Board of Directors

Unless otherwise stated, each of the below-named nominees has held the principal occupation or employment indicated for the past five years (information provided by the respective nominees):

Donald C. Ewigleben
Chairman

Mr. Ewigleben is a lawyer with 35 years of experience in the mining industry overseeing legal, regulatory environmental and government affairs.  Previously, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of AngloGold Ashanti North America and served as the Executive Officer – Sustainability & Legal Affairs for AngloGold Ashanti in the Americas.  Mr. Ewigleben served as the Executive Officer – Law, Safety, Health & Environment for AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2006 and 2007.  Prior to becoming the CEO of AngloGold in 2004, Mr. Ewigleben served as President and CAO and as Vice President and General Counsel.  Before joining AngloGold in 2000, he was the Vice President, Environmental and Public Affairs, for Echo Bay Mines. He began his career as a governmental affairs representative for AMAX in Washington, DC and multiple state legislatures.  Mr. Ewigleben is a member of the American Bar Association and is admitted to the practice of law in Colorado and Indiana.

Jonathan Berg
Director

Mr. Berg has over 36 years experience in finance and investments.  Currently, he is a member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the compensation committee and member of the audit committee at Scorpio Mining Corporation.  Previously, Mr. Berg was a member of the Board of Directors and Non-Executive Chairman at Colombia Goldfields from March 2007 to October 2009 when Colombia merged into Medoro Resources.  From 2005 to 2010, he was the Vice-President, Finance, of PeriCor Therapeutics Inc. where he was responsible for the various medical support and business activities of the company.  Formerly, Mr. Berg was President, Chief Investment Officer and founder of Berg Capital Corp., a registered investment adviser based in New York City.  He has been involved with the start-up of several companies; acted as a consultant on finance and corporate structure; and assisted in the financing of early-stage companies in the fields of energy, technology, health care and consumer electronics.  Prior to Berg Capital, Mr. Berg held positions as Vice-President/Portfolio Manager with Oppenheimer Capital Corp. and Standard & Poor's InterCapital.  He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania.

Daniel Carriere
Director

Mr. Carriere was a founding partner and significant shareholder, as well as the Senior Vice President, of Corriente Resources Inc. (TSX) from 1992 until the sale of Corriente to CRCC-Tongguan Investment (Canada) Co., Ltd. (owned jointly by Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holdings Co., Ltd. and China Railway Construction Corporation Limited) for approximately $678 million in mid-2010. During the past 20 years, Mr. Carriere has been instrumental in the development and financing of small to medium capitalized companies, both private and public, in Canada and the USA. Mr. Carriere was also a Director of ID Biomedical Corporation and was a significant shareholder in ID Biomedical since the Company's initial public offering in 1991 and its growth from an initial $3 million market capitalization to $1.7 billion, the value of the company's takeover offer from Glaxo Smith Kline plc in 2005.

Anton J. Drescher
Director

Mr. Drescher has been Chief Financial Officer and a director of USA Video Interactive Corp., a public company listed for trading on the TSXV and the OTC Bulletin Board, since December 1994, which company is involved in streaming video and video-on-demand. He has also been a director of Dorato Resources Inc., a public mineral exploration company listed on the TSXV, since 1996; President of Westpoint Management Consultants Limited, a private company engaged in tax and accounting consulting for business reorganizations since 1979; and President of Harbour Pacific Capital Corp., a private British Columbia company involved in regulatory filings for businesses in Canada, since 1998; and a director of Trevali Resources Corp., a public natural resource company listed on the TSX, since 2007. Mr. Drescher has been a Certified Management Accountant since 1981.

Timothy Haddon
Director

Mr. Haddon is the President of International Natural Resource Management Co., a mining industry consulting service provider and investor. He is a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines and a seasoned mining engineer with over 35 years of international mining and business experience. He spent 23 years working for Texasgulf and Amax with responsibilities in Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia and North and South America. Mr. Haddon was Chief Executive Officer of Amax Gold from 1989 to 1993, a global mining company with operations in New Zealand and North and South America which was ultimately acquired by Kinross Gold Corporation in 1998. He was a co-founder of First Dynasty Mines in 1994, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Archangel Diamond Corporation from 1997 to 2002. He currently serves as Chairman of Alacer Gold Corp. (TSX), a leading intermediate gold company with operations in both Australia and Turkey; as the lead director for Thompson Creek Metals Inc. (NYSE/TSX), a molybdenum producer with mines in the USA and Canada; and as a director on a select number of private boards.

Mark Hamilton
Director

Mr. Hamilton retired as a U.S. Army Major General following 31 years of active military duty, primarily in the fields of teaching, management and administration.  Most recently, he was the past president of the University of Alaska System from 1998 to 2011.  Prior to 1998, Mr. Hamilton served as Chief of Staff of the Alaskan Command at Elmendorf Air Force Base and Commander of Division Artillery at Fort Richardson.  He is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and is the recipient of the Army’s highest peacetime award, the Distinguished Service Medal.  He received his Masters degree in English Literature from Florida State University.  In addition, he graduated from the Armed Forces Staff College in Virginia, and the U.S. Army War College in Pennsylvania.  Mr. Hamilton currently serves as a director of the Aerospace Corporation Board and on the BP Advisory Board and Alaska Sealife Center Board.

James J. Komadina
Director

Mr. Komadina has 32 years of diverse natural resources experience in project development, construction and operations, having held senior management positions with major gold producers including Gold Fields, AngloGold and Newmont.  Most recently, he was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Brazauro Resources, a Canadian resource company with operations in Brazil, which was acquired by Eldorado Gold in July 2010.  Other experience includes his role as the Senior Vice President, Development Projects for Gold Fields where he led the development and construction of the $430 Million Cerro Corona project in Peru.  From 1999 to 2003, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer, North America, for AngloGold Limited where he was responsible for all regional business activities.  Mr. Komadina holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Arizona, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix and completed the Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School of Business. 

Jeffrey A. Pontius
Director

Mr. Pontius has over 30 year's geological experience and possesses a distinguished track record of successful discovery that includes four precious metal deposits in North America. Significantly, he led the discovery and development team for Cripple Creek Deposit in Colorado, which is operated by AngloGold Ashanti.  Additionally, Mr. Pontius lead the discovery work on two other Nevada gold deposits.  Mr. Pontius was the President and CEO of ITH from August 2006 to June 2011.  For the seven years prior, Mr. Pontius served as the US and North American Exploration Manager for AngloGold Ashanti as well as participating as a Director of Anglo American (USA) Exploration Inc. and a member of AngloGold Ashanti's regional business development team providing support for the company's acquisition program.  He holds a Masters Degree from the University of Idaho (Economic Geology), a BSc from Huxley College of Environmental Studies (Environmental Science) and a BSc from Western Washington University (Geology).

Roger R. Taplin
Director

Mr. Taplin is a partner in McCarthy Tétrault’s Business Law Group and is the co-leader of the Global Mining Group.  His practice is primarily focused on the areas of mergers and acquisition and securities, particularly in the mining sector.  Mr. Taplin’s experience includes advising on significant mining M&A transactions, including friendly and hostile takeover bids.  Prior to joining McCarthy Tétrault in May 2003, he was a partner at Deneys Reitz Attorneys in Johannesburg, South Africa.  During 1998, he was seconded to Slaughter and May solicitors in London, UK, as a visiting lawyer.  He received a BA in Political Science (cum laude) and Law in 1992 and his LLB in 1994 from the University of Witwatersrand.  Mr. Taplin was called to the British Columbia bar in 2003 and was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 1997.