Management

Mr. Barr has over 30 years of experience in the mining industry, founding Freegold Ventures Limited (retired Oct 2007), Canalaska Uranium Ltd. (retired June 2007), Pacific North West Capital Corp. (currently President and CEO), and Fire River Gold Corp. (retired March 2011). Over the last 15 years, Mr. Barr has acted in various management capacities for El Nino Ventures Inc. (currently Chairman and CEO), and Next Gen Metals Inc. (currently President and CEO) and Southern Sun Minerals (currently Chairman). Mr. Barr is on the Board of Directors of Pacific North West Capital Corp., El Nino Ventures Inc., Next Gen Metals Inc., Southern Sun Minerals Inc. and Copper Reef Mining Corp. Mr. Barr has created shareholder value by building teams to assist him in corporate finance, project acquisition, and exploration and development of mineral projects in 9 countries and 3 continents. As a CEO, he has guided his management teams to complete over 100 option joint venture agreements with major, mid-tier, and junior mining companies.

Dr. Stone, M.Sc and Ph.D, Geology, has held senior positions with international and Canadian mining and mineral exploration companies based in Vancouver and Toronto and has more than twenty-five years of exploration experience, including significant experience with platinum group metals (PGMs) and nickel-copper sulphides and a wealth of technical and practical experience. He served as Principal Geologist and Vice President of Exploration with several Canadian and Australian listed firms, including positions with WMC Resources Ltd. at Kambalda (Western Australia), location of world-class nickel sulphide and gold mining districts. Dr. Stone was also a Senior Lecturer in Economic Geology and Geochemistry at the University of Western Australia in Perth. Dr. Stone joins us from his most recent position as Vice-President of Exploration, Canada, for Magma Metals Ltd., where he was responsible for exploration of the recently discovered TBN PGE-Cu-Ni sulphide deposit near Thunder Bay, Ontario. Previously he served as Vice President of Exploration for North American Palladium Ltd., where he was responsible for PGE exploration at the Lac des Iles Mine near Thunder Bay and the APP Joint Venture Project in Finland, and gold exploration at the Sleeping Giant Mine near Amos, Quebec.

Mr. Oness has extensive experience and education in all aspects of corporate management with strengths in strategic planning, business development and investor relations for public companies. He has served as a director, executive and consultant to public companies in the resource and non-resource fields over a 20 year career.

Mr. Guanzon, CPA, CMA, has been in the field of accounting for more than 25 years. He has been involved in the financial reporting of pharmaceutical manufacturing business, research & development, real estate/property management, project building construction and junior mining exploration companies. Mr. Guanzon holds a Bachelor's degree in Accountancy - Certified Public Accountant (Philippines) and a member of Certified Management Accountants Society of BC. He brings extensive experience in dealing with financial matters and corporate strategy.

Ms. Whyte has over 15 years of experience in the corporate and securities industry. Her expertise spans to areas of corporate governance, continuous disclosure, financing transactions and regulatory filings. Ms. Whyte has formerly held director and officer positions in publicly traded companies. She currently holds the position of Corporate Secretary for El Nino Ventures and Next Gen Metals Inc.