Mrs. Alison-Madueke joined Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited in 1992 as Head, Project Unit of the Estate Development in Lagos Division, supervising the refurbishing and maintenance of the company’s real estate in Lagos, Abuja and Jos. In 1996, she became head, Estate-Civil Infrastructure, Lagos, managing various projects in Shell locations, with an annual budget of over $60m. She later moved to the External Affairs Directorate as Head of the newly instituted Corporate Issues Identification and Management Department. In 1998, Mrs. Alison-Madueke was awarded the prestigious British Foreign and Commonwealth Chevening Scholarship. In 2002, she proceeded on sabbatical leave to Cambridge University, United Kingdom where she obtained an MBA at the University’s Judge Institute of Management. On her return, she was appointed Shell Nigeria’s Senior JV Relations Adviser for Strategy and Planning and then Lead Ventures Relations Adviser, managing the Company’s relations and reputation amongst its Joint Venture partners. In 2006, in recognition of her widely acclaimed track record of excellence, she was appointed to the board of Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria Limited, as External Affairs Director, making her the first female to be so appointed in the seventy years that Shell had existed in Nigeria. Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke was appointed Federal Minister of Transportation by His Excellency, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in July 2007. In December 2008, Mrs. Alison-Madueke was charged with the responsibility of over-seeing the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development as the Honourable Minister to date.

Mr Anagnostaras-Adams, known as Harry Adams in Australia where he grew up, has served as managing director, senior executive and non-executive director in several exploration and mining companies as well as investment companies specializing in that sector. His strengths are people management and leadership in turnarounds, capital markets, acquisitions and divestments, operations and product marketing. He is an experienced chief executive in start-ups. Mr Anagnostaras-Adams stepped down as Deputy Chair of the Australian Gold Council in April 2004 and started focusing on Europe in May 2004. In September 2004 Mr Anagnostaras-Adams formed EMED Mining with the support of many of the key advisers, executives and shareholders of his previous companies in Australia. In January 2005 EMED Mining was launched upon the transfer to Cyprus of its corporate headquarters and establishment of its first field office. EMED Mining is now based operationally at Rio Tinto in Spain where it plans its first production operation.

Peter Archbold is a London-based director with Fitch Ratings' EMEA industrials team. He has responsibility for a portfolio of developed and emerging market metals and mining names including Rio Tinto, Anglo American, ArcelorMittal and Norilsk Nickel. Prior to joining Fitch in early 2006, Peter worked for National Australia Bank in Australia and nabCapital in the UK in a variety of credit analysis, relationship management and project finance roles with a focus on the mining sector. Peter graduated from La Trobe University (Melbourne, Australia) with degrees in Accounting and Economics. He is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and a member of the Association of Mining Analysts (UK).

Phillips S. Baker, Jr., is Hecla Mining Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Baker joined Hecla in May 2001 as Chief Financial Officer, was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer in November 2001 and CEO in May 2003. Mr. Baker holds JD and MBA degrees from the University of Houston and an accounting degree from Texas A&M University. He is a Certified Public Accountant and is licensed by the Texas Bar.

Mr. Boyd, a Chartered Accountant, has been with the company since 1985 and was appointed to his current position in 2005. Prior to becoming Vice Chairman and CEO of Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited, Mr. Boyd held various senior management positions including President, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Boyd is a graduate of the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Commerce, 1981. He is on the board of directors of several mineral exploration companies.

Nicholas is responsible for research and investment strategy for the ETF Securities group of companies. Prior to joining ETF Securities, Nicholas was senior economist and market strategist on Henderson Global Investors economics, strategy and asset allocation team based in London. Before that he worked at Deutsche Bank where he was senior economist on the bank's top ranked Global Markets team. He has also held senior research roles at HSBC (Hong Kong) and Peregrine Securities (Hong Kong and Singapore). He started his career at Citibank in New York. Nicholas has a B.A. from Brown University, M.A. from Columbia University and an MSc in Economics (with Distinction) from the University of London.

