Ambogo Guindo, Toronto, Ontario, Vice President is a Malian expatriate overseeing the Company’s activities in Mali. Mr. Guindo has a Bachelors degree in geology from École Nationale d’Ingenieurs (1980) Bamako, Mali and a Masters degree (1995) in Mineral Exploration from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. In the 1980’s he was employed as a government geologist working in southern Mali. Until recently he was employed for 12 years by BHP International including 3 years in their San Francisco Head Office where he was Assistant to the Senior Vice President from 1992 to 1994.