People (May 21, 2007)

Acero-Martin Exploration — Patrick McAndless, Barry Smee and Malcolm Swallow appointed to advisory board.

Antares Mnrls — Mark Sander resigned as chairman.

Azco Mining — John Frost appointed director.

Cleveland-Cliffs — President and CEO Joseph A. Carrabba appointed chairman; John Brinzo retired as chairman.

Dhanoa Mnrls — Daniel Kuhn appointed consultant.

Diamcor Mining — James Hawkins appointed manager of exploration and special projects.

El Capitan Precious Metals — R. William Wilson appointed CFO.

Forest Gate Resources — Peter Watson appointed director.

Foundation Coal Holdings — Klaus-Dieter Beck to resign as senior VP of planning and engineering, effective June 1.

Hecla Mining — Ted Crumley re-elected chairman; Charles Stanley and Terry Rogers appointed directors.

Highveld Steel and Vanadium — CEO Andre de Nysschen to retire once a successor is identified.

International Gold Res. — David Francisco and Lawrence Kurlander appointed advisors to board.

Kodiak Exploration — Robert Hawkins appointed chief geologist.

Lake Shore Gold — Mario Miranda appointed CFO; David Beilhartz appointed VP of exploration.

Little Squaw Gold Mining — Rodney Blakestad appointed VP of exploration.

McVicar Res. — Henry Tse appointed CFO; Paul Lin resigned as CFO.

Mexoro Mnrls — Francisco Quiroz appointed VP, exploration; J. Manuel Flores-Carrillo is in charge of bringing the Cieneguita mine in Mexico to production; Filiberto Navarro appointed exploration manager.

Minco Silver — Dwayne Melrose appointed VP, exploration.

Minefinders — Gregg Bush appointed VP of operations and general manager of the Dolores gold and silver project in Mexico; Donald Hulse appointed manager of technical services at Dolores.

Newmont Mining — Richard O’Brien appointed president and CFO.

Northland Res. — Birger Solberg appointed director.

Nuinsco Res. — David Mchaina appointed director, environment and sustainable development.

Olympus Pacific Mnrls — Kevin Flaherty appointed director; Peter Meredith will resign as director effective June 7 at which time president Colin Patterson will add the title CEO; Peter Tiedemann appointed CFO and corporate secretary; Charles Barclay will continue as VP of operations, based in Vietnam.

Ontex Res. — Armen Chilian appointed VP, Exploration.

Orbite Exploration — Richard Boudreault appointed president; Pierre Gevry resigned as president.

Oremex Res. — Chris Marcus and Craig Thomas appointed directors; Javier Rojas appointed project development manager for the Tejamen silver property in Mexico.

Oromin Explorations — Phil E. Pearce appointed advisor to board; Ian Brown appointed CFO.

Oromonte Res. — James Brander appointed CFO.

Orvana Mnrls –Susan McArthur resigned as director.

Osisko Exploration — Bryan Coates appointed VP of finance and CFO; Victor Bradley appointed chairman.

Palladon Ventures — Ronald Harma appointed director; Annjanine Etzel appointed CFO.

PanaSteel — Michael Pollack appointed CEO.

Paramount Gold Mining — Michel Yvan Stinglhamber appointed director.

Pele Mountain Res. — Fergus Kerr appointed technical and operations consultant; James Andersen appointed CFO.

Petaquilla Copper — Richard Fifer appointed CEO; Dale Lucas to the positions of director and chairman.

Plexmar Res. — Pierre Labbe appointed VP and CFO.

Radius Gold — David Cass appointed VP of exploration.

Redfern Res. — Al Polk appointed manager of engineering; Len Marcellus appointed manager of procurement and contracts; Bryan Lundale appointed supervisor of occupational health and safety. All three will work on the Tulsequah Chief project in B.C.

Rich Mnrls — Gary Voncina appointed corporate VP. Sierra Gold Bai Kamara appointed director.

Siguiri Basin Mining — Herbert Hendricks appointed CEO.

Skye Res. — Sheila O’Brien, Ron Simkus and David McIntyre are nominated to be elected as directors at a meeting slated for May 17.

Soho Res. — Donald Crossley appointed CFO.

Spirit Exploration — Duncan Bain and Allan Beaton appointed to advisory board; Roger McClay appointed president of subsidiary Mineras Ecuador Gold.

Sterling Mining — Corporate secretary and assistant treasurer Michael Mooney appointed corporate treasurer; Gene Higdem resigned as treasurer to take up another position in operations.

StrataGold — Gregor Hamilton appointed VP of corporate development.

Sutcliffe Res. — Patrick Downey appointed director.

Tagish Lake Gold — Stuart Ross resigned as CFO, corporate secretary and director.

Tone Res. — William Pass appointed CFO.

Trelawney Res. — Michael Dehn appointed director.

Tribute Mnrls — Frank van de Water appointed director. Van de Water will also serve as chair of the audit committee.

TTM Res. — Donald Davidson appointed advisor to the board.

Unico — Kenneth Wiedrich appointed CFO.

Vault Mnrls — Tara Gilfillan appointed CFO and Ray Zalnieriunas appointed senior technical advisor.

Wesdome Gold Mines — Rowland “Rolly” Uloth appointed president.

West Hawk Development — Jinsheng Chen appointed president of China operations, and director.