Managemenrt

& Directors

Robert T. Faber President/CEO

has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of our Company since September 2004 and Chief Financial Officer since June 2003. Mr. Faber served from 2002 until 2003 as Vice President of United Site Services, Inc., a privately held service consolidator in the waste service industry. Additionally, Mr. Faber served as an executive with Allied Waste Industries from 2001 until 2002, overseeing a $1.2 billion multi-state area and served as Chief Financial Officer with Frontier Waste Services, LLC from 1999 until 2001. Prior to joining Frontier Waste, Mr. Faber spent 17 years with Waste Management, Inc., a publicly traded environmental services company, during which time he served in senior positions both internationally and domestically. Mr. Faber's positions included Director of Finance of Waste Management's $1.4 billion multi-country International operations based in London, England and Vice President and Controller for several $100 million plus multi-state market areas. Mr. Faber is a certified public accountant (not licensed).

James V. Golden, P. Eng. - COO

Jim has served as the Company’s COO since May 2006. Mr. Golden, who is a licensed mining engineer, has over twenty years of experience in the mining industry, including ten years with Peter Kiewit's mining division, where he was a district manager. A graduate of Montana Tech, Mr. Golden has owned his own consulting firm since 1990, where he has provided consulting services throughout the world for over 50 mining companies .He performed services for mining projects in the Comstock since 1988, including the Flowery Mine, Haywood Mine, Rae Gold’s Lucerne project, Brockbank Trust property and GoldSpring’s Comstock Mine

William J. Nance has been a Director

of our Company since October 2005 and is currently the Chairman of the Board. Mr. Nance is a Certified Public Accountant and private consultant to the real estate and banking industries. He is also President of Century Plaza Printers, Inc. Mr. Nance is also a Director of Intergroup Corporation, Santa Fe and Portsmouth.

Robert T. Faber has been a Director

of our company since January 18, 2008. Mr. Faber has served as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer since September 2004 and Chief Financial Officer since June 2003.

Scott Jolcover has been a director of our company since January 18, 2008. Mr. Jolcover has over 25 years of experience in the mining industry, including management positions with various mining operations in the Comstock Lode District of Nevada. Mr. Jolcover a resident of Carson City Nevada brings to the Board a wealth of practical and historical information about mining in general and mining in the Comstock Lode in particular.

Jeffrey Pontius Independent Director.

Mr. Pontius is a corporate leader and a builder of successful companies and organizations. Since 2006, he has been President/CEO of International Tower Hill Mines Ltd. (TSXV: ITH, NYSE-A: THM) of Denver, Colorado and has been instrumental in the acquisition of assets from AngloGold for a Canadian junior exploration company as well as designing and implementing company strategy. From 2004-2006, he was the North American Exploration Manager for AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. of Denver, Colorado. He managed company exploration activities throughout North America, encompassing a broad range of projects and acquisition evaluations. From 1997-2004, he was Senior US Exploration Manager for AngloGold North America Inc. of Elko, Nevada and managed multi-million dollar exploration programs covering western North America (Great Basin - Alaska - Central America - Canada), including management of the Jerritt Canyon exploration program.