Michael E.J. Phelps, O.C., B.A., LL.B., LL.M., LL.D. (Hons.), Chairman of the Board of Directors

Mr. Michael Phelps is Chairman of Dornoch Capital Inc., a private investment company.

From January 1988 to 2002, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer, and subsequently as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, of Westcoast Energy Inc., Vancouver, BC.

In 2001, Mr. Phelps was appointed as an Officer to the Order of Canada.

Mr. Phelps sits on the Board of Directors of Spectra Energy Corp. (separated from Duke Energy Corp. January 2007) and Marathon Oil Corporation.

Currently, he is Chairman of the Board of Prodigy Gold Incorporated and also serves on the boards of the London School of Economics (North American Advisory Board) and the Vancouver General Hospital & UBC Hospital Foundation (Chair 2010 - 2012 ).

In 2003, the Canadian government appointed Mr. Phelps as Chairman of the Wise Persons' Committee, a panel developed to review Canada's system of securities regulation.

Mr. Phelps is a Senior Advisor to Nomura Canada Inc.

Thomas K. Barber, BA (Hons.), MBA

Mr. Barber is a Managing Director in the Global Natural Resources Group and is Head of Investment Banking, Canada. Based in Toronto, Mr. Barber provides strategic counsel and transaction execution to Nomura client's, focusing primarily on the metals & mining, energy and utilities industries.

Prior to joining Nomura, Mr. Barber spent five years at Deutsche Bank, where he was a Managing Director, Chairman of the Global Natural Resources Group, Vice Chairman of the Corporate Advisory Group and Chairman of Deutsche Bank Securities Limited, the Bank's Canadian investment banking and securities arm. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Barber spent nine years at Credit Suisse First Boston, where he was Managing Director, Head of CSFB's Global Metals and Mining Group and Chairman and CEO of CSFB Canada. Prior to CSFB, Mr. Barber spent 15 years at Morgan Stanley, where he was Managing Director, Head of Morgan Stanley's Global Mining Group and President of Morgan Stanley Canada.

Over the course of his 30 years as an investment banker, Mr. Barber has worked as an advisor for many leading companies:

1. Rio Tinto - Acted as joint bookrunner to Rio Tinto's (US$15bn) rights issue
2. Petro-Canada - Advised on merger with Suncor (US$18bn)
3. PWGSC - Provided a fairness opinion to the Canadian Government on sale / leaseback of office properties with Larco Investments (CAD$1.6bn)
4. Marathon Oil - Advised on acquisition of Western Oil Sands (US$6bn)
5. Rio Tinto - Advised Rio Tinto on acquisition of Alcan (US$44bn)
6. Xstrata - Advised Xstrata on acquisition of Falconbridge (US$21bn)
7. EnCana - Advised PanCanadian Petroleum on it's merger with Alberta Energy that created EnCana (CAD$30bn)

Mr. Barber has an Honours B.A. (Economics) from the University of Toronto and an M.B.A. from the Richard Ivey School at the University of Western Ontario.

Robert John Harrington, M.Sc., P.Geo.

Mr. Harrington has over 28 years of experience in the minerals exploration and development industry. He started his professional career as an exploration geologist in the uranium industry where he worked in the western US and Canada for the Pichheney- Uranerz joint venture. Mr. Harrington subsequently founded the private exploration and consulting companies Exploraciones Colorado-Argentina and Colorado Exploraciones-Chile, both of which were sold to exploration groups in those respective countries in the late 1980's. From 1990 to 2000 he worked for Rio Tinto Corporation in South America where he held the positions of Exploration Manager, Technical Services Manager and, most recently, General Manager of Peruvian operations. In 2000 Mr. Harrington joined Maurico Hochschild and Company (MHC), a Peruvian-based private mining company, as International Exploration Manger. During his tenure with MHC, in addition to exploration, he has been intimately involved with Business Development and New Opportunities Evaluation and Acquisition for this rapidly expanding privately held international company. He also was co-founder and remains a principal partner of I-cubed, a remote sensing and GIS service Company. Mr. Harrington holds a BSc. Degree in Geology from Colorado College and a MSc. Degree in Geology from the University of Colorado.

Tom Mullan, CA

Mr. Tom Mullan is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia and Manitoba (BC since 1964, MB since 1970).

Tom has over 35 years of accounting and financial, administrative and general business experience. He has public accounting experience with medium and large size public accounting firms and has over 20 years working in private industry.

Tom currently holds the position of the Chief Financial Officer for Investor First Financial Inc. and a group of associated corporations.

David Richardson

Mr. Richardson is President and CEO of Octaform Systems Inc., a unique patented stay-in-place concrete forming system. Founded in 1997, Octaform has developed numerous applications for its product in diverse markets. This innovative PVC technology allows for design efficiency and flexibility that architects, engineers, and contractors demand. Octaform's utility extends to all types of construction including agricultural, aquaculture, commercial / industrial, as well as residential and specialty projects. Mr. Richardson has a B. Comm. Honours from the University of Manitoba. He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors with the professional designation ICD.D.

Prior to pursuing his own endeavors, Mr. Richardson worked with James Richardson & Sons, Limited in the capacity of Manager Food and New Product Development, focused on value added processing in Western Canada. Concurrent with and supporting his experience with the family enterprise, Mr. Richardson was actively involved in government lobby activities. He was a founding member and director of the Asia Pacific Foundation and was co-leader in various government trade missions to Asia while on the Board of the Canada China Trade Council.

Mr. Richardson is a Director of Capital Alliance Group, parent company of CIBT Education Group Inc. Formed in 1994, it is rated as one of the top ten foreign-owned MBA providers in China. CIBT has three campuses in Beijing and two in Weifang City, Shandong Province. CIBT has established itself as a leading educational provider of business and technology education, corporate training and other academic degree programs.

He is a Director Emeritus of Ducks Unlimited Canada following 20 years on that board and remains dedicated to serving several private, public, and philanthropic boards.

George Salamis

Mr. Salamis has previously held senior management positions with well established mining companies, most notably Placer Dome Inc. and Cameco Corporation, in addition to the formation and management of several successful junior mining companies listed in Europe and North America. Mr. Salamis has over 20 years experience directing the exploration, development and mining operations of multiple gold, base metal and coal projects and mines in many different regions of the world. Mr. Salamis was recently appointed President and CEO of Edgewater Resources following a successful career as President of Rusoro Mining. Mr. Salamis holds a degree in Geology from the Universite de Montreal - Ecole Polytechnique.

David Watkins

Mr. Watkins is an international mining executive with over 40 years experience in exploration and development, acquisitions and mergers, and mining operations. During the early part of his career, Mr. Watkins worked with Newmont Mining and Noranda as an exploration geologist in various parts of the world, including Australia, Mexico, Ecuador, and Canada. Mr. Watkins joined Falconbridge Copper Ltd. as an Exploration Geologist in 1977 and became Chief Geologist responsible for exploration in Quebec and mine operations at Lake Dufault and Opemiska in 1980. Mr. Watkins was appointed Vice President, Exploration in 1986 and rose to the position of President of Minnova Inc., the successor company to Falconbridge Copper, in 1991.

Mr. Watkins was President of Cyprus Exploration and Development Corporation and Senior Vice President, Exploration for Cyprus Amax Minerals Company for six years prior to joining Atna in 1999. Mr. Watkins served as President and CEO of Atna Resources from 1999 to 2008, and is now Chairman of the Company. He graduated with a M.Sc. degree in Geology from Carleton University in Ottawa in 1970 and a B.A. in Geology from Queen's University at Kingston in 1967.