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Alexey Khudyakov - Chairman of the Board of Directors since April 2009

Mr. Khudyakov was appointed as an independent director and Chairman of the Board on April 8, 2009. Mr. Khudyakov is a Vice President at Altimo, located in Moscow, Russia. Prior to his appointment at Altimo, Mr. Khudyakov was the former Vice President, Private Equity at Alfa Bank, managing the bank's investments in Golden Telecom and Kyivstar, and was an associate at the Moscow office of McKinsey & Co. from 1998 to 2002. He graduated MSc cum laude in Applied Math from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from INSEAD. Mr. Khudyakov is presently a director and audit committee member at Turkcell, a company traded on the New York Stock Exchange, a director of Kyivstar (Ukraine); and a former director and compensation committee member of Golden Telecom, a company traded on NASDAQ, now part of Vimpelkom, a company traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

 
Evgeny Tulubensky - Director since November 2008

Mr. Tulubensky was appointed as a director to the Board on November 20, 2008. Mr. Tulubensky is currently the Chief Legal Officer at Severstal-Gold, and has held the positions of Senior Lawyer, ZAO Severstal Resources, Manager, OAO Severstal, and Lawyer at ZAO Severstal-Group. He was formerly a Consultant and Paralegal at Saint-Petersburg office of EY Law Services (CIS) B.V., Paralegal at Saint-Petersburg office of Ernst & Young (CIS) Limited and Associate Lawyer at Saint-Petersburg Bar Association. He graduated from Saint-Petersburg State University with law degree in 2004 and from Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics, Russia, with an economics degree in 2008.

 
Oleg Pelevin - Director since November 2008

Mr. Pelevin was appointed as a director to the Board on November 20, 2008. Mr. Pelevin is currently the Head of Strategy at Severstal-Gold, and was a former Senior Manager of Strategy, ZAO Severstal Resources, a Consultant at American Appraisal Russia (Moscow office), and Head of the Investment Department at Alphayurservis. He graduated MS (engineer-mathematician) at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

 
Karl Glackmeyer - Director since April 2009

Mr. Glackmeyer was appointed as an independent director of the Board on April 8, 2009. Mr. Glackmeyer has over 40 years of experience in the mineral resource business. From 1994 to his retirement in 2004, Mr. Glackmeyer was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Fairstar Explorations Inc., a company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. From 1984 to 1991, he was president of Yorbeau Resources Inc., a mineral exploration company traded on the Montreal Exchange. Mr. Glackmeyer obtained a Bachelor of Applied Sciences degree from Laval University in 1967.

 
Sergey Stepanov - Director since June 2011

Mr. Stepanov was appointed as a director of the Board on June 30, 2011. He currently holds the position of Chief Operating Officer at Severstal Gold LLC, a subsidiary of OAO Severstal. Mr. Stepanov has previously held the positions of Chief Operating Officer and Director of OJSC Vorkutaugol (main coal producing subsidiary of OAO Severstal). Prior to that, he held a position of the Chief of Staff at SUAL Holding. He graduated from Moscow State University with a bachelor of economics degree in 1998 and a magister of economics degree in 2000. Mr. Stepanov is fluent in English and in French.

 
Andrew Matthews - Director since October 2009

Mr. Matthews was appointed as an independent director of the Board on October 7, 2009. Mr. Matthews is a lawyer and consultant with 13 years of experience advising senior management. Mr. Matthews currently holds the position of Development Officer in the Office of Bernard Trottier, MP for the Federal electoral riding of Etobicoke-Lakeshore. He previously held senior positions with BMO Financial Group and Sun Life Financial Canada. Mr. Matthews obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from University of Alberta, Edmonton. He is a member of The Law Society of Alberta.

 
Yury Lopukhin - Director since January 2011

Mr. Lopukhin was appointed as a director to the Board on January 19, 2011. He currently holds the position of Senior Financial Manager at Severstal Gold LLC, a subsidiary of OAO Severstal. Mr. Lopukhin has previously held the position of Chief Financial Officer at OJSC Buryatzoloto. Prior to that, he held the positions of Senior Manager of Strategy at Severstal Resources and Consultant at Russian Investors. He graduated from Higher School of Economics in Moscow with M.A. in Economics in 2000.

 
Board of Director Committees:

Audit Committee:
Alexey Khudyakov (Chairman), Andrew Matthews, Karl Glackmeyer

Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee:
Alexey Khudyakov, Karl Glackmeyer

Health, Safety and Environment Committee:
TBD