Graham graduated in 1980 from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland where he then joined Amax as an exploration geologist and was recruited to its trainee international cadet programme initially based in Australia. Working on numerous base and precious metal exploration projects and mining operations in many different countries, Graham then went on to obtain his Msc in Applied Exploration and Mining Geology from James Cook University, Australia. In 1994 Graham joined Minorco as Chief Geologist based in Hungary. He subsequently became VP Exploration – Europe-Asia with responsibility for managing exploration programmes in Bulgaria, Sweden, Ireland, India and Iran. After the Minorco/AAplc merger Graham moved to the UK in 1999 as Vice President – Geology, working with the Head of Exploration as principal technical consultant for Anglo American. In 2003 he was then appointed Senior Vice President Exploration Division, responsible for the technical services department and participating on the Group Geosciences R&D committee. In June 2005 he was promoted to the Head of Base Metals Exploration responsible for the management of all exploration activities. Four recent exploration discoveries made by his team are the Boyongan-Bayugo copper-gold deposits in the Philippines, the Jacaré nickel deposit in Brazil, the Gamsberg East zinc deposit in South Africa and the Sulfatos copper deposit in Chile. These deposits are currently under evaluation. Graham is based at the head office in London.

Bill Bulmer is Associate Director in IFC’s Oil, Gas, Mining and Chemicals Department where he is head of the Mining Division. IFC is a very active investor in mining and has a diverse global portfolio including precious and base metals, minerals and coal. Bill has over 20 years’ finance experience in emerging markets and, during his time with IFC, has worked in several investment departments handling a variety of project, corporate and equity financings. This includes several years as a manager in IFC’s Infrastructure Department, helping the Corporation build its expertise and capability for infrastructure finance. Bill is now leading a growth strategy for IFC’s mining investments that focuses on the value addition that IFC can provide to its clients in a range of areas but particularly in relation to sustainable development impacts benefiting local communities. Prior to joining the Mining Division he was Associate Director in the Environment and Social Development Department where he was a key member of the leadership team responsible for the IFC Social and Environmental Performance Standards. Bill was educated in the UK with a BSc(hons) from the University of Reading and an MBA from Cranfield University.

Paul Burton graduated as a mining engineer from the Camborne School of Mines in 1975 and spent almost twenty years working in the South African gold mining industry. He has been editor of World Gold Analyst since early in 1996. He is an established speaker on the international conference scene and is Chairman of the FTSE Gold Mines Index Committee. He holds an MSc in Mineral Economics and an MBA from the University of the Witwatersrand. Recently Paul Burton took the position of Managing Director of newly established GFMS sister company - GFMS World Gold.

Bret K. Clayton is Chief Executive of Rio Tinto Copper & Diamonds based in London. Rio Tinto Copper is the fifth largest producer of copper globally, comprising Kennecott Utah Copper and Kennecott Minerals Company in the US, and interests in the copper mines of Escondida in Chile, Grasberg in Indonesia, Northparkes in Australia, Palabora in South Africa, as well as the Oyu Tolgoi copper project in Mongolia, the Resolution copper project in the US, the La Granja copper project in Peru, the Sulawesi nickel project in Indonesia and the Eagle nickel project in the US. Rio Tinto Diamonds is the third largest producer of diamonds globally and is comprised of Argyle in Australia, Diavik in Canada, Murowa in Zimbabwe, marketing offices in Antwerp and polishing facilities in India, in addition to the Bunder diamond project in India. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive of Rio Tinto Copper & Diamonds, Mr. Clayton was the President and CEO of Rio Tinto Energy America, based in Gillette, Wyoming. Mr. Clayton was responsible for all North American energy-related business of Rio Tinto Energy, the global energy company of Rio Tinto plc in London, with a primary focus on coal. Mr. Clayton began his career with the Rio Tinto group in 1994 as Director of Financial Accounting & Reporting with Kennecott Corporation in Salt Lake City. During his career with the Rio Tinto group, Mr. Clayton has held numerous senior management positions, including Head of Financial Planning and Reporting for Rio Tinto plc in London and Chief Financial Officer for Rio Tinto Iron Ore in Perth, Australia. Prior to joining the Rio Tinto group, Mr. Clayton spent nine years at PricewaterhouseCoopers auditing and consulting to the U.S. mining industry with his last three years as PwC’s Engagement Manager to Phelps Dodge Corporation. Mr. Clayton holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Accounting from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and is a graduate of the International Executive Management Program of INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.

