Managemenrt

& Directors

Directors and Officers

Michael D. Coulter* - Mr. Coulter is President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Corporation.

He has over 25 years of management experience in the international mining industry and as President of M.D. Coulter & Associates Inc., provides administrative, accounting, secretarial and securities regulation compliance services to Canadian public companies. Mr. Coulter was the President and a director of Asquith Resources Inc. (now AXMIN Inc.) until November 2001, a gold exploration company with properties in Africa and Canada.

Richard J. Lachcik - Mr. Lachcik, a director of the Corporation,

has been a partner of the law firm Macleod Dixon LLP since August 1998 and prior thereto was a partner of a Toronto law firm. He holds a law degree from Queen’s University and was called to the bar in Ontario in April 1983. Mr. Lachcik specializes in areas of corporate and securities law and has acted as counsel to the Company since 1989. He currently serves as a director and/or officer of several other public companies.

John C. Loewen* - Mr. Loewen, a director of the Corporation,

is the CEO of Loewen & Partners, an investment banking firm in Toronto. He has 19 years of international experience in finance and investment banking, having worked in South Africa as a partner and analyst with Ivor Jones, Roy & Co., which was acquired by Deutsche Bank Securities. John subsequently worked with Accel Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and several international mining houses to establish Golbal HubCo B.V. in London to develop global e-marketplaces for trading commodities.

William W. Ollerhead* - Mr. Ollerhead, a director of the Corporation,

is the President of Ollerhead Christie & Company Ltd. and its affiliate Ollerhead Capital Corporation which he founded in 1997. He has over 18 years of experience in the capital markets and corporate finance fields, with the past 16 years devoted principally to fixed income private placements. The two firms provide corporate financial advisory services with a primary focus on debt financing. William’s investment and capital markets experience has provided him with exposure to, and knowledge of, a broad range of industries. He holds a B.A. with a concentration in Statistics from the University of Western Ontario, and an M.B.A. with a concentration in Finance from McGill University.

Marilyn E. Turner - Ms. Turner is Corporate Secretary of the Corporation.

She has acted as Corporate Secretary of a number of Canadian public companies and is Secretary-Treasurer and co-owner of M.D. Coulter & Associates Inc.

Exploration Manager

Gary J. Nassif - Mr. Nassif has been

Exploration Manager of the Corporation since August, 1997. He is a professional geologist (P.Geo.) with 14+ years of gold, base-metal and diamond exploration experience in sub-Saharan Africa and Canada. He is also a director of an exploration company. His experience includes the management of exploration and mining activities of an alluvial diamond property and mine in the Central African Republic from 1994 to 1998. He obtained a B.Sc. in geology from Concordia University and an M.Sc. in geology from McGill University in Montréal, Québec.

* Member of the Audit Committee