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	NON-EXECUTIVE CO-CHAIRMAN Mr Norman Zillman BSc(Hons), MAusIMM, MPESA Mr Zillman is a professional geologist with over 40 years experience in exploration and production in the petroleum, coal and mineral industries in Australia and internationally. His initial training was as a petroleum geologist with international companies Aquitaine Petroleum in Papua New Guinea and Union Oil Company of California (UNOCAL) in Indonesia and Australia. Mr Zillman has held the positions of Exploration Manager and subsequently Deputy General Manager of Crusader Limited, General Manager Exploration and Production with Claremont Petroleum NL and Beach Petroleum NL. From 1994 to early 1998, Mr Zillman was Regional Manager of Northern Queensland for the Queensland Department of Mines and Energy based in Charters Towers where he supervised all aspects of mineral exploration and mining activities in that region including among others, the Ravenswood, Pajingo, Mt Leyshon and Thalanga mines. More recently Mr Zillman has filled the positions of Managing Director responsible for the initial public offering and listing of Queensland Gas Company Limited on the ASX , Chairman of Great Artesian Oil and Gas Limited and a Director of Planet Gas Limited. He was previously non-executive Chairman of Great Artesian Oil and Gas Limited and Blue Energy Limited and a non-executive Director of Planet Gas Limited. He is currently non-executive Chairman of Burleson Energy Limited and Hot Rock Limited and a non-executive Director of Enterprise Energy Limited. Mr Zillman holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology and a Bachelor of Science (with Honours) in Botany from the University of Queensland and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia.


	NON-EXECUTIVE CO-CHAIRMAN Mr Liang Zhong BA, M Economics, Chinese CPA Mr Liang Zhong is Co Chairman of Yunnan Copper Industry (Group) Co. Ltd. His responsibilities include marketing and investment activities of Yunnan Copper Industry (Group) Co. Ltd. Mr Zhong has 25 years experience in the mining and metallurgical industry in China. He worked for major companies including Yunnan Tin Corporation Ltd. and Shenzen Tianyi Industry Co., Ltd. Since 1996, he has been in his current role with Yunnan Copper Industry (Group) Co. Ltd. He has extensive knowledge and experience in corporate financing, equity issues and management accounting. Mr Zhong has a BA of Economics from Yunnan University, China and a Masters Degree in Economics from Xiamen University, China. He is a qualified Chinese Chartered Public Accountant and has acquired the title of Chinese Senior Accountant.


	MANAGING DIRECTOR Mr Jason Beckton BSc(Hons), MSc, MAIG, MAICD, MSEG Mr Beckton is a professional geologist with over 18 years experience in exploration, project development, production and management both in Australia and internationally. Mr Beckton commenced his career with Pancontinental and Goldfields Ltd throughout Australia from the early 1990s before moving to a senior role with Gympie Gold in 2001. Subsequently Mr Beckton was Project Manager for the Palmarejo silver gold project in Mexico and managed the program that grew the resource base from zero to 3.1 million ounces gold equivalent during 2004. More recently Mr Beckton was Manager - Chile for Exeter Resource Corporation, and led the team in 2007 that was responsible for the commercial discovery at the Caspiche Porphyry prospect in the Maricunga Gold Copper Belt of Chile. Ongoing drilling has resulted in an inferred estimate by Exeter of 41.7 million gold equivalent ounces. Mr Beckton holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Geology from Melbourne University, and a Masters in Economic Geology from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits at the University of Tasmania. He is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Australian Institute of Company Directors, Society of Economic Geologists and Australian Institute of Geoscientists, a Competent Person for resource estimates for ASX-JORC codes and Qualified Person under Canadian Securities Administrators National Instrument 43-101. Mr Beckton is also on the Board of the Economic Geology Research Unit (EGRU), James Cook University (www.jcu.edu.au/egru/).


	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Mr Zewen Yang BA, MComm, MAICD Mr Yang is the General Manger of China Yunnan Copper (Australia) Investment and Development Co. Ltd based in Sydney Mr Yang has had 16 years experience in mineral resources trading and project investment areas in China and Australia. He has previously worked for China Non-Ferrous Metals Import and Export Company and has been with the Yunnan Copper Industry (Group) Co. Ltd. since March 2004. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Economics and specializing in International Business from Sichuan University, China and a Master degree of Commerce majoring in International Business from University of New South Wales. He is a member of Australian Institute of Company Directors.


	COMPANY SECRETARY Mr Paul Marshall LLB, Grad Dip Acc & Fin, MCA Paul Marshall is a Chartered Accountant. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Liverpool University, England, a post Graduate Diploma in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics, England and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He has more than 20 years in the accountancy profession both in England and Australia, having worked for the accountancy firm Ernst and Young for ten years, and subsequently over ten years spent in commercial roles as Company Secretary and CFO for a number of listed and unlisted companies mainly in the resources sector. He has extensive experience in all aspects of company financial reporting, corporate regulatory and governance areas, business acquisition and disposal, due diligence, capital raising and company listings and company secretarial responsibilities.


	CYU EXPLORATION MANAGER Mr Richard Hatcher BAppSc (Hons), MAIG Mr. Hatcher is Senior Geologist of China Yunnan Copper Australia Ltd managing the northwest project areas of Mount Isa and Cloncurry. Mr. Hatcher has had 14 years experience in gold, base metals, diamond, petroleum and lateritic nickel exploration and project development in Australia, the South Pacific, New Zealand and Central America. He has previously worked for Bolnisi Gold NL and Kings Minerals NL and has been with China Yunnan CopperAustralia Ltd. since May 2008. He has been an integral member of the teams involved in the discovery and delineation of a number of deposits including Tuvatu Gold Deposit (Vitu Levu - Fiji), Roseby Copper Oxide Deposit (Cloncurry - Australia), Ocampo Gold - Silver Deposit (Chihuahua - Mexico), Palmarejo Silver - Gold Deposit (Chihuahua - Mexico) and Cerro del Gallo Gold - Copper - Silver Deposit (Guanajuato - Mexico). The Cerro del Gallo Deposit lies within the San Anton Project (Central Mexico) which was awarded the Mining Project of the year 2006 - 2007 by the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) in May 2007.


	CYU CHIEF GEOLOGIST Mr Jim Cran BSc(Hons), MAIG Mr Cran is successful exploration geologist who has extensive field and management experience throughout Australia, the South Pacific and Eurasia. Highlights during an illustrious career with Anaconda Inc and Newmont include instrumental involvement in the discovery of the Tolukuma low-sulphidation epithermal gold deposit in Papua New Guinea, banded iron formation hosted gold deposits at Randals in the Archean of Western Australia, the Viper high-sulphidation epithermal gold deposit at Sappes in Greece and most recently the Biely Vrch porphyry gold deposit in Slovakia for Eastern Mediterranean Resources.


	CYU MANAGER FIELD OPERATIONS Mr David Sims David applies 24 years experience in the mining industry to facilitate all field activities of CYU in a safe and efficient manner. He has managed construction of up to 300 man camps in Australia and South East Asia for CRA and Placer Dome. Extensive knowledge and experience in drafting and implementation of Occupational Health and Safety regulations. David has a range of grassroots exploration experience throughout Western Australia, Goldfields/Murchison, Mount Isa district, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Fiji.