Dave Mathewson has been an exploration geologist for 35 years, including more than 20 years in Nevada. Until May of 2001, Mr. Mathewson was manager of Newmont Mining Company’s Great Basin and Carlin Trend exploration programs. While with Newmont, Mr. Mathewson was directly responsible for the discoveries of the Northwest Rain, Tess, Saddle, and Emigrant South gold deposits in the Rain district. Until recently Northwest Rain was a producing underground mine.

Most recently, Dave was head Geologist with Tone Resources (TNS TSX.V), a publicly traded Nevada based junior gold exploration c ompany which is currently being acquired by US Gold (USGL).

David Rector has served in general management roles and directed the business operations of many companies during the past 35 years and is experienced in all of the facets of public company governance and process in the US. Mr. Rector presently sits on six Board of Directors for US public companies and chairs or is a member of several audit and compensation committees. He has worked for a Fortune 00 Company as well as serving in senior general management roles for several small to mid-size organizations during the past 25 years.

Arthur Leger has been in mining and hydrology for the past 40 years primarily dedicating his career to gold exploration and mining in Nevada. He spent 35 years in the mining industry as a senior level exploration geologist and manager. In addition, he spent five years in state government as a staff engineer in the Ground Water Protection Branch with the Bureau of Water Pollution Control in Nevada. Mr. Leger has explored for and/or mined copper, molybdenum, nickel, tungsten, gold and silver in 15 states, Mexico and two Canadian provinces. He has worked in senior exploration and management positions with Cameco Gold Corporation, Cyprus Metals Exploration and Gold Fields Mining Corporation during the past 20-year period.

Mr. Braca is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and is affiliated with the American Institute of CPA’s. Since April 2006, Mr. Braca has been the managing director of Fountainhead Venture Group, a healthcare information technology venture fund providing investment and business consulting services to evolving businesses. From 1997 to 2006, Mr. Braca was a general partner and director of business investments for S.R One, Ltd., the venture capital subsidiary of GlaxoSmithKline.