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6.2 Proposed Director

On Completion it is intended that John Ryan will be appointed to the Board as an
executive director. John Patrick Ryan, aged 44 (Commercial Director)

John is executive vice president and chief financial officer of High Plains
Uranium Inc., which he led from start up in April 2004 to its successful IPO on
the Toronto Stock Exchange in December 2005. He is also currently chief
financial officer of Trend Mining Company and chief legal officer of Platinum
Diversified Mining, Inc., both of which focus on metals exploration. John has
over twelve years' senior level experience in the mineral and oil and gas
industry sectors. He was until October 2005 executive vice president and chief
financial officer of Cadence Resources where he was instrumental in negotiating
the acquisition of Aurora Oil & Gas Corporation Inc. which involved assisting
with the successful raising of over US$20 million in new equity capital to close
the transaction. John was previously executive vice president and chief
financial officer of Western Goldfields, Inc. and a stockbroker at Pennaluna &
Co., and Shearson-Lehman Brothers. John gained a BSc in Mining Engineering from
the University of Idaho and a Juris Doctor at Boston College Law School.