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Klaus Eckhof is a geologist with 20 years experience developing mineral deposits throughout Africa, South America, Asia, Australia and Russia. Mr. Eckhof worked for Mt Edon Goldmines as the business development manager before it was acquired by Teck Corporation. In 1994, he founded Spinifex Gold and Lafayette Mining; both successfully delineated gold and base metals. In 2003/4 Mr. Eckhof founded Moto Goldmines which acquired the Moto Gold project in the Democratic Republic of Congo where he and his team delineated 20 million ozs and delivered a feasibility study within 4 years from commencement of exploration. Moto was subsequently acquired by Rangold Resources.

A senior mining executive, Peter Hooper has a long track record as an instrumental participant in mining production in South Africa, Canada, Australia and Ghana. He has provided consulting engineering to projects in Canada, USA, Cuba, Columbia, Venezuela, Mexico, Chile, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Australia, Khrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and France. Mr. Hooper has helped oversee several major corporate reorganizations and has been involved in the retraining of mineral corporation executive teams. He has extensive global relations and board experiences including twenty years offshore, and close corporate ties in some twenty countries. Mr. Hooper holds a B.Sc., Mining Engineering and is fluent in English and French.

A senior partner at Heenan Blaikie, Jacques Bouchard is the firm's Director of International Business. He acts as advisor for several governments, public corporations, multilateral development banks and major companies. Mr. Bouchard sits on the board of numerous corporations as well as organizations such as the Canadian Council on Africa, the Canada-Algeria Business Alliance, the Canadian Circle for the Development of Senegal, the Canada-Congo Business Council, and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal. Mr. Bouchard is the honorary general consul in Quebec for the Government of Angola.

Jim Mustard, formerly Senior Mining Analyst, Vice President, at Haywood Securities Inc. is a professional geologist and registered professional engineer. With over 25 years of industry experience with major Canadian, international mining companies, and the Government of Canada, Jim's interest focuses on the junior exploration sector to identify early stage opportunities and his global research focuses on gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, PGMs and diamonds.