Mr. Netherway is a mining engineer with over 35 years of experience in the mining sector. He was, until the takeover by Gryphon Minerals Ltd (GRY-ASX), the CEO of Shield Mining Limited and prior to that Afcan Mining Corporation. He is foremost a mine developer and operator who was involved in the construction and development of the Iduapriem, Siguiri and Kiniero gold mines in West Africa. He is also a former director of Afferro Mining Inc., Orezone Resources Inc., Kazakhgold Ltd, Gryphon Minerals Ltd (GRY-ASX) and Equigold NL. Mr Netherway is currently the Chairman of Aureus Mining Inc. (AUE-TSX & AIM) and Altus Strategies Ltd and a non-executive director of Crusader Resources Ltd (CAS-ASX), Altus Resource Capital Ltd (ARCL-LSE & CISX) and Altus Global Gold Ltd (AGG-CISX).

Mr Van Hoeken is a Dutch citizen, obtaining a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines in 1991. His early career included positions in the maritime construction industry in Nigeria, Malaysia, Qatar, and several European countries, after which time he was involved in the establishment of gold and copper exploration and mining ventures in Indonesia, Mexico, and Oman.He has been active in the mining industry in various management and consulting positions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and in the gold, diamond, and copper sectors since 1999.Mr van Hoeken has been a director and managing director of several private companies and subsidiaries of listed companies since 1996. He is fluent in French, and is a Fellow of the UK Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining as well as a UK Chartered Engineer and a Professional Member of the US Society of Mining Engineers.

Mr Mustard, formerly Senior Mining Analyst and 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, Mr Mustard’s interests and focus, is on the junior exploration sector, with the aim of identifying early stage business opportunities, particularly within the gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, PGMs and diamonds sectors.

Mr Williams is a professional geologist and holds BSc, MSc and DIC degrees in geology and exploration. He is also a fellow of the UK IMMM; a CEng; a CGeol and a Eur. Ing. Mr Williams has over 20 years global experience across a variety of minerals, including experience with volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposits (VMS) and epithermal deposits and has for the past six years been focused on silver and gold projects in Mexico. Mr Williams has also been involved with the financing of various project and is conversant with the US, Canadian and UK financial ‘circuits’.

Mr Owen is a lawyer by training, co-founding and currently managing McLean Watson Capital, a private Toronto-based venture capital firm funding high-growth entrepreneurial ventures in the technology sector. Mr. Owen currently serves on the board of directors/trustees of a number of public, private and non-profit corporations and organisations including Hanfeng Evergreen Inc. (Chairman–TSX), Ntegrator International Ltd. (Singapore Stock Exchange) and Posera-HDX Limited (TSX).

Mr Van Hoeken is a Dutch citizen, obtaining a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines in 1991. His early career included positions in the maritime construction industry in Nigeria, Malaysia, Qatar and several European countries, after which time he was involved in the establishment of gold and copper exploration and mining ventures in Indonesia, Mexico, and Oman. He has been active in the mining industry in various management and consulting positions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and in the gold, diamond, and copper sectors since 1999.Mr van Hoeken has been a director and managing director of several private companies and subsidiaries of listed companies since 1996. He is fluent in French, and is a Fellow of the UK Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining as well as a UK Chartered Engineer and a Professional Member of the US Society of Mining Engineers.

Mr Gibbs is a Chartered Management Accountant with extensive financial management experience in large corporate environments, both in the manufacturing and retail sectors in North America and in Africa. Mr Gibbs’s multi-disciplinary exposure includes Market Research, Logistics and IT System implementations, making him well suited to a growing business.

Mr Robinson is a Canadian geologist and a graduate of Sir George Williams and the University of Ottawa. Mr Robinson has over thirty years of exploration and management experience in Canada and Africa, including six years with International Gold and Ashanti Goldfields in Burkina Faso and Ghana. Mr. Robinson served as a director and President of Lakota Resources Inc. and managed the company’s exploration projects and joint ventures in Tanzania. In Bukina Faso, Mr. Robinson delineated a resource of 1.3 Moz of gold on the Youga project which is now in commercial production.

Mr Thomson is Chemical and Materials Engineer (M.Eng, University of Auckland, NZ), a Fellow of the South African Institute of Mining & Metallurgy (SAIMM) and has over 15 years experience in the resources industry. He has held design, operations, consulting and senior management roles with international EPCM consultants (AMEC, Flour Daniel) and mining companies (Anglo American Plc). He also served on industry/government working groups to address strategic issues facing the industry. Mr Thomson has a broad breadth of experience across the resource value chain from geology to markets and in the management of consultants in the delivery of engineering studies (conceptual to feasibility) and projects.Commodity experience includes PGM’s, gold, base metals, industrial minerals and coal across a number of continents including Africa, Europe, Australasia, North America and South America. On gold projects he has worked on both refractory and non-refractory gold ores and has provided consulting services to leading gold companies with respect to test work, process and environmental issues.