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| | | Ferdinand Dippenaar
Position: President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
 Ferdinand Dippenaar is a resident of the Republic of South Africa and is a well known member of the gold mining industry in South Africa. He holds Bachelors of Commerce and Procuration Degrees, and an MBA from North West University in South Africa.
Ferdi Dippenaar started his career at the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in 1982 and was employed in various financial and administrative capacities at the Gengold mines. In 1996, he became managing director of Grootvlei and of East Rand Proprietary Mines. Following Harmony Gold's acquisition of Grootvlei and Consolidated Modderfontein Mines Ltd, he was appointed Marketing Director of Harmony in 1997, overseeing Harmony's service delivery departments, corporate affairs and the company's investor relations. Most recently he was the Executive Director of Corporate Affairs for Harmony.
Ferdi was appointed Director, President and CEO of Great Basin Gold Ltd. in December 2005. In addition to his role with Great Basin, Ferdi serves as Executive Advisor to other Hunter Dickinson managed companies. He was until 2005 a director of Harmony Mining Co. Ltd.
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| | | Ronald W. Thiessen
Position: Chairman of the Board and Director
Ronald W. Thiessen is a Chartered Accountant with professional experience in finance, taxation, mergers, acquisitions and re-organisations. Since 1986, Ron has been involved in the acquisition and financing of mining and mineral exploration companies. He is employed by Hunter Dickinson Inc., a company providing management and administrative services to several publicly-traded companies and focuses on directing corporate development and financing activities. He is also President, CEO and a director of Hunter Dickinson Inc.
Ron is, or was within the past five years, an officer and/or director of a number of Hunter Dickinson publicly traded companies.
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| | | Patrick R. Cooke
Position: Director
Patrick Cooke is a South African resident and received his Chartered Accountant designation in South Africa in 1981. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant he worked as a management consultant with one of the large accounting companies as well as working for a merchant bank. He has been responsible for listing two companies on the main board of the JSE and was the Financial Director of a third JSE listed company. His industry experience is wide having been involved in information technology, FMCG, financial services and professional services companies. He has been involved with the Pangea Group initially as a consultant on the Burnstone Project and the vending of that project to a Canadian listed company and has recently joined the Group as Financial Director.
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| | | David J. Copeland
Position: Director
David J. Copeland is a geological engineer who graduated in economic geology from the University of British Columbia. With over 30 years of experience, Dave has undertaken assignments in a variety of capacities in mine exploration, discovery and development throughout the South Pacific, Africa, South America and North America. His principal occupation is President and Director of CEC Engineering Ltd., a consulting engineering firm that directs and co-ordinates advanced technical programs for exploration on behalf of companies for which Hunter Dickinson Inc. provides services. He is also a director of Hunter Dickinson Inc.
He is at present an officer and/or director of a number of Hunter Dickinson publicly traded companies and was previously a director of Anooraq Resources Corporation and Casamiro Resource Corp until 2004 and 2002, respectively.
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| | | T. Barry Coughlan
Position: Director
Barry T. Coughlan is a self-employed businessman and financier who over the past 23 years has been involved in the financing of publicly traded companies. His principal occupation is President and Director of TBC Investments Ltd., a private investment company.
Barry is currently also an officer and/or director of Farallon Resource Ltd, Icon Industries Ltd, Quartz Mountain Resources Ltd, Taseko Mines Ltd and Tri-Gold Resources Corp (formerly Tri-Alpha Investments Ltd.); and was a director of AMS Homecare Inc and Casamiro Resource Corp until 2004 and 2002, respectively.
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| | | David Elliott
Position: Director
David Elliott graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and then acquired a Chartered Accountant designation with KPMG LLP. David joined BC Sugar Company in 1976, working in a number of senior positions before becoming President and Chief Operating Officer of the operating subsidiary, Rogers Sugar. In 1997, he joined Lantic Sugar in Toronto as Executive Vice President. He also served as Chairman of the Canadian Sugar Institute. He became President and Chief Operating Officer of the International Group based in St Louis, Missouri in 1999, a company involved with food distribution as well as manufacturing and distribution of pet and animal feed. For several years, he worked with companies developing e-mail and data management services. David also serves on the boards of the BC Cancer Foundation and the University of BC Alumni Association.
David is currently also an officer and/or director of Anooraq Resources Corp, Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. and Taseko Mines Limited.
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| | | Wayne H. Kirk
Position: Director
Wayne H. Kirk is a retired California State Attorney and Professional Consultant. With over 30 years professional experience Wayne also has over 10 years senior executive experience in the mining industry.
Wayne is a citizen of the United States and is a resident of California. A Harvard University graduate, Wayne received his law degree in 1968. From 1992 to 2002 he was the Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Homestake Mining Company of California. Prior to his retirement in June 2004 he spent two years as Special Counsel for the law firm, Thelen Reid & Priest in San Francisco.
Wayne is also a director of Anooraq Resources Corp, Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. and Taseko Mines Limited.
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| | | Sipho A. Nkosi
Position: Director
Sipho A. Nkosi is a South African citizen and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of South Africa and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts in the eastern United States. He has extensive background in the mining and power industries. He is a founder, as well as Chief Executive Officer, of Eyesizwe Coal (Pty) Ltd ("Eyesizwe), one of the country's largest coal producers. Prior to founding Eyesizwe in 2001, Sipho spent three years with Asea Brown Boveri Sub Sahara Africa (Pty) Ltd and Alstom SA (Pty) Ltd, initially as Managing Director of ABB Power Generation (SA), and then as Country Manager of ABB/Alstom Power until December 2000. From 1993 to 1997, he was Marketing Manager for Billiton Ltd., an international mining company.
Sipho is currently also a director of Anooraq Resources Corp.
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| | | Walter T. Segsworth
Position: Director
Walter T. Segsworth has been an active and respected member of the international mining industry for over 30 years. He has an excellent track record in employee safety, environmental excellence and turn around production situations. During Walter's tenure as President, Chief Operating Officer and Director at Homestake Mining Company, the Company set a 125 year gold production record and its operating costs reached 25 year lows. He is a past Director and Chairman of the Mining Associations of Canada and British Columbia, and was voted British Columbia Mining Industry Person of the Year in 1996. He is a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum and until recently, was part of the Mining Curriculum Advisory Board of the Michigan Technological University, from which he earned his degree in Mining Engineering.
Walter is currently also a director of Anooraq Resources Corp., Cumberland Resources, Expatriate Resources Ltd., and UEX Corp. He was previously an officer/or director of Homestake Mining Co. and Novagold resources
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