OFFICERS:

Margaret M. Kent, B.Sc., M.Sc. (A)
Executive Chairman, CFO

Margaret Kent has spent over 35 years in the mining industry, during which time she has become a leading figure in the industry in Canada. She has been Chairman, President and CEO of a number of gold and base metal mining companies, with full responsibility to the board of directors for operations, financings and growth.

She has extensive experience in the public and private debt and equity markets in Canada, the USA and Europe. Her experience includes arranging over $1.5 billion of major financing comprising equity with derivatives instruments, high-yield bonds, and convertible debentures to fund major capital projects, acquisitions, and for providing debtor-in-possession financing.

In addition to her resource experience, Margaret Kent has extensive experience in the field of insolvency and restructuring. She has structured purchases of assets out of insolvency both in the US and in Canada. She has restructured companies’ debt packages and worked as a chief restructuring officer filing companies in CCAA, Chapter 11, and Chapter 7. She has also raised significant capital for insolvent companies.

Margaret Kent has been a member of the board of directors of some of Canada's leading natural resource companies, including Talisman Energy, TransCanada Corporation, Royal Oak Mines, and Nova Chemicals, where she served on a number of board committees, including the audit committee.

In July, 2010, she retired from her post as Chief Executive Officer of Century Mining Corporation.  Her major responsibility at Tamerlane is to procure and arrange the financing package for the Pine Point lead-zinc project in the Northwest Territories.

Michael Willett, P.Eng
Chief Executive Officer

Michael Willett is a Professional Mine Engineer with over 25 years of experience in management, engineering, and operations in the mining industry. Mr. Willett has worked for several mining companies including Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd., Aurora Quarrying Ltd., and Dynatec Mining Ltd.  He has been involved in numerous mining projects, including several mine startups. During his career, Mr. Willett has held positions of progressively greater responsibility up to and including General Manager overseeing a  mine and concentrator complex and associated infrastructure.

Mr. Willett holds a B.Sc degree in Mine Engineering from Queen’s University and a Masters Certificate in Project Management from the Schulich School of Business, The University of Winnipeg.

Ross F. Burns, HB.Sc., P.Geo., L.G.
President, Director

Ross Burns is a 40-year veteran of the mining industry who has served as a director and officer of numerous Canadian public mining companies including Royal Oak Mines and Century Mining.  Mr. Burns served for 18 years as Vice President of Exploration for gold companies where he held responsibilities for reserves and exploration for six producing mines and multiple exploration properties.  In that time, he was involved in the financing and development of the Kemess Copper Gold Mine.

Mr. Burns has extensive exploration and mine geology experience in Mississippi Valley Type, sediment-hosted, lead-zinc deposits, which was gained at Teck Cominco’s Polaris and Pine Point mines in Canada’s Northwest Territories.  Since 2004, Mr. Burns has been President and Director of Tamerlane Ventures, which owns the Pine Point lead-zinc property.  His unique vision and long-time knowledge of the property have equipped him to oversee the development of Pine Point from exploration through the feasibility stage.

Mr. Burns is an Honours Geology graduate from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario , a Professional Geologist in the Northwest Territories, and  a Licensed Geologist in Washington State.

W. J. V. Sheridan
Secretary, Director

Mr. Sheridan has been a partner in the law firm of McMillan LLP since 1970 and is an authority in mining law. His practice includes general corporate, commercial and securities law with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, mining and international joint ventures.

INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS:

J. Cowan McKinney (A)
Director

J. Cowan McKinney is the Chairman of the Board of Pacific Insight Electronics Corp. He is a retired partner of KPMG, Director and President of Stormont Enterprises Ltd. Director of Western Pacific Trust Company and Tamerlane Ventures Inc. He is a also the Director and President of Stormont Enterprises Ltd., and a Director of Western Pacific Trust Company.

Eugene Larabie (A)
Director

Mr. Larabie has 47 years experience in the mining industry. He was assistant manager & mines manager in underground mines in Northern & Southern British Columbia, Yukon, & Northwest Territories. In Northern British Columbia, he was responsible for all construction pertaining to bringing an underground mine into production. He has been a director & president of numerous public companies and personally formed over 12 public companies. He graduated from Haileybury School of Mines in 1957, & is a member of the Professional Engineers Association of the Provinces of Ontario & British Columbia, Canada.

Dr. Edmond H.P. van Hees (Ph.D. Geology)
Director

Dr. van Hees, Ph.D, with over 30 years of technical and geological expertise, currently is the Assistant Professor at Wayne State University in the geological department. Dr. van Hees has authored and co-authored numerous technical publications and brings significant experience as a consulting geologist since 1986, where he has worked on projects throughout the world with such companies as Kinross, Miramar, Placer Dome Exploration and Chevron Minerals. Dr. van Hees graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1975 (Honors B.Sc Earth Science), the University of Western Ontario in 1979 (M.Sc. Geology) and the University of Michigan in 2000 (Ph.D. Geology).

Fredric J. Bracken P.Eng. (B.Sc. Metallurgy) (A)
Director

Mr. Bracken, P.Eng., has over 40 years of experience in the mining industry since graduating in 1960 from the University of Toronto in Metallurgical Engineering.  Mr. Bracken currently works as an industry consultant since 2000 in the concentrate marketing field, including international trade consulting.  Mr. Bracken brings a wealth of experience gained during his 36 years spent with Cominco where he held various roles of increasing responsibility including General Manager – Concentrate Sales for over 10 years and also roles within the development and technical services departments.

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