KIRK BOYD

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & COO

L. Kirk Boyd has over 30 years experience in the field of finance and administration in both Fortune 500 corporations and entrepreneurial organizations in both the private and public sectors. Kirk has held many senior financial positions, including CFO of Converse Canada, a sporting goods manufacturer, General Manager and CFO of Laser Communications Inc., an advertising and promotion conglomerate, and Controller of Benson & Hedges (Canada) Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Philip Morris.

In 1992 he founded Kirk Boyd & Associates, a consulting company providing executive services and specializing in strategic planning, corporate restructuring and financial management. He has spent 7 years in merchant banking specializing in equity financing for small and micro-cap Canadian companies with a global perspective. Most recently he has concentrated on corporate governance and regulatory reporting and disclosure for mid-size companies which are publicly traded on North American stock exchanges.

Over the past ten years Mr. Boyd has been involved in seven resource exploration companies in a senior officer or board of directors' level capacity. Five of these companies have been publicly traded on the North American Stock Exchanges.

Wayne V. Isaacs - Chairman & CEO
Kirk Boyd - Executive Vice-President and COO
Miles Nagamatsu - CFO
Sean Felker - V.P. Corporate Communications
Rick Bonner - Special Advisor and Director
Pat Mohan - Independent Director
John Cottrell - Independent Director
Stewart Wright - Independent Director
Dr. Colin Bowdidge - Independent Director