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Margaret M. Kent – Chairman, President & CEO
Peggy Kent has founded, financed and operated two publicly traded mining companies and four private companies, and has completed over 40 mergers and acquisitions. She has raised over $2 billion in the U.S. and Canadian public and private equity and debt markets to fund the acquisition and development of mining projects in Canada and Latin America. As Chairman, President & CEO of Royal Oak Mines she started the company and grew it into an intermediate gold producer with annual production of approximately 500,000 ounces. In 1994, Ms Kent launched Royal Oak Mines’ $2.0 billion offer to purchase Lac Minerals, a major Canadian gold producer. Ms. Kent has received many professional and business awards in recognition of her achievements in the mining industry. She was a board member of Talisman Energy, TransCanada Pipelines and Nova Chemicals, among Canada’s largest energy companies.

William J.V. Sheridan – Secretary, Director
Bill Sheridan has been a partner in the law firm of Lang Michener LLP since 1970 and was managing partner from 1996 to 2002. He is an authority in mining law. Mr. Sheridan’s practice includes general corporate, commercial and securities law with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, mining and international joint ventures.

Richard Meschke – Vice President, Legal and Corporate Development
Richard Meschke has extensive experience in completing acquisitions, optimizing operations and negotiating contracts. He has been employed in the engineering and construction industry as a senior commercial manager where he negotiated contracts up to $100 million in value. Mr. Meschke has held senior executive positions in the energy industry and was Vice President of Business Development at Amax Inc. a major metals and energy company.

Hugh W. Blakely – Chief Financial Officer
Hugh Blakely brings over 30 years of financial experience, most recently Interim Chief Financial Officer of Canadian Royalties Inc. Previously, he held the position of Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Heico’s Canadian steel operations, operating under the name of Ivaco (formerly Ivaco Inc, a public company). During his tenure at Ivaco Inc, Mr. Blakely held a number of senior financial positions and worked in tandem with the Chief Restructuring Officer and Ivaco’s financial advisors in managing the restructuring and sale of the businesses to Heico. He earned his Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University and began his career with Coopers & Lybrand in Montreal and obtained his C.A. designation in 1974.

Adrian C. McNutt – VP Operations South America
Adrian McNutt brings close to 30 years of extensive experience in production and management of both gold and base metal operations. Mr. McNutt has carried out feasibility studies, engineering design, procurement and commissioning of plants, including the Kemess South gold-copper mine in British Columbia. Prior to joining Century Mining, Mr. McNutt held senior management roles with Newmont Mining and Royal Oak Mines. He is responsible for the Company’s exploration, development and mining operations in Peru, including the San Juan Gold Mine.

INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

Fran Scola - Director
Mr. Scola was a partner, portfolio manager and consultant for the Shipston Group, which invests in venture capital natural resource projects, private equity, currencies, futures, bonds, equities and various investment funds. Previously, Mr. Scola was a partner and portfolio manager at Weintraub Capital Management and a partner, analyst, and portfolio manager at Touchstone Investments where he was responsible for generating position ideas and research for Touchstone's investment portfolio. Mr. Scola has also worked for Moore Capital Management, a New York-based hedge fund executing trades in the Asian region, mostly in bonds, currencies and futures. Mr. Scola is a partner at LFM Partners, a partnership with extensive investments in the natural resources sector. Mr. Scola holds both an M.A. in public policy with an emphasis on economic growth models and a M.B.A. focusing on finance from the University of Chicago.

William Lamarque - Director
Mr. Lamarque is a co-founder of Balor Capital Management, LLC. Mr. Lamarque’s career has been in trading and banking. After being the General Manager of the China Division of Jardine Matheson & Company Ltd in Hong Kong, he became an Executive Member of the Board of Directors of N.M. Rothschild & Sons Ltd, in London, the principal banking entity of the international Rothschild financial services group. He subsequently became Managing Director of Rothschild Inc, in New York. Mr. Lamarque has specialist experience in the risk management of commodity positions and in commodity research and has advised an extensive client list of commodity producers on their major financial transactions and exposures, including their hedge books. He has been a member of the Comex and Chairman of the Public Affairs Committee of the London Bullion Market Association. Mr. Lamarque is on the board of three privately held and one publicly traded mining company, and President of Hanson Capital Asia Ltd.

BOARD ADVISORS

Keith Hulley – Board Advisor
Mr. Hulley is currently the interim CEO of Gabriel Resources Ltd. and has been a member of the Gabriel Board since 2006. Previously, Mr. Hulley served seven years successively as President, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of Apex Silver Mines before retiring in 2004. Mr. Hulley has more than 40 years experience in the mining business which includes, prior to joining Apex Silver, Board and senior executive experience at Western Mining Holdings Ltd. (Director of Operations) and USMX Inc. (President/CEO).

Ricardo M. Campoy – Board Advisor
Ricardo Campoy is a seasoned international natural resources banker with diverse industry experience as a mining engineer and as a financial advisor. His 27-year career in natural resource finance has included merchant, commercial and investment banking. Mr. Campoy has many accomplishments in the natural resource industry sector and has been involved in project finance, including debt and equity private placements, and mergers and acquisitions.

 

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