Michael Newbury - President & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Newbury has 35 years experience in the financial and natural resource sector. Since 1993 Mr. Newbury has been an independent consultant providing financial advisory services in the natural resources industries to assist companies to structure joint ventures and finance projects. He specializes in corporate structuring, mergers and acquisitions, evaluation and project financing.

Prior to 1993, Mr.Newbury held senior managerial positions with various financial institutions such as Credit Suisse Canada, the Royal Bank of Canada, Barclays Bank of Canada and Hiram Walker Resources Ltd. He has also held a variety of positions in the natural resources industry, primarily engaged in the evaluation of assets and the exploitation of petroleum and mineral resources. Mr. Newbury has a B.Sc. from Queen's University and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. studies from McGill University. He is a professional engineer in Ontario and a member of CIMM and of the American Institute of Mining and Petroleum Engineers.

James S. Hershaw - Vice President Mineral/Corporate Development & Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Hershaw has 25 years of energy and mineral development expertise in Canada and Africa. Mr. Hershaw graduated from Queen's University in Mining Engineering, received his MBA from the University of Alberta and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Mr. Hershaw is a founding partner of WATT Capital with senior roles in energy and investment organizations. He has extensive experience with capital markets and flow through shares with several firms including Nesbitt Burns and Dynamic Funds.

Paul Pathak - Corporate Secretary

Mr. Pathak is as a partner of Chitiz Pathak LLP, a Toronto law firm serving clients in the securities and investment industries, including issuers and dealers on a full range of securities transactions. Mr. Pathak practices principally in the areas of corporate, securities, mergers, acquisitions and commercial law. He represents and provides sophisticated guidance to private and public corporate clients in a broad range of industries, including natural resources, technology, manufacturing, merchant banking and advertising. Mr. Pathak was called to the Ontario Bar in 1994, having completed his LL.B. at Osgoode Hall Law School. He has sat on the boards of and acted as a corporate secretary to several private and public companies listed on both the Canadian and American stock exchanges.