People (September 17, 2007)

Abcourt Mines — Charles Belanger appointed VP of mines.

Aber Diamond — Nancy Murray appointed VP of investor relations and corporate communications.

AmMex Gold Mining — John Hedges hired to complete an economic valuation of the Castle copper-molybdenum property in Arizona.

Apogee Mnrls — Gregory Duras appointed CFO; Joaquin Merino appointed VP of exploration.

Ascendant Copper — LeRoy Wilkes appointed director.

Baja Mining — Michael Shaw appointed VP of engineering and construction at the Boleo copper-cobalt-zinc project in Mexico.

Banro — Daniel Bansah appointed VP of exploration; Howard Fall appointed exploration manager; Desire Sangara appointed VP, government relations; Donat Madilo appointed VP of the treasury; Michael Skead resigned as VP of exploration.

Beartooth Platinum — Gregory Duras appointed CFO; Deborah Lynn Battiston resigned as CFO.

Boliden — Jan Johansson resigned as CEO.

Buffalo Gold — Brian McEwen appointed CEO; Damien Reynolds appointed executive chairman.

Cardero Res. — Glenn Hoffman appointed president and CEO of subsidiary Cardero Iron Ore Co.

Castillian Res. — Gregory Duras appointed CFO; Michael Hoffman appointed director.

Celtic Mnrls — Mark Graves appointed exploration manager.

Crowflight Mnrls — Bruce Humphrey appointed chairman; Michael Hoffman appointed president and CEO; Stan Bharti resigned as chairman but remains a director; Tom Atkins terminated as president and CEO.

FNX Mining — Terry MacGibbon appointed executive chairman and resigned as president and CEO; John Lill appointed president and CEO and director.

Forsys Metals — Bruce Hall appointed chief communications officer.

Foundation Coal Holdings — Todd Allen appointed VP of investor and media relations.

Gammon Gold — Roberto Diaz resigned as president of Mexican operations. Diazs duties will be handled by executive VP and COO Dave Keough.

Geoinformatics Exploration — Chris Falck resigned as director.

Geokinetics — Jim White appointed executive VP of North American operations.

Gold & Silver Minerals — Michael Sandidge appointed CEO.

Goldbelt Res. — David McNee appointed general manager of the Inata gold project in Burkina Faso.

Golden Band Res. — Frank Hrdy appointed VP of exploration; Gary Leland appointed corporate secretary and remains VP of finance and CFO.

HuntMountain Res. — Greg Lipsker appointed vice-chairman; Randal Hardy resigned as president but was appointed director; Chairman and CEO, Tim Hunt, will serve as interim president; Matt Hughes appointed executive VP and COO; Marc Lipsker appointed VP of Investor Relations.

Idaho General Mines — Gregory E. McClain appointed VP of business development and marketing; Andrew Russell appointed VP of project development.

International KRL Res. — Michael Hibbitts resigned as VP of exploration.

King’s Bay Gold — Lawrence Shewchuk appointed director; Shewchuk replaces Gerald Colborne, who passed away July 30.

Lee Parker appointed executive VP of international operations.

Majescor Res. — Alain Krushnisky and Marc-Andre Bernier appointed directors; Zoran Madon appointed exploration manager; Ron Little and Pierre Leblanc resigned as directors.

New Cantech Ventures – Howard Bird and Mark Ferguson appointed directors; Dalton DuPasquier resigned as a director and officer but appointed to advisory board; Donald MacIntyre appointed chairman of advisory board; Bruce Graff, Denis Battrum appointed to advisory board; former chairman James Jacuta appointed interim president and CEO.

Northland Res. — Tuomo Makela appointed director.

Nucor — Raymond Milchovich resigned as director; John Ferriola appointed COO of steelmaking operations.

Nu-Mex Uranium — D. Bruce Horton appointed president and CEO; Henry Fowlds appointed director; Richard Cherry appointed director; Ganpat Mani appointed director.

Osisko Exploration — Luc Lessard appointed VP of engineering and construction at Canadian Malartic gold project in Val dOr; Jean-Sebastien David appointed VP of sustainable development effective Oct. 1; Andre Le Bel appointed VP of legal affairs and corporate secretary; Paul Johnson appointed manager of mining; Denis Cimon appointed manager of mineral processing.

Pebble Creek Mining — Kenneth Norman appointed investor relations consultant.

Pure Nickel — Phillip Mudry appointed manager, central region; Dallas Davis joins Pure Nickel as manager, eastern region; Quentin Gall appointed land manager responsible for property claim maintenance and communications with provincial and state authorities; hired Paul Stacey, president of MapIT, to provide geographic information systems and data management expertise to the companys exploration programs.

Robex Res. — Jean Demers appointed director; Richard Savard resigned as director to take on Robex’s operations in Mali.

Rusoro Mining — George Salamis appointed president.

Silver Dragon Res. — Manuel Chan appointed director.

St Andrew Goldfields — Louis Gignac appointed director

Superior Diamonds — Donald Boucher appointed VP of exploration; Thomas Hart appointed chief geologist.

Timberline Res. — Randal Hardy appointed CEO and CFO; Former CEO John Swallow appointed executive chairman.

United Reef — Robert Jackson resigned as director.

Universal Uranium — Clive Massey resigned as president and CEO.

Wallbridge Mining — Mary Montgomery appointed CFO.

White Mountain — Charles Jenkins appointed director.

White Mountain Titanium – Hired professor Derek Fray of U.K.-based Cambridge University as titanium technologies consultant.

Tournigan Gold — Michael Hopley appointed chairman.

Unico — Dean Misantoni appointed senior geologist with subsidiary Deer Trail Mining Co.

UraMin — Frdric Bernard Tona appointed chairman; Sbastien Bernard de Montessus de Ballore appointed CEO and director; Serge Lafon and Daniel Wouters appointed directors; Francis Daniels, James Mellon and Ian Watson resigned as directors; Stephen Dattels resigned as executive deputy chairman; John Stalker resigned as CEO; James Pitman resigned as head of corporate affairs and new business development; Neil Herbert resigned as finance director; Samuel Jonah resigned as chairman but remains a director; Graham Mascall remains a director; Herbert remains corporate secretary.

Uranium Res. — Dave Clark appointed CEO; Paul Willmott resigned as CEO but remains executive chairman and president; Richard Van Horn Sr. appointed COO.

Uruguay Mineral Exploration — Roger Davey appointed director.

Verena Mnrls — Ron Stewart appointed president and CEO; Stephen M. Shefsky resigned as president and CEO but remains a director.

Vista Gold — Frederick Earnest appointed president and COO; Mike Richings resigned as president but remains CEO.

Westmoreland Coal — Keith Alessi appointed president and CEO.

WSR Gold — Mario Miranda appointed CFO.

Zeox — Tim Wuest appointed director.