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On March 1 2006 our Board of Directors appointed J. Randall Martin to act as our Chief Executive Officer President and as a member of our Board. Most recently Mr. Martin served as Chairman and CEO of RNC Gold from May 13 2005 to February 28 2006 and served as CEO from December 2003 to May 13 2005. Following its inception as a private company in 2000 he proceeded to list RNC Gold on the Toronto TSX in December of 2003. At the end of February 2006 RNC Gold completed a successful amalgamation with Yamana Resources a Toronto-based intermediate gold producer. RNC Gold operated three gold mines located in Nicaragua and Honduras with combined annual gold production capacity of over 150 000 ounces. RNC Gold also completed a feasibility study on a gold project in Panama and conducted extensive exploration programs in Mexico Honduras and Nicaragua. Mr. Martin previously worked with AMAX Inc. (a worldwide base metals mining company) DRX Inc. (a junior exploration company) Martin Marrietta Behre Dolbear (an international mining consulting company) and Greenstone Resources Limited (a Central American gold producer). He has a B.Sc. in mining engineering from the Krumb School of Mines at Columbia University where he completed graduate work in mining and mineral economics. Mr. Martin is Chairman and a principal of RNC (Management) Limited a privately-held mine management and investment company. | 