Board of Directors and Technical Advisory Committee

Andrew Brodkey, CEO, President and Director - 25 years in the mining industry as a mining engineer, lawyer and senior executive with a focus on corporate legal and business development activities at major mining companies with an emphasis on Latin America, including Magma Copper Company and BHP Copper Inc. Mr. Brodkey also created the International Mining & Metals Group of CB Richard Ellis, Inc (“CBRE”).

Dr. David Terry, Independent Director and Member of Technical Advisory Committee - Mr. Terry is a Ph.D. geologist from the University of Western Ontario and has a P. Geo. license in the Province of British Columbia. Dr. Terry has over 20 years of experience in the resource sector focused primarily on exploration for a wide spectrum of mineral deposits throughout North and South America. He has held numerous senior positions with both large mining companies and junior exploration companies including IMA Exploration Inc., Boliden Limited, Westmin Resources Limited, Hemlo Gold Mines Inc., Cominco Limited and Gold Fields Mining Corporation. Dr. Terry currently serves as a director and officer of several publicly-listed mineral exploration companies. Dr. Terry is a Qualified Person under NI 43-101.

Dr. Ronald Richman, Independent Director and Member of Technical Advisory Committee - Dr. Richman is a former senior executive with IBM who serves as an independent member of the Board of Directors. Dr. Richman received his Doctorate and Master degrees in Chemistry at the University of Colorado. While with IBM, Dr. Richman managed a global business unit and was heavily focused on worldwide markets and international business relationships. Dr. Richman has most recently worked on the development of alternative biofuels and renewable resources.

Technical Advisory Committee:

The company's Technical Advisory Committee is comprised of Dr. Terry, Dr. Richman and Dr, Lowenstein.

Dr. Tim Lowenstein - Dr. Lowenstein is a Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies at Binghamton University in New York. He earned a BA in Geology from Colgate University and a Ph.D. in Geology from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Lowenstein has over 25 years of experience in sedimentology and low temperature geochemistry applied to chemical sediments, specifically including brine geochemistry at salars in Chile. He is an author of more than 70 peer-reviewed papers and 100 conference presentations, and has served as associate editor for the journals Geology, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, and Journal of Sedimentary Research.