Bruce D. Hansen has been our Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company since January 2007. From September 2005 until he joined us in January 2007, Mr. Hansen served as Senior Vice President, Operations Services and Development at Newmont Mining Corporation. Prior to that, Mr. Hansen served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Newmont Mining Corporation from July 1999 to September 2005. Mr. Hansen also served as the Vice President of Project Development for Newmont and previously was the Senior Vice President of Corporate Development for Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corporation. Mr. Hansen is also a director of Energy Fuels Inc.

R. David Russell has been the President & CEO/director of the Canadian gold company Apollo Gold Corporation (“Apollo Gold”) since 2002, which is listed on the TSX and on AMEX, and has been a director of the Company since 2002. In 1999, Mr. Russell founded Nevoro Gold Corporation which was subsequently merged with Apollo Gold. From 1994 to 1999, Mr. Russell was Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Getchell Gold Corporation (“Getchell”), a Nevada gold producer. Prior to working for Getchell, Mr. Russell was General Manager, US operations, for LAC Minerals Ltd. and, after their acquisition, Barrick Gold Corporation.

Richard F. Nanna is Vice President Exploration for Apollo Gold and has been a director of the Company since 2003. Mr. Nanna was Vice President of Exploration in Nevada for Getchell from 1994 to 1999.

Ricardo M. Campoy has been a director of the Company since August 2006. Mr. Campoy has worked as an international natural resources banker for twenty-six years, having served in executive finance positions at various firms, including as Head of Mining & Metals of WestLB AG and as Member/Senior Advisor of McFarland Dewey & Co., LLC. Prior to Mr. Campoy’s work in finance, he was employed as a mining engineer. Mr. Campoy is currently in private practice as a financial and corporate advisor to the natural resources industry.

Mark A. Lettes has been a director of the Company since April 2007. Mr. Lettes served as Chief Financial Officer of Apex Silver Mines from June 1998 to June 2006, and was responsible for financing of Apex’s large-scale San Cristobal silver and zinc mine in Bolivia. Prior to joining Apex, Mr. Lettes held senior financial positions with Cyprus Amax, Amax, Inc., and Amax Gold. Mr. Lettes serves on the Board of Directors of Yukon Zinc Corporation.

Jean-Pierre Ergas is currently the Chairman of BWAY Corporation, a leading metal and plastic public packaging group that he led
as CEO from 2000 to 2007. From 1985 to 2000, Mr. Ergas was a Senior Corporate Officer of Pechiney and Alcan, two of
the world's leading aluminum producers. Mr. Ergas was a member of the Pechiney Executive Committee, in charge of its
aluminum downstream business from 1986 to 1994 and in 1995, became a member of the Alcan Aluminum Corporate
Executive Committee, in charge of Europe. Mr. Ergas has been a CEO of leading European and American packaging and
metallurgic companies for 31 years.

Mr. Ergas is a graduate from l'Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris and has a Masters of Business Administration from
Harvard University. He also serves as a Director of Dover Corporation, Compagnie Plastic Omnium (Paris stock
exchange), and Splix S.A. (a private French company).

Gary Loving has over 35 years of experience as a mining company executive and manager. He has been responsible for
mining projects and operations at Homestake Mining Company, Phelps Dodge Corporation and Frontera Copper
Corporation. Most recently, Mr. Loving served as President, CEO and Director of Frontera Copper from February 2005 to
October 2007. Prior to his positions at Frontera, he served as Senior Vice President of South American Operations for
Phelps Dodge, where he was responsible for operations at Candelaria, El Abra and Ojos del Salado in Chile, and Cerro
Verde in Peru. His experience includes both surface and underground, base and precious metal operations. Mr. Loving's
experience includes the development of new, copper mining and processing projects such as the Candelaria project in Chile
from October 1994 through November of 1997 and the Piedras Verdes project in Mexico.

Mr. Loving earned a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering from the University of Arizona and has completed
Executive Management programs at both Stanford and Dartmouth Universities.

M. K. Branstetter has been our Secretary and Treasurer since November 1992, and acts as our corporate counsel. Mr. Branstetter is the principal of Hull & Branstetter Chartered, a law firm in Idaho.

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