Having studied science and engineering - including an emphasis on metallurgy and materials science while at Cambridge - Sean Corrigan began a 20-year career in financial markets as a fixed-income trader, working mainly in a proprietary function at various City institutions. Changing direction in the 1990s, he became chief strategist for the major markets division of a well-known third-party research provider, before striking out on his own and forming Capital Insight in late 1999, just in time to warn readers of his Capital Letter of the likely consequences of the impending tech & telecom crash. He recently joined Diapason Commodities Management as Chief Investment Strategist, having performed a similar role for Sage Capital, Zurich, manager of the Edelweiss fund, over the previous two years. As a long-time devotee of the Austrian School, Sean has been published by, and has spoken regularly at, the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and was honoured to deliver the Henry Hazlitt Memorial Lecture at its 2004 Scholars' Conference. He contributed a chapter to the book, “Mensch, Boerse!” by Markus Zydra. His article “Critics of Commodities: a dissent” was featured in May’s edition of the Hedge Fund Journal.

Jessica Cross is the CEO of VM Group, formerly Virtual Metals, the successor company to Crosswords Research and Consulting, which she formed in 1994 to provide gold research to the international metal and mining industry. In 2000, with mining company underwriting, Jessica expanded Virtual Metals to provide research and insights for 30 corporate clients, and in 2005 launched MineLife, a non-profit industry alliance designed to source socio-economic funding in collaboration with Virtual Metals, founder mining sponsors and international Aid Agencies. With its origins in gold, Jessica’s company has expanded rapidly to include the analysis of all precious metals, base metals, plastics, energy products and agri-commodities. The VM team specialises in SWOT analyses, short-, medium- and long-term price forecasting and geo-political scenarios. VM also prepares long-term outlooks for all the major commodities. In January 2007, the company began supplying Fortis Bank with exclusive branded research. Previously, Jessica was a regular columnist for the Nikkei Research Institute for Industry and Markets Gold Report published in Japanese in Tokyo. She has presented numerous papers at international conferences including South African Investment Conference, Financial Times Gold Conference, LBMA Conference, the Australian Gold Conference and the ABARE Conference. She has chaired sessions of the Financial Times and LBMA Conferences and assisted with the structure of World Economic Forum sessions, and is widely recognised for her economics expertise, notably in gold derivatives. Prior to Virtual Metals, Jessica was employed by RTZ Corporation Plc, Consolidated Gold Fields Plc, Gold Fields of South Africa, and Anglo American Corporation as a precious-metals analyst in positions of increasing importance. At Goldfields, she was responsible for the market analysis and forecasting of market conditions for the company’s Northam Platinum Mine. At Consolidated Goldfields, she co-authored the authoritative annual Gold Survey. While at RTZ, she reported to the Head of the Economics Department and the Board of Directors on all matters concerning gold and platinum group metals, including the analysis of market developments and dissemination of information with appropriate recommendations and price forecasting to the RTZ Group of Companies. She assisted with investor and public relations and held regular meetings with fund managers, the press and stock analysts. Jessica holds Honors B.Sc. degrees from the Witwatersrand and South Africa Universities and a Ph.D. in Mineral Resources Engineering from Nottingham University in the UK.

