| Chris Osterman (American) BSc Mining Engr, MSc Geol. Engr., PhD. Geol., PGeo-Arizona President, CEO, Director Thirty years in both metal production and exploration in North and South America, Africa, and Asia. Most recently, played an integral role in the discovery and development of the San Jose silver deposit in Oaxaca, Mexico, now 50 Moz Ag; and the Zuun Mod molybdenum deposit in Mongolia, now with reserves of 130 M lb Mo. Area of expertise lies in new project reconnaissance and exploration strategy. Dr. Osterman completed a PhD at the Colorado School of Mines focusing on sediment-hosted copper deposits. | |
| Raul Diaz (Mexican) BSc Geological Engineering, MSc Geology Vice President, Latin American Exploration and Production, Director Thirty years in mineral exploration and management in Latin America, a twenty year veteran with the Penoles Company. Raul was the Peru Country manager for Penoles and was most recently General Manager for Continuum Resources Mexico. He has a unique ability to understand and negotiate with local community groups, an increasingly important aspect of the mining business in a world where land-use issues have the potential to hold up and even halt project development. | |
| Tina Woodside Director Tina Woodside is a partner with the Canadian law firm Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP specializing in corporate and securities law with particular emphasis on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters. She has advised numerous Canadian and foreign public and private companies regarding their initial public offerings, public and private financings and various forms of business combinations. Ms. Woodside earned both her Bachelor of Arts (1985) and a Bachelor of Laws (1988) degrees from Queen's University and is a graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors/Rotman School of Business Directors' Education Program and has been awarded the designation "ICD.D" (certified director). | |
| Roman Friedrich (American) BA Director Mr. Friedrich has been an investment banker and, formerly, a commercial banker, to the mining and metals industries for over thirty years. He is president of Roman Friedrich & Company. Over his career, he has provided numerous companies with advice on acquisitions, mergers and divestitures, as well as providing valuations and fairness opinions to companies in the mining, metals and other industries. His investment banking activities have included the raising of equity and debt capital and the arranging of project finance. He holds a B.A. from Rutgers University and attended business school at New York University. He is an Independent Director of the NYSE listed family of Guggenheim Claymore Closed End and ETF Funds . Mr. Friedrich is a member of the Independent Review Committees and independent Director of the family of Canadian closed end mutual funds and ETFs managed by Claymore Investments Inc. listed on the TSX. Mr. Friedrich holds his Series 79 license. | |
| Anthony Allen (American) BSc Geology Director Mr. Allen is currently a partner at Terrasearch Inc, a consulting company that provides investment analysis and financial services to companies operating in the mining, oil and gas, and energy sectors. Prior to joining Terrasearch in 2007, Mr. Allen spent 20 years as a consultant/project manager to environmental remediation, brownfield redevelopment and energy related projects throughout North America. Mr. Allen has received a Bachelor's Degree in Geology and Master's Degree from the University of Southern California. | |
| Doug Reed (Canadian) BSc Biology, CA Chief Financial Officer Mr. Reed is a Chartered Accountant with a science background and has been involved with the mining, oil and gas industries since 2004 with extensive experience in management and auditing of publically traded companies on the TSX, TSX-V and OTC markets. During his 7 year tenure in public practice, Mr. Reed was responsible for managing the financial statement audits of public companies trading on the major stock exchanges. Mr. Reed has also been involved in other public reporting services such as Qualifying Transactions for Capital Pool Companies, Reverse Take-Over transactions, Initial Public Offerings, financing transactions, and Mergers and Acquisitions. |
