Mr. Dawe is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Brigus Gold. He has been an entrepreneur in Canadian mining and venture capital industries since 1994 and has consistently demonstrated strong results for shareholders through strategic planning, quality acquisitions and partnerships, and by retaining and developing industry respected senior management and directors. He is Chairman and a Director of Linear Metals, and serves on the Board of Directors of Immunovaccine. Mr. Dawe has a bachelor of commerce degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland, where he currently serves on the Advisory Board to the Faculty of Business Administration. Mr. Dawe's philanthropic activities include establishing and personally funding the annual James R. Pearcey Entrepreneurial Scholarship at Memorial University. Mr. Dawe, a native of Newfoundland and Labrador, is also a member of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), an international organization for business leaders.

Mr. Burgess is a director and member of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee of Brigus Gold. He is the Senior Mining Engineer and a Vice President of Micon International Limited ('Micon') of Toronto, Ontario. As a founder of Micon, he has over 30 years experience in the mining industry, including conducting due diligence reviews, operational monitoring and benchmark studies. Prior to his consulting career, he held senior management positions in the copper and gold mining industry in Zambia and South Africa. He is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario and the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, as well as a fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He is also a director of Vena Resources Inc. and Acme Resources Corp. Mr. Burgess received his bachelor's degree with honours in mechanical engineering at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London and his bachelor's degree in mining engineering at the Royal School of Mines, University of London. He earned his master's degree in engineering from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Mr. Gill is a director, a member of the Audit Committee and of the Nominations and Compensation Committee of Brigus Gold. Mr. Gill is co-founder and a director of Strategic Concepts and SCI Software, which provide strategic planning, financial modeling and business development consultation to major mining and oil and gas projects in Canada. His 30-year career has included executive roles at Voisey's Bay Nickel, Diamond Fields Resources and Bristol Communications. Mr. Gill was a founding shareholder of Nwest Energy and currently serves as the chair of Genesis, a commercial research and development arm of Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador. He is also a director of Crosshair Exploration. Mr. Gill received his undergraduate degree in business administration from Memorial University.

Dr. Gross is a director, a member of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee, and chairman of the Nominations and Compensation Committee of Brigus Gold. A Professor of Orthopaedic surgery for over 10 years, he consults extensively in design and implantation techniques with the Orthopaedic manufacturing industry. He has extensive capital markets experience, having served as either an executive or as a director with a number of venture stage companies. Dr. Gross is a director of Linear Metals where he chairs the Audit Committee, and he was a founder and chairman of the board of NWest Energy prior to its successful initial public offering in 2008. He is also the founder of Airway Tools, a company specializing in proprietary medical devices. He received his degree in medicine from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in England. He obtained a Fellowship in Surgery in London and a Canadian Fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery in 1981.

Mr. Kaiser is a director and member of the Audit Committee of Brigus Gold. He has over 40 years of experience in the mining industry and is a Certified Public Accountant. At the time of his retirement in 2006, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of The Doe Run Company, an international natural resource company focused on the mining, smelting, recycling and fabrication of metals. Prior to joining Doe Run, Mr. Kaiser was the Chief Financial Officer of Amax Gold Inc from 1989 to 1993. He serves as a director of Gryphon Gold Corporation and Uranium Resources, Inc. as well as two privately held exploration companies. Mr. Kaiser received his bachelor's degree in accounting from Southern Illinois University and serves as a director of the Southern Illinois University Foundation.

Mr. Peat is a director and chairman of the Audit Committee of Brigus Gold. He has over 25 years of executive experience in financial leadership in support of mining corporations. Mr. Peat has held multiple executive positions including as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Frontera Copper from 2006 through 2009; Vice President and Global Controller of Newmont Mining from 2002 through 2004; and Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Homestake Mining from 1999 through 2002. Mr. Peat began his career at Price Waterhouse in Toronto and he has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario since 1978. He is currently a director and chairman of the Audit Committee of Gabriel Resources. He received his bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Western Ontario, and a bachelor's degree in commerce, with honours in business administration, from the University of Windsor, Ontario.

Mr. Stott is a director, chairman of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee, and the independent lead director of Brigus Gold. He has been an independent mining consultant with T. P. McNulty & Associates since 1995, which provides consulting services to the mineral, metal and chemical industries. He has served as President and Chief Executive Officer for Gold Capital from 1994 to 1995; Horizon Resources from 1990 to 1993; and Amax Gold from 1986 to 1989. He is a director of Western Troy Resources and Hazen Research since 2002. Mr. Stott received his bachelor's degree in mining engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and his juris doctor degree from Hastings College of Law, University of California.