People (January 29, 2007)

Drake Gold Res. — David Zamida appointed VP of strategic operations.

Endeavour Financial — Doug Reddy appointed VP, geology.

ESO Uranium — Anthony Harvey appointed chairman.

Excellon Res. — G. Ross MacFarlane appointed president and COO; Jeffrey Hillis appointed controller.

Fording Canadian Coal Trust — Boyd Payne appointed president. He will continue in his position as president and CEO of the Elk Valley Coal Partnership; Jim Popowich resigned as president effective Jan. 1, 2007.

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold — Richard Adkerson appointed director.

Globestar Mining — David Massola appointed VP of finance and CFO; Jean Chauvin appointed president and COO; Eric Olsen appointed VP of projects; Sergio Gelcich appointed staff geologist; John Iannozzi resigned as CFO but will remain a director and chair of the audit committee.

Gold Rea Res. — Paul Blair appointed COO.

Golden Phoenix Mnrls — Dennis Gauger appointed CFO.

Grandview Gold — Paul Sarjeant appointed president and CEO.

HudBay Mnrls –Brad Woods appointed director of investor relations.

Iamgold — Guy Dufresne and Jean Andre Elie appointed directors.

Iberian Mnrls — Jeremy Weir appointed director.

Indicator Mnrls — Mark Fields appointed director.

Industrial Mnrls — Ron Simkus appointed to advisory board.

Joy Global — Gale Klappa and Michael Sutherlin appointed directors.

Keegan Res. — Roman Shklanka appointed to advisory board.

Kimber Res. — Director Larry Bell appointed chairman; Leanne Baker, Keith Barron and Stephen Quin appointed directors.

Kimberly Gold Mines — Warren Geiger appointed director.

KPMG Corporate Finance — Peter Gray appointed managing director and head of its energy and natural resources team.

Laramide Res. — William Smith appointed VP of corporate development; Evan Hughes appointed general manager of Australian operations.

Layne Christensen — Warren G. Lichtenstein resigned as director.

LeBon Gold Mines — Robert Eadie appointed president and director; Robert Sibthorpe resigned as president.

Madalena Ventures — Gregory Ford appointed VP of finance and CFO.

Marathon PGM — David Good appointed VP of exploration.

Nevada Copper — Damien Reynolds appointed director.

Patrician Diamonds — Robert Schellenberg appointed director.

Peabody Energy — Lance Throneberry appointed VP and chief procurement officer.

Peregrine Diamonds — Hugo Grenon appointed exploration field manager; Maiko Sell appointed project geophysicist for the WO diamond project in the Northwest Territories; Duncan McBean appointed supervisor of WO.

Pershimco Res. — Abi Abbas Al-Hazeem appointed director; acting CFO and secretary treasurer Monique Plante resigned.

Phelps Dodge — David Elliott appointed VP of cobalt marketing for the Phelps Dodge Sales unit.

Philex Gold — Stanley Beck retired as director; Franklin Cu appointed director.

Quinsam Capital — Kilian Carrarini appointed director.

Raven Gold –Bashir Virji appointed CFO.

RSM — Edward Thompson, Robert Granger and John Harvey appointed to advisory board.

Scandinavian Mnrls — Joerg Gruber appointed director.

Sigma Ventures — Michel Lesage resigned as director.

Temex Res. — Bruce Durham hired as an advisor.

Thunder Sword Res. — Thornton Donaldson resigned as director.

Tiomin Res. — Peter Ndaa appointed finance manager of subsidiary Tiomin Kenya; Nick Lionnet appointed senior project engineer of the Kwale mineral sands project in Kenya.

Titan Uranium — Robert Hodgkinson and Lloyd Calrk appointed directors; Lindsay Bottomer and Mcihael Graydon resigned as directors.

Tournigan Gold — Damien Reynolds resigned as executive chairman.

Vena Res. — CFO James Fairbairn and Ken Grace appointed directors.

Waratah Coal — Duncan Cornish appointed CFO; Shaun Maskerine appointed corporate secretary.