Douglas R. Bowden

Noranda, Inc. produces and distributes copper, zinc, lead, gold, silver, selenium, tellurium, zinc & molybdenite concentrates, fluorspar, bismuth and phosphate with investments in fully-integrated zinc and aluminum assets. The Company's primary focus is the identification and development of world-class copper and nickel mining deposits. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Gold Summit Corp. is a development stage company that engages in mineral exploration. Its projects include Monte Cristo, Blue Sphinx, Gold Basin, Gold Springs, San Francisco and Sugar Loaf Peak. The company has two greenstone gold prospects in western Ontario, one with gold drill intersections at shallow depths. Its wholly owned subsidiary Gold Summit Corp., U.S.A. has a number of gold prospect properties located in the United States. The company was founded on August 6, 1987 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Concordia Resource Corp. is a junior exploration company with an emphasis on developing mineral deposits in Africa and South America. The company has an extensive exploration portfolio in the resource-endowed regions of Burkina Faso, Gabon, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In addition, it holds interests in the La Providencia silver mine located in the Puna district of northwestern Argentina and also holds interests in the Cerro Amarillo-Cajon Grande copper-gold-molybdenum property located in the Malargüe District of Argentina. The company was founded on February 7, 2000 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.