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Dr. Ishiung J. Wu, became interim president and chief executive officer of Trend on February 1, 2007. Dr. Wu has been our Chairman of the Board since May 2004 and a director since August 2000. Other companies with which Dr. Wu holds an officer and/or director position include GreatWall Gold Corporation, Strategic Nevada Resources Corp. and IW Exploration Company. Dr. Wu was a Director of High Plains Uranium until the company merged into Energy Metals Inc. in January 2007. From June 1994 to January 2002, Dr. Wu was an officer and director of General Minerals Corporation., a US-based, Canadian natural resources public company. From January 2000 to January 2002, he was also Chairman of Xinjiang Towerbeck Mineral JV Inc., a Chinese-Canadian joint venture. From 1974 to 1992, Dr. Wu worked for Kennecott (now a subsidiary of Rio Tinto PLC) and the North and South American mineral subsidiaries of Exxon (now Exxon-Mobil) and Chevron in various capacities, including Exploration Manager in Chile for Chevron. Dr. Wu holds a M.A. (1971) and Ph.D. (1975) in economic geology from Harvard University, where he was a Teaching Fellow in Geology from 1971 to 1973. He is also a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists. | 