BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Marc Legault

Mr. Legault is Vice-President, Project Development with Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. in Toronto and has held several positions within Agnico-Eagle including exploration geologist, mining geologist and now chief geologist at the Laronde Division, a 7,000 tonne per day underground gold-silver-copper-zinc mine. He was instrumental in convincing Agnico-Eagle of the potential of its Pinos Altos epithermal gold-silver project in Chihuahua, and is currently managing the exploration and evaluation program at Pinos Altos while evaluating other mining opportunities in Mexico. A graduate of Queen's University with a B.Sc. with Honours in geological engineering and an M.Sc. in geology from Carleton University, Mr. Legault is also a licensed professional engineer in both Ontario and Quebec, and served on the CIM committee that developed the Estimation of Mineral Resources and Mineral Resources Best Practice Guidelines.

Richard Hughes

Mr. Richard Hughes is one of the people behind the discovery of the Hemlo Gold Mines in Ontario and the discovery of the Balmoral Mine in Quebec. Mr. Hughes controls Hastings Management Corp., and is president and/or a director of numerous public mining companies.

Andrew MacGregor Robertson

Dr. Robertson was one of the founding partners of the international mining and geotechnical consulting firm SRK. In 1995, he left SRK to found the mining geotechnical engineering firm Robertson Geoconsultants Inc. He is also the founder and chairman of INFOMINE Inc., the operators of the premier mining information site on the internet -  InfoMine.com Dr. Robertson was a key figure in the start up of Gemcom Software International Inc. (GSI), and since it's inception has been active in the strategic direction of the company. GSI has become one of the leading developers and suppliers of exploration, reserve calculation, mining engineering and planning software.

Rob Hutchison

A co-founder of eCharge Corporation (www.echarge.com), Rob held numerous positions within eCharge including, President, and Chief Technical Officer. Prior to co-founding eCharge Corporation, Rob Hutchison was President of SNI Corporation, which specialized in the integration of SUN Microsystems UNIX based systems and Internet & Firewall Security. He is also Vice President and co-founder of Vivox International Inc.

Edward Sorbara

Mr. Sorbara, a very successful businessman in Toronto, one of the principals of 'The Sorbara Group', which has extensive holdings in real estate, construction and insurance.