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Scott Praill, age 41, served on our Board of Directors from October 2002 until his resignation in August 2006. Upon his resignation, Mr. Praill served as a financial consultant to the Company until his appointment as our Chief Financial Officer on June 1, 2007. Mr. Praill is a financial professional who has been employed by leading companies such as Placer Dome and Westcoast Energy, and was a Senior Accountant for Price Waterhouse, where his responsibilities included the planning of financial statement audits and ensuring Canadian and U.S. GAAP compliance. His duties have also included assessment of adequate financial statement disclosure, preparing and reviewing financial information including pro-forma financial statements for prospectuses, information circulars and other offering documents related to acquisitions, mergers and the issuance of debt and equity securities, evaluating public company operating results through financial statement and financial ratio analysis, and reviewing financial internal control systems and preparing reports for presentation to Audit Committees and Boards of Directors. Mr. Praill has extensive experience in public company financial reporting including compliance with Canadian and U.S. securities exchange requirements and the preparation and review of financial statements. Mr. Praill was the Director of Finance for Inflazyme Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Praill is currently a self-employed financial consultant. Mr. Praill is also currently a Director of American Goldrush Corporation, a publicly held mining company. Mr. Praill has earned the following designations: Chartered Accountant (B.C., 1996), Certified Public Accountant (Illinois, 2001), and a Bachelor of Science Degree (Simon Fraser University, 1989).
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