Dr. A. E. Dabbagh has a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Saudi Arabian Mining Company, Ma’aden, since its inception in 1997. Dr. Dabbagh has been a leader in the field of management, education, research and technological advance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for over 20 years. His career prior to joining Ma’aden was highlighted by his work in the establishment of the Research Institute – a contract research organization at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals – and by significant achievements in the transfer, application and adoption of modern technology. He has been the recipient of many national achievement awards. Dr. Dabbagh has served on the board of many companies, including the board of directors of Saudi ARAMCO. He is a Member of the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry Board and is seen as a leader in the Saudi Arabian business community.

Ms. Dechev has extensive experience in the capital markets through positions held at well recognized investment banks in institutional equity research, corporate finance and merger and acquisitions primarily focused on the resource sector. Prior to joining Mundoro Capital, she was a Vice President in Corporate Finance at a Toronto investment bank, covering small to mid capitalization resource companies for corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions mandates. Ms. Dechev has an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University, a Bachelor of Applied Science and Engineering in Geological & Mineral Engineering from the University of Toronto and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario.

Mr Clive Donner is the Managing Director of LinQ Capital Limited, the Responsible Entity of the LinQ Resources Fund. He was the founding CEO of the LinQ funds’ business and has been in the funds management business since 1997. Mr Donner has 25 years of relevant expertise both in Australia and internationally in equity investment, corporate and project financing, capital raising, investment advising and evaluation of resource companies. Mr Donner has had over 15 years of debt based experience as a project financier and almost 10 years in the equity arena in both venture capital and funds management. This experience has enabled Mr Donner to evaluate companies and often provide structured solutions to investing in order to identify and manage the risks inherent in investing in the smaller capitalised resources sector. Prior to founding LinQ, Mr Donner was a Director at N M Rothschild & Sons (Australia) Limited which he joined in 1990. He was a key member of the Bank’s Investment Team being head of the Group’s project financing business in Perth where he provided emerging mining companies with restructuring advice, project debt and derivatives to finance the development of resources projects. Mr Donner pioneered the use of convertible notes in the resources sector at the Rothschild Australia Group. Prior to this, Mr Donner spent 9 years in senior executive positions at Citibank.

Partner and co-founder of the Raw Materials Group (RMG). RMG is one of Europe's leading, independent group of mineral economists and mineral strategy/policy analysts. RMG specialises in global analysis of the mining industry starting with the proprietary ownership and production database Raw Materials Data. Magnus Ericsson has been engaged all around the world in his consultancy work albeit with a special focus on Africa. He is advising governments, international organisations and the mining industry extensively. Mr Ericsson obtained his MSc in chemical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm in 1973. He is a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences of Sweden.

Paul is the founder and Managing Director of Pacific Road Group, adviser to governments and major Australian companies, particularly in the resources, infrastructure and services sectors. Pacific Road Capital Management is the Manager of private equity fund Pacific Road Resources Fund, investing in the global mining industry. Before establishing Pacific Road Group in 1987, Paul was Senior Vice President of Bank of America responsible for Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. He held corporate and investment banking appointments in England and the USA from 1974. He is Chairman of the Australian Infrastructure Fund.

Eric graduated in 1982 with a degree in Applied Geology from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. After work as an exploration geologist in Ireland and Turkey with NL Petroleum Services and as a field geochemist in Malawi with the British Civil Uranium Procurement Organisation, he joined the Geological Survey of PNG in 1984 as a regional geological mapper. Following five years of mapping in the Sepik River headwaters and on Bougainville Island, he joined Rio Tinto as project geologist responsible for copper and gold exploration in the PNG highlands based out of Sydney. In 1993 he was transferred to Vancouver as regional exploration manager for Western Canada and then in 2000 to London as the personal assistant to the Head of Exploration. In January of 2002, he moved to Perth to assume the role of Director of Exploration for Australasia and in January of 2007 was appointed Head of Exploration for Rio Tinto based in London.

