LLP. He is a mining/securities law specialist with over 35 years experience. Mr. Thompson is a mining engineer with over 45 years experience in mineral exploration and junior mining company management. He received his Engineering Geology degree and Masters degree in Economic Geology from the University of Toronto. He served as Chairman of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada between 1977 and 1979. He is currently Chairman of Chariot Resources and Golden Queen Mining Company and he serves on the Board of Directors of five other junior companies including Western Troy. Mr. Klyman has served as a director of Agnico Eagle Mines for more than 30 years. Mr. Klyman is an independent businessman who resides in Toronto, Canada. Mr. Wakeam is a lawyer with the law firm Blaney McMurtry in Toronto, Canada. Mr. Winter is a Registered Professional Geologist with 47 Years of Canadian Mining Industry Experience. Mr.Hawkins has 27 years of experience and a strong and diversified background in Asia, North America and Latin America. Prior to joining East Asia Minerals in 2005, he held senior positions as Mongolia Country Manager for AngloGold Ashanti and Chief Geologist for Highlands Pacific where he focused on Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Mr. Martin has 27 years of exploration experience in Asia- Pacific, Canada and Africa, including 16 years with Noranda Inc. where he was Exploration Manager-Australasia and 7 years with Eldorado Nuclear Ltd. (Cameco Corp.). Mr. Martin was also lead developer of Noranda’s drill core sampling & analysis protocols. Mr. Kohlmann has worked in the exploration-mining industry for 27 years, of which the past nine have been focused on investor relations and marketing. Previously he worked as an exploration geologist in Africa and North America. Michel Bouchard has more than 25 years of experience in the mining industry. He holds a Master in Geology and a MBA from HEC Montreal. A former senior executive of Aiguebelle Resources, Audrey Resources and SOQUEM, Mr. Bouchard was credited for his contribution to the Bouchard-Hébert Mine discovery in northwestern Québec. The 13 million tons CU-AU-ZN-AG deposit was in production for 12 years, first under Cambior and then under Breakwater Resources until closure in 2005. Guy Hébert is also President of Strateco Resources and former President of Lyon Lake Mines, Altavista Mines and Audrey Resources. He was also credited with contributing to the discovery of the Bouchard-Hébert Mine in northwestern Québec. Vincent Jourdain is Cadiscor’s Vice-President Exploration. Over the last 20 years, he has held senior positions with Eastmain Resources, SOQUEM Inc. and Richmont Mines. Very strong Reputation as an international explorationist, and has headed Cambior Inc. International exploration activities for over 18 years. Over 35 years experience in Latin America ( mining and exploration), few discoveries to his credit. Exploration and project management experience over 25 years in China and Canada. • Founder of Golden Valley Mines with over 30 years in the exploration industry • Founder and Chairman and CEO of Canadian Royalties • As an independent prospector, Mr. Mullan has assembled and acquired many mining prospects ranging from grass-roots ventures through advanced-stage projects. • Over 9 years of experience in accounting. • B.Com. from l’Ecole des Houtes Etudes Commerciales de Montreal. • Controller at Canadian Royalties (since 2003). • Senior Manager of Accounting (2003 – 2007) and Chief Financial Officer (since 2007) of Golden Valley Mines • Chief Financial Officer of Takara Resources (2007 – 2008). • Controller of Cathelle Inc. (2000 – 2002). • Worked as an exploration geologist for over 22 years in various positions with both major and junior mining companies, including previously with McVicar-BHP Billiton, Anglo-Gold, Band-Ore, and Kennecott. • Mr. Rosatelli’s professional work experience covers a broad range of exploration activities in both geological and cultural diverse environments for the exploration of many commodities, including precious and base metals and uranium deposits across Canada, Africa and Central America. • Over the course of Mr. Rosatelli’s professional career, he has acquired considerable experience in all facets of the exploration cycle from project inception (original land or property acquisitions), initial grassroots exploration and discovery stages through to advanced-stage project development. • Focus on corporate, commercial, securities, and mining law. • Legal counsel to and corporate secretary of Canadian Royalties Inc. • • Majority owner of Québec Major Junior Hockey League's Halifax Mooseheads (since September 2003). • Professional hockey player with Minnesota North Stars and Montreal Canadians (1978 – 1993). • Hockey accomplishments include winning the NHL Rookie of the Year Award and playing on the 1986 Stanley Cup winning Montreal Canadians. • Represented Canada twice in the World Ice Hockey Championships. • MBA from University of Minnesota. • General Manager of the NHL’s Phoenix Coyotes (1996 – 2001). • Chairman of the Board of Ross Finlay 2000 Inc., a mining contracting company established 1952 and located in Québec, former President from 1984 to 1997. Shareholder since 1974 and major shareholder since 1984. • President (1984 - current) of Gestion BFM Ltéé, a private investment company (real estate and other investments). • Vice-President Business Development at Canadian Royalties, where his responsibilities include the assessment of business development opportunities and financing options. • Previous work experience in the mining industry from projects in Russia, South Africa, Norway, Germany, and in the USA. • Mr. Zinke gained his financial experience from working as an Investment Banker with Kodiak Capital, as an Investment Analyst with Cannell Capital Management, and as an Investment Manager of Protea Ventures LLC, a private equity fund. • A self-employed business writer, working independently since December 2000. • Publisher of the George Cross Newsletter. • Principal at Groia & Company Professional Corporation, a litigation boutique that concentrates its practice on corporate and securities litigation. • His experience includes Associate General Counsel and Director of Enforcement at the Ontario Securities Commission and as a partner at Heenan Blakie. • Mr.Groia has been ranked as one of Canada's 500 Leading Lawyers in Lexpert Magazine since 2000. • CEO McGill University Health Centre • Chair of Calone Mining Company (S.L.) Ltd., Golden Valley Mines subsidiary. • Serves on the Board of Directors and the audit committee of the Munder Funds (a multi-billion-dollar mutual fund). • Member of the Board of Directors of Air Canada, serving on its human resources, nominating and audit committees. • Appointed to the Privy Council by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth for Canada and most recently, Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed him to Canada's Security and Intelligence Review Committee. • Acted as Consultant to the World Health Organization and World Bank. • Advisor to the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone. Over 15 years of business management experience; Most recently served as Senior Vice President at Potash One and Vice President, Portfolio Management and Vertical Integration for Uranium One. Former member of Energy Metals management team (Energy Metals was sold to Uranium One for $1.8 Billion in 2007) Over 20 years experience in the mining & exploration industry with junior and senior mining companies including Monarch Resources, Aur Resources and Newmont Mining. Over 20 years of experience conducting business in Ethiopia, excellent working relations with the federal and regional governments. C.G.A. with over 20 years of accounting and financial management experience. Corporate Securities Lawyer with vast experience in the mining sector. • Founder, Chairman and CEO of Canadian Royalties. • Founder of Golden Valley Mines. • Over 30 years in the exploration industry.. • As an independent prospector, Mr. Mullan has assembled and acquired many mining prospects ranging from grass-roots ventures through advanced-stage projects. • More than 24 years of experience in the field of base metals exploration as well as mine development. • Was involved in mineral exploration and resource discoveries at Raglan while in the employment of Falconbridge. • Key person involved in the discovery of the Perseverance ore bodies in Matagami, QC (in 2001 his team received the Prospector of the Year Award at the PDAC). • Previous work experience with a producer of steel and fabricated steel products. • Responsibilities include the assessment of business development opportunities and financing options. • Previous work experience in the mining industry from projects in Russia, South Africa, Norway, Germany, and in the USA. • Mr. Zinke gained his financial experience from working as an Investment Banker with Kodiak Capital, as an Investment Analyst with Cannell Capital Management, and as an Investment Manager of Protea Ventures LLC, a private equity fund. Quinton Hennigh is one of the most imaginative and visionary gold exploration geologists in the field. Prior to joining Evolving Gold,Quinton served as Senior Research Geologist with Newmont Mining. He has worked throughout North America, in Europe, Australia, Asia and South America with Newmont Mining, Newcrest Mining and Homestake Mining. He balances the pragmatics of business with bold innovation. He has spent years developing regional concepts for the exploration for buried gold deposits, particularly in Nevada. Quinton comes from a long tradition of gold seekers - his great-great-great grandfather followed the gold rush to Colorado in 1859. Dr Barker has spent 44 years in successful multi-commodity mining exploration, with 27 years in exploration and acquisition leadership. He has led exploration and acquisition programs in the USA, Canada, Australia and South America. Dr Barker spent the last 20 years in senior management positions, 14 years with Newcrest Resources, Inc. as General Manager, American Exploration. He has also held exploration leadership positions with Homestake Mining Co. and Amax, Inc. Dr Barker's long experience in evaluations of advanced and developmental projects, review of resource estimates and mine development plans is critical to Evolving Gold at this stage of its growth. Dr Barker has a PhD in Economic Geology from the University of California, Berkeley and is a Certified Professional Geologist, AIPG. Vitaly Melnikov has held senior management positions with international resource companies operating in North America, Europe, Russia and Central Asia. He recently served as Vice President, Finance and Administration of UrAsia Energy Ltd. Vitaly has also held financial management positions with PetroKazakhstan, a vertically integrated oil & gas company and Kumtor Operating Company with exploration activities and a large operating gold mine in Central Asia. Vitaly is a Certified Public Accountant (USA) and holds an MBA and a M.Sc. (Economics) degrees. Robert F. Bick is an integral part of Canadian business legend - Bick's Pickles. As an entrepreneur, Mr. Bick founded a children's clothing company and raised $25,000,000 in venture capital while president of a software start-up. As a marketer, Robert worked directly with Shell Oil national companies around the world to launch Formula Shell and to develop exclusive, innovative pump promotions. Mr. Bick has wide-ranging experience as a management consultant and is co-founder of ThinkX Intellectual Capital Inc. Robert also spent 10 years as a classical flautist performing and recording throughout Europe and North America with the Galliard Ensemble. William ("Bill") Majcher is Managing Director, International Business, Europe and Middle East for Baron International Limited, a Hong Kong based merchant bank. His background includes management, structured finance, emerging markets, strategic planning, and risk management. In his 20 year career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Mr. Majcher achieved remarkable success in covert and public market investigations working with law enforcement and securities regulators from around the globe. Gilles is a respected geologist with 25 years in mineral exploration working as a consultant and senior geologist. Most recently he was Manager - Geologist with the TSX Venture Exchange where he was responsible for the review of NI 43-101 technical reports. He is presently Manager of Geology at Wardrop Engineering Inc. Dr. Lindqvist has extensive exploration experience and has participated in discoveries around the world. He has spent his long and distinguished career primarily with Gold Fields Mining Corp and Homestake Mining Company (acquired by Barrick Gold Corporation in 2000). He is presently a director of Gallant Minerals Ltd, Plutonic Power Corporation, Uruguay Minerals Exploration Inc., Solomon Resources Inc. and EcuaGold Resources Inc. Dr. Lindqvist has a Ph.D in Applied Geology from the Royal School of Mines, London. Daniel Wolfus has over 40 years of banking and business experience. From 1980 - 1997 Mr. Wolfus was the Chairman and CEO of Hancock Savings Bank in Los Angeles. From 1969 - 1982, Mr. Wolfus