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Chris Cooper has eight years of experience in management and finance in the oil and gas industry. Over the past eight years Mr. Cooper has successfully raised over Cdn$70 million dollars primarily through brokered and non-brokered equity issues as well as debt financing. Mr. Cooper is currently the President, CEO and founder of Northern Sun Exploration Company Inc., a junior oil and gas producer with over 500 boepd (barrels of oil equivalent per day). Mr. Cooper co-founded Choice Resources Corp., an intermediate oil and gas producer with over 1,400 boepd, and remains as a director of Choice. He is a co-founder and member of the board of directors of Watch Resources Ltd., a public gas producer in a joint venture with the Fishing Lake Métis Settlement in northern Alberta, as well as a co-founder and current board member of Banks Energy Inc., a public oil and gas producer in a joint venture with the Poundmaker Cree First Nation of Saskatchewan. He is a former member of the board of directors of Pan-Global Energy, a public oil and gas producer in a joint venture partnership with the Onion Lake First Nation of Saskatchewan. He acted as the CFO and treasurer for Velvet Exploration Ltd. in its start-up phase, and assisted the Company in raising early stage financing. Mr. Cooper also sits on the Board of Directors of Healthscreen Solutions Incorporated, a provider of electronic health records software and connectivity solutions that promote efficiency, lower practice costs and improve patient care. Mr. Cooper received his B.A. from Hofstra University and his M.B.A. from Dowling College, both in New York State. | 