Metals Market Outlook

Mr. Ackert began his career as a regional geologist with St. Joe Minerals, Bond Gold Canada and LAC Minerals in the 1980s. In 1990 he became mine geologist at LAC Minerals’ Golden Patricia Mine (Barrick Gold Corp after 1994) where he specialized in production and exploration. In 1996 he was appointed VPEx for Orezone Resources Inc. focusing on West Africa and was subsequently named VP Technical Services in 2005. Mr. Ackert was a co-founder of C3 Metals, a successful explorer for copper in Peru and Jamaica where several significant porphyries and skarns have been discovered. Mr. Ackert holds a BSc. In Geology from the University of Toronto.

Steve has over 25 years of institutional investing & shareholder communications experience. He was formerly the senior investment analyst and a founding member of the Chilton Global Natural Resources Fund in New York City, with peak assets of over US$4 billion.

Lee Barker, a Professional Engineer, Professional Geologist and mineral industry consultant has nearly 60 years of experience at both junior and senior mineral industry companies. Barker holds a BA Sc. in Applied Geology from the University of Toronto and an MSc. (Applied) in Mineral Exploration from McGill University. Well-known in the industry, he has been directly involved in the discovery of more than 15 precious metal, specialty metal, and industrial mineral and diamond deposits (Diavik).