Mr. Tainton is an experienced, successful business leader who, since the early 2000's has held senior management and board positions in both public and private companies within the mining and extractive industries as well as physical commodity marketing. His project experience includes involvement with studies and development plans, trading, logistics, off-take agreements and project financing, and he has significant experience in project generation in the junior mining sector. Tainton currently serves as a Non-Executive Independent Director on the board of Vancouver-based Northern Lights Resources Corp. (CSE: NLR) and Metallum Resources Inc. (TSX-V: MZN). He holds a BA from Simon Fraser University

• Director of Exploration of Orsu Metals Corporation (TSX.V: OSU) (2008 to present)
• 30 years operational and executive experience in Former Soviet Union (FSU), including Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Australia, Mongolia, China, Canada, and several other European countries.
• Dr Yakubchuk has previously worked with and consulted companies such as BHP-Billiton, Norilsk Nickel, Goldcorp, Rio Tinto, World Bank and Inco and previously lectured as an Associate Professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University for 5 years.

• Chief Financial Officer for a number of publicly listed exploration companies trading on the TSX and TSX Venture exchanges
• Over 15-years experience in financial reporting for publicly traded mineral exploration companies
• Previously a senior manager at a leading Canadian accounting firm where he specialized in the audit of public companies in the mining and resource sector
• CPA-CA since 2007

• 40-years experience in financial reporting and corporate compliance for publicly traded mineral exploration companies