Prior to establishing SFA Oxford, Stephen was rated in the City as a top analyst in platinum-group metals research. After graduation, Stephen progressed to Senior Operational Management within the Impala Platinum Group and negotiated (on behalf of the Association of Mine Managers of South Africa) with the South African Government and the National Unions on the restructuring of employment levels in the industry and their corresponding competencies. He was selected by the Board of Impala as a technical representative to carry out a three-month, on-site study of Russia’s nickel giant, Norilsk Nickel. Stephen was Senior Analyst and Director at the Union Bank of Switzerland Securities (SA), where he was rated top analyst covering platinum, coal and other mining sectors on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. From 1998 to 2001 Stephen reported to the Chairman of MRH Gruppe AG, as the commodities strategist (covering metals concentrate, LME metals, precious metals and crude oil) and as a fund manager, advising on site studies of a vanadium project in Australia and a copper company in China. Qualifications include: Registered as a Chartered Engineer with the Engineering Council (UK) and the Engineering Council of South Africa, and listed as a Euro Engineer with the European Federation of National Engineering Institutions. Fellow of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (UK), the Institute of Mining Engineers (UK) and the Securities Institute, London. University of the Witwatersrand (SA), Business Administration Graduate School’s Management Development Programme and the Negotiation Skills Programme. BSc (Hons) in Mining Engineering from the University of Wales.

Mr. Gallagher has worked in the mining industry for over 30 years. He spent 15 years with Placer Dome and seven years with Newmont Mining Corporation, most recently as Vice President Operations, Asia Pacific. Mr. Gallagher brings a wealth of experience in the mining industry to New Gold. Prior to the merger of Peak Gold, Metallica Resources and New Gold Inc., Robert Gallagher was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Peak Gold Ltd.

A chemist by academic training, Charlie spent a decade in the City as a mining analyst at Cazenove and a specialist mining salesman at T Hoare Canaccord, before joining Edison. He has extensive media experience, having written for MoneyWeek and The Business magazines, and The Evening Standard. He also presented LBC's early morning radio show, Dawn Traders, broadcast daily to the City and continues to guest present for LBC on financial and business matters.

The Long Wave Theory, in addition to a keen sense of what constitutes a winning deal, has enabled Ian and his team to enjoy meteoric growth over the last decade. This success has enabled Ian to chart the course for the next leg of his journey. The same Long Wave principles that have guided Ian for the last decade are just as relevant today as they were a decade ago. These principles very accurately predicted the collapse of the financial markets—a prediction that factored heavily into Ian’s investment strategies over the last decade. His focus now is the next decade. Ian is focussing his attention on using the same Long Wave principles to help define next steps for both institutional and retail investors. The Long Wave Group, a company dedicated to this pursuit has been formed, and Ian, the Long Wave Analyst himself, is assuming the reins as Chairman. Ian’s experience and expertise, in addition to his infectious passion and enthusiasm, will serve as a guiding beacon for employees and clients alike.

Ian Henderson, managing director, is a portfolio manager in the Global Equities Team, based in London, and is responsible for specialist mandates. An employee since 1991, he was previously responsible for international portfolios and currently manages JPMorgan's Natural Resources Funds. Prior to joining the company, Ian spent nine years as director and chief investment officer at Wardley Investment Services International Limited. Prior to this Ian served five years as an international portfolio manager involved in business development in London and New York for Morgan Grenfell & Co. Ian began his career spending five years as an accountant with Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. Ian holds an MA, LLB in Scots Law and Politics from Edinburgh University. ACA and FCA.

Since joining Yorkville Advisors in late 2005, Michael has structured over 20 private equity transactions comprising over $100 million of financings on multiple exchanges including US, LSE/AIM, Singapore and Australian exchanges. Prior to joining Yorkville Advisors, Michael was with Merrill Lynch for five years where he specialized as an International Financial Advisor. Michael, an attorney, also practiced law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for five years. Michael earned a BA in History from Davidson College and a JD from State University of New York at Buffalo.

