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Board of Directors

		Duncan Baxter Non-Executive Chairman Duncan Baxter began his career in banking with Barclays in Zimbabwe before joining RAL in 1978. In 1985 he became a director of Commercial Bank (Jersey) Ltd, which was subsequently acquired by Swiss Bank Corporation. Since leaving Swiss Bank in 1998 he has carried out consultancy projects for international banks and investment management companies. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries, the Securities Institute and the Institute of Bankers. He joined the Company in November 2002.

		Alex Davidson Non-Executive Director Alex Davidson has a Masters Degree in Economic Geology from McGill University. He has been a senior officer of Barrick Gold Corporation of Canada since October, 1993 and currently holds the title of Executive Vice President responsible for exploration and corporate development. Prior to that he was Vice President of Metall Mining Corporation. He is currently a Non-Executive of QGX Ltd of Canada. He joined the Company in April 2005.

		Ivan Koulakov Non-Executive Director Ivan Koulakov graduated from the Moscow State Technical University (Bauman) with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and from the State Financial Academy with a degree in Finance and Banking. In 1995, he became Chairman of ZAO Oil Finance, a company of the Sibneft group. In 1998, Mr. Koulakov becomes Chairman of ZAO MNV. Since then together with his management team he focused on the development of MNV as well as expanding into other development projects. Mr. Koulakov has been on the Board of Highland Gold since 2002.

		Nicholas Nikolakakis Non-Executive Director Nicholas Nikolakakis has been with Barrick since April 2006 where he holds the position of Vice President, Corporate Finance. He was previously Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Placer Dome, Canada. His knowledge is drawn from senior financial roles within some of Canada’s leading energy and mining corporations, combining twelve years of experience in mining and energy acquisitions analysis, operations implementation and development, strategy and change, and all areas of corporate finance. His current responsibilities with Barrick include, capital raising in the public and private markets, management of the balance sheet and long term planning objectives. He joined the Company in December 2006.

		Olga Pokrovskaya Non-Executive Director Olga Pokrovskaya graduated with honors from the State Financial Academy. She served as Senior Audit Manager at accountancy Arthur Andersen from 1991 until 1997. She subsequently joined Russian oil major Sibneft, where she held several key finance positions including serving as Head of Corporate Finance from 2004. In July 2006, Ms. Pokrovskaya took up her current role as Head of Corporate Finance at Millhouse LLC. She joined the Highland Gold Board of Directors in January 2008.

		Terry Robinson Non-Executive Director Chairman of the Audit Committee Terry Robinson has 40 years international business experience. He was 20 years at Lonrho PLC, the international mining and trading group. Since 1998 he has been variously occupied with international business including natural resources in the UK, Russia, the CIS and Brazil. He is a non-executive director of the LSE GDR quoted Evraz Group, the largest Russian steel producer. He is a non-executive director of the Toronto listed Katanga Mining Limited with copper and cobalt mining operations in the DRC and until recently was managing director of Interactive Records Management Ltd, a private equity controlled investment. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. He joined Highland Gold Board in April 2008.

		Eugene Shvidler Non-Executive Director Eugene Shvidler is a graduate of the I. M. Gubkin Moscow Institute of Oil and Gas with a masters degree in applied mathematics, and holds an MBA in finance and MS in international tax from Fordham University. He worked as senior vice president of Sibneft beginning in 1995 and served as president of the company from 1998 through 2005. Mr. Shvidler is currently head of Millhouse LLC. He joined the Highland Gold board of directors in January 2008.

		Eugene Tenenbaum Non-Executive Director Eugene Tenenbaum is a chartered accountant and holds a bachelors degree in commerce and finance from the University of Toronto. He worked as an accountant in the Business Advisory Group at Price Waterhouse in Toronto from 1987 until 1989, after which he spent five years in corporate finance with KPMG in Toronto, Moscow and London, including three years (1990-1993) as national director at KPMG International in Moscow. In 1994, he joined Salomon Brothers as a director for corporate finance. He later served as head of corporate finance for Sibneft in Moscow from 1998 through 2001. Mr. Tenenbaum is currently managing director of Millhouse Capital UK Ltd and a member of the Board of Chelsea FC Plc. He joined the Highland Gold board of directors in January 2008.

Senior Management

		Henry Horne CEO Henry Horne holds a degree in Financial Accounting and Business Economics from the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) and has more than 25 years experience in the mining industry. This experience has been gained around the world and includes postings at mines in Namibia, South Africa, Ghana, Bulgaria, Chile and Russia. The majority of Henry Horne’s career has then been spent in the Gold Fields Group where he worked at the Leeudoorn and Deelkraal deep level gold mines in South Africa as Financial Manager. His most recent position has been as Deputy General Director and Chief Finance Officer for Omolon Gold Mining Company, Kinross Gold’s Kubaka operation in the Magadan Region of North East Russia. He has been with the Company since October 2005.

		Sergey Lysakov Managing Director, Mnogovershinnoye (MNV) Sergey Lysakov graduated from the Technical Institute of Irkutsk as a surveyor. Prior to joining ZAO Mnogovershinnoye in 1998 he worked for a number of Russian mining companies. Until March 2006 when he was appointed Managing Director of the Mnogovershinnoye operation Sergei Lysakov was Chief Surveyor of the mine.

		Sergey Yakimov Managing Director,Novoshirokinsky Rudnik (Novo) Sergey Yakimov graduated from the Chita Polytechnical Institute. After graduation in 1983 he has worked for a number of mining companies. Since 1995 he has been the managing director of Novo.

		Alexander Kiselev Managing Director, Mayskoye Alexander Kiselev graduated from the Moscow Mining & Exploration Institute. Since 1970 he has been invloved in various mine research projects. From 1992 to 2003 he held the position of the director of Chukotka local board of natural resources and ecology. Joined to Highland Gold as a Managing Director of Mayskoye in 2004.

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