George Roach – President and CEO (director since June 2010)

Mr. Roach, the former President and CEO of AfNat, has been involved in the mineral exploration industry in sub-Saharan Africa for many years. He has extensive experience in securing and establishing mineral exploration tenure and operations throughout Africa namely, Central African Republic, South Africa, Chad, Mali, Namibia, Zambia and Tanzania to a name a few.

Mr. Roach was a founding Director and Managing Director Africa for UraMin Inc., a uranium resource company with operations in Namibia, South Africa and Central African Republic. UraMin was sold for US$2.5 billion in 2007 to Areva. Mr. Roach maintains interests in G&B African Resources Ltd, a mineral exploration company and in African agricultural projects, including a sugar estate in CAR under development and spice trading and milling operations in South Africa.

Not Independent
Committees:  Disclosure and Health, Safety and Environmental

Ozge Erdem (director since June 2010)

Ms. Erdem is a qualified European lawyer. She worked for a number of leading law firms in Istanbul, and then at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France. Ms. Erdem is a partner of Chiliogon Partners LLP and is approved by the FSA to carry out Compliance Oversight (CF10) and Money Laundering Reporting (CF11) functions.

Ms. Erdem studied law at the University of Istanbul where she also obtained an LLM in Private Law. She then acquired an LLM degree from the London School of Economics with merit, specialising in international corporate finance and international finance law. Ms. Erdem holds a Certificate in Corporate Finance awarded by the Securities & Investment Institute.

Independent
Committees: Audit and Governance

Robert Metcalfe (director since June 2010)

Mr. Metcalfe is counsel to Metcalfe, Blainey & Burns LLP. He was a senior partner with the law firm Lang Michener LLP for 20 years, and President and CEO of Armadale properties (construction, land development and financial services) for 7 years. He currently serves as a director on a number of boards of public companies, including natural resource companies Alange Energy Corp (oil and gas) and Xinergy Corp. (coal in Tennessee). As well as private companies EPS Corp. of California and Envirotower Inc. Mr. Metcalfe is also a former director of Radiant Energy Corporation, numerous natural resource and corporations, including Central Patricia Gold Mines Limited, Iron Bay Trust Inc., Faraday Resources and Chimo Mines Inc.

Independent
Committees: Audit and Health, Safety and Environmental

Robert Shirriff (director since November 2001)

Mr. Shirriff has over 46 years experience in the field of commercial and corporate law and has acted for a number of corporations operating in Canada and internationally. He became a director of SAMAX Gold Inc. in 1996. Mr. Shirriff was appointed a director of AXMIN in 1999. Mr. Shirriff is a member of AXMIN's Compensation and Corporate Governance Committees.

Independent
Committees: Compensation, Governance and Disclosure

David de Jongh Weill (director since June 2010)

Mr. Weill started his professional career with Salomon Brothers in 1983 in derivative products sales and trading. He subsequently became active in proprietary trading for Salomon Brothers in International Fixed Income and Foreign Exchange. Mr. Weill left Salomon in 1989 to develop an international proprietary trading activity with Greenwich Capital Markets.

Thereafter, in 1992, Mr. Weill developed his own fund management activity with funds under management growing to over US$1.2 billion. From 1998, he has focused on private equity investment, predominantly in natural resource and media and technology companies. Mr. Weill has acquired considerable experience in proprietary trading in international financial markets, investment management, corporate finance and corporate governance. Mr. Weill is also a founder and partner of Chiliogon Partners LLP, a London based corporate finance advisory and investment management firm.

Mr. Weill holds a Bachelor of Business Administration, magna cum laude in International Business from the University of Georgia, a Masters of Business Administration from the London Business School, a Masters in Law and Accounting from The London School of Economics and a Masters in Decision Sciences from The London School of Economics. Mr. Weill was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and is a member of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple.

Independent
Committees: Audit and Compensation