Mr. Lyons is Chairman of Northgate Minerals Corporation. Northgate operates the Kemess Mine in Northern British Columbia, is developing the Young Davidson project in Ontario, and has recently acquired two operating gold mines in Australia.

 

He is a director of several public (including Sprott Resource Corp. and Polaris Minerals Corporation) and private corporations and currently serves as the Lead Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Canaccord Capital Inc.

 

Mr. Lyons is a civil engineer (UBC) with an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. He sits on the Advisory Board of the Richard Ivey School of Business and is active in sports and charitable activities, is a past Governor of the Olympic Foundation of Canada, past Chairman of the Mining Association of BC and in 2007 was awarded the INCO Medal by the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for service to the mining industry.

An independent businessman. Mr. Hurl has enjoyed a career spanning 25 years in the banking industry in Canada where he was a Senior Vice-President and Director with Merrill Lynch Canada (formerly Midland Walwyn) and BMO Nesbit Burns. Mr. Hurl is a past director of both private companies and companies listed on the TSX. Mr. Hurl holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Western Ontario.

President of Seth Consultants Ltd. He was the Chairman of the Board of McDaniel & Associates from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006 and President and Managing Director since 1989 and was with the firm for over 37 years.

He has extensive experience in all aspects of oil and gas reserve evaluations in Canada and Internationally. He is on the Board of Directors of Enerplus Resources Fund, one of Canada’s senior oil and gas income funds. He is also on the Board of Directors of several other public and private junior oil and gas companies and is the Founder and Director of Energy Navigator, Inc., a private software development firm servicing the petroleum industry.

 

Mr. Seth was a member of the Council of APEGGA and also served on the Practice Standards Committee - Oil & Gas Evaluations. Mr. Seth graduated from the University of British Columbia with a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Alberta

Mr. Nerland has been a partner with the law firm Shea Nerland Calnan since 1990 practicing primarily in the areas of tax and trust law. Mr. Nerland is a current and past director of a number of private and public companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Mr. Nerland has a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Calgary, a Master of Arts degree (Economics) from Carleton University and a Bachelor of Science degree (Economics and Mathematics) from the University of Calgary. He is a member of the Law Society of Alberta.

A founding Director and Vice-President of Falcon Oil and Gas Ltd., a company listed on the TSXV before his retirement in April 2006. Prior to joining Falcon, Mr. Laird was Executive Vice President of Ledge Resources, a private oil and gas company.

Mr. Laird has extensive international experience and has extensive experience in unconventional gas reservoirs. Mr. Laird is the former President and Director of Gemini Energy Corp. (TSXV:GNI) and was also the President and a Director of Rapid Technology Corp. (Private). Mr. Laird graduated from Queen’s University with a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering in 1980 and is a Registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Alberta.

Vice President of Operations for Reliable. He has been involved in the exploration and production aspects of the oil and gas industry for over 30 years. His career includes working for Shell and Chevron in operations. Mr. Swanson has also initiated and developed several successful private exploration and production companies including Enermax Resource Corp. and Rockwood Resources Ltd. He has built and sold several service entities including Central Treating, SRK Oilfield Rentals and Northern Petro Services Ltd.