Frank Holmes is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of U.S. Global Investors, Inc. The company is a registered investment adviser that manages nearly $6 billion in 13 no-load mutual funds and for other advisory clients. Mr. Holmes, a Toronto native, moved to San Antonio in 1989 after purchasing a controlling interest in U.S. Global Investors. His background includes positions as research analyst, portfolio manager and managing director of corporate finance with a Canadian firm. His specialized knowledge gives him expertise in resource-based industries and money management. He is a former president and chairman of the Toronto Society of the Investment Dealers Association, and he has served on the Toronto Stock Exchange’s Listing Committee. He was selected as the 2006 mining fund manager of the year by Mining Journal, a leading publication for the global natural resources industry. Mr. Holmes is a regular keynote speaker at national and international investment conferences. He is also a much-sought-after commentator on the financial television networks CNBC and Bloomberg, and has been profiled by Fortune, Barron’s, The Financial Times and other publications. U.S. Global Investors’ funds have received numerous awards and honors during Mr. Holmes’ tenure. The Global Resources Fund (PSPFX) and the World Precious Minerals Fund (UNWPX) received 2007 Lipper Fund Awards as the best overall fund in their respective categories.

David began his career in 1979 with the Melbourne Stock Exchange, subsequently becoming an executive director of M&G Investment Management. He headed the International Desk at M&G Investment Management from April 1995, where he also held responsibility for M&G's investments in the precious metals and commodities sector globally. He left M&G Investment Management in December 1996 and has since been involved in Fund Management at Yorkton Securities and as a consultant at AWI Administration Services in Australia. He was a founding director of Resources Investment Trust plc at the launch in January 2002 and is Chief Executive of Ocean Resources Capital Holdings plc. David is also non-executive chairman of Commodity Watch plc, and a non-executive director of Australian listed Pan Palladium Limited.

Gary joined DNRW as CEO in September 2008, and has nearly 30 years of experience in commodities and natural resources. Prior to this he was the first CEO of the Dubai Mercantile Exchange (“DME”). Gary began his international career as a petroleum exploration geologist, and held a number of managerial positions in oil exploration, oil trading, and private equity with companies including Neste Oy, Morgan Stanley, Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC), Standard Bank and Macquarie Bank. At Standard Bank Gary founded the GCC Energy Fund, the first private equity fund established in the GCC to invest exclusively in the energy sector, which was one of the first companies to be incorporated and licensed within the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). Gary is a board member of Parker Drilling Company (NYSE: PKD) which provides high-performance contract drilling solutions, rental tools and project management services to the worldwide energy industry, and a non-executive director of Loon Energy, a Canadian international oil and gas exploration company that is listed on the Toronto TSX Venture Exchange Gary is a graduate of the University of London with a BSc. in petroleum exploration geology and a MSc. D.I.C. in Petroleum Exploration Geology from London University, Imperial College, and Royal School of Mines.

David studied at Downing College, Cambridge. He entered the law in 1994 and qualified in 1996. He joined Clifford Chance in 2000 as a senior associate. David became a partner at Clifford Chance in 2003 and specialises in cross-border M&A (public and private) and equity capital market transactions (IPOs and secondary issues) with a primary focus on the natural resources sector. David's experience in the natural resources sector includes acting for Glencore International AG on various matters including their participation in a US$250 million rights offering by Katanga including a standby commitment and provision of US$50 million bridge loan to Katanga. Prior to that he acted for Glencore in relation to its investment in Nikanor and for them on Nikanor's merger with Katanga.

Bernard was born on 30.7.57 in Bienne. He has a Degree in commercial and industrial science, finance from Geneva University. His previous positions include a Trader at Commodex S.A., Head at Mocatta, Portfolio Manager at both MICM S.A. and Elvia-Vie, Fund Manager at Darier Hentsch & Cie, Director of Business Development at Harcourt S.A. (specialising in Hedge Funds and as a Partner and Founder now of BAC, a Swiss Mutual Fund.

