Mr. Comba, who has over four decades of experience as an exploration advocate and senior mining executive, was appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors in March 2006. As Chief Exploration Geologist of Falconbridge Limited in Sudbury, Ontario, he led the team that discovered the Thayer Lindsley mine. Prior to its takeover by Kinross Gold Corporation, Mr. Comba was Vice-President, Exploration of Falconbridge Gold Corporation. Following the takeover, he became President and Chief Executive Officer of a Kinross-controlled junior exploration company listed on the TSX. Mr. Comba was Director of Issues Management with the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada from 1998 to 2005, during which time he led the successful lobby effort for the re-introduction of enhanced or “super” flow-through shares. Mr. Comba has Bachelor’s and Masters’ degrees in geology from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.