BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dr. Talal Ali Al Shair, Chairman of the Board of Directors 
Dr. Al Shair has a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering, MBA and a Ph.D. in International Business. He is a member of the BOD of NIC, SAFRA Co. Ltd. and also the Chairman of The National Titanium Dioxide Co. Ltd. (CRISTAL), Saudi Union Co. Almasane Alkobra Mining Co. and the Yanbu Chamber Of Commerce.

Daniel Danis, M.Sc., President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Mr. Danis has a B.Sc. in Earth sciences with specialization in geology and a M.Sc. in Earth science with specialty in geochemistry from the University of Quebec in Montreal.  With more than 20 years of exploration experience, Mr. Danis was VP Exploration for Minorca Resources, Vogue Resources and Unigold Resources.  

Joseph Del Campo CMA, CFO, Director
Mr. Del Campo has spent 19 years with Falconbridge Ltd.  While with Falconbridge he spent six years as a controller & treasurer of Falconbridge Dominicana SA, a ferronickel operation in the Dominican Republic. 

René Branchaud, Director
Mr. Branchaud holds an LLB from Université Laval obtained in 1982. He has been a lawyer since 1983 and is a partner of the law firm Lavery, de Billy, L.L.P. He is specialized in corporate and securities law and is currently director of various public companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange.

Charles Page M.Sc., P.Geo, Director
In addition to being a Professional Geologist, Mr. Page has acted as senior officer, director and CEO for several publicly traded junior resources companies and currently is President and CEO of Queenston Mining Inc. Over the past 30 years, Mr. Page has developed, organized and implemented major exploration projects in several mining camps in Canada and in the Republic of Cuba.  He is familiar with all aspects of exploration from grass-roots projects to feasibility studies, production and mine closure.  His primary geological expertise is in Precambrian gold and base metal, epithermal gold, porphyry copper-gold and disseminated gold deposits. He is also a director of Thundermin Resources Inc. and Alexandria Minerals Corporation.

Joseph Hamilton P.Geo, CFA, Director
Mr. Hamilton is a Professional Geologist with over 14 years of mineral exploration experience in addition to over seven years as a mining analyst in the investment industry and three years experience in mining development.  He was previously the Interim co-CEO at Noront Resources and the Chief Executive Officer of African Copper plc between 2005 and 2008.  Mr. Hamilton is currently the Chairman of Noront Resources Ltd., a director of Mirabela Nickel Limited, a director of Malbex Resources Inc. and a director of GA Capital Corp.  In addition to being a P.Geo. in Ontario, Mr. Hamilton is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a member of the CFA Institute and a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Jose Acero, Director
Mr. Acero has 20-years experience as metal trader.  He holds a business degree from the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña.
Dr. Ibrahim M. Eitani, Director
Dr. Eitani holds a B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mining Engineering, Ph.D. in Mining/Civil Engineering. He has held numerous professional positions in academia (Chairman of the Mining Engineering Department-King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah) and in the mining industry in the United States, Canada, Saudi Arabia and Africa.

Mr. Edmond Saadah, Director
Mr. Saadah has 24 years of expertise in the field of strategic marketing communications within the Middle Eastand North Africa (MENA) region.