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Yukon, Canada

Mexico

Marc G. Blythe, P.Eng. - President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Blythe has a Master of Business Administration from La Trobe University in Melbourne and a Bachelor of Mining Engineering degree from the Western Australian School of Mines.

Mr. Blythe is currently and has been since September 2006, Vice President, Mining of Almaden Minerals Ltd. He was Corporate Senior Mining Engineer for Placer Dome Inc. based in Vancouver from 2004 until 2006, where he completed internal and external mine evaluation, including advising on potential acquisitions and mining technology implementation. Mr. Blythe joined Tarsis in his current role in July 2007.

Whilst working for Auriongold (which was acquired by