OUR PEOPLE

Christopher Robin Relph
Chairman
Mr. Relph was our founder and has been our President, CEO, CFO and since April 4, 2006 and was our sole director from April 4, 2006 until December 2010. From May 2002 to April 2006, Mr. Relph's principal occupation was acting as the President of Garuda Capital Corp., a company formerly in the businesses of mining and chocolate manufacturing, and formerly quoted on the Pink Sheets.  Also for the past 15 years, Mr. Relph has been the managing director of Buckingham Securities Ltd., an investment company in London, UK. As a former member of various international stock exchanges and the London Life Market, Mr. Relph has considerable experience in public company affairs, fund raising and deal structuring.  Mr. Relph is also Chairman of the Rigpa Foundation, a charitable trust.
 
Simon Eley
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Eley has been a director since December 20, 2010. He is an Australian solicitor with wide experience in the resources sector. Mr. Eley is currently a director of Auricup Resources Ltd and was a director of Aragon Resources Ltd. He led the team that secured the Central Murchison Gold Project which became Aragon's core asset with approximately 2 million ounces in JORC compliant resources. Aragon was taken over by Westgold Resources Ltd in 2011 valuing Aragon at $76 million. He worked for Woodside in Mauritania, West Africa in an advisory and commercial role dealing with government, joint venture partners and local and international contractors. He has also worked for Aquila Resources, Manhattan Corporation, Clough and Clayton Utz. Mr. Eley’s experience includes capital raisings, corporate matters, various commercial arrangements (including joint venture and farm-in agreements), and matters relating to mining law, toll treatment arrangements, litigation and alternative dispute resolution. At Aquila and Manhattan he was engaged in corporate management and strategy. He also has hands on experience in operating base metal and gold mines in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

Karim Lalani
Corporate Secretary
Mr. Lalani was appointed our Corporate Secretary effective August 1, 2011. Mr. Lalani has over 15 years of experience as an attorney practicing primarily in the areas of corporate finance and securities law, mergers and acquisitions and corporate and commercial law. He has represented a number of domestic and international clients in transactions of various types and sizes, including U.S and cross border public and private equity and debt financings and mergers and acquisitions, as well as providing advice on corporate governance and regulatory compliance matters. Mr. Lalani received an LL.B. from the University of Ottawa, Canada in 1994 and is a member of the Washington State Bar Association and Law Society of British Columbia, Canada.