Aimé Bertrand, Chairman and CEO, Montreal, Quebec

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

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A. Lee Barker, P.Eng., P.Geol. Geological Consultant

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 Harry Winston Diamond Corporation) 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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David J. Layman C.A. Vice-President, Finance

Mr. Layman is a Chartered Accountant and has performed the chief financial officer or other financial officer duties for a number of mineral resource companies. After an initial career in public accounting with a major international accounting firm, Mr. Layman was Manager of Financial Reporting of Dome Mines Ltd. Subsequently, he joined a predecessor company of MinVen Gold Corporation, becoming its Vice-President Administration, Controller and Corporate Secretary. During that period, he was involved in structuring transactions such as the amalgamation of MFC Mining Finance Corp. and Brohm Mining Corp. and joint ventures with United Coin Mines Ltd., Wharf Resources Ltd. and Pegasus Inc. From 1992 until joining World Wide Minerals Ltd. as CFO in 1997, and again since 1999, Mr Layman has been an independent finance and business consultant in the mining industry, and has been involved with public mining companies active in North, Central and South America and in Central Asia.

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Natalie Bertrand C.A.M. Corporate Secretary

Mrs. Bertrand has performed accounting, corporate secretarial and other administrative functions for various companies in Montreal over the last 25 years. She is presently a license life underwriter in Montreal and is President of A N Bertrand Inc., an insurance broker.

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