Mr. Schroeder received his post secondary education at the University of British Columbia where he majored in Commerce and Finance. Mr. Schroeder has spent the past 15 years engaged in various aspects of the securities industry in British Columbia beginning as an investment advisor with the firm McDermid St. Lawrence in the early 1990s. He left McDermid in 1994 to restructure stox.com Inc., where he served as President until 1999. Since 1999, Mr. Schroeder has been an officer and director of several public companies. He is also a director of Creation Casinos Inc.

Mr. Lavin has over 15 years experience in the areas of corporate finance and financial administration of public companies. Mr. Lavin is also the President and CFO of Creation Casinos Inc.

Mr. Antanavicius is a corporate and securities lawyer. He holds law degrees from the University of British Columbia and Vilnius University (Vilnius, Lithuania).

Mr. Gordon is the Vancouver representative for the CNQ stock exchange. He is also a Senior Associate with Evans & Evans Inc., a business valuation and corporate finance advisory firm, and Executive Director of the Canadian Listed Company Association. Previously, Mr. Gordon held management positions in corporate finance and marketing over a 17-year period, with the Vancouver Stock Exchange (now TSX Venture Exchange). Mr. Gordon is past President and board member of the Vancouver Society of Financial Analysts.

Mr. Turner holds a B.Sc. degree from the University of British Columbia. He has been a practicing geologist since 1976. Mr. Turner is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia and a former fellow of the Geological Association of Canada. He has been involved in mineral explorations with major mining companies such as Teck Cominco Limited, Noranda Inc. and Newmont Explorations of Canada Limited. During his career Mr. Turner has worked in British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Baffin Island, Yukon Territory, Mali, Ghana, Panama, U.S.A and Brazil. Mr. Turner has extensive experience in exploration for base metals, precious metals, and diamonds.

Mr. Bell serves as a non-executive independent Director of Abbastar. Mr. Bell currently holds the position of Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations, with the largest Canadian gaming corporation listed on the TSX, and has over 15 years of experience in investor relations and corporate development.