was an investment banker with E.F. Hutton & Co. He became a partner and Senior Vice President in charge of the West Coast Corporate Finance Department. During his tenure at E.F. Hutton, Mr. Wolfus was responsible for projects which generated over $6 billion in financing for major financial institutions and municipalities. Mr. Wolfus is currently a director of Midway Gold Corp. and MD Cowan and Co., an oil drilling equipment manufacturer. Mr. Dow has over 30 years experience in consulting to or in funding private and public corporations. A former broker, he started his first public company in 1988. Barb is the co-founder of Schellenberg & Evers, P.C., an accounting practice specializing in accounting systems, computers, tax, and business consulting. Ms. Wallis is a Professional Geologist with 25 years experience in the mining industry in Canada, the United States and Australia. Most recently she was a mining analyst with Canaccord Capital. Paul has over forty years of continuous experience in project and corporate management, drill supervision, and compilation and analysis of exploration and mining data. Kevin has over 17 years of experience in the financing and investment industry, specializing in private equity and venture capital. His focus has been in the mining and energy industries. Mr. Schellenberg has extensive experience in valuations, employee benefit plans, financial planning, individual and corporate taxation and litigation support, business planning, performance measures, mergers, acquisitions and arbitration. Mark Fields joined Geodex Minerals as President and CEO in May 2009. Mr. Fields holds a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of British Columbia and a B. Comm. (Honours) from Queen’s University. Mr. Fields was a member of the management team which participated in the sale of La Teko Resources Ltd to Kinross Gold Corporation and he was involved in the acquisition and development of the Diavik diamond mine for the Rio Tinto Group. As Executive Vice President of Pine Valley Mining Corporation, he was a key member of the executive team which brought the Willow Creek coal mine into commercial production. He is an independent director of three companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr. Maris has been instrumental in managing and directing Geodex Minerals and its predecessor companies Kamad Silver and Agate Bay Resources Ltd, since 1985. Under his direction, the previous companies were reorganized and negotiated several option/joint-venture agreements with major mining companies. Prior to 1985, Mr. Maris was an independent businessman involved in the construction and food industries. Mr. Marr graduated with a B. Sc. (Honors) degree in Geology from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland in 1968. He received his Masters degree from the University in Manitoba in 1970. Mr. Marr has been a director and V.P. of Geodex Minerals since January 1993. Mr. Marr was previously regional exploration manager of Kennecott Canada Inc. in Vancouver from January 1991 to September 1992. Mr. Marr worked for 18 years with Esso Minerals Canada in Vancouver from 1972 to 1989, becoming a district supervisor in 1985. His experience with Esso included exploration work in B.C., the Yukon Territories and the Western Shield, plus two years in Western Australia, during which he participated in the discovery of several major deposits. A geology graduate of the University of New Brunswick in 1955 and 1957, Jack Patterson also attended graduate studies at the University of Manitoba. Mr. Patterson worked for both major and mid-sized resource companies as well as the Canadian government from graduation through 1980. From 1980 to 1998, when he retired and moved to New Brunswick, he was the Managing Director of the British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines. He became a Director of Geodex Minerals Ltd in 2003. Mr. Humphreys received a M. Sc. in Mineral Exploration from Queens University in Ontario in 1981. He is a professional geologist with over twenty years experience in project evaluation and development in Canada, U.S.A., the South Pacific and Latin America. During his career, Mr. Humphreys has worked with companies including B.P. Minerals, Esso Minerals and Teck Corp. Mr. Pelletier is process chemist/metallurgist by training with fourteen years in industry and twenty-five years in resource related environmental consulting. He has dedicated his entire professional career to the practice and dissemination of sound environmental principles in the resource industry. Since 1981, Mr. Pelletier has been retained as a consultant to a number of international mining companies, to assist with feasibility studies, conceptual design, project development, environmental licensing and project management. Mr. Buckle is resident in United Kingdom. Mr. Buckle holds a BSc (ChemEng) and an MBL (Business Leadership). He was Senior Vice-President at Unilever where he was engaged as a senior finance executive in extensive business planning, emerging market roles and has been a director for 14 years, of which nine were in publicly quoted companies. Mr. Buckle served as Chief of Staff to the PLC Chairman and prior to that he was Overseas Treasurer and Group Finance Director for the company's activities in India and Pakistan. Mr. Buckle has extensive business experience in both small and large companies with market capitalizations raging from 400 million pounds to five billion pounds (GBP). Mr. Neil S. Seldon is President of Neil S. Seldon and Associates (“NSA”), a Vancouver-based company founded in 1980. NSA acts as consultants and advisors in the marketing of non-ferrous concentrates and other minerals and metals to clients around the world. Mr. Seldon is a graduate of the Royal School of Mines in London and served in a senior capacity in metal marketing for several operating mining companies prior to starting NSA. He brings to the board expertise and depth in marketing, sales negotiation, market studies and feasibility input. Mr. Seldon is Non-Executive Chairman and a Director of Bloomsbury Minerals Economics Ltd in London, England, involved in copper market analysis and interactive fundamental investment based metal price modeling. Mr. Bailey received his Bachelor of commerce degree ( Honours) from the University of Manitoba in 1977, and qualified for the CGA designation in British Columbia in 1983. He has 10 years experience working as Chief Financial Officer and Director with mineral exploration companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. Mr. Bailey brings complementary skills to the team in the areas of