Gordon Wylie
Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Board
BSc (hons) Geology, Grad Dip Mining Engineering, Management Diploma (UNISA)

Mr. Wylie has 31 years of mining industry experience. From 1998-2005, he was AngloGold-Ashanti’s Global Exploration Manager. Mr. Wylie was instrumental in developing the company’s “New Frontiers Strategy”, and AngloGold-Ashanti’s move into highly prospective but poorly prospected higher risk regions such as DRC, Colombia, China and Laos. He is currently a Director of Oxus Gold.

Dr. Timothy Coughlin
President and Chief Executive Officer
BSc Geology, MSc Exploration and Mining Geology, PhD (structural geology)

Dr. Coughlin has 17 years of wide-ranging experience as an exploration and mining industry consultant. He has held senior positions with major international mining companies. Dr. Coughlin is a specialist in structural geology and project generation. He has managed and conducted country entry programs in numerous frontier and emerging environments such as the Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Colombia and Russia.

Hugh Devlin
Director of Operations and Executive Director

Mr. Devlin is a former officer in the Royal Marines with a strong background in operational planning, logistics, and several years experience as an arms control inspector responsible for the planning and implementation of multilateral arms control inspections in a variety of FSU countries. He has extensive project management experience and is an qualified Russian interpreter.

Roderick Corrie
Chief Financial Officer and Excutive Director
MA Cambridge, ACIB, MSI

Mr. Corrie is a strategic advisor with extensive experience in a variety of companies. He has held both executive and non-executive roles in corporate finance, health, property, investment and manufacturing companies. Mr. Corrie has held senior positions within the banking industry, he is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and a Member of the Securities Institute.

Marc C Henderson
Non-Executive Director
CFA

Mr. Henderson is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Laramide Resources Ltd. He is a chartered financial analyst with more than 20 years experience in the mineral exploration industry. Mr. Henderson has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Laramide Resources Ltd. from 1995 to present, and a director of Kinbauri Gold from 1994 to present and of Aquiline Resources Inc. from 1998 to present.

Peter Mullens
Non-Executive Director
BSc Geology

Mr. Mullen has 21 years of extensive and varied experience in the mining and exploration industry. Mr. Mullen's experience includes geologist roles for Rio Tinto and Mt Isa Mines at Broken Hill, and Mt Isa in Australia. In addition he has worked as senior mine geologist and consultant in Asia and in several South and Central American countries. His track record includes successfully developing four Canadian listed exploration companies in chief geologist and company director roles.