Mr. Fleshman is a geologist with 33 years of continuous experience in the mining industry, managing exploration and development projects in the United States, Australia, Myanmar, Mexico and Norway. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology, from Western Washington State University. He started his career in copper exploration and then moved into uranium exploration and has been in gold exploration, development, and production since 1981. Mr. Fleshman has previously been involved with five exploration projects that were brought successfully into production. He has been member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy since 1987 and a chartered professional of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CPAussIMM) and as such a QP under NI-43-101.