BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Steven G. Dean - Chairman & Director

Steven Dean was most recently President of Teck Cominco Limited, a Canadian based diversified mining and refining company with world class assets in zinc, metallurgical coal, copper, gold and industrial minerals. In 1995, Mr. Dean founded PacMin Mining Corporation. Mr. Dean was a member of the founding management of the Normandy Poseidon Group, which become Normandy Mining Limited, one of the largest Australian based diversified miners producing gold, base metals and industrial minerals. His roles included Group General Manager, Chief Financial Officer, and Executive Director. Mr. Dean is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants, a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, and was a founding Director of the Australian Gold Council. Mr. Dean is Chairman of Amerigo Resources Ltd., a Canadian company with copper production operations near Santiago, Chile.

Robert J. Rennie – President, Chief Executive Officer & Director

Dr. Rennie has over 20 years of experience in the fertilizer business first in R&D with Esso Chemical and then with Agrium Inc. and since 1998 leading the successful growth of Agrium’s retail and wholesale investments in Argentina. Dr. Rennie retired from Agrium as Vice President, South America and Vice President, Corporate Affairs and as Chairman of the Board of Profertil S.A., Agrium’s wholesale joint venture with Spain’s Repsol-YPF, and as Chairman of the Board of Agroservicios Pampeanos, Agrium’s wholly-owned retail in Argentina. Prior to working in industry Dr. Rennie worked as a scientist for the United Nation's International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria and for the Research Branch of Agriculture Canada.
Dr. Rennie earned a BSA (Honours) from the University of Saskatchewan, a MSc from Universite Laval and a PhD from the University of Minnesota. He serves as a member of the Board of the Alberta Agricultural Research Institute, the Canadian Fertilizer Institute and is Vice Chairman of the Agricultural Committee of the Paris-based International Fertilizer Industry Association.

Robert G. Atkinson - Vice Chairman & Director

Mr. Atkinson has been in the investment industry for over 30 years. He is former President and CEO of Loewen Ondaatje McCutcheon & Co Ltd., one of Canada's most respected investment dealers. He now serves as Director of Trimin Capital Inc., Quest Capital Corp. and a number of other public companies. Mr. Atkinson received a B.Comm. degree from the University of British Columbia.

John Van Brunt – Vice Chairman & Director

Mr. Van Brunt was Chief Executive Officer of Agrium Inc., a leading global producer and marketer of crop nutrients. Mr. Van Brunt had been with Agrium’s former parent company, Cominco Ltd. (now Teck Cominco Limited), since 1965 and led the initial public offering when Agrium was sold by Cominco in 1993. Mr. Van Brunt is actively involved in a number of international fertilizer associations and organizations, and is currently the President of the International Fertilizer Industry Association headquartered in Paris.

David Black - Director

Mr. Black is a senior partner of DuMoulin Black, a specialized law firm established in 1966 providing corporate, securities and finance services to natural resource and commercial/industrial companies. He is a founding director of Southwestern Resources Corp. and sits on the board of several public companies.

Ruston Goepel - Director

Mr. Goepel is Senior Vice President, Raymond James Ltd. He entered the investment business in 1968 specializing in institutional sales with Pemberton Securities Ltd. and Dominion Securities. In 1989 he was a founding partner and CEO of Goepel Shields & Partners, a national securities dealer which was acquired by Raymond James Inc. Tampa, Florida, the 8th largest U.S. brokerage firm, in January, 2001. Mr. Goepel is a Governor and Executive Committee Member of B.C. Business Council, Director and Member of the Investment Policy Committee for the Canadian Olympic Committee, Director, Executive Committee and Chairman of Nominating & Governance Committee for the Vancouver 2010 Bid Corp. Mr. Goepel is a past member of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada and a Past Governor of the Vancouver Stock Exchange. He is a Director of a number of Canadian companies. Mr. Goepel was the recipient of the Queen's Jubilee Medal for Business Leadership and Community Service.