Lindsay Bottomer, P.Geo.

Mr. Bottomer has over 29 years of worldwide exploration experience and is currently President of Southern Rio Resources Ltd. From 1999 through 2001 Mr. Bottomer acted as third party verification for Andean American Mining Corp. and reported directly to the Company's president.

Doug Leishman, B.Sc. (Hons. Mining Geology), A.R.S.M.

Mr. Leishman was most recently the Director of Geology and Exploration for Endeavour Financial Ltd., a financial advisory firm focused on the mineral industry. Prior to joining Endeavour he was a Senior Mining Analyst with Yorkton Securities Inc. in Vancouver. He was trained as a geologist and prior to entering the investment industry held positions of responsibility in the exploration sector with various companies in North America, Europe and the Middle East. In the late 1980s, prior to joining Yorkton, he worked as an independent contractor/consulting geologist based in south-central British Columbia. He is a graduate of the Royal School of Mines (London) and holds a degree in Mining Geology. He is also a registered member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (1994) and a Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada (1985).

Arni Johannson

Mr. Johannson is Chairman and director of Titan Uranium in Vancouver and has over 15 years experience in capital markets. He is also a director of Mega Uranium Ltd. and Chairman of Fortress Financial Corp.

Andrew Gourlay, P. Geol

Mr. Gourlay is a mineral exploration geologist who has worked as a Professional Geologist, Qualified Person and author of numerous NI 43-101 reports for nearly three decades. A graduate of the University of British Columbia in 1977, Mr. Gourlay has extensive exploration and management experience throughout Asia, North America and South America. Mr. Gourlay has successfully advanced projects from the grassroots to definition drilling and the resource calculation stage. These include the Bonaparte Gold Property in British Columbia and managing Kennecott Canada’s first two years of successful diamond exploration in the Lac de Gras area. Mr. Gourlay has also been the Exploration Manager for Chase Resource Corp. in the Philippines, Essex Resource Corp. in Bolivia and for Asia Gold Corp., a subsidiary of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., in Mongolia. Mr. Gourlay is a Professional Geologist registered with The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta and a Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada..