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John S. Auston a corporate director is a graduate of McGill University with degrees in geology and mineral exploration and attended the Program for Management Development at Harvard University. During a career of over 40 years in the minerals industry he has been active in the exploration for and the development and operation of base metal precious metal uranium and coal mines in Canada Australia and the United States. Most of this work was with the Selection Trust Group of London (a base metals and gold mining group of companies) which in 1981 became the minerals arm of British Petroleum (a petroleum petrochemicals and minerals company). He was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ashton Mining of Canada Inc. (a diamond exploration company) from 1996 to 2000 and President and Chief Executive Officer of Granges Inc. (a base metals and gold mining company) from 1993 to 1995. Mr. Auston is a director of Eldorado Gold Corporation (a gold mining company) and Centerra Gold Inc. (a gold mining company and Cameco subsidiary) which are both publicly traded companies. | 