Board

Mr. Netherway received a B.E. in Mining Engineering from the University of Melbourne in 1975 and a Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance from the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants in the United Kingdom in 1985. Mr. Netherway is a mining engineer with over 30 years of experience in the mining industry. He was until the recent takeover by Gryphon Mineral Ltd (GRY-ASX), the CEO of Shield Mining Limited, an Australian listed company exploring for gold and base metals in Mauritania. Prior to this, Mr. Netherway served as the CEO of Toronto listed Afcan Mining Corporation, a China focussed gold mining company which was successfully taken over by Eldorado Gold. He is also a former director of Orezone Resources Inc. Kazakhgold Ltd and Equigold NL. Mr Netherway is a mine developer and operator who was involved in the construction and development of the Iduapriem, Siguiri and Kiniero gold mines in West Africa and has mining experience which includes Australia, India, Nepal, Oman and Malaysia. Mr. Netherway has also held senior management positions in a number of mining companies, including Golden Shamrock Mines, Ashanti Goldfields, GMA Resources plc (AIM: GMA), and Semafo Inc.

Mr Netherway is currently the Chairman of Afferro Mining Inc (TSX: AUR & AIM: AAAM), Altus Strategies Ltd and Asterion AV Ltd. He is also a non-executive director of Gryphon Minerals Ltd (GRY-ASX), Crusader Resources Limited (ASX:CAS) and Altus Resource Capital Ltd (LSE: ARCL) and Non-executive Chairman & Director of Aureus Mining Inc (AUM: AUE) and Kilo Goldmines Ltd (TSX: KGL).

Steven is the Chief Executive and co-founder of ALTUS Strategies and a director of Altus Capital Ltd, the investment manager of Altus Resource Capital Ltd [LSE:ARCL]. He holds an honours degree in geology from Southampton University and a master's degree in mining geology from the Camborne School of Mines. Steven worked for Mano River between 1998 and 2005. In 2002 he co-founded Ariana Resources which listed on AIM in 2005 [AIM:AAU], in 2004 he founded African Aura Resources which listed on the TSX-V in 2008 and, through its merger with Mano River in 2009, created African Aura Mining which subsequently split into Afferro Mining [TSX-V/AIM:AFF] and Aureus Mining [TSX-V/AIM:AUE]. He is a director of Stellar Diamonds [AIM:STEL]. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and a member of the Association of Mining Analysts.

Ed Bowie holds an honours degree in Geology from Oxford University and a Masters degree from the Royal School of Mines at Imperial College London. Most recently he worked with EEDA with responsibility for providing finance and strategic advice to growing business in the east of England. He was formerly a Vice President at resource investment bank Ambrian Partners with responsibility for a broad range of capital and M&A transactions for junior and major mining companies. Prior to joining Ambrian Ed worked as an Equity Research Analyst with Salomon Smith Barney and as an exploration geologist with SAMAX Resources before its acquisition by Ashanti Goldfields in 1997.

Matthew Grainger is a founder director of Altus Strategies and CEO of AsterionAV Ltd, a subsidiary company of Altus Strategies. Matthew is a UK based geologist with over 12 years experience in the junior resource sector. He graduated with Honours in Earth Science in 1997 and subsequently completed a Master's degree in Mining Geology at the Camborne School of Mines. In 2002, he co-founded AIM listed Ariana Resources [AIM: AAU] where he was Operations Director until 2006. Thereafter, he became the Chief Operating Officer and a director of TSX-V listed African Aura Resources prior to its merger with Mano River in 2009 to become African Aura Mining, which subsequently became Afferro Mining Inc [TSX-V: AFF, AIM: AFF] and Aureus Mining Inc [TSX & AIM: AUE]. Matthew is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London and a member of the Association of Mining Analysts.

Guy Pas is a Geneva based financier who has been involved with numerous successful resource ventures, through his investment vehicles Eastbound Resources and AddVenture Capital Partners. Between 1973-1983 he was a Vice President of Chase Manhattan Bank in structured and commodity finance. In 1987 he co-founded The Addax & Oryx Group Ltd, an integrated African oil group. In 1989 he co-founded and was the chairman of Samax Resources Ltd, which was focused on gold in Tanzania and was acquired on the TSX by Anglogold Ashanti for $189m in 1998. In 1995 he founded Mano River Resources Inc which through its merger in 2009 with African Aura Resources Ltd created African Aura Mining Inc, listed on the TSX-V and AIM, developing gold and iron assets in west Africa, and where he is a director. In 2004 he co-founded GAIA Resources Fund Ltd, focused on early stage private and public resource companies as well as co-founding Afren plc, a West African oil & gas company listed on AIM. Guy has been involved in establishing a number of FSU focussed ventures, most recently Ovoca Gold Plc and Siberian Diamonds.