People (August 06, 2007)

AK Steel — Ralph Michael III appointed director.

Amera Res. — Marcial Garcia appointed exploration manager, based in Peru.

Antares Mnrls — Robert Wunder appointed COO, effective Aug. 1

Asian Dragon Group — Jacques Trottier appointed director.

Coeur d’Alene Mines — Stuart Mathews appointed interim project manager for the Palmarejo project in Mexico.

Colibri Res. — Gregory Bridges resigned as director.

Continuum Res. — Dale Schultz appointed VP of exploration.

Dia Bras Exploration — Eduardo Gonzalez appointed director.

Doe Run Co. — Bruce Chamberlain appointed operations manager; Laura Sullivan appointed human resources representative; Sandra Burkes appointed manager of metals sales.

Dutch Gold Res. — James Browne appointed director and consultant.

European Goldfields — Georgios Sossidis appointed director; Neil Liddell appointed senior mining engineer; Robert Murphy appointed senior project manager.

Gammon Gold — Luis Chavez appointed corporate director of the company’s Mexican operations and director.

Getty Copper — Corby Anderson appointed president and COO; Jean Jacques Treyvaud resigned as COO and president; Paul Frigstad appointed head of investor relations.

Golden Odyssey Mining — Richard Kehmeier to the position of VP of exploration and COO.

GoldQuest Mining — Alistair Waddell appointed president and CEO; Neil MacDonald appointed chairman; David Hall appointed non-executive vice-chairman.

Industrial Minerals — David Wodar appointed president and CEO; Paul Cooper appointed COO; Scott Old appointed VP of sales and marketing; Dick van Wyck resigned as interim president and CEO. He remains an advisor.

Kennametal — Gary Weismann appointed VP and president of Advanced Materials Solutions Group.

Kimberly Gold Mines — Steve Cutler appointed VP of exploration.

Material Technologies — Marybeth Miceli appointed COO.

Mechel — Oleg Rozenberg appointed deputy chief executive officer for foreign trade at subsidiary, Mechel Management.

Mexivada Mining — Kent Thomson appointed chief geologist.

Newmont Mining — Russell Ball appointed CFO and senior VP; Guy Landsdown appointed senior VP of project development and technical services; Randy Engel appointed senior VP of strategy and corporate development.

Northland Res. — Kjell Larsson appointed project manager for its Barsele-Norra project in Sweden.

Nu-Mex Uranium — D. Bruce Horton and Jas Butalia appointed directors.

Opawica Explorations — Sylvia Mcleod appointed CFO.

Puda Coal — Lawrence Wizel appointed director.

Raven Gold — Francis Forbes III, appointed director.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. — Andrew Sharkey appointed director.

Rio Narcea Gold Mines — Karl-Axel Waplan, Colin Benner, William Rand, Brian Edgar and John Craig appointed directors.

Romarco Mnrls — Ralf Langner to resign as CFO, effective Sept. 1.

Russel Metals — Alice Laberge appointed director.

Saturn Mnrls — James Tobber appointed director.

Sierra Mnrls — Flora Wood appointed manager, investor relations.

Silver Dragon Res. — Sri Siva- Kumaran appointed controller.

Silver Standard Res. — Tom Yip appointed VP of finance and CFO.

Southwestern Res. — Daniel Innes appointed as a special consultant; former president and CEO John Paterson admitted to hospital for clinical depression.

Sparton Res. — Jocelyn Cote appointed CFO.

Superior Diamonds — Thomas Morris appointed president, CEO and director; John Paterson resigned as president, CEO and director, citing personal reasons.

Trigon Uranium — Louis Blom appointed CFO.

U Mining Res. — James Krilich appointed chairman.

U.S. Steel — David Rintoul appointed general manager of Granite City (Ill.) Works in Illinois; Michael Fedorenko appointed general manager of engineering; Garry Human appointed plant manager at the Mon Valley Works’ Edgar Thomson plant; Ladislav Halaj appointed plant manager of finishing at the Gary Works plant; and David Armstrong appointed president of subsidiary ProCoil.

Uranerz Energy — Douglas Hirschman appointed land department manager at the Casper, Wyo., office.

Uranium Hunter — Richard Speir appointed director of exploration.

Uranium Power — David Scriven appointed senior technical advisor.

Uranium Res. — Marvin Kaiser appointed director.

Vulcan Mnrls — Rex Gibbons appointed director; Chan Chau Tam and Brian Sondergaard to resign as directors at the annual general meeting.

Western Canadian Coal — Gary Livingstone resigned as president, CEO and director to become a special advisor to the company; John William Hogg appointed president and CEO and director; Fausto Taddei resigned as CFO; William Caughill appointed director; director of finance Jeff Redmond will become interim CFO until a replacement is named. Weststar Res. James McDougall appointed to advisory board.

Wildcat Exploration — John Knowles as president, CEO and director; Jerrold Siemens resigned as interim president, CEO and chairman but remains a director; Rob Dzisiak appointed chairman; Andrew Daniels appointed director.

Yale Res. — Julio Lopez appointed exploration manager of Mexican subsidiary Minera Alta Vista S.A. de C.V. He is based in Hermosillo, Mexico.

Yankee Hat Mnrls — Brad Kitchen appointed president and director.

Young-Shannon Gold Mines — Rodney (Rod) Thomas appointed director; David Constable resigned as director.

Yukon Gold — Stewart Fumerton appointed VP of exploration.

Zincore Metals — Gregory McCunn appointed VP of project development.