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Board of Directors & Management

	chairman Mr Ray Shorrocks – Director – Head of Corporate Finance Sydney at Patersons Securities Limited (“Patersons”). Ray Shorrocks has over 20 years’ experience in corporate finance and has advised a diverse range of mining companies during his career at Patersons Securities Limited, one of Australia’s largest full service stockbroking and financial services firms. He has been instrumental in managing and structuring equity capital raisings as well as having advised extensively in the area of mergers and acquisitions. Mr Shorrocks is a director of a number of private companies.
	Non-Executive Director Mr Peter Wicks is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mr Wicks has had extensive experience in the natural resources sector and more recently as a property developer. Mr Wicks was a long-term finance director for a large ASX listed company operating in the oil and gas sector during the 1980’s and more recently was the independent director of Drillsearch until September 2009. He was also a director of several of oil & gas companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange during the 1990’s. He has been both an executive and non-executive director of Australian domiciled mineral companies, including Perseverance Corporation Limited where he was a non-executive director from 1994 to 1998.
	Non-Executive Director Dr David King is an experienced natural resources executive, with over 30 years’ experience in the precious metals and energy sectors. He is a former Managing Director of North Flinders Mines Limited; founder, executive director and now non-executive director Eastern Star Gas Ltd; and Chairman, Robust Resources Ltd. Dr King holds degrees in Physics/Mathematics, Geophysics and a Doctorate in Seismology form the Australian National University.
	Company Secretary Mr Nick Geddes ABN 93 059 273 111 Level 3 70 Pitt Street GPO Box 4231 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia Phone: +61 1300 134 875 Fax: +61 (02) 9233 4497 Email: ngeddes@austcosec.com.au www.australiancompanysecretaries.com

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