Board of Directors

T. Barry Coughlan, BA

Mr. Coughlan is a Vancouver based businessman and financier who for over 30 years has been involved in the financing of publicly traded companies. He has been involved in the financing of over thirty private companies and their subsequent listings on North American Stock Markets. He has been employed as a stock-broker in New York City, Toronto and Vancouver, and has extensive knowledge of both local and international financial markets. He is presently a director of five publicly traded companies and was previously a director of Taseko Mines Ltd., Great Basin Gold Ltd., Farallon Mining Ltd., and Continental Minerals Corp. He is also the Executive Chairman of Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd.

Tom Wilson, CPA-CA

Mr. Wilson has over 43 years of senior financial experience in areas of financial planning and management including corporate governance and securities compliance for both public and private companies. Within the junior mining sector, he has been the CFO for the following companies: Quadro Resources, ICN Resources, Paragon Minerals and Mundoro Capital. Previously, Mr. Wilson was the VP/ Treasurer for Cellfor Inc.; the CFO for Quest University; Corporate Controller for MDSI and Senior Manager at MacMillan Bloedel Limited.

Trevor Thomas, LL.B.

Mr. Thomas has practiced in the areas of corporate commercial, corporate finance, securities, and mining law since 1995, both in the private practice environment as well as in-house positions and is currently general counsel for Hunter Dickinson Inc. Prior to joining Hunter Dickinson Inc. he served as in-house legal counsel with Placer Dome Inc.

Pieter Bakker

Mr. Bakker has a BA in Economics and a MA in Political Science from Leiden University, the Netherlands. He has over 12 years' experience in the mineral resource industry. He has been an analyst for public and private mineral exploration and development companies, primarily focusing on projects in Canada and Southeast Asia, and has helped raise capital for junior mineral exploration companies. He is a director and officer of a number of publicly listed and private companies in Canada.