Michael Lynch-Bell is responsible for leading Ernst & Young's Global Metals and Minerals Transaction Advisory Services team for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Michael has spent over 33 years in the firm, specialising in the provision of services to the extractive industries sectors, and has worked with most of the firm's extractive industry sector clients in many different parts of the world. He has been involved in the flotation of over 50 companies on various stock exchanges around the world including six out of the last seven mining full listings in the UK in the last five years and has advised on numerous stock exchange transactions. Michael can be contacted at Ernst & Young’s London office. Tel: +44 20 7951 3064.

Tony has over thirty years experience in global resource capital markets. He has represented resource brokers and investment banks in Europe and the United States both as shareholder and proprietor. Tony has specialised in funding and advising the mining and resource companies throughout this period. He has been and invited speaker at many industry conferences throughout Europe and North America. Tony is currently the Chairman of LM Associates IR Consultants.

Abel Malinga is Head of the Mining and Beneficiation Strategic Business Unit (Mining and Beneficiation SBU) at the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (IDC). He was educated at University of Cape Town where he obtained a BSc degree in 1992. He later registered and obtained a Masters degree in Business Leadership from Unisa’s School of Business Leadership between 1996 and 1999. His career spans a wide range of sectors within the mining industry. Malinga has managed and led a number of projects in the areas of mining, franchising development, food, beverages and agro industries. He spent a large part of his career time in the mining and financial industries, and has worked extensively with funding of developmental projects, entrepreneurial development and empowerment funding. Malinga is a non Executive director and Chairmen of the Audit Committee of Eastern Produce Malawi and Sapekoe (Pty) LTD, a Director of Corridor Sands Limited (Mozambique) and trustee of Argill Venture Capital Fund, a previous trustee of National Empowerment Fund Ventures.

Peter Marrone, Chairman and CEO of Yamana Gold, formed the company in July 2003, creating a significant gold producer in Brazil. Prior to that, Peter was head of investment banking at a major Canadian investment bank. Peter has more than 20 years of business and capital market experience and has been on the boards of a number of public companies and advised companies with a strong Brazilian presence. Peter had been familiar with the Brazilian assets acquired by Yamana in 2003 for more than a decade. Peter has also been instrumental in the creation of other companies including Aura Gold Inc., which is an advanced exploration metals company, and Vaaldiam Resources Ltd., which is a diamond company. Yamana Gold Inc. is an intermediate producing gold company with major properties and mines in Brazil. Yamana is listed on the TSX, NYSE and LSE and has seen an increase in market capitalization of more than ten times since it was formed in July 2003.

Greg Mazur is a Managing Director and Head of Energy & Resources for MFC. Prior to joining MFC in early 2008, Mr. Mazur was a Managing Director Global E&R management member and a Top Executive Group member of ABN Amro Bank. Prior to this, Mr. Mazur was a Managing Director and Head of Asian M&A for Merrill Lynch. Mr. Mazur has also held senior roles with Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney and Lehman Brothers in New York, London and Hong Kong. Mr. Mazur has worked on over one hundred strategic advisory and financing transactions for companies worldwide. Mr. Mazur holds a M.Sc. In Economics from the London School of Economics and B.Comm from the University of Toronto

Tim is a founding partner at DBM Capital Partners which is an asset management and corporate finance boutique specializing in the Russia/CIS mining sector. DBM Capital is the manager for Sayan Investments, a fund dedicated to the precious metals mining sector in Russia/CIS, which was launched in August 2007. DBM is also the financial advisor to several mining companies with assets in Russia, helping with M&A opportunities and capital markets strategies. Tim has been involved in the Russian/CIS capital markets since 1995. Tim worked at various financial institutions in New York and Moscow, including Bear Stearns, Aton and Troika Dialog. Tim regularly appears in the Russian and foreign press and on national Russian television. Graduated from Columbia College, New York, NY, USA (BA in Russian History with Highest Honors, cum laude). Received MBA from Columbia Business School. Tim speaks fluent Russian.

