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Board of Directors

Details of the Company's Board are set out below. The directors and staff have extensive experience in West Africa.

Reginald Gillard (Non-Executive Chairman)

After practising as an accountant for more than 30 years, during which time he formed and developed a number of service-related businesses. Mr Gillard now focuses on corporate management, corporate governance and the evaluation and acquisition of businesses. He is non-executive chairman of Aspen Group Ltd, Caspian Oil & Gas Limited, Eneabba Gas Ltd, Lindian Resources Ltd and Tiger Resources Ltd.

Mark Calderwood (Managing Director)

Mark Calderwood is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and has 20 years experience in exploring and mining gold. He is a specialist in resource/reserve definition and feasibility studies. He has 14 years experience in, and a network of contacts throughout, West Africa.  Mr Calderwood is a non-executive director of Manas Resources Ltd. 

Colin Carson (Executive Director)

Colin Carson has been involved as a director of numerous Australian public companies since the 1980's. He is currently a director of Caspian Oil & Gas Limited and Manas Resources Ltd. He oversees joint venture negotiations and corporate and legal matters for Perseus. He is experienced with the taxation and mining laws in West Africa. Mr Carson is a part-time executive director of Perseus Mining.

Rhett Brans (Executive Director)

Mr Brans qualified as a civil engineer at what is now known as Monash University in 1974 and completed an advanced management program at the University of Melbourne in 1991.

Mr Brans has operated a consultancy providing project management services to the mining industry for the past 15 years. In this capacity, he has managed the development of gold and base metal projects. His experience extends across the full range from mining feasibility studies through to commissioning operations. Mr Brans has more than 35 years experience in the design and construction of mineral treatment facilities. Mr Brans is also a Non-Executive Director of Tiger Resources Ltd.

Neil Fearis (Non-Executive Director)

Neil Fearis has 29 years experience as a commercial lawyer in the UK and Australia. For 13 years he was a partner in one of Australia's largest national law firms. In 1999, he formed a niche firm specialising in the provision of corporate and commercial legal advice to listed public companies. Mr Fearis practices principally in the area of mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, public flotations, and other forms of capital raising.

He is a member of several professional bodies associated with commerce and the law, including the Law Council of Australia, the International Bar Association, the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Mr Fearis was formerly WA Chairman of the Australian-British Chamber of Commerce and is currently Chairman of Kresta Holdings Limited and a non-executive director of Carnarvon Petroleum Limited.

Sean Harvey (Non-Executive Director)

With degrees in economics and law, Sean Harvey spent more than 10 years in the investment banking and merchant banking areas, primarily focused on the mining sector, at the start of his career. For the past 10 years Mr Harvey has been a senior officer or director of various mining companies and is based in Toronto, Canada. Sean was the founder and remains Chairman of Andina Minerals Inc., a development stage company with a multi-million ounce gold deposit in Chile.  Mr. Harvey is also currently the sole Canadian director for Perth-based Moto Goldmines Limited.

Mr Harvey also served as President and CEO of  Orvana Minerals Inc., TXV Gold Inc. (through its sale to Kinross in 2003) and Atlantico Gold through its sale of its Amapari Project to Wheaton River Minerals (now Goldcorp) in 2004.

Michael Bohm (Non-Executive Director)

Michael Bohm is an experienced mining professional with extensive corporate, project and operational management experience in the minerals industry in Australia, South East Asia, Southern Africa, Chile, Canada, Europe and the UK.  A graduate of the WA School of Mines, Mr Bohm has worked as a mining engineer, mine manager, study manager, project manager and project director and has been directly involved in a number of project developments in the gold, nickel and diamond sectors both in Australia and offshore.

Susmit Shah (Company Secretary)

Mr Shah is a chartered accountant and has been involved as a director and company secretary of various Australian public companies for many years. He consults to public companies on a variety of matters including stock exchange requirements, joint venture negotiations and corporate fundraising.

Kevin Thomson, P.Geo (Exploration Manager - West Africa)

Mr Thomson has more than 20 years experience in exploration and resource geology with more than eight years experience in West Africa working with Newmont and Battle Mountain in Ghana. He is an experienced project and geology manager.

 
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