PEOPLE (November 24, 2008)

Alcoa — Patricia Russo appointed a director.

Aspire (GuangXi) — Chan Hoi Ming appointed president; Liao Dong Wang appointed chairman; Liao Dong Shang appointed a director; Mo Xiong appointed COO.

BioteQ Environmental Technologies– Paul Kim appointed VP and CFO; John York has retired as VP and CFO but will continue in an advisory role.

Canplats Resources — Gordon Bogden appointed a director.

Centurion Minerals — David Tafel appointed president; Balbir Johal has resigned as president but remains a director; Joseph Del Campo appointed a director; Johan Shearer has resigned as a director.

Coalcorp Mining — Jan Castro, Joseph Belan and Luis Carlos Valenzuela Delgado appointed directors; Francisco Arata, Steve Wilkinson and Neil Woodyer have resigned as directors.

Continental Nickel — Bruce Burton elected a director; Geoff Wallace did not stand for re-election as a director; Sharon Taylor appointed manager of geophysics and project generation.

Covenant Resources — Frank Port appointed president and a director; Douglas Walker has resigned as president but remains a director and CEO.

Endeavour Financial — Frank Holmes has resigned as chairman; Michael Beckett reappointed chairman.

Exmin Resources — Vaughan MacLellan appointed a director.

First Narrows Resources — Terrence Lenihan appointed a director.

High Ridge Resources– Piotr Lutynski appointed an adviser.

Hunt Gold — Edward Huskinson appointed permanent project geologist.

International Beryllium — Denis Brady appointed a non-executive director.

Intrepid Mines — Alan Roberts appointed a director.

Kivalliq Energy — Jeff Ward appointed VP of exploration; Garth Kirkham appointed a director.

Klondike Silver — Stephen Phillips appointed mine manager at Sandon, B. C.

Lake Victoria Mining — Michele Ashby appointed a director.

Laurion Mineral — Leslie Tihor has resigned as a director.

M45 Mining — Jocelyn Lepine appointed president and CEO; Andrea Cortellazzi has stepped down as president and CEO.

Mazorro Resources— John Mc-Neice appointed CFO and corporate secretary; Marc Carbonneau has resigned as CFO.

Megastar Development — Brian Thurston appointed a director.

Murgor Resources — Isabelle Gauthier appointed CFO; Mark Schneiderman has resigned as CFO.

Oroco Resource — Ken Thorsen appointed president and CEO.

Pacific Ridge Exploration — Lei Wang appointed CFO; Jeannine Webb has resigned as CFO.

Paladin Energy — Ross Glossop has resigned as CFO. Mark Bolton appointed CFO.

Purepoint Uranium — Martin Schady has resigned as a director.

Randgold Resources — Christopher Coleman and Jon Walden appointed directors.

Raytec Metals — Jeannine Webb appointed CFO; John Houghton appointed corporate secretary; Casey Forward has resigned as CFO but remains a director.

Romarco Minerals– James Meek appointed senior VP and CFO.

Thompson Creek Metals — Pamela Saxton appointed CFO and VP of finance.

Tournigan Energy — Alva Kuestermeyer appointed VP of engineering/environmental; Rich Eliason appointed VP of exploration.

TVI Pacific — Carl Caumartin laid off as VP of exploration.

Union Gold — Hollie Tomkinson appointed a director.

United Mine Services — Mark Fralich appointed director of marketing and corporate development.

U. S. Silver — Thomas Parker appointed interim CEO; Bruce Reid has stepped down as CEO and a director but remains a consultant; Bobby Copper appointed chairman; John Ryan has stepped down as chairman but remains a director; John Brock, Gordon Pridham and Wade Black appointed directors; Mark Hartmann has resigned as a director.

Valencia Ventures– Bernard Wilson appointed a director.