finance, administration and financial reporting. Mr. Martin has twelve years of mineral exploration experience, primarily in New Brunswick. He was an Exploration Geologist with Lac Minerals, Noranda, Inco, Novagold, Acadia Mineral Ventures, Adex Minerals. He is presently the Regional Manager for Geodex Minerals and oversees the Sisson Brook project field operations. Mr. Martin is also a qualified accountant with accounting experience in the aquaculture and transportation industries. Mr. Testo is an Alberta-based businessman who has been involved mineral exploration in the Alberta for over 15 years. Mr. Turnbull is a consulting geologist and based in Vancouver B.C. and has been actively involved in diamond, precious and base metal exploration since 1983. Dr. Pillersdorf has been involved in the mining sector for over 10 years, including funding start-up mining companies and sourcing and funding resource claims. Dr. Pillersdorf is Head of Rheumatology Outpatients and Head of Rheumatology training at the McMaster niversity Medical Center. Mr. Mager is a graduate of the University of Alberta School of Business and has spent fifteen years in private and public management and consulting is also currently Vice President, CFO, and Director of Committee Bay Resources Ltd. and the CFO and Director of Brilliant Mining Corp. Mr. Dufresne is a partner with APEX Geoscience Ltd., an established geological consulting company. His experience includes diamond, gold and base metal exploration Alberta, B.C., Nunavut, NWT and Australia. Mr. Molyneux is a financial services professional with expertise in the UK, Eastern Med, Middle East, and Africa and brings the ability to diversify the shareholder base outside of North America. Mr Graeme O'Neill has been president of the Company since its inception and has been involved as a principal in start-up and established businesses prior to entering the mineral exploration field. He has substantial experience in planning, financing and managing large projects through his involvement in developing commercial real estate projects. Mr. John Cerenzia has many years experience with small capitalization companies and junior resource companies. He was president of Alive International Inc., now Simberi Gold Corporation, a TSX Venture Exchange listed company with mineral exploration properties located in Papua, New Guinea, and Western Australia. Mr. Michael England became involved in the public markets in the early 1980s, becoming licensed and working with firms such as Richardson Greenshields, and RBC Dominion Securities. Since 1995, Mr. England has been involved with public companies and holds or has held various corporate directorships. Mr. Marvin Mitchell has over 35 years experience as a geologist. Since 1985 he has been an independent geological consultant on behalf of large and small mining companies working on properties in the United States, Asia, South America, and Africa. Mr Tony Simon has over 30 years of business experience in senior management positions, and is currently president of Senator Minerals Inc, listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, and a reporting issuer in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario. Mr. Schara has more than twenty-five years experience in finance and accounting with extensive experience in business start-ups, international business, and managing public companies and mining company joint ventures. Most recently Mr. Schara was the CFO of Minera Andes Inc. Previous to this position he spent eight years at Yamana Resources (now Yamana Gold), the last four years of which were as VP, Finance and CFO. He is currently the chairman of Goldrich Mining Company and a director of Marifil Mines Ltd. Mr. Read was formerly a Managing Director of Investment Banking for Merrill Lynch and the Head of Mining Investment Banking at London-based Smith New Court. Mr. Read is a graduate of economics from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and a Fellow of the Securities and Investment Institute. He is a Director of Kopane Diamond Developments plc and Faroe Petroleum plc. Mr. Bradley was appointed Executive Deputy Chairman of Nevoro on October 15, 2007. Prior to that Mr. Bradley was President & CEO of Nevoro. Mr. Bradley was the Founder, President, and CEO of Yamana Resources Inc., renamed Yamana Gold Inc. in 2003. Currently, Mr. Bradley is Chairman of Osisko Exploration Ltd. and has sat on the boards of several resource companies including Yamana Gold Inc. Mr. Martin is an independent consultant and a director of Maximus Ventures Ltd., Rubicon Minerals Company, Asia Now Resources Corp., Aura Minerals Inc., Nico Mining Limited and Beta Minerals Inc. From 1986 to 1998 he worked with Gordon Capital Company in Toronto in research and investment banking specializing in the mining sector. Since 1998 he has acted as a mining finance consultant for clients in Canada and internationally. Mr. Roosen is President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Osisko Exploration Ltd. and also COO of Eurasia Holdings A.G. Mr. Roosen was Director of Operations of IRT Interconti Trading from May 2001 until September 2003. During his more than twenty year career in the mineral exploration industry, Mr. Roosen has acquired extensive international exploration and development experience with Etruscan, Echo Bay Mines Ltd. and Placer Dome. Mr. Roosen, Eng. T. obtained his degree at Haileybury School of Mines. He holds a Masters of Science, is a Licensed Professional Geologist and is a Qualified Person as defined by Canadian National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Klohn has over thirty-five years experience including serving one year as Exploration Vice President, Aura Gold Inc. now Aura Minerals Inc., ten years as Project Manager and Exploration Vice President for Yamana Resources Inc. and subsequently Yamana Gold Inc., and twenty-five years in various exploration, research and staff positions for Exxon Corporation. Mr. Klohn is currently a director of International Enexco Ltd. and a director of Redhill Energy Inc. Mr. Ladner is an independent financial consultant with extensive international experience. Mr. Ladner was the Managing Director of RP&C from 1992 to 2002 as well as the Chairman of the Bank Austria (Switzerland) Ltd. from 1992 to 2001. Previously, Mr. Ladner was an Executive Vice President of Coutts Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. from 1975 to 1992. Mr. Ladner is a director of StrataGold Corporation, Colombia Gold PLC and Pan Pacific Aggregates PLC, Oracle Energy Corp and Mohave Exploration & Production Inc., as well as a director of several other companies mainly in the financial and exploration industries. Mr. McDonald has been the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer since February 28, 2009 and previously was the CFO of Nevoro from February 2007 to November 2007. Mr. McDonald is a self-employed Chartered Accountant with a broad range of experience in public company finance with a primary focus on the resource sector. Mr. McDonald sits on the boards of Corriente Resources Inc., Fjordland Exploration Ltd. and Frontier Pacific Mining Corporation, and serves as CFO for Atna Resources Ltd. Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse is President and Chief Executive Officer of NovaGold Resources Inc. Since assuming management of NovaGold in 1998, Rick has assembled a portfolio of world-class properties and a team of top industry professionals who have turned NovaGold into one of North America's fastest growing mining companies, poised to become a mid-tier gold, silver and copper producer. Kevin joined NovaGold in October 2005 and manages all aspects of resource estimation, direct resource estimate activities, supervision of mining professionals, corporate development activities and the development of internal audit standards. He has more than 20 years of experience in integrating computerized geology and other mining disciplines to improving resource estimation and mine reconciliation. Greg joined Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse to establish NovaGold in 1998. With over 20 years of industry experience, Greg is responsible for NovaGold's marketing and communication activities, and is involved in developing strategic growth opportunities. Don joined the Company in January 2003, bringing with him 25 years of experience in mine development and financing. Prior to joining the Company, Don was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Forbes Medi-Tech Inc., a public biotech company, from 2001 to 2003, De Beers Canada Mining (formerly Winspear Diamonds) from 1999 to 2001, and Dayton Mining from 1991 to 1999, and Vice-President Finance of Granges Inc. from 1983 to 1991. Joe joined NovaGold in 2002 with over 25 years experience in the minerals exploration and development sector. He has managed exploration projects from grassroots discovery through advanced acquisitions. Mr. Thorsen has over 40 years experience in the mining business including 15 years with Selection Trust, three years with Saskatchewan Mining and Development Corporation (Cameco), 21 years with Teck Corporation including a two year period managing its world wide exploration as President of Teck Exploration Ltd. During this period, Mr. Thorsen was directly involved at the field level with the discovery of three ore bodies and at the management level with the discovery and development of three additional ore bodies. Mr. Leahy has more than 26 years experience in venture capital, primarily in the resource sector. He is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of North American Tungsten Corporation, the western world’s largest producer of tungsten concentrate. Mr. Friesen has more than 40 years of experience in mining and mineral exploration including seventeen years with the Noranda Group, and has extensive experience working with mining projects from pre-feasibility through to production. Mr. Wynne is the founder of San Gold Resources Corporation (a predecessor to San Gold Corporation) and has over 40 years experience in mining, mining services, and exploration Mr. Ginn is a geologist with over 20 years of experience in geology, geological and mine management in gold and base metal mines in North America. Mr. Ginn previously worked at Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting, GoldCorp, Granges and Westmin. Mr. Boulay is a geologist with 35 years of experience in senior and executive level management of junior mining companies. He has been involved as a mine project finance specialist with BMO Bank of Montreal, RBC Royal Bank and Bank of Tokyo. Mr. Shearer has a background in oil and gas and mining. He founded and ran an oilfield services company for 15 years and is currently the president of a private oil and gas company in Alberta Mr. Power is a professional engineer with over 30 years of experience in the mining industry in Canada. A Chartered Financial Analyst he was formerly Vice-President of Corporate Development at Hemlo Gold Mines Inc., now Battle Mountain Gold Company Mr. Hubert has enjoyed a successful career as a self employed consultant focusing on the interrelationships between the environment, community and resource-based industries throughout Canada, including 20 years in Northern Canada. Mr. McCutcheon practises law as Counsel in Toronto. Mr. McCutcheon has also served on the Boards of a number of mining issuers, including Falconbridge Limited and Noranda Inc. Mr. Kristjansson has been involved in Finance and Business Development in a career spanning 14 years. Mr. Berzins has over 29 years of diverse experience in the mining industry ranging from large open-pit operations to narrow-vein underground mines. His most recent position was as general manager responsible for the construction and start-up of Sherwood Copper's Minto operations in the Yukon, completed on time and on budget. He previously held senior management positions with gold miners Harmony Gold, Echo Bay Mines, Miramar Mining and other larger operations such as Albian Sands and Suncor. Mr. Moore comes to Serengeti after a 30 year career with Teck Cominco, Cominco and related companies, where he participated in the discovery and delineation of mineral deposits in several countries. He brings experience and expertise ranging from grassroots prospecting to international exploration, business management and development, as well as a proven ability to recognize exploration targets of high potential and transform them into successful projects. David’s success with expansion and discovery of mineral resources includes notable properties such as Hackett River, Red Dog, Cerattepe, and Kudz ze Kayah in addition to Kwanika. Mr. Osatenko brings 35 years exploration experience with Teck Cominco Limited, Cominco Ltd. and related companies where he specialized in the identification and discovery if large tonnage porphyry copper and copper-gold deposits. Myron’s success with mineral discovery includes notable properties such as Prosperity and Pebble. He has detailed experience with these deposits over a geographical range from the large copper deposits of Chile to the Highland Valley of British Columbia and the Pebble Copper-Gold deposit in Alaska. Mr. Peck completed his CA requirements with Deloitte & Touche Chartered Accountants