Mladen Ninkov, Chairman, Australian, aged 49, holds a Masters of Law Degree from Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Bachelor of Laws (with Honours) and Bachelor of Jurisprudence Degree from the University of Western Australia. He is the principal of Keynes Capital. He has a mining, legal, fund management and investment banking background and is admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. He was the Chairman and Managing Director of the Dragon Capital Funds management group, a director and Head of International Corporate Finance at ANZ Grindlays Bank Plc in London, and a Vice President of Prudential-Bache Securities Inc. in New York. He also worked at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom in New York and Freehill Hollingdale & Page in Australia. He has been chairman and director of a number of both public and private mining companies.

Roger Goodwin, Finance Director, British, aged 55, is a Chartered Accountant. He has been with the Company since 1996 having previously held senior positions in a number of public and private companies within the natural resources sector. He has a strong professional background, including that as a manager with KPMG, with considerable public company and corporate finance experience, and experience of emerging markets particularly in Africa, the CIS and Eastern Europe.

Dal Brynelsen, Director, Canadian, aged 63, is a graduate of the University of British Columbia in Urban Land Economics. Mr. Brynelsen has been involved in the resource industry for over 30 years. He has been responsible for the discovery, development and operation of several underground gold mines during his career. Mr. Brynelsen is the President and a director of Vangold Resources Limited.

William Mulligan, Director, USA, aged 66, has a BSc from Thomas Clarkson University, an MS in Geological Engineering from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from NYU Bernard Baruch School of Business Administration. He is currently the Managing Director for Global Projects and Political Risk at AIG Global Trade and Political Risk Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of American International Group Inc., and a director of AIG Investment Bank (ZAO) Ltd based in Moscow. From 1994 to 1996 he was Executive Vice President for Corporate Development at Latin American Gold Limited.

Dominic Claridge, Operations Manager, Australian, aged 47, holds a degree in mining engineering from the University of Sydney (Australia). He has been involved in the mining industry for over 20 years having worked predominately with Australian mining companies, with short interludes in South Africa and Finland. He has worked in a variety of operations encompassing both underground and open cut mining, from small to medium sized mines. More recently he has worked in China as deputy general manager for an underground gold operation and was project manager for a new gold operation in Australia.

Andrew Little, Operations Manager Caijiaying, Australian, aged 54, holds an HNC in mechanical engineering from Bell College of Technology, Hamilton, Scotland and a BSc (Hons) in quarrying technology from Doncaster Polytechnic, England. He is a fellow of the UK Institute of Quarrying and a fellow of the UK Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Materials. He is also a registered professional engineer with the European Engineering Council. He has twenty years experience in project development, field engineering, construction management, project engineering, and design management in the mining sector. This experience has been gained from all perspectives of the industry from conceptual design, procurement and construction through to plant commissioning and technical support for operations personnel.

Wendy Zhang, Finance Manager China, aged 36, holds a Master of Accounting degree from Macquarie University, a member of the Certified Practising Accountant of Australia and a qualified member of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountant for 11 years. Prior to joining Griffin she spent the previous 4 years as Financial Controller for Golden Tiger Mining’s joint venture operations in China (a gold exploration and mining company listed in Australian Stock Exchange). Previously she was a Chief Accountant for Shanghai Silk Group and subsequently Ann Taylor Shanghai.

Dr Bo Zhou, General Manager China, Australian, aged 47, holds a Ph.D in exploration geology from Sydney University and a BSc in economic geology from Peking University. He was Managing Director of Sinovus Mining Ltd, an ASX listed company with mineral interests in China. Before that he was the General Manager for Guangxi Golden Tiger Mining JV, a Sino-Australian JV gold company focussed in Guangxi, China, which is controlled by Golden Tiger Mining NL, an ASX listed company. He has also worked as the Senior Geologist for Silk Road Resources (A Toronto listed company), responsible for evaluating various gold properties in Gansu Province in central western China. Dr Zhou has considerable experience of and has established extensive contacts in the Chinese resources sector