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Directors
| | Giulio Bonifacio, President and CEO Mr. Bonifacio has over 26 years in senior executive positions in the mining industry. Mr. Bonifacio is the founder, President & CEO of Nevada Copper Corp. and has a successful track record of raising equity and project capital for development projects of merit. Mr. Bonifacio is a professional accountant with extensive experience and knowledge in areas of corporate finance, securities matters, project finance and mergers & acquisitions. Mr. Bonifacio has held senior executive roles with Getty Resources Limited, TOTAL S.A. and Vengold Inc. |
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| | Jan Castro, Director Mr. Castro is the Chief Executive Officer of Pala Investments AG, the exclusive advisor to Pala Investments Holdings Ltd., a multi-strategy investment company dedicated to investing in, and creating value across, the mining sector in both developed and emerging markets. Pala seeks to assist companies in which it has long-term shareholdings by providing strategic advice and innovative financing solutions. Prior to founding Pala in July 2006, Mr. Castro was Senior Vice President of Investments and Corporate Affairs for Mechel OAO, a NYSE-listed company and one of Russia's largest mining and metals companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Castro currently serves on the Boards of Capstone Mining Corp, Alacer Gold Corp, Churchill Mining PLC and Gemcom Software International Inc. Mr. Castro is also Chairman of Sierra Rutile Ltd. |
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| | Joe Giuffre, Director Mr. Giuffre has over eighteen years of combined experience in business and legal matters, and has a transaction-based practice in the areas of corporate finance, securities, mining, corporate structuring, project finance, mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Giuffre has extensive experience acting for Canadian public companies with an international focus, many of which have progressed from private start-up companies to publicly-listed emerging companies trading on the TSX Venture Exchange, the Toronto Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange or NASDAQ. |
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| | Brian Kirwin, Non Executive Chairman Former Vice
President, Exploration of Vengold 1997-2000; 1990-1997 Placer Dome Inc. in various Senior roles. M.Sc. Mineral Exploration with over twenty years involved in international exploration evaluating deposits, mines and investment conditions worldwide. Credited with three satellite deposit discoveries on advanced projects in Nevada. Co-Founder of Nevada Copper. |
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| | Paul Matysek, Director Mr. Matysek has over 25 years of experience in the mining industry and is an experienced geochemist and geologist with a Bachelor of Science degree and a Masters of Science degree in Geology. Mr. Matysek has held senior management and director positions with several natural resource exploration and development companies.
Mr. Matysek currently holds the position of President and CEO of Potash One Inc. Potash One Inc. is an agriculture focused resource development company well positioned to benefit from the growing global demand for food, feed and biofuels.
Most recently Mr. Matysek was the President & CEO of Energy Metals Corporation, a premiere uranium company traded on New York Stock and Toronto Stock Exchanges. Energy Metals became one of the fastest growing companies in Canada in the last few years having grown from a market capitalization of only $10 million in 2004 to approximately $1.5 billion when it was acquired by a larger uranium producer in 2007. |
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| | Foster Wilson, Director Mr. Wilson is the President and CEO of Mesa Uranium Corp., a uranium exploration company . Mr. Wilson has over 23 years of experience in exploration and development projects ranging from reconnaissance to definition drilling, ore reserve estimation and feasibility studies. He also formerly worked with Placer Dome Exploration 1990-1999 and Echo Bay Exploration 1985-1990. |
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