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Dermot L. McAtamney has served as a Director, Executive Vice President, and Co-Treasurer of the Company and Firecreek Petroleum, Inc. since February 10, 2007, and as a Director of the Company since January 21, 2007. He has served on the Finance Committee of the Company since November 30, 2005 and the Shareholder and Investor Relations Committee since April 8, 2006. Mr. McAtamney has also served on the Executive, Legal, Compensation and Stock Option committees since January 21, 2007. From June 2004 to the present Mr. McAtamney has been a consultant to the Company, acting in various capacities related to finance structuring, business review, and assisting the Board of Directors. From June 1999 to June 2004, Mr. McAtamney worked privately as a consultant to various companies acting as financial advisor to them in their efforts to perfect business plans and raise capital through private equity transactions. Mr. McAtamney brings over 25 years of financial experience to the Company having begun his career with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the foreign exchange department in 1979. Over the years, Mr. McAtamney has actively traded international currency and bond markets at institutions such as Bank of Montreal, Continental Grain and Shearson Lehman. Mr. McAtamney graduated from St. John’s University with a BA in Economics in 1978. | 