PEOPLE (February 28, 2005)

Brilliant Mining — Robert Carpenter appointed director.

Capstone — John Wright, Michel Robert, Jenna Hardy appointed to advisory board; John Wigle appointed project manager for the Cozamin silver project in Mexico.

Cornerstone Capital — Colin McKenzie appointed director.

Crowflight — Paul Keller appointed VP and COO.

Crystal Graphite — Paul Hough appointed director.

Flag Res. — Richard Dye, Sr. resigned as director.

Galantas — Roland Phelps appointed CFO; John Gunter appointed president, and will remain as chairman; Maurice Lavigne appointed director and VP of exploration.

Golden Briar — Richard Dye, Sr. resigned as director.

Harmony Gold — Graham Briggs appointed CEO of Harmony Australia.

Hecla — Joe Coors retired as director.

Highland Gold — Ivan Koulakov appointed deputy chairman; Dmitry Korobov appointed managing director; David Fish appointed director and head of the audit committee; Christopher Palmer-Tomkinson appointed senior director.

Maxy Gold — Andr Gauthier appointed president and CEO.

Mercator Mnrls — Stephen Quin appointed director.

Mindoro — Penny Gould appointed CFO.

Orsa Ventures — Brian Flower and Ken Booth appointed directors.

Peru Copper — Thomas O’Neil appointed director.

Phelps Dodge — Catherine Hardwick appointed corporate secretary and assistant general counsel.

Pine Valley Coal — Martin Rip appointed VP of finance and CFO.

Queenstake — James Mancuso retired as director; John Engele resigned as CFO.

Rio Narcea — David Baril appointed COO.

Rio Tinto — Sir Richard Giordano, Leon Davis, John Morschel are retiring as directors; Ashton Calvert and Vivienne Cox have been appointed directors.

Roscan Mnrls — Alexander Balabanov appointed president and CEO; William Chymyck resigned as CEO, appointed chairman; Mark McMurdie appointed CFO.

Stillwater — David Ulrichs appointed controller.

Vulcan Mnrls — Philip Collins appointed director.

Young Davidson — Thomas Obradovich appointed president and CEO, and remains a director.

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