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Mr. Rauno Perttu age 61, has agreed to act as the President, Secretary and Director of the Company effective January 22, 2007. An academically distinguished geologist with a M.S. in Geology, Mr. Perttu is a registered Engineering Geologist in Oregon who has held senior positions with some of North America’s leading resource companies. At the Kennecott Corporation, he initially worked as a senior geologist, was later promoted to Coal Manager, and then to Director of Business Development. Before Kennecott, Mr. Perttu held senior geologist positions at Gulf Minerals, Resources International, and Pacific Power and Light Company. For the last 20 years, he has worked as a consultant, initiating and managing exploration and development programs in North America, Chile, Columbia, and Venezuela. He has been involved in the discovery of gold and silver deposits in Montana, Utah, and Nevada. He has 36 years of experience in economic geology. He has evaluated companies for acquisition and commodities for diversification. He has worked internationally in all phases of mineral and metals exploration, evaluation, and development. Mr. Perttu has managed modest sized to major projects and programs from the initial conceptual stage through all the subsequent steps, including discovery, acquisition, and determination of economic feasibility, development and production. This background has given him experience in, not only the technical, but also the business aspects of the mineral industry. | 