Scott E. Broughton is the President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company. Mr. Broughton is a Professional Engineer with over 20 years of experience in the mining industry that spans exploration, mine design, mine development and operations, consulting engineering and project management, specialist geotechnical services, business development and the formation and management of public companies. Mr. Broughton has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering from Queens University and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.

John M. Mirko is a director of the Company. Mr. Mirko has approximately 30 years experience in a number of areas within the resource and mining sectors, including prospecting, geology, geophysics, geochemistry, property evaluation, project management, property acquisitions and options, tendering of service contracts, mine development and rehabilitation, and construction of mine sites, camps, roads and airfields.

David J. Skerlec is the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary and a director of the Company. Mr. Skerlec has over seven years experience with a Vancouver-based Investment dealer, lastly as a Vice President, Corporate Finance where he specialized in exploration finance. His diverse background includes over five years experience in the junior mining business where he supervised exploration and production at a placer gold mine.

Mr. Baker is a geologist with over 38 years of experience in the minerals exploration industry including; directing large exploration efforts in British Columbia during the 1970's and 80's, and at various times significant exploration programs conducted in Ireland and Alaska, in addition to work in Nevada and Mexico. He has experience on a wide variety of mineral deposit types, including; volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS), sedimentary exhalative (SEDEX), skarns, various porphyry types, epithermal gold/silver and mesothermal deposits. In the late 1980s and 90s Mr. Baker was instrumental in directing and managing the growth of JT Thomas Drilling Ltd., a successful international diamond drilling company that was ultimately acquired by Major Drilling Group International Inc. in 1997 for C$13,500,000.