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Mr. Stephen J. Wilkinson is a senior mining executive with more than 40 years of related experience, having acted as president of numerous resource companies and Flow Through Investment Funds, and as corporate director, research analyst, and business consultant. Mr. Wilkinson previously was President and Chief Executive Officer of both Blue Star Gold Corp. and Falcon Gold Corp. and currently sits on the board of directors of Portofino Resources Inc. From September 2001 to July 2014, Mr. Wilkinson was a director, President and CEO of ValGold Resources Ltd. Mr. Wilkinson holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Western Ontario, Geology in 1976, a Master of Science from Carleton University in Ottawa, Geology in 1983 and an MBA degree from Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY in 1995.