Board of Directors

Mr. Garnett is a Chartered Accountant in the Province of British Columbia and obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Commerce) from Simon Fraser University. He was recently the Vice-Chair of the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (Translink) and chaired their Audit Committee. He currently serves on the board of VRX Worldwide Inc. where he chairs the Audit Committee. From 2009 to 2010 he was a director and member of the Audit Committee of Central 1 Credit Union which is the liquidity provider to credit unions in Ontario and British Columbia. In 2007 he completed the Certified Director's Program with the Institute of Corporate Directors.

As our President, Chief Executive Officer and a director, Mr. Archer is responsible for the day-to-day operations of our Company and for the development of our strategic direction. Also, as the President of our Mexican subsidiaries, he is responsible for the management and supervision of their affairs and business in Mexico.

Mr. Archer has more than 30 years experience working for mining companies throughout North America, including Newmont Exploration of Canada Ltd., Rio Algom Exploration Inc., Placer Dome Canada Ltd. and Noranda Exploration Inc. He also served as President of Consolidated Magna Ventures Ltd.

Mr. Archer also serves as President and Chief Executive Officer and is a director of Cangold Limited, a company publicly listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. He is also a non-executive director of Altair Ventures Incorporated, a company also publicly listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.

Mr. Kopcheff has been a director of our Company since August 2001. As a non-executive director, Mr. Kopcheff is Chairman of our Compensation Committee, and a member of the Company's Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Mr. Kopcheff is a geologist and acquired a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from the University of Adelaide in geology and geophysics. He has gained over 36 years of extensive petroleum exploration experience in Australia, Southeast Asia, USA, South America and the North Sea, both in field geological operations and management. Mr. Kopcheff was for 26 years the Managing Director of Victoria Petroleum NL (recently renamed Senex Energy Limited), a company publicly listed on the main board of the Australian Stock Exchange. Mr Kopcheff is also a non-executive director of Greenearth Energy Limited, also a company publicly listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.

Mr. Major graduated from McGill University with a degree in Metallurgical Engineering in 1976. He brings to the Company more than 35 years of experience in the mining industry, including operations and management with Sherritt Gordon Mines and Newmont Mining. In 1994 he became an owner/partner in the start of Rescan Engineering Ltd., an engineering company providing feasibility study and engineering services to the mining industry. Rescan Engineering Ltd. was subsequently acquired by HATCH Engineers and became the global hub for the development of mining and mineral processing engineering opportunities. In 2006 Mr. Major left HATCH Engineers to become an independent processing consultant, KWM Consulting Inc., and has continued to provide services to the mining community, including major companies such as Newmont Mining, Goldcorp and Agnico-Eagle.