Adrian F. C. Hobkirk,  President, C.E.O. & Director

Mr. Hobkirk has over 17 years experience within the gold resource exploration sector, beginning with Norgold Resources Ltd. in 1989. Norgold was purchased by Bema Gold for the value of the Yarnell Project, a 350,000 ounce gold deposit.  He was also a founding director of Can-Pro Development Ltd. in 1989, which conducted initial exploration at the Dublin Gulch Project; now a 2-million ounce gold deposit.  Mr. Hobkirk has worked in Arizona,  Nevada, Canada and has extensive experience in South America, having worked in Guyana, Venezuela, Argentina and Chile.  Mr. Hobkirk holds a B.A. in Economics.  He is also President and CEO of Gold Port Resources Ltd. TSX Courses: Managing a Public Company - October 2006, Investor Relations Fundamentals - October 2006, Mining Company Disclosure Fundamentals December 2006.

Allen V. Ambrose, Director

Mr. Ambrose has 25 years of experience in the mining industry, including work with larger companies as well as junior exploration companies. He has been a director of Minera Andes since November, 1995.

Mr. Ambrose has extensive experience in all phases of exploration, project evaluation and project management, and has worked as a geologic consultant in the U.S., Venezuela, and Argentina. As a consultant, he was a co-discoverer of a Venezuelan auriferous massive sulfide deposit acquired by Gold Reserve Corporation, and known as the Brisas deposit. He has been employed as the exploration manager for N.A. Degerstrom Inc., a U.S. contract mining company, and has worked as a geologist for Cyprus minerals, Kidd Creek Mines, Molycorp, Boise Cascade and Dennison Mines. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Geology from Eastern Washington University.

Mr. Ambrose sat on the board of directors of Cadre Resources Ltd. until March 2001, and has been a director of Caerus Resource Corporation and Century Mining Corporation since July 2002. Mr. Ambrose is also a Director of Gold Port Resources Ltd.

A.D. (Darryl) Drummond, Ph.D., P.Eng., Director

Mr.Drummond is a Ph.D and a professional engineer. He was a director of Minera Andes from June 1996 until 2008. He graduated from the University of British Columbia with a B.A.Sc. in Geological Engineering in 1959 and with a  M.A.Sc in 1961. He obtained his Doctorate degree in 1966 from the University of California at Berkeley. As an undergraduate and graduate, he worked with Kennco Explorations (Western) Ltd. during the period 1958 to 1961. He has been associated with the Placer Development Group of Companies since 1963, first with Craigmont Mines Ltd, then Endako Mines and Gibraltar Mines.

At the Placer head office since 1967, he initially was a Research Geologist and then Assistant Exploration Manager, Western Canada, for Canex Placer Ltd. During 1977 to 1979, he was Manager of Placer Development y Cia. Ltda, in Santiago, Chile, then returned to the position of Research Geologist with the Technical Services Advisory Group for the Placer Group of Companies in Vancouver. Since 1981, he has been a consulting Professional Engineer concentrating on all aspects of mineral deposit evaluation covering precious metal, base metal, and industrial mineral types in such countries as Argentina, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Mexico, Philippines, USA and Venezuela. He is a member of the Society of Economic Geology and a member of the Geology Section of the Candaian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

He was director of Cadre Resources Ltd. from November 1994 to Februyary 1995; director of All North Resources Ltd from May 1995 to July 9, 1996; and director of International All-North Resources Ltd. from July 10, 1996 to December 23, 1998; director of The Quinto Mining Corporation from September 11, 1996 to August 10, 1997; director of Riverdance Resources Corporation from January 1998 to December 15, 1998; director of Caerus Resource Corporation from December 23, 1998 ; director of Saxony Explorations Ltd. from February 2000 to September 24, 2005; director of Valerie Gold Resources from November, 1998 to March 27, 2003 and director of Valgold Resources Ltd. from March 27, 2003 to present. He is also a director of Gold Port Resources Ltd. since October 12, 2004 to present.

David Camp, B.A. S., M.B.A., C.P.A., C.A., C.F.O., Director

Mr. Camp’s education includes a B.A.S. from York University in Toronto, Canada with a major in Accounting (1983) and a M.B.A. from the Schulich School of Business in Toronto Canada (1988). Mr. Camp is both a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Accountant.

Mr. Camp’s professional experience began as a staff accountant at Ernst and Young Canada from 1983 to 1987. From 1987 to 1990 he was Financial Manager at Quest International (UNILEVER) Canada. In 1990 he was appointed Controller and Treasurer for Sensient Technologies Canada, becoming Division Controller and Treasurer for Sensient Technologies’ California Division (NYSE: SXT) from 1995 to 2000.

Mr. Camp has worked for the MedicAlert Foundation in California as Vice-President of Finance and Controller, and for Ratto Brothers of Modesto, California as Controller. From 2004 to 2005 Mr. Camp was Controller of Century Mining and Tamerlane Resources. Subsequently he has been in private practice. Mr. Camp is also CFO for Gold Port Resources Ltd.

Kenneth A. Sadowski, Director

Mr. Sadowski has worked with Caerus Resource Corp. and Gold Port Resources Ltd. since late Oct 2005 in a Business Development capacity. He worked with Mr. Adrian Hobkirk in the gold resource exploration sector with Norgold Resources Ltd. in 1989. Norgold Resources Ltd. was purchased by Bema Gold for the value of the Yarnell Project, a 350,000 ounce gold deposit. After Norgold Resources Ltd., Mr. Sadowski worked in Corporate Sales, Marketing and Project Management in Vancouver, British Columbia and Calgary, Alberta. Mr. Sadowski holds a B.A. in Economics. He is also a director of Gold Port Resources Ltd.

George Sharpe, Geologist, QP

Mr. George Sharpe, a Geology Tech grad from the Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, 1974, is an experienced mineral explorationist with over thirty years of mineral exploration on a global basis. Since graduation in 1974, Mr. Sharpe has acquired through extensive additional course work, and hands on experience, considerable knowledge of most mineral commodities ranging from coal to diamonds.

Mr. Sharpe in recent years has often been responsible for the management of, and reporting on, major mineral exploration and drilling programs often involving the expenditure of millions of dollars, in several different global locations and commodity types. Through membership in a number of professional societies such as APEGS, APGO, CIM, AMEBC and PDAC, as well as his previous education and varied experience, Mr. Sharpe has acquired the knowledge and ability to act as a Qualified Person for basic grassroots mineral exploration programs.