Mr. Hill has 39 years' experience in the mining industry. He is a respected metallurgist with experience in the design, operation and commissioning of gold, uranium and base metal process plants. His experience was broadened by management of a metallurgical testwork laboratory and his role as a process engineer in an engineering group, and he is well experienced in uranium metallurgy. For the 10 years prior to joining the Company, Mr. Hill operated his own business providing metallurgical consulting services to the mining industry world-wide. During the last three years, Mr. Hill has not been a director of any other listed companies.