in Vancouver. He then practiced in Alberta prior to moving to Toronto. From 1986 until 1993, he was a partner with member offices of the public accounting firm Horwath International. From 1993 until March 2004 he was a Vice President in the corporate finance group of publicly listed full service investment dealers, first with CM Oliver and then Canaccord Capital Corporation which acquired CM Oliver in 1998. Mr. Tikkanen brings to the company more than 40 years of exploration and mining experience, including more than 29 years at the corporate and board level. He retired from Cominco in 1999 as Vice President Exploration and was President of Cominco Resources, a TSE listed company from its inception in 1987 until 1995. In the course of his career he was responsible for the management of a number of underground and open-pit mines. Mr. Tanaka has over 30 years experience as a geologist and exploration manager with junior and senior companies. During his career he has participated in numerous mineral discoveries. He is currently President and Director of Fjordland Exploration Inc. and Pathfinder Resources Ltd. He has held senior positions with Freeport McMoran Gold Co., Aber Resources Ltd., Asamera Inc., Cominco Ltd. and Canarc Resources. Mr. Lawrick brings 20 years of experience in the merchant banking, mining exploration and brokerage businesses. As a Managing Director of Toronto-based Thorson Fordyce, he manages structured investments in the resource sector. Mr. Lawrick is also a Managing Partner in Birkenshaw & Co. Ltd, a private partnership specializing in M&A and equity and debt financings. Ian Brown is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years experience as a financial executive in the mineral exploration industry. He has a wide ranging experience in structuring project and joint venture financings with junior and major companies and in project administration. Mr. Brown has extensive experience in public company listings, including start-ups, IPO's and graduation to senior exchanges. 40 years of international business experience with strengths in strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions and operations. More than 25 years experience in international operations, project evaluation and mine management. Over 25 years of experience as a senior officer and director of Dayton Mines Inc., High River Gold Mines Ltd. and Brohm Resources Inc. Experienced in corporate finance and public company management. Over 25 years in mining and exploration finance. Mr. Sanders has held positions with Canaccord, Richmont Mines Ltd., Consolidated Cinola Mines and Shore Gold. Former partner of Nemeth Thody Anderson, chartered Accountants, focused on audits of reporting companies, IPO’s, corporate mergers and acquisitions as well William R. Lieberman is a Chartered Financial Analyst Candidate, Level one at the CFA Institute in New York, and earned a Masters in Business Administration from Hult International Business School in Boston, MA. He has an extensive track record in international mining, metal, plastic and advertising sales. Mr. Lieberman was Vice President of Sales and Development for Zapoint, Inc. in Boston Massachusetts, where he was highly involved in all stages of financing and development. From 2005 through 2006 Mr. Lieberman was Vice President of Sales and Development for Resource Polymers, Inc. in Toronto, Canada. During his tenure at Resource Polymers Mr. Lieberman networked throughout Canada and internationally in global scrap markets, and provided arbitrage services to secondary metal and plastics markets. Mr. Lieberman speaks fluent Spanish and has worked extensively in Latin America and Europe. Andrew J Befumo holds a law degree from the College of William and Mary and a Bachelor of Science degree from the Pennsylvania State University. He served as Director of Legal Affairs for Xcelplus International, Inc from March 2006 until November 2006. After leaving XcelPlus, Mr. Befumo worked for Belmont Partners, LLC as General Counsel. Mr. Befumo is senior partner in Befumo & Schaeffer, PLLC, a Washington D.C. based law firm specializing in federal securities and intellectual property law. Mr. Befumo has a comprehensive and diverse background encompassing business, legal and technical vocations. He is a member in good standing of the District of Columbia Bar, and is also licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Mr.Reyes is considered as one of Ecuador’s epithermal experts and has participated in numerous mining explorations and the assessment of metallic deposits in Southern Ecuador. He is expert at conducting drilling, geochemistry, geological mapping and performing environmental consultancies and has managed many mining exploration projects in Ecuador and Peru. He has served as a field geologist for Iamgold, Mariana Resources and Albrook Gold and has experience in alluvial projects in southern Ecuador. Mr. Reyes has degrees in both Biology and Geology. Mr. Laracy is President of the Company and has extensive experience as both an exploration geologist and lawyer. He is a director of the Chamber of Minerals Resources for Newfoundland and Labrador and a former President of the Newfoundland and Labrador Explorationists Association. He has 25 years experience in the petroleum and mineral exploration business in various capacities. This included the geological and geophysical basin analysis and exploration of numerous sedimentary basins worldwide. Ms. Bishop graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1997 and earned her Certified General Accountant designation in 2003. She has over ten years experience in the oil and gas industry with Canadian public companies. Her background includes management positions in companies with Canadian and international operations contributing to a broad spectrum of expertise in financial management and regulatory compliance for junior publicly traded companies. Mr. Koenig is Portfolio Manager with Pathways Asset Management where he oversees mining portfolios as well as oil and gas portfolios. With a strong background in oil and gas analysis, his primary responsibility has been to provide guidance on resource company investments. Having over 20 years industry experience, he is well known for his work in the early identification of companies in the energy sector with growth and investment potential. Mr. Koenig provides the Company with oil & gas and mining financial expertise and an extensive industry network. Mr. Collins has twenty-two years of diversified experience in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. He has a B.Sc. (Specialization) in Geology from the University