Management

Steven G. Dean - Chairman, Director

Mr. Steven Dean, formerly of Teck Cominco Limited, is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Member of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, and was a founding Director of the Australian Gold Council. Steven was formerly a member of the founding management of the Normandy Poseidon Group, which became Normandy Mining Limited, the largest Australian based gold producer, until it was acquired by Newmont Mining. His roles included Group General Manager, Chief Financial Officer, and Executive Director from 1987 to 1994. In 1995, Steven founded PacMin Mining Corporation, formerly Camelot Resources. Control of PacMin was sold to Teck Corporation of Canada in 1999, at which time he became President of TeckGold and later President of the new Teck Cominco Limited, the company resulting from the merger of Teck Corporation and its subsidiary Cominco Limited. Mr. Dean is currently Chairman and a director of Spur Ventures Inc. and Candente Resource Corp., companies listed on the TSX, and of Vannessa Ventures Ltd, a company listed on the TSXV, and a director of GRD Limited, a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.