Mr. Berner has served as a director of the Company since 1995, and is also a director of Valerie Gold, Cream Minerals and Sultan Minerals. He has been a partner of the Vancouver law firm of DuMoulin Black Barristers and Solicitors since 1976, and served as Managing Partner of that firm from 1994 to 1996. From 1968 to 1976, he was a Professor of Law and member of the Faculty of Law of the University of British Columbia. He was a member of the British Columbia Corporate and Financial Services Commission (predecessor to the British Columbia Securities Commission) in 1975-1976, and was a member of the Vancouver Stock Exchange Advisory Committee in 1992-1993. He earned a B.A. in English and Economics from the University of British Columbia, and LL.B. from the University of British Columbia, and an LL.M. from the London School of Economics. |