of Alberta. Mr. Collins has concentrated his efforts in the deep basin in West Central Alberta and North East British Columbia while at AEC Oil and Gas, Pamplona Energy, Stampeder Exploration Inc, and Big Bear Exploration Inc. Reserves of over 600 BCFE are accredited to Mr. Collins generated acquisition, drilling and exploration activities. Thereafter, he was Vice President Exploration at Corsair Exploration Inc. for a period of three years. Mr. Collins joined Meridian Energy as Vice President and COO in January 2004 and when it was sold in 2005 he founded Cork Exploration Inc. where he was President and CEO. On April 20, 2008, he joined Primera Energy Resources Ltd. as President. Dr. Gibbons recently retired as Senior Vice-President of Jacques Whitford Group based in St. John’s Newfoundland. He is a former Minister of Mines and Energy for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador (1989-1997) and was instrumental in ensuring that modern petroleum regulations were put in place to encourage exploration in Western Newfoundland. He holds a Ph.D in Geology from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and has received many academic and industry awards throughout his career. Dr. Gibbons has a rare blend of experience both in petroleum exploration and development as well as mineral exploration and development. This fits well with the company’s current projects. Mr. Flood is Deputy Director, Investment Banking at Haywood Securities (UK) Limited and has over 35 years of experience in international mining. Ed was previously Deputy Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. and its founding President. Prior to joining Ivanhoe, Ed was a principal at Robertson Stephens & Co., where he was a member of the investment team for a public mutual fund focused on natural resource development projects around the world. He was also senior mining analyst with a prominent Canadian securities firm. Mr. Chmelauskas was most recently President and CEO of Jinshan Gold Mines, Inc. where he successfully managed and led the company during the commissioning of one of China's largest open pit gold mines. In addition to his considerable experience in the exploration, development and mining industry, Jay held a key position with chemical manufacturer Methanex, where he was involved with a $250 million chemical plant expansion in Chile. Mr.Bryan has over 35 years of experience in the industrial minerals industry including exploration, product marketing, mine development as well as expertise with mining laws concerning mining claims, National Environment Policy Act, permitting and reclamation at both the U.S. federal and Nevada state level. Dennis is the appointee of the Governor to the State of Nevada Commission on Mineral Resources, representing the small miner's interests including that of the industrial minerals industry Mr. Epshtein started his accounting career with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, specializing in providing audit and assurance services to public mining companies. He moved from public practice to industry as corporate controller for a group of junior exploration companies working on mergers and acquisitions, strategy, financings and IPOs. He also serves as a CFO for Western Uranium Corporation, Canada Energy Partners Inc. and Southern Arc Minerals Inc., all TSX Venture Exchange listed companies. Mr. Haldane worked for several major advertising agencies in New York before joining Russell Reynolds, then Heidrick & Struggles. In 1995, he founded and is the President of Haldane Diogenes, Inc., an executive recruiting company. Over the last 20 years, he has been very successful in senior level recruiting in mining around the world. His clients span the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Africa and Europe. Ms.Klessig has over 27 years experience in global mineral exploration, development and production. She worked for Homestake Mining, Amselco, Kennecott and Gencor where she held exploration positions and has also worked on engineering studies, mine planning, and metallurgical projects for BP Minerals. She was with Indochina Goldfields, now Ivanhoe Mines, during its Initial Public Offering and worked as a stockbroker for four years with A.G. Edwards and Sons, Inc. Mr.Macken is President and CEO of Ivanhoe Mines. John joined Ivanhoe Mines after a 19 year career with mining giant Freeport McMoran Copper and Gold, most recently as Senior Vice-President of Strategic Planning and Development, based in New Orleans. He spent 12 years with Freeport's operating unit, P.T. Freeport Indonesia, culminating in the position of Executive Vice-President and General Manager at Freeport's Grasberg mining complex in Papua, the world's largest single copper and gold mine. John is the Chairman of Ivanhoe's coal subsidiary, SouthGobi Energy Resources. Mr. William Sheriff was Chairman and EVP of Energy Metals Corp. prior to its acquisition by Uranium One. William has held positions over 27 years with a number of mining and mineral exploration companies, including Cypress Minerals - AMOCO and Amselco Exploration. He was founder and President of Platoro West Incorporated and is currently President and CEO of EMC Metals Corp., President of Pacific Intermountain Gold Corporation and a director of Uranium One, Midway Gold Corp., Artha Resources, Bluerock Resources and Eurasian Minerals. Mr. Lando has more than 20 years experience working in the equity markets and the management and finance of public companies. John has worked for RBC Dominion Securities, has served as a Director of several public companies, and is currently focused on the management of Northern Lion. Mr. Bailey has Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees in geology from Oregon State University and the University of Washington respectively, and has had a very successful 30 year career in exploration, development and management positions in the mining industry. He has been President and CEO of Minefinders Corporation since 1995. Dr. Baker is an exploration geologist with over 30 years of experience in the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. Previously, he was Chief Geologist for Newcrest Mining Limited, Chief Geologist (South America) for MIM Holdings Limited and Principal Geologist (Asia) for Renison Goldfield Corporation. Dr. Baker completed his B.Sc. (Hons) and Ph.D. at James Cook University of North Queensland. Mr. Brown is a chartered accountant and partner in the accounting firm of Culver & Co. in Vancouver, British Columbia since 1991. He has served clients in a wide range of industries, and is familiar with the reporting requirements of