Norman A. Seckold - Chairman and Director: Mr. Seckold graduated with a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Sydney in 1970. He has spent the past 25 years in the full time management of natural resource companies, both in Australia and overseas. Mr. Seckold is currently Chairman and Director of Palmarejo Silver and Gold Corporation, a TSXV-listed company, and a director of Bolnisi Gold NL, Kings Minerals NL, Planet Gas Ltd., and Cockatoo Coal Limited, all of which are listed on the ASX.  He is also a director of V-Fund Investments Ltd., a privately held Canadian company, and Evenlen Pty. Ltd., a private Australian company. He was a director of Viking Gold Inc. from April 1996 through December 1999, a Canadian-listed company which discovered a gold deposit in northern Sweden. Viking Gold merged in December 1999 with Dragon Mining NL, an Australian company. Previously he served as director of Mogul Mining NL which drilled the Magistral and Ocampo gold deposits in Mexico and Valdora Minerals NL which developed the Rustler's Roost gold mine in Australia’s Northern Territory and the Ballarat East gold mine in Victoria, Australia, both of which were mining companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.