PRESIDENT / CEO / DIRECTOR

John-Mark Staude holds a Ph.D. in economic geology and has over 20 years of diverse mining and exploration experience in precious and base metals.

He earned a Masters of Science from Harvard University in 1989 and a Ph.D. in economic geology from the University of Arizona in 1995. Mr. Staude held positions of increasing responsibility with a number of major international mining companies including Kennecott, BHP-Billiton, and most recently Teck Cominco. He also worked with smaller commodity-focused companies like Magma Copper Company and consulted to private investment groups. Mr. Staude's extensive Latin America mineral resource experience began in Mexico and then extended through South America. Recently, Mr. Staude has ventured into Europe and Asia initiating companies and managing successful exploration programs in Turkey, Romania and China.

Mr. Staude has been successful in creating shareholder value through discoveries of gold and copper in Mexico, Peru and Turkey. He has located additional resources in known districts and helped convert discoveries into new mining operations.

His technical and managerial experience spans more than 30 countries in diverse geologic environments.

Through Riverside Resources, Mr. Staude will continue to build strong portfolios and profitable businesses through prospect generation, early stage partnering and drill discoveries.

DIRECTOR

James Clare has a corporate commercial and securities law practice, with an emphasis on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, focused on assisting clients in the mining and oil and gas sectors. His transactional experience includes domestic and cross-border public and private corporate finance transactions representing issuers and underwriters as well as merger and acquisitions transactions. He also advises public issuers on general corporate and securities law matters including stock exchange listings, continuous disclosure obligations and other regulatory compliance issues. James is a member of the Canadian Bar Association.

DIRECTOR

Bryan Wilson is currently the CEO of Huntington Exploration Inc. He has over 37 years of experience in the mining exploration and development business in varying geographies, management and executive positions for major companies like Falconbridge, Shell Canada Resources and Centerra Gold, plus a variety of junior exploration companies. In these roles, he was pivotal in the early exploration and development of the East Kemptville Tin Deposit (Nova Scotia), the Magino Gold Mine (Wawa, Ontario), and the Oksut Gold Mine (Turkey). Previously, Mr. Wilson was the CEO and President of St. Genevieve Resources Inc., and a director of Spider Resources, both of which were take-over targets in 2007-08 and 2010 respectively. In addition, Mr. Wilson has 12 years of varied experience in the financial services sector, where he was a Financial Advisor with ScotiaMcleod, a Mining Analyst with C.M. Oliver and Dominick & Dominick Securities Inc. and a partner in Thames Capital, a boutique merchant bank. Mr. Wilson holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Waterloo.

DIRECTOR

Walter is currently President of Frontline Gold Corporation, holds a BA in Political Science/Economics, and has several years’ experience in the finance and mining industries. He served with CIBC, BNP Paribas, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers where he managed portfolios and arranged project financing totaling over $1 billion.

Since 2003, he has since held executive positions with Tiberon Minerals, Royal Nickel Corporation, Alturas Minerals, and Satori Resources Inc.  He currently holds various Chairman, Audit Committee Chairman and Director roles, in the following companies: Alexandria Minerals Corporation, Alturas Minerals Corp., Merrex Gold Corp, and Platinex Inc. Mr. Henry has completed the requirements of the CFA program and Institute of Corporate Directors - Director Education Program.

DIRECTOR

Mr. Ladner is an MBA graduate from the University of St. Gallen and was Executive Vice President of Coutts & Co AG between 1964 and 1992. He was a co-founder and managing director of RP&C International, London/New York/Zurich, an investment Banking Boutique, and served as the non-executive chairman of Bank Austria (Switzerland) Ltd. He is also a former member of the Swiss Admissions Commission - Listing on Swiss Stock Exchanges and of the Capital Market Commission of the Swiss National Bank. He is a Swiss citizen, married with four grown children and supporting several charitable organizations.