Lynda Bloom, Director, President and CEO
Ms. Bloom has 30 years of leadership experience in the mining industry, which includes responsibility for project generation, financing and regulatory compliance. After earning an M.Sc. at Queen's University in Geological Sciences, she gained experience as an exploration geochemist planning and interpreting geochemical surveys across Canada, and in many South American and African countries. She is recognized as a world expert on assay methods and has travelled extensively worldwide to review sampling and analytical procedures. Over the past 20 years, she has also acted as a consultant to some of the largest exploration and mining companies in the world including Barrick, Falconbridge, AngloAmerican and Cameco. She is a Director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada and recently completed her term as Chair of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy - Toronto branch. She also serves on several government advisory boards.

Marc Cernovitch, Director and Chairman
Mr. Cernovitch studied Economics at McGill University. He started his career in the financial sector as a stockbroker and has lived and worked in Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, New York and Toronto. Since leaving the brokerage industry, Marc has focused on corporate development, funding and building companies primarily in the resource and energy technology fields. He has a strong background in corporate governance and finance.

Tom H. A. Healy, Director, Senior Vice President & COO
Mr. Healy, a mining engineer, is a graduate of the University of Melbourne and holds a postgraduate degree from the Royal School of Mines. He has over 30 years of experience in open pit and underground mine design and operations, and management of base and precious metal, coal, oil sands, diamonds and industrial mineral projects. Mr. Healy is also President of Kamcot International Ltd., an independent company providing management and engineering services to the international mining community.

Nick DeMare, Director and CFO
Mr. DeMare holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia and is a member in good standing of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia. Since May 1991, Mr. DeMare has been 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.

Ewan Downie, Director
Mr. Downie serves as a Director and/or Officer of several publicly traded companies and has long experience in the mining industry.  He is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Premier Gold Mines Limited (TSX:PG) and formerly President of Zinifex Canada, which he joined in May 2007 following the acquisition by Zinifex Limited of Wolfden Resources Inc., a company formerly listed on the TSX which he founded and served from inception in March 1999 as President and Chief Executive Officer.  It was under Mr. Downie’s tenure that Wolfden discovered the High Lake polymetallic base metal deposit in Nunavut, a discovery for which Wolfden received the Prospector and Developer Association of Canada’s Prospector of the Year Award in 2003.  Mr. Downie also serves as a director to several other public companies, including Newstrike Resources Ltd., PC Gold,  Skybridge Development Corp., Benton Resources Corp., and Marksmen Capital Inc.

Andrew Carter, Director
Mr. Carter managed exploration crews in the Leonora and Kimberly regions in Western Australia. In 1988, he was appointed Chief Executive of RAC Finance Limited, a non-bank owned commercial financier in Western Australia during the 1970s. During this time, he was also 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 was also admitted as an Associate of the Australian Institute of Credit Management. In 1999, Mr. Carter relocated to Vancouver where he has been providing services as an independent corporate consultant. Mr. Carter currently serves as an Officer and Director of other public reporting companies.

William Lee, Director
Mr. Lee holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia and is a member in good standing of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia. In 1986, Mr. Lee held the position of Senior Audit Manager at Deloitte & Touche. Since then he has been financial officer with control over several public and private companies.