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Ronnie Beevor, B.A. (Honours) Non-Executive Chairman, British and Australian Citizen based in Australia. He is also Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr Beevor is an investment banker and was Head of Investment Banking at NM Rothschild & Sons (Australia) Ltd. He has had an extensive involvement with the natural resources industry, both in Australia and internationally. He is currently a Senior Advisor to Gryphon Partners. He also serves as a director of Ampella Mining Limited, Bannerman Resources Limited, New World Energy Limited, QMAG Limited, Rey Resources Limited, Talison Lithium Limited and Unity Mining Limited. Mr Beevor has an Honours Degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and qualified as a chartered accountant in London in 1972. Aristidis (Harry) Anagnostaras-Adams, B. Commerce , MBA Managing Director, Australian Citizen based in Cyprus. Mr Anagnostaras-Adams was born in Egypt as a Greek Citizen and adopted Australian citizenship where he was raised and became known as Harry Adams. He has served as Deputy Chairman of the Australian Gold Council, is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He recently moved to Europe to lead EMED. His experience in the past 25 years has been as Managing Director of Gympie Gold Ltd, Executive Director of investment company Pilatus Capital Ltd, General Manager of resources investment group Clayton Robard Ltd Group and Senior Investment Manager of Citicorp Capital Investors Australia Ltd. Harry is also the Chairman of KEFI Minerals Plc. Mr Anagnostaras-Adams has a Bachelor of Commerce (in Systems and Finance) from the University of New South Wales. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant while working with Price Waterhouse Coopers and has a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management. John Leach, B.A. (Economics), MBA Finance Director, Canadian and Australian citizen based in Nicosia, Cyprus, with over 25 years' experience in senior executive positions in the mining industry internationally. John Leach is also Finance Director of KEFI Minerals Plc. Mr Leach holds a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) and a Masters in business administration and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Australia), the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Directors. Mr Jasper Bertisen, M.Sc. Non-Executive Director. Mr Bertisen is a principal with RCF Management LLC, the manager of Resource Capital Funds (together "RCF"), a group of private equity funds that invests exclusively in the mining sector. RCF is a significant shareholder in EMED Mining. Mr Bertisen joined RCF in 2004 and, since that time, has completed technical and commercial due diligence on a large number of mining companies with projects ranging from late stage exploration through production. Mr. Bertisen graduated with a M.Sc. degree in Mineral Economics from the Colorado School of Mines and a M.Sc. degree in Mining Engineering from Delft University of Technology. Mr Bertisen is currently also a non-executive director of TSX-V listed AQM Copper Inc. Mr Roger Davey , M.Sc, C.Eng., Eur. Ing. Non-Executive Director. Mr Davey has over thirty five years experience in the mining industry. He is fluent in Spanish and his experience includes thirteen years as the Senior Mining Engineer at N M Rothschild (London), following operating and mine development experience with Minorco (AngloGold) in Argentina, Greenwich Resources in London, Blue Circle Industries in Chile and Gold Fields in South Africa. Mr Davey is currently a director of Alexander Mining, Orosur Mining and Goldquest Mining. Mr Robert Francis, BASc., CA Non-Executive Director. Mr Francis is a retired senior partner of the Toronto office of Deloitte & Touche LLP. Mr Francis led the Deloitte & Touche Resource Sector Mining Group practice providing a complete range of services to the metals/mining sector. In this capacity Mr Francis advised extensively on regulatory compliance matters governing the preparation and disclosures related to financial statements and other reporting documents to shareholders. Mr Francis is currently a non-executive director of TSX-listed Volta Resources Inc. and a director of the William Osler Health Services Foundation. Mr Ashwath Mehra, B.Sc. Non-Executive Director. Mr Ashwath Mehra is the Chief Executive Officer of the MRI Group, which consists of Marc Rich + Co. Investment A.G. and its various subsidiaries. The MRI Group is a commodities trading group with annual turnover of over US$3 billion. Mr Mehra has worked in the minerals industry for 22 years, starting his career with Philipp Brothers after which he spent 10 years with Glencore, where he was a senior partner and ran the Nickel and Cobalt Divisions. He has substantial experience in mineral projects and project finance. Dr Jose Nicolas Sierra Lopez, Ph.D., D.I.C., MBA Non- Executive Director. Dr Sierra brings to the Company over 30 years ' experience as a mining and energy leader in the business and government sectors. His experience includes being Spain's national Director General of Mines and Construction Industries and EU Director for Fossil Fuels for the European Commission.More recently he was Commissioner at the National Energy Commission of Spain Dr Sierra holds a Ph.D. in Mining Engineering from the University of Madrid.He is an elected member of the Royal Academy of Doctors of Spain.
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