Corporate

Mr. Stanford is a highly qualified mining executive with 28+ years experience in the mining industry. Mr. Stanford started his career at Inco Limited in 1981 as a software designer and then moved into operations management as an underground mine foreman. He progressed through increasingly senior roles in mines operations, processing plant operations, engineering, EHS, human resources, and production services operations. In 2006 he was appointed to the role of President of Vale Inco's Ontario Operations, a position he held until June of 2009. There are many milestones in a 28 year career, two that stand out for Mr. Stanford are an 80% reduction in injuries while he was Manager of EHS in the Manitoba Operations, and, while he was President, a production record in Ontario that was 15% above the previous record.

Mr. Stanford graduated in Industrial Engineering from the Technical University of Nova Scotia. He served on the Board of Laurentian University, where he currently acts as Executive in Residence, and is a member of the Board of Cambrian College and of the Northern Centre for Advanced Technology (NORCAT), a non profit commercial incubator.

Mr. Gottwald is a Chartered Accountant with over fifteen years' experience in the financial services industry, including senior management positions with Homeland Energy Group and Tahera Diamond Corporation. Prior to joining Tahera Diamond Corporation as Controller in 2000, Mr. Gottwald was a financial analyst with Arthur Andersen LLP. He was promoted to Chief Financial Officer in 2001 and Executive Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer in 2007. Mr. Gottwald managed the transition of Tahera's Jericho diamond mine from its exploration stage through development and into commercial production, negotiated and completed 16 equity and two debt financings totalling over $220 million and developed and implemented accounting, reporting and procedural systems appropriate for the growth of the company and the ongoing regulatory and accounting changes.

Mr. Gottwald holds a degree in Statistical Sciences from the University of Western Ontario and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario.

Dr. Childe is an experienced exploration geologist who has held several senior positions in the mining industry throughout her fifteen-year career, focusing on base and precious metal exploration, project generation and corporate activities. Dr. Childe's work experience includes conducting technical and financial evaluations of mining assets and negotiation of potential new exploration and development opportunities in South America. She has previously been involved with a number of exploration and development companies, including Energold Mining Ltd. (now Energold Drilling Corp.), Viceroy Exploration Inc. (acquired by Yamana Gold Inc. In 2006) and AfriOre Limited (acquired by Lonmin Plc in 2007).

Dr. Childe holds a Ph.D. in Economic Geology from the Mineral Deposit Research Unit at the University of British Columbia and has published over 20 articles related to geology and mineral deposits. She has been a Professional Geoscientist with the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario since 2002.

Gabriela Sanchez is a senior investor relations and marketing professional with over 25 years experience, 10 of them at senior management level and primarily within the gold mining sector.

Throughout her career, Ms. Sanchez has worked successfully towards developing and raising the profiles of several emerging gold mining companies within the analyst and investment communities. She has coordinated the strategic planning, design and execution of effective IR/Marketing programs tailored to the companies' specific stage of development.

Before 2004, Ms. Sanchez was part of the management team that brought Goldcorp from a market value of $50 million to $3 billion in four years. More recently, at Dundee Precious Metals, Ms. Sanchez facilitated the introduction of the company to the Canadian, North American and European investment communities and was instrumental in dramatically increasing and diversifying the company's shareholder base.

Mr. Sanchez has a BSc. Degree from Apec University of Santo Domingo and an MBA from the Catholic University of Santo Domingo, under a program sponsored by the University of South Carolina.