public companies. He has served as a director of Northern Lion Gold Corp. since 1998. Mr. Wik graduated from Åbo Akademi Univeristy (Turku, Finland) in 2001 with a Masters Degree in Geology and Mineralogy and holds several years of experience of mineral exploration for a variety of commodities (gold, base metals and diamonds) in both Scandinavia and Russia. Among these being a project geologist for Scanmining (SWE) and as consultant to Inmet in Bergslagen (Sweden). Mr. Fraser has been employed in mineral exploration since 1970 in a number of positions including Exploration Manager, Central Canada, for Noranda Exploration Co., and Senior Geologist for Bow Valley Industries Ltd. He has also served as director of a number of public companies. Ms McCorquodale has 20 years of mineral exploration experience, and has held a variety of geological positions for both major and junior mining companies, including Noranda and Goldcorp. In addition to her technical background Joan has been engaged in corporate development and accountable for several property acquisitions, corporate governance and financings. She has explored for, base and precious minerals, and diamonds in Canada , South America, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Europe. Ms. Gillis received her Certified Management Accountant (CMA) in 2008. Ms. Gillis has been involved in the financial markets for over 11 years and brings a comprehensive background in financial reporting and regulatory requirements to the Company. She started her career working at Thomas, Rondeau, a corporate and securities law firm. Ms. Gillis also worked at Concert Industries Ltd., a manufacturing company with revenues in excess of $120 million. During her time she served as the Corporate Accountant. Prior to joining Northern Lion Gold Corp., Ms. Gillis was the Treasurer and Controller of Geologix Explorations Inc. and is currently the Financial Controller for New World Resource Corp. Mr. Lando has more than 20 years experience working in the equity markets and the management and finance of public companies. John has worked for RBC Dominion Securities, has served as a Director of several public companies, and is currently focused on the management of Northern Lion. Mr. Bailey has Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees in geology from Oregon State University and the University of Washington respectively, and has had a very successful 30 year career in exploration, development and management positions in the mining industry. He has been President and CEO of Minefinders Corporation since 1995. Dr. Baker is an exploration geologist with over 30 years of experience in the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe. Previously, he was Chief Geologist for Newcrest Mining Limited, Chief Geologist (South America) for MIM Holdings Limited and Principal Geologist (Asia) for Renison Goldfield Corporation. Dr. Baker completed his B.Sc. (Hons) and Ph.D. at James Cook University of North Queensland. Mr. Brown is a chartered accountant and partner in the accounting firm of Culver & Co. in Vancouver, British Columbia since 1991. He has served clients in a wide range of industries, and is familiar with the reporting requirements of public companies. He has served as a director of Northern Lion Gold Corp. since 1998. Mr. Wik graduated from Åbo Akademi Univeristy (Turku, Finland) in 2001 with a Masters Degree in Geology and Mineralogy and holds several years of experience of mineral exploration for a variety of commodities (gold, base metals and diamonds) in both Scandinavia and Russia. Among these being a project geologist for Scanmining (SWE) and as consultant to Inmet in Bergslagen (Sweden). Mr. Fraser has been employed in mineral exploration since 1970 in a number of positions including Exploration Manager, Central Canada, for Noranda Exploration Co., and Senior Geologist for Bow Valley Industries Ltd. He has also served as director of a number of public companies. Ms McCorquodale has 20 years of mineral exploration experience, and has held a variety of geological positions for both major and junior mining companies, including Noranda and Goldcorp. In addition to her technical background Joan has been engaged in corporate development and accountable for several property acquisitions, corporate governance and financings. She has explored for, base and precious minerals, and diamonds in Canada , South America, Southeast Asia, Australia, and Europe. Ms. Gillis received her Certified Management Accountant (CMA) in 2008. Ms. Gillis has been involved in the financial markets for over 11 years and brings a comprehensive background in financial reporting and regulatory requirements to the Company. She started her career working at Thomas, Rondeau, a corporate and securities law firm. Ms. Gillis also worked at Concert Industries Ltd., a manufacturing company with revenues in excess of $120 million. During her time she served as the Corporate Accountant. Prior to joining Northern Lion Gold Corp., Ms. Gillis was the Treasurer and Controller of Geologix Explorations Inc. and is currently the Financial Controller for New World Resource Corp. John has more than 20 years experience working in the equity markets and the management and finance of public companies. John has worked for RBC Dominion Securities, has served as a Director of several public companies, and is currently focused on the management of Northern Lion Gold Corp and New World Resource Corp. Joan McCorquodale, P.Geo. has 20 years of mineral exploration experience, and has held a variety of positions from field geologist to project manager for both major and junior mining companies, including Noranda and Goldcorp. In addition to her scientific background Joan has been engaged in corporate development and accountable for several property acquisitions, corporate governance and financings. She has explored for, base and precious minerals, and diamonds in Canada , South America, Southeast Asia , Australia , and Europe . Joan has a strong exploration background with a comprehensive knowledge of both geophysical and geochemical exploration techniques as well as the experience to manage a variety of exploration programs from developing mine reserves to regional grassroots programs. John has been employed in mineral exploration since 1970 in a number of positions including Exploration Manager, Central Canada, for Noranda Exploration Co., and Senior Geologist for Bow Valley Industries Ltd. He has also served as director of a number of public companies. NAI Top Mining Executives Robert Friednand Patrick F. N. Anderson Ronald K. 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