Managemenrt

& Directors

Wade Hodges, M.Sc.
President, CEO, and Director

Mr. Hodges is a former director and the former Vice President for Exploration for Battle Mountain Gold Exploration Corp. (OTC-BB: BMGX). He has over 30 years experience in field exploration, including 13 years as Exploration Geologist and Sr. Exploration Manager of Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corporation (now Newmont Mining Corporation - NYSE: NEM). Mr. Hodges has had extensive involvement in the initial discovery and pre-mine development of nine gold mines in the western US, totaling over 30 million ounces of gold.

Ken Tullar, B.Sc.
Chief Operating Officer, V.P. Exploration, and Director

Mr. Tullar has over 25 years of exploration experience, including 20 years dedicated to gold exploration in Nevada. He has been involved in the discovery and development of five gold mines with resources totaling in excess of 7 million ounces of gold. His resume includes 8 years with major mining companies such as Nerco Minerals, Echo Bay Exploration and LAC Minerals.

Daniel Pharand, C.A.
Chairman and Director

Mr. Pharand is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of experience, including as portfolio manager. Mr. Pharand was the Chief Financial Officer of Pharmacia Canada and of Pharmacia KK (Japan). Mr. Pharand was involved with Innovatech Grand Montreal over his 5 years as Portfolio Manager. Mr. Pharand is presently Chief Strategic Officer at Cato Research, a contractual clinical research company with its headquarters in Durham, N.C.

Mr. Pharand also acted as a director and has served on various board committees including publicly traded issuers such as Bio 1 Inc. (now Aurelian Resources Inc. - TSX-V - ARU), Corautus Genetics Inc. (NASDAQ : VEGF) and LAB International Inc. (TSX : LAB). Mr. Pharand is currently a director of Mistral Pharma Inc. (TSX-V: MPI) and is a director, president and chairman of the board of C Level.

Jean-Francois Pelland. LL.B., D.E.S.S. Fisc.
Director

Member of the Quebec Bar since 1994 and holder of a post-graduate tax degree, Mr. Pelland is a partner at McMillan Binch Mendelsohn LLP where he has a domestic and international business law practice focusing mainly on private and public equity financings, in addition to his more general transactional practice in mergers and acquisitions and tax. Mr. Pelland also acted as a director of LAB International Inc. (TSX: LAB) and a member of its audit and corporate governance committees from 2002 to 2005. He is currently a director and secretary of the board of C Level.

Jack L. Tindale, P.Eng.
Director

Mr. Tindale is an Exploration Geologist with over 45 years experience in Canada, the United States and Africa, and is skilled in the development of exploration projects through to feasibility studies. He has been involved in the formation, financing and management of a number of junior resource companies and is highly regarded in his field. Mr. Tindale also serves as secretary-treasurer of Lakota Resources Inc. (TSX-V: LAK). His appointment is subject to regulatory approval

Randy Koroll
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Koroll has 18 years of experience in the accounting industry, mainly focusing on the small-medium sized business segments. Mr. Koroll is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Lakota Resources Inc (TSX-V: LAK) a mineral exploration company listed on the TSX-V Exchange. Prior to joining BDE in May 2006, he worked in public practice as a Senior Manager-Small Business. Prior thereto he held a similar position with a medium sized firm in Toronto.