| John R. Morgan Position: Director Mr. Morgan has a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of British Columbia; he acquired extensive operational and administrative experience over 23 years with Manalta Coal Ltd., which at the time was the largest coal mining company in Canada, including several years as V.P. and General Manager. More recently, he served for four years as Vice President Operations in charge of a large tonnage coal operation in Venezuela, the Paso Diablo mine. This mine was operated by Carbones del Guasare, a joint venture between RAG of Germany, Anglo Coal of South Africa and Petroleos de Venezuela, the Venezuelan state owned oil company. He has been a director and President of Infinito Gold Ltd., a TSX-V listed company, for the past 5 years; he also serves as a director of Grande Cache Coal Corp. |