Board of Directors

Mike Haynes - Managing Director/CEO

Mr. Haynes has more than 17 years experience in the international mineral exploration industry. Mr. Haynes graduated from the University of Western Australia with an honours degree in geology and geophysics in 1992. He held technical positions with both BHP Minerals Limited and Billiton Plc. before establishing his own successful consulting business.

Mr. Haynes has been a founding director of numerous ASX-listed companies where he has been intimately involved in the identification, acquisition, financing and development of a diverse array of resources projects around the world.

Alan Scott - Non-Executive Chairman

Mr. Scott is currently Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of HiTec Energy Ltd and was formerly Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Aurora Gold Limited. Prior to this Mr. Scott spent 22 years working with Rio Tinto Limited/CRA Limited, with involvement in joint venture management, finance, acquisitions and divestments, commercial negotiations and project engineering. Mr. Scott qualified as an accountant and spent 13 years working with Coopers & Lybrand in Sydney, Montreal, London and Wollongong before moving into the mining industry.

Benjamin Vallerine - Executive Director

Mr.Vallerine has been residing in the USA where he has been leading the Company’s exploration and development activities since 2008. During this period he has developed an in-depth understanding of the Company’s operations. Mr. Vallerine has more than 10 years experience in the mining industry. He graduated from the University of Tasmania with an honours degree in geology. He has been involved in numerous resource projects, targeting a variety of commodities, predominantly in Australia, Canada and the USA. He has worked for both junior and major mining companies, including Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited and Rio Tinto Limited..

Joseph Havlin - Non-Executive Director

Mr. Havlin is a qualified US CPA with more than 25 years’ experience providing financial statement audit, transaction structuring and capital raising services to clients principally in the mining and manufacturing industries. He served mining clients as senior manager for Ernst & Young in Seattle, as a partner with BDO Seidman in Seattle and as a partner with Baker Tilly Hong. He has a BA in accounting from Western Washington University and a BA in Chinese language and literature from the University of Washington.

Mr. Havlin has extensive mine operations experience having served Azarga Resources Limited as its President and CFO in 2012 and managing Azarga’s uranium exploration program and exploration license extension in Kyrgyzstan. Previously he was CFO for Alpha Prime Mining and managed the rehabilitation and return to production of an underground coal mine in Mexico. Currently Mr. Havlin serves as a Director for Azarga and for Pacific Advisers Pte. Ltd. and eBullion, Inc.