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  | | | Simon Ridgway
Chairman of the Board
 Mr. Simon Ridgway is a prospector, a mining financier and a Casey Research Explorer's League inductee. Grass roots exploration is his first love and he has had a successful career as an explorationist since starting out as a prospector in the Yukon Territory in the late 70s. Simon and the exploration teams under his guidance have discovered gold deposits in Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. On the financial side, Companies operating under the Gold Group banner have raised over CAD $350 million for exploration and development projects since 2003. Simon is the Chairman of Fortuna Silver Mines and Focus Ventures and he is the President of Radius Gold.
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| | | Jorge A. Ganoza Durant, Geological Engineer
President, CEO and Director
 Mr. Jorge Ganoza Durant is a geological engineer with over 12 years experience in exploration, mining and business development throughout Latin America. Jorge graduated from the New Mexico Institute of Mining in 1994. He is a fourth generation miner from a Peruvian family that has owned and operated several underground gold, silver, and base metal mines. His professional experience is vast and varied- before Fortuna he was involved in business development at senior levels for several private and public Canadian junior mining companies working in Central and South America. Jorge's experience extends through various countries including Panama, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Peru, and Colombia.
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| | | Robert R. Gilmore, CPA
Director
 Mr. Robert Gilmore is a graduate of the University of Denver with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Accounting. Mr. Gilmore is a Certified Public Accountant and a Member of the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of CPAs. Mr. Gilmore has more than 30 years of experience working with resource companies and currently serves as Chairman of the Board for Eldorado Gold Corporation, a TSX and NYSE listed Canadian gold mining company, and as a Director for Layne Christensen Company, a NASDAQ listed US company with nearly US$ 1 billion in revenues.
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| | | Tomas Guerrero Méndez, Geological Engineer
Director
 Mr. Tomas Guerrero is a geological engineer with over 30 years of mine geology and mineral exploration experience in Peru, Mexico, Bolivia, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina and Ecuador. Until 2001, Tomas held a ten year tenure as Director of Explorations for the Hochschild Group, a leading private Peruvian mining company with multiple mine operations. Under his leadership Hochschild discovered and put in production three mid size gold-silver mines. He is currently the principle of BO Consulting, an engineering consulting firm specializing in servicing the mining sector.
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| | | Mike Iverson
Director
 Mr. Michael Iverson has been President and Director of Triple K Ventures Ltd. from March 1975 to present. He has also served as President and Director of R.P.F. Custom Wood Fibre Ltd. since 1985. In November 1997, Michael joined Sasha Ventures Ltd., a public company serving as President and Director. In addition to these substantial positions, Michael was Chief Executive Officer of Fortuna from 1998 to January 2005, and has been Secretary and Director of Niogold Mining Corp. (formally known as Moreno Ventures Inc.) since 1998 to the present.
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| | | Mario Szotlender
Director
 Mr. Mario Szotlender holds a degree in international relations and is fluent in several languages. He has successfully directed Latin American affairs for numerous private and public companies over the past 20 years, specializing in developing new business opportunities and establishing relations within the investment community. He has been involved in various mineral exploration and development joint ventures (precious metals and diamonds) in Central and South America, including heading several mineral operations in Venezuela, such as Las Cristinas in the 1980's.
He was President of Mena Resources Inc. until it was purchased by Rusoro Mining Ltd., of which he was also President. In addition to being a Director of Fortuna Silver Mines, Mr. Szotlender is also a Director of Radius Gold Inc. and Endeavour Silver Corp.
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