Mr. McKeith was appointed to the position of Executive Vice President; Exploration and Business Development in October 2007. Prior to this appointment Mr. McKeith was the Chief Executive Officer of Troy Resources NL an Australian junior gold producer. Before joining Troy, he worked for over 15 years with Gold Fields and its predecessors in various mine geology, exploration and business development positions. These included Regional Manager Australasia and Vice President Business Development, based in Denver. Tommy is currently based in Perth.

Bart has closely analyzed trends in global commodity and financial markets, as well as in the Canadian and global economies, for well over a decade. He contributes to BMO Capital Markets’ strategic view by providing commentary on commodity markets and how they relate to the sectoral and economic outlook. Bart is often quoted in the print media, including The Globe and Mail, National Post, The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s. Before joining BMO Capital Markets, Bart was a senior analyst in Treasury and Risk Management at a major Canadian chartered bank. He was responsible for analyzing and forecasting commodity, industry and global economic trends and advised the bank and clients on op­portunities and risks. Bart holds a masters degree in economics from York University, with a Specialisation Certificate in International Finance/Banking.

Patricia Mohr is Vice-President, Economics, at Scotiabank’s Executive Offices in Toronto. Pat is responsible for commodity market research in Scotia Economics and works closely with Scotia Capital’s Corporate and Investment Banking groups -- including the Mining team – with ScotiaMocatta and with Global Risk Management. Scotia Capital is among the top three corporate mining banks in North America (No. 1 in Canada) and is a leading provider to the mining industry internationally, with extensive offices throughout China, the Far East and Latin America (Chile, Peru and Mexico). ScotiaMocatta is the world’s top physical trader of precious metals, is the permanent Chair of the London Silver Fix and a member of the Shanghai Gold Exchange. Ms. Mohr developed the Scotiabank Commodity Price Index – the first Index designed to measure price trends for Canadian commodities in export markets. Pat maintains a close interest in national and international economic & financial market developments. Ms. Mohr holds an Honours B.A. Degree and a Masters Degree in Economics from The University of British Columbia and originally comes from Vancouver. Prior to joining Scotiabank, Ms. Mohr spent a number of years with Alberta Energy Co. Ltd. (now EnCana Corp.) in Calgary and with CP Ships and Canadian Pacific Bermuda in London, England as Corporate Economist. Pat began her career with Natural Resources Canada in Ottawa.

Richard O’Brien was elected President and Chief Executive Officer in 2007, having previously served as President and Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer during 2006 and 2007 and as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2005 to 2006. Mr. O'Brien was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AGL Resources in Atlanta, Georgia from 2001. Mr. O'Brien previously served in senior executive positions for Mirant (formerly Southern Energy, Inc.) and PacifiCorp. He has over 20 years of broad financial and operational experience in the energy, power and natural resources businesses. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Mr. O'Brien received his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics. He also holds a doctor of jurisprudence degree from Lewis and Clark College, Northwestern School of Law.

James Turk is the founder and chairman of GoldMoney (www.goldmoney.com), which provides a convenient and economical way to buy and sell gold online using the digital gold currency for which he was awarded four US patents. He has specialized in international banking, finance and investments since graduating in 1969 from George Washington University with a B.A. degree in International Economics.

Dr Paul Walker is the Chief Executive Officer of GFMS, in addition to being responsible for gold, silver and PGM research in East Asia, India and South Africa. He joined the company in 1995.

A seasoned professional with more than 20 years of international experience in the mining and finance industry, Mr. Wood has work experience with industry consultants, major mining companies and investment banks across four continents. He has extensive hands-on experience in gold, diamond, platinum, coal and base metal deposit exploration and development throughout Africa, North and South America and Asia. Prior to joining the CIMB-Standard Strategic Asset Advisors, Mr. Wood served as Director of Acquisitions and Corporate Finance for a Canadian listed gold mining company. Prior to that he was based in the United States with RCF Management (“RCF”) as a Vice President where he managed private equity investments across the global resource sector and was involved in a number of transactions, primarily involving convertible debt and equity recapitalization deals. Mr. Wood holds a Bachelors degree in Geophysical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and an MBA from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business.