Mr. Piggott initially made his name by developing innovative mining systems in the copper & cobalt mines of Zambia at Luanshya, and at Chibuluma, Chambishi and Kalengwa as Mine Superintendent.  He then operated an exploration company in Australia and Papua New Guinea, identifying the gold cap of the Ok Tedi copper ore body, which was then dealt to BHP, which recovered two million ounces of gold in the first three years of production.  Over the past 30 years, he has started and produced (mostly through companies that he has controlled) numerous gold/silver, tin, tungsten, rutile/zircon open pit and heap leach mines in Australia and Mexico utilizing innovative technology to maximize profits. He sold his Australian operations in 1987 to concentrate on developing metallurgical technologies, one of which is a patented dry processing for heavy minerals, which is used today in Australia and Mexico.  For the last twelve years, he has focused on gold production in Mexico and on exploration opportunities for near-term gold/silver production in Mexico and Latin America.  He has launched two Mexican gold mines which have each been in continuous production for twelve and five years, respectively.  Mr. Piggott graduated in Mining Engineering from the Camborne School of Mines in the UK and from the Executive Development Program at the London Business School.

Mr. Sedun is an independent venture capital professional based in Vancouver, Canada with 27 years of mining & industry-related finance experience. Upon graduating with a Bachelor of Law Degree (LLB), he practiced corporate finance/securities & mining law in Vancouver until retiring from law in 1997. Thereafter, he founded two private venture capital firms, including Global Vision Capital Corp., where he continues to carry on venture capital investing as President & CEO.

Mr. Sedun has been involved as a director and/or founding shareholder in a number of successful companies including Diamond Fields Resources Inc. (Founding Director) which was acquired by Inco in 1996 for $4.3 billion in the largest takeover of a junior mining company in Canadian history; Adastra Minerals Inc. (Founding Director) which was acquired by First Quantum Minerals in 2006 for $275 million; and Peru Copper Inc. (Founding Shareholder), which was acquired by Chinalco in 2007 in an all-cash $840 million takeover. Mr. Sedun is also currently Chairman & CEO of Uracan Resources (TSX.V:URC), President of Oceanic Iron Ore Corp. (TSX.V:FEO) and former President and CEO of Diamond Fields International Ltd. (TSX:DFI).

Mr. Sutherland is a Vancouver-based specialist in corporate finance, resource and growth companies. He was CFO of Arequipa Resources leading up to its acquisition by Barrick Gold for $1.1 billion. He was also a partner in a venture capital company specializing in worldwide marketing ventures and previous to that, Site General Manager in building a $118 million gold mine in California. Most recently, he was co-founder, Vice-President and CFO of Tekion, Inc., a micro fuel cell developer, and was a key partner in its growth from 4 to 75 employees in under three years and raising US$18 million for this private company. Prior to Tekion, he was President and CEO of ASC AVCAN Systems Inc. and built the company into an international operation. He currently is a Corporate Director of four public companies. Mr. Sutherland is a Certified General Accountant and has a diploma in Operations Management from the B.C. Institute of Technology.

Mr. Sullivan is a graduate geologist from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He has twenty years of gold exploration experience in Australia, during which time he was instrumental in the discovery of the Mt. Leyshon gold deposit which subsequently produced in excess of 2.5m oz of gold. For the past ten years, Mr. Sullivan has worked in Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Chile exploring for and assessing various gold projects, two of which he has helped put into production.

Mr. Escandon is a graduate geological engineer from the National University of Mexico, with more than 40 years of experience in exploration and mining. Mr. Escandon's varied experience includes exploration and evaluation of mineral properties, mine design, metallurgical research, feasibility studies and environmental studies. Mr. Escandon was the Director of the Consejo de Recursos Minerales, Mexico's National Bureau of Minerals Resources and the Mexican Geological Survey for six years. He is a qualified professional as defined by Canadian NI 43-101 regulations.