Keith Robert Hulley

Atlas Corp. engages in the exploration, development, and exploitation of mineral properties. It primarily explores for gold and silver. The company is actively in the process of identifying new acquisition opportunities in the natural resource sector. Atlas was founded in1923 and is headquartered in Denver, CO.

Part of Dakota Mining Corp., USMX, Inc. is a mineral exploration concern. The private company is based in Lakewood, CO. USMX was acquired by Dakota Mining Corp. on June 02, 1997 for $16.58 million.

The Group's principal activity is that of a mining development and exploration company. It currently focuses its resources primarily on the development of San Cristobal Project in Bolivia. San Cristobal is an open-pit silver-zinc-lead deposit, containing approximately 450 million ounces of silver, eight billion pounds of zinc and three billion pounds of lead in proven and probable reserves. San Cristobal is expected to produce approximately 17 million ounces of silver, 225,000 tonnes of zinc and 82,000 tonnes of lead per year on a payable basis in the first five years of operation. The project currently has sufficient reserves to operate for approximately 16 years with a current design capacity of 40,000 tonnes of ore per day. The Group also holds an extensive portfolio of highly prospective exploration properties located primarily in the traditional precious metals-producing regions of Argentina, Peru, Mexico and Bolivia.

Luna Gold Corp. engages in the business of operating, exploring, acquiring and developing of gold properties. Its projects include Aurizona Gold Mine and Luna Greenfields. Luna Gold was founded by Timothy O. Searcy on June 24, 1986 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Century Mining Corp. engages in the exploration and mining of gold. The company was founded on May 14, 1985 by Margaret M. Kent and is headquartered in Blaine, WA.