M ANA GEMENT T E AM TS XV C OR E 22 Br i a n How l e t t Ch i ef Ex ec ut i ve Of f i c er Di re ct or Mr H o wle t t is a sea s o n ed p ro fe ss i o n al wi th o v er 30 y ears of s eni o r m an ag e m ent e xperien ce He wa s th e fo r m er P re sid en t Ch ief Exe cu tiv e Offic er of D u n d ee Su s t ai n ab le Te chn o l o g ie s In c an d rem a in s on the B o ard He p rev i o u s ly serv ed as the P re sid en t Ch ief Fi n an ci al Officer of S u p erio r C o p p er C o rp o ra ti o n P ri o r to tha t Mr H o wle t t spen t 12 y ears wi th EL I Ec o L o g ic In c in clu d in g 6 y e ars as Ch i ef Fi n an cia l Officer Mr H o w le tt g rad u at ed in 1982 with a B Co m m in fin an ce fr o m C o n c o rd ia Un ive r si ty an d rec eiv ed h i s C M A d e sig n a ti o n in 1989 He cur rentl y serv es on the Bo ard of D irecto rs of N ig h thawk Go ld Co rp Fr a ser L a sch i n g e r Ch i ef Fi na nci al Of f i c er Mr L a schi n g er g rad u a te d with an H o n o u r s in Bu sin e s s Ad m in is tra ti o n fr o m the Rich ard Ive y S ch o o l of Bu s i n ess at th e Un ive r si ty of We s te rn On t ari o in 2006 He w as a co fo u n d er of M in eral Stre a m s In c an d p ri o r to j o in in g Can ad ian Orebo d ies in 2011 Mr L aschi n g er wo rked in equ ity rese arch fo r a Can ad ian in v est m e n t d ealer Joh n Ha r v e y P En g I n t er i m Ch ai rm an Mr H arve y g rad u a te d w it h a Bach el o r of S cien ce d e g ree in Geo l o g y fro m the Un ive r si ty of N ew Bru n swi ck in 1959 He serv ed as P re sid en t an d CEO of H e m l o G o ld M in e s In c fr o m 1 9 8 9 to 1991 He als o h el d th e p o s it i o n of P re sid en t of N o ran d a Ex p l o ra ti o n C o m p a n y L i m i te d fr o m 1982 to 1 9 9 4 an d wa s m o s t re c entl y the Ch ief Opera tin g Officer of N o r o n t Re s o u rce s u n ti l 2 0 0 9 Mr H arve y wa s the co reci p ien t of the B il l D en n is A ward f o r a Ca n ad ian d isc o v ery in 2010 fo r h is ro le in the d isco v ery of the Rin g of Fi re by the P ro spect o rs an d D ev elo p ers Asso ciati o n Chr i s t oph e r Hodg son Di re ct or Mr H o d g s o n is th e P res i d en t of th e On tari o Min i n g A s s o c ia ti o n an d serve s on th e B o ar d of D ir ec t o r s f o r Cara Opera ti o n s L td an d F air fax In d ia H o l d in g C o rp o ra ti o n As a M e m b er of P r o v in ci al P arl i a m en t he serv ed as M in is te r of N atur al R es o u rc es M in is t er of N o rthern D ev el o p m e n t an d M in es Ch air m an of th e M an ag e m en t B o ard of Cab in e t Co m m is s io n er of the Bo ard of In te rn al Eco n o m y an d M in ister of M u n icip al Af fai rs an d H o u sin g G or d on Cy r Di re ct or Mr C y r h a s b ee n in v o l v e d in n u m er o u s w o rld cla s s e xpl o ra ti o n d ril li n g p r o g ram s f o r o v er thi r ty y ear s in c lu d in g su rf ace an d u n d erg r o u n d f iel d o p erati o n s Mr C yr se rved as P re sid en t of M id w es t D ri ll in g fr o m 1988 to i ts sal e in 1997 an d al s o as Reg i o n al M an a g er an d General M an ag er f o r M aj o r D ril li n g p ri o r to h is d epar t u re in 2 0 0 3 In 2004 Mr Cy r est ab li shed Cy r D ril li n g In te rn atio n al L td M i ch a e l L e sk ov e c CP A Di re ct or Mr L e sk o v ec is a cha rt ered p ro fes si o n a l ac c o u n tan t with o v er 15 y ears of fin a n cial ex p erience w ith p u b l icly li s te d c o m p an ie s an d as th e Vi ce P res id en t Fi n an ci al Rep o r tin g at N o r thfi eld C ap i tal C o rp o ra ti o n Mr L esk o v e c a ls o s erv e s as the Ch ief Fi n an cial Offic er fo r N ig h thaw k Go ld C o r p o ra ti o n P ri o r to thi s Mr L es k o v e c serv ed as an o ffi c er of G o ld Eag le M in es L td which was so ld to Go ld co rp In c in 2008 fo r 1 5 b il li o n