Mr Mark Pearce B.Bus, CA, FCIS, FFin

Non-Executive Director and Company Secretary

Mr Pearce is a Chartered Accountant and is currently a director of several listed companies that operate in the resources sector. He has had considerable experience in the formation and development of listed small cap resource companies and has worked for several large international Chartered Accounting firms. Mr Pearce is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.

Mr Pearce was appointed a Director and Company Secretary of the Company on 9 March 2007. During the three year period to the end of the financial year, Mr Pearce has held directorships in OmegaCorp Limited (October 2000 - August 2007), Salinas Energy Limited (February 2002 - July 2006), Newport Mining Limited (September 2008 - present), Fusion Resources Limited (May 2002 - February 2009), Syngas Limited (May 2007 - January 2008), Mantra Resources Limited (September 2005 - present), Mavuzi Resources Limited (January 2007 - March 2008), Odyssey Energy Limited (September 2005 - present), QED Occtech Limited (November 2004 - present), Sovereign Metals Limited (July 2006 - present) and Sierra Mining Limited (January 2006 - August 2006).