Mr. Putnam has extensive mining industry experience, having worked for over 20 years for BHP (now BHP-Billiton) and GE/Utah International. While at BHP, he held division Chief Financial Officer roles in the petroleum refining business, with annual revenues of US$1.1B, and in BHP Manganese, a mining, alloy smelting and refining business located in Australia with revenues of US$350M. His previous experience includes aquisition and divestiture work for both BHP and other clients, associated bank financings, and the negotiation and management of strategic alliances involving long-term product sales contracts.

Mr. Putnam is the former CFO for QGX Ltd., a TSX-listed exploration company sold in September 2008 to Kerry Holdings Ltd. of Hong Kong for C$259M. While at QGX, he played key roles in the development and valuation of QGX's mineral properties, and in supporting the corporate sale. Mr. Putnam also currently serves on the Advisory Board of Hana Mining Ltd. (TSX.V Ticker: HMG), a Canadian explorer actively developing a sediment-host copper-silver property in Africa.

Mr. Putnam has an Economics degree from Getttysburg Collge and a Masters in Business Administration from Duke University.

Ed Dickinson was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation on September 1, 2011. From August 1996 to August 2011, Mr. Dickinson held senior management positions at Altair Nanotechnologies Inc., including Chief Financial Officer, Director of Finance, Secretary, and Senior Director - Program & Contract Management; and from May 2002 to May 2004 Mr. Dickinson was a Director of Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Dickinson was employed by the Southern California Edison Company as a negotiator of non-utility power generation contracts. Mr. Dickinson was Vice President and Director of Geolectric Power Company during 1993 and 1994; and from 1987 through 1992 was the Director of Finance and Administration for OESI Power Corporation. Prior to 1987, Mr. Dickinson served in various financial and program management positions at the U.S. Department of Energy. Mr. Dickinson, who is a certified public accountant, obtained a Masters degree in Accounting from California State University, Northridge.

Mr. Thompson's mining career spans 41 years in senior management roles with Utah Development Company, BHP (now BHP Billiton), Newcrest Mining, and QGX, managing and developing mineral projects in Australia, New Zealand, Mongolia and the United States. Mr. Thompson was responsible for the overall development of Newcrest Mining's Cadia Hill mine, in NSW, which included reserve definition, management of engineering teams that designed both the mine and processing plant facilities, the final feasibility study, and the environmental impact statement (EIS) on the project. More recently, as VP Project Development for QGX, Mr. Thompson delivered the Preliminary Assessment Report, Pre-Feasibility Study, and EIS on the Baruun Naran coking/thermal coal project in the South Gobi, Mongolia. He has held numerous other leadership roles in the mining industry, including four Mine/General Manger roles in coking coal, gold, and titanium/iron sands operations and a General Manager position at Newcrest overseeing 5 operating gold businesses in Australia.

Mr. Thompson has a BS degree in Mining and Petroleum Engineering from the University of Queensland, and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.