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| | | Allen J. Palmiere
President, CEO and Director
Mr. Palmiere brings over 35 years of extensive experience in senior executive and leadership roles in the mining industry. Prior to joining Adriana, Mr. Palmiere held the positions of Chairman and also President and CEO of HudBay Minerals Inc. Mr. Palmiere also previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Silk Road Resources Ltd., Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Breakwater Resources Ltd., Chief Financial Officer of Zemex Corporation, and Executive Chairman of Barplats Investments Limited.
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| | | Colin K. Benner
Director
Mr. Benner, a professional mining engineer, has extensive national and international experience in mining engineering and management in the mining industry including leadership roles at EuroZinc Mining Corp., Lundin Mining Corp., HudBay Minerals Inc., Skye Resources Inc., PBS Coal Inc. and Breakwater Resources Ltd. Mr. Benner is Executive Chairman of Creston Moly Corp., Chairman of Corsa Coal Ltd., Chairman of AuRico Gold Resources and is also a director of Lundin Mining Corp., Mercator Minerals, Dalradian Resources, Troon Ventures Ltd.,and Delta Minerals Ltd.
Mr. Benner also serves as Chair of the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee for Adriana Resources Inc. and is a member of the Audit Committee for Adriana Resources Inc.
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| | | Colin Blyth
Director
Mr. Blyth is a senior marketing and sales executive with 20 years of progressive international marketing and general sales management experience with diversified mining and refining companies generating annual revenue ranging from $600M to $3B. Mr. Blyth is currently the Vice-President, Sales and Marketing for CMC - Coal Marketing Company (USA) Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Mr. Blyth was previously Vice-President Marketing - Asia for Elk Valley Coal Corporation and for 14 years held senior marketing positions with Teck Cominco Limited. He holds an MBA and B.Sc. Geology from Queen's University.
Mr. Blyth also serves as a member of the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee for Adriana Resources Inc.
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| | | Donald K. Charter, Chairman
 Mr. Charter is currently the President and C.E.O. of Corsa Coal Ltd. Mr. Charter previously was a partner at a national law firm where he practiced as a securities lawyer specializing in mergers and acquisitions and was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Dundee Securities Corporation. Mr. Charter is a director of a number of public and private companies including IAMGOLD Corporation, Dundee REIT, and Lundin Mining Corp.
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| | | Donald Siemens
Director
Mr. Siemens brings over 30 years of experience to the board as a Chartered Accountant, including 8 years in public practice as a partner with major accounting firms, 8 years in senior executive positions in industry and 18 years as a self- employed Financial Services executive. Currently, as an independent financial advisor, Mr. Siemens specializes in Corporate Finance, cross-border transactions and Mergers & Acquisitions. He serves as a director and Audit Committee Chair for three public companies: Hansa Resources Limited., Nikos Explorations Ltd, and Euromax Resources Ltd. Previously, Mr. Siemens was Partner-in-Charge of Thorne Ernst & Whinney's (now KPMG) Vancouver office Financial Advisory Services group. Mr. Siemens obtained a Chartered Accountant designation in 1972, and a B.A. from University of British Columbia.
Mr. Siemens is a member of the Audit Committee for Adriana Resources Inc.
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| | | Dr. Liu Xin Quan
Director
Dr. Liu Xin Quan, President Assistant & General Counsel of Wuhan Iron & Steel (Group) Corporation and its subsidiaries (the "WISCO Group"), has been working for the WISCO Group for 36 years. Dr. Liu's expertise includes enterprise management, legal affairs, foreign investment, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property protection, and corporate risk prevention. In addition, he is an arbitrator of the China International Economics and Trade Arbitration Commission, team leader of legal affairs for the China Iron & Steel Association, President of Enterprise Legal Advisors of Hubei Province, and Member of The People's Government Advisory Committee.
Dr. Liu graduated from Wuhan University (Bachelor of Laws), Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (Master of Economics) and Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Doctor of Management).
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| | | Paul Yeou
Director
Mr. Yeou is the Managing Director of Worldlink (Canada) Resources Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Worldlink is a private integrated trading company engaged in import and export of iron ore, coal and other dry bulk commodities. Established in 1992, the Worldlink Group has built solid marketing channels, relationships and synergies with major steel mills and power plants throughout China and the Far East Asian countries. To date, the Group has invested approximately CAD$140 million in iron ore and coal companies in the Americas and is considered to be the largest privately owned integrated trading company of iron ore and coal from the Americas to China in volume in the industry.
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| | | Ronald P. Gagel
Director
Mr. Gagel is a chartered accountant with more than 30 years of professional experience, predominantly in the mining sector. Mr. Gagel joined FNX Mining Company Inc. in 2005 as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and became Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2006, a position he held until May 2010 upon the acquisition of FNX by Quadra Mining Ltd. From 1988 to 2004, Mr. Gagel was at Aur Resources Inc. holding roles of increasing responsibility including Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1999 to 2004. Mr. Gagel is currently a director of Adriana Resources Inc., Stonegate Agricom Ltd. and Dalradian Resources Inc. and has also been a director of other public companies including HudBay Minerals Inc., Central Sun Mining Inc. (now part of B2Gold Corp.) and FNX Mining Company Inc. In addition, he has been a director of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada since 1997. Mr. Gagel received his C.A. designation in 1981 with Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Honours Business Administration from the University of Windsor and a Bachelor of Science, Honours Zoology from the University of Western Ontario.
Mr. Gagel serves as the Chair of the Audit Committee for Adriana Resources Inc. and is a member of the Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee for Adriana Resources Inc.
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