SENIOR MANAGEMENT 1989, Mr. Ebsary joined Occidental Petroleum Corporation, in the treas- ury department, working primarily  on structured finance for the UK North Sea and other areas in Asia. Following the sale of its North Sea assets by Occidental to Elf Aquitaine, Mr. Ebsary was named as Treasurer for Elf Enterprise PLC, a joint venture between Elf and Enterprise and thereafter as Treasurer for all of  Elf’s upstream activities in the UK.  He was transferred to Elf’s head office in Paris in 1994 and was responsible for the project finance activities for Elf where the focus was primarily on financing the company’s African activities. Mr. Ebsary joined Addax Petroleum, the upstream arm of the Addax & Oryx Group, in 1999 as Chief Financial Officer and has recently been named as Chief Financial Officer for investments  covering the upstream, downstream and mining activities of the group. Mr. Ebsary was appointed a director of AXMIN Inc. in March 2002. Peter Lehner ,  Director – Mr. Lehner,  a Swiss national, received his Federal Certificate of Capacity (Commerce) in 1980. Prior to joining The Addax & Oryx Group Limited in 1992, Mr. Lehner worked for Andre & Cie SA.  In 1992 he joined Addax BV Geneva Branch and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in 1995. In 2000 he was appointed Managing Director of Addax & Oryx Advisory Services SA. Mr. Lehner is a member of The International Energy Credit Association. He has been a non-exec- utive director of AXMIN Limited since May 1999 and was appointed a direc- tor of AXMIN Inc. in November 2001. J. Howard Bills ,  Exploration Manager – Mr. Bills, a British national,  graduated as a geologist from Kingston University, London and gained an MSc from the Royal School of Mines, London and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London.  He gained ten years of gold and  diamond exploration experience in Africa and Asia with Geosurvey International Limited, Star Guinee, Diamond Distributors Inc. and BP Minerals International before joining SAMAX Resources Limited in 1990 to manage exploration in Tanzania. On leaving SAMAX Resources Limited in 1993, Mr. Bills worked as a consultant to a number of companies operating in Tanzania and South America before joining consultants, Steffen Robertson and Kirsten (UK) Limited (“SRK”), as Principal Exploration Geologist in 1995. While with SRK, Mr. Bills provided exploration con- sulting and management services to the industry on an international basis including projects in Africa. Mr. Bills joined SAMAX Services Limited in February 1999 as Manager, East and Central Africa on behalf of AXMIN Limited prior to being appointed Exploration Manager in January 2001. Mr. Bills was appointed Exploration Manager of AXMIN Inc. in November 2001. Robert Jackson ,  Director –  Mr. Jackson, a Canadian national, graduated from Camborne School  of Mines, Cornwall, United Kingdom with a BSc in 1980. He has an MBA from the University of Western Ontario, an MSc from Queen’s University and is a Professional Engineer in Ontario. He entered the securities industry in 1987 as a base metals analyst for Burns Fry and  subsequently worked in the mining sector for S.G. Warburg, McLean McCarthy, Midland Walwyn Capital Inc., McCarvill Corporation (as President), and Dundee Securities Corporation. He is presently employed as Energy Technology Analyst with Yorkton Securities Inc. Prior to entering the securities  business he was employed as a  mining engineer by Falconbridge Ltd. Mr. Jackson has been a director of AXMIN Inc. since June 1999. Dr. Henrik Thalenhorst ,  Director –  Dr. Thalenhorst, a German national, graduated with a DrSc from the University of Munich in 1968. He is presently employed as a Senior Geologist for Strathcona Mineral Services Ltd., an international mining and consulting firm, and has over  25 years of industry experience.  Dr. Thalenhorst has been a director of AXMIN Inc. since June 1990. Robert Shirriff ,  Director – Mr. Shirriff, a Canadian national, graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Law degree in 1956. He joined Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP in 1958 and has been a partner  of the firm since 1965. Mr. Shirriff has over 35 years experience in the field of commercial and corporate law and has acted for a number of companies engaged in the mining and natural resource industry. He is currently a director of a number of corporations operating in Canada and internation- ally. Mr. Shirriff became a non-execu- tive director of SAMAX Gold Inc. in 1996, a non-executive director of AXMIN Limited in July 1999 and was appointed a director of AXMIN Inc.  in November 2001. 24