Paul A. Carroll Q.C. Chairman and CEO, Toronto, Ontario

Mr. Carroll is Chairman and CEO of Diadem. He is President of Carnarvon Capital Corporation, a corporate management and advisory company. He has had a lengthy business career in the mining industry, both as a lawyer and as a director and/or officer of many mining companies. He has been engaged in the mineral exploration and mining industry in Canada, the United States, Central and South America, Africa, China, Russia and Kazakhstan. Companies with which he has been extensively involved include Dundee Corporation (formerly Dundee Bancorp Inc.), Corona Corporation (during its development and operation of the Hemlo and Eskay Creek gold mines) where he was a member of the Executive Committee, Zemex Corporation (industrial minerals), Royex Gold Mining Corporation (gold), Campbell Resources Inc. (gold, copper and asbestos), Cobra Emerald Mines Ltd. (emeralds), Lacana Mining Corporation (gold and silver), where he was Chairman, Arcon International Resources plc (zinc), where he was Chairman, Tahera Corporation (diamonds, during the discovery and early planning for production from the Jericho kimberlite pipes in Nunavut, soon to become Canada’s third producing diamond mine), World Wide Minerals Ltd. (uranium and gold), where he is Chairman, President and CEO, Riphean Platinum Corporation (gold and PGMs), where he is Chairman, Poco Petroleums Ltd. (oil and gas), Mascot Gold Mines Ltd. (gold), United Keno Hill Mines Ltd. (silver and zinc), Repadre Capital Corporation (now IAMgold Corporation, gold) and Crowflight Minerals Inc. (base metals and PGMs). In 2004 – 2005, as one of the committee of “independent directors” thereof, Mr. Carroll was a director of Argus Corporation Limited and Hollinger Inc. He was a Director of The Uranium Institute (now the World Nuclear Association) in 1998.

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A. Lee Barker, P.Eng., P.Geol. Whitby, Ontario

Mr. Barker joined the Board in October, 2005. He is an independent mining executive and consultant with over 40 years of broad experience in the mineral industry. Mr. Barker was part of the gold exploration team at Lacana Mining Corporation and Corona Corporation and was involved in several diamond exploration, discovery and development projects for Aber Resources Inc. (now Aber Diamonds) and SouthernEra Resources Limited. Currently, as President of Sparton Resources Inc., he is active in precious metals exploration in China, Mexico and Canada. Mr. Barker’s diamond experience includes ongoing consulting assignments for a number of private and public exploration and development groups in various international venues. He also is a director of several other public companies involved in diamond exploration, mining and development worldwide.

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Aime Bertrand Montreal, Quebec

Mr Bertrand is a financial advisor and insurance agent and is the principal of Assurances Bertrand Inc. He has been a Director of Diadem since 2002.

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The Honourable William McKnight P.C. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Mr McKnight has been a Director of Diadem since 2002. Currently, as the principal of McKnight & Associates, he is an international trade and financial consultant. From 1979 to 1993 he was a Member of the Parliament of Canada and a member of the Federal Cabinet where he held the position of Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

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Thomas Skimming, P. Eng. Toronto, Ontario

Mr. Skimming, a geologist and professional engineer, has been an independent mineral exploration and mining consultant since 1972. In 1959, he was one of the pioneers of diamond exploration in the James Bay Lowlands of Canada on behalf of Selco Exploration Company Limited and one of its affiliates, Consolidated African Selection Trust (CAST), at the time the largest producer of gem-quality diamonds in the world. From 1959 to 1967 he was Chief Geologist of Selco Exploration Company Limited, the Canadian subsidiary of Selection Trust of London, England and from 1968 to 1972 he was Chief Exploration Geologist of McIntyre Porcupine Mines Ltd. (which at that time controlled Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd.) and he was responsible for its exploration activities in Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and Southeast Asia. He was founder and a director and officer of Royex Gold Mining Corporation (gold) as well as a director of Corona Corporation (gold) and United Coin Mines Ltd. (which discovered and developed the Golden Reward gold mine in South Dakota). Mr. Skimming is a Director of a number of other public mining companies, including Romios Gold Resources Inc.

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