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Mr. Bennett graduated with a Bachelor's degree in geology (1970) from Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio, and earned a Master's degree in geology (1974) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Mr. Bennett has 29 years of continuous professional experience in the field of minerals exploration including fieldwork in the western United States, Brazil, Mexico, and Chile. Throughout his career Mr. Bennett has specialized in reconnaissance level exploration programs and project generation, and has broad experience in exploration project management. For the past 21 years, Mr. Bennett's mineral exploration career has been devoted to the search for gold and silver deposits, mainly based in the western United States, but including field time in Mexico and Chile. During his professional career, Mr. Bennett has been employed as an economic geologist by a number of mining and exploration companies including: Bethlehem Steel Corporation (1973-1980), Gold Fields Mining Corporation (1981-1983), Lac Minerals (USA), Inc. (1984-1994), Western States Minerals (1995), Romarco Minerals Inc. (1996-2001), and Metallic Ventures Gold Inc. (2001-present). In addition, Mr. Bennett also spent several months as a consulting geologist for the Barrick Gold Corporation exploring for gold in the El Indio and Tambo mine complexes in central Chile (1995). Mr. Bennett became the Chief Geologist for Romarco Minerals in 1997, where he remained until the purchase of Romarco's U.S. assets by Metallic Ventures Gold Inc. in the spring of 2001. Mr. Bennett currently serves as the Company's Vice President Exploration. He is assigned to on-going exploration activities for projects of the Company. Of significant note regarding the highlights of Mr. Bennett's geological career of 34 years is the acquisition and discovery of the Rosebud gold-sliver deposit located southwest of Winnemucca, Nevada (1988), and the delineation of the Gold Crown Vein gold-silver deposit for Romarco Minerals Inc. (1996). Mr. Bennett was also responsible for the acquisition of the Goldfield project for Romarco Minerals (1998). | 