

| Paul C. Jones P.Eng Position: Director, Chairman of Environmental, Health and Safety and Technical Committee Paul Jones is currently a principal of Sovereign Management Group Ltd., he a director of Glass Earth Limited and until recently a director of New Horizon Uranium Corporation (both privately held companies engaged in mineral activities in the America's and New Zealand). Mr. Jones is a Legion of Honor member of the Society of Mining Engineers where he has been a member since 1958, and is a member and officer of the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America. In February 2004, Mr. Jones received the William Lawrence Saunders Gold Metal from the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers in recognition of his service to the public and the minerals industry. In 2005, he received the President's Citation for his activities as Chair of the Governmental Affairs Committee of MMSA. Mr. Jones is a director of the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum and a member of the Society of Economic Geologists and several other state, regional and national mining organizations where he has served as an officer and director.Mr. Jones holds a Bachelor of Mining Engineering Degree from the University of Minnesota, is a Registered Professional Engineer, and has served in numerous engineering, operations, senior management and consulting positions in public and private companies active in the Americas, Africa and Asia during his long career in the mining industry. |
