CONSULTANTS

HARALD HOEGBERG

Harald Hoegberg is an exploration economic geologist with 40 years of experience in domestic and international mineral projects. He has designed research programs and supervised all facets of exploration programs, including supervision of helicopter reconnaissance generatives and project and property evaluations. Most recently Hoegberg has been involved in evaluations of porphyry deposits, many types of gold deposits, specialty metals, uranium and IOCG deposits. Mr. Hoegberg has acted as a Qualified Person for NI 43-101 purposes for several companies and is Certified Professional Geologist with the American Institute of Professional Geologists and a licensed Geologist in Wyoming.

Mr. Hoegberg emigrated from Sweden in 1970 and completed his studies at Boston University. He began his career with Hunt Oil Company (Dallas) in their Energy Minerals Group. He then worked for several junior companies. In 1989, he joined Placer-Dome and was promoted to senior geologist. In 1992, Mr. Hoegberg started his consulting career. He has worked by himself and closely with Henkle & Associates, an economic mineral and environmental consulting firm. Mr. Henkle and Mr. Hoegberg have been partners on several projects. Clients have included U.S. Lime & Minerals, Cyprus Mining, Tech Resources, Placer-Dome, Evolving Gold, BE Resources, ARNEVUT Resources Inc., The Snowden Group, Viscount Mining, Northland Resources and others.