Stefan Spears has over a decade of experience as a senior executive in the resource exploration and mining industry. He began his mining career at Goldcorp, and in 2005 joined McEwen Capital Corporation to focus on resource sector investments. In 2008 he joined McEwen Mining (TSX/NYSE:MUX) as a Vice President in charge of U.S. Projects. After successfully founding Coreprint Patterns Inc., an innovative sand casting pattern manufacturer whose repeat clients have included several multi-national corporations in the mining and industrial sectors, Mr. Spears rejoined McEwen Mining to address Special Projects with a focus on corporate development and to tackle technical challenges in operations. He has experience in gold exploration in Canada, USA and Mexico, and was involved in raising over C$500 million in equity capital for exploration and development projects. Mr. Spears holds a B.Sc. degree in civil engineering from Queen's University. He is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inventus Mining Corp. (TSX-V:IVS).

Mr. Al Tamimi is a Saudi-based businessman with global investment activities. Previously, he was President and CEO of SaudConsult, the largest engineering firm in Saudi Arabia responsible for many large infrastructure and construction projects in the country. He was also a 50% partner of Worley Parsons Arabia, which undertook major infrastructure projects in the oil & gas, energy and a mining project worth over $5 billion in Saudi Arabia.

Tony Lesiak is currently the Senior Advisor, Investment Banking at Canaccord Genuity Corp. (Canada). He previously held the position of Managing Director and Global Head of Mining Research and was responsible for coverage of the Canadian large capitalization precious metal equities. He has been researching the metals and mining sector for over 20 years. Prior to rejoining Canaccord Genuity in September 2013, he was Managing Director and Senior Mining Analyst at Macquarie Capital Markets. Mr. Lesiak was a Principal and Senior Mining Analyst at Genuity Capital Markets from 2007 to 2010 and previously held senior positions in mining equity research at UBS (Toronto) and HSBC (New York and Toronto). Mr. Lesiak earned a B.Sc in Geology and an MBA (Rotman) from the University of Toronto and holds an International MBA specializing in Economics from Johannes Kepler University in Austria.

Mr. Ciavarella is a Professional Accountant receiving his designation in 1994. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University’s School of Business and Economics, where he graduated Honours with Distinction. Mr. Ciavarella is a private business owner with over 25 years experience in the Construction, Real Estate and Manufacturing Industry.