People (January 14, 2008)

Alpha Natural Resources–Gary Banbury appointed VP of administration.

Atomic Minerals— Ronald Atlas resigned as a director.

AXMIN–Mario Caron appointed CEO; Jonathan Forster appointed head of exploration.

Banro— Peter Cowley, president, announced retirement. He remains a director.

Blue Note Mining— Jean Mayer appointed VP of legal and corporate affairs.

Bullion River Gold— Jorg Otzen appointed a director; Lester Knight resigns as a director.

Constitution Mining— Hernan Zaballa appointed VP for Latin America, and a director.

Diagem— Antony Wood, Jack Lewy, Philip Renaud and Carlos Pardellas appointed directors; Mousseau Tremblay appointed chairman and a director; David Crevier appointed secretary and a director; Paul Einarson appointed CFO; Paulo Andreazza appointed president; Denis Francoeur appointed CEO and a director. Diamond Fields International– Edward Malouf appointed president, CEO and a director.

Endeavour Silver— W.R. Bill Franklin appointed CFO.

First Metals–Jay Jaski, chairman and co-founder died; James Beatty appointed acting chairman. FNX Mining— Robert Low, a director, resigned.

Gemini Acquisitions— Brian Hester appointed consulting geologist and special adviser.

General Metals–Larry Bigler appointed director and financial expert for the audit committe. Golden Phoenix Minerals–Joan Brown appointed a director. Hoganas India–Srini Srinivasan appointed managing director. Homeland Energy— Naomi Nemeth appointed VP of investor relations.

International Gold Resources– Robert Dumont appointed president, CEO and a director; Tim Acton appointed COO.

Ireland Inc.— Robert McDougal appointed a director; Michael Steele appointed a director.

Kimberly Gold Mines— Don Rolfe appointed president; Kevin Sheill appointed chairman.