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On January 5, 2006, Elden Schorn was appointed to our board of directors. Mr. Schorn was also appointed president, principal executive officer, treasurer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer. On June 13, 2006, Mr. Schorn resigned from his positions as president, chief executive officer and treasurer while remaining as a member of the board of directors. His resignation was to allow Douglas Frater to assume the roles of President and Chief Executive Officer and Arnold Hughes to assume the role of Chief Financial Officer. He is currently the chairman and a member of our board of directors. From 1996 to 2004, Mr. Schorn was the president of Schorn Consulting Ltd. Schorn Consulting Ltd. provided financial services, investor relations support and government relations consulting services to companies and industry associations, as well as to the Canadian Federal and British Columbia Provincial Government. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Schorn was Vice President, B.C. Region, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association (CEO of the Association of British Columbia). The Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association is Canada’s leading business network whose members are responsible for 75% of Canada’s manufactured goods and 90% of Canada’s manufactured exports. From 1993 to 1995 Mr. Schorn was Consul and Senior Investment Advisor, Canadian Consulate, New York, New York. As such, Mr. Schorn was the Canadian Government representative in New York responsible for dealing with the United States on all matters related to U.S. investment in Canada, with a primary focus on dealing with the New York financial community for investment in Canada and with U.S. corporations for plant expansion in Canada. From 1998 to 2003 Mr. Schorn was the Director General, Operations, Western Diversification Canada, Government of Canada. As such Mr. Schorn was responsible for operations in British Columbia of an investment fund established by the Federal Government of Canada in Western Canada. Mr. Schorn graduated from the Faculty of Education University of British Columbia and did additional course work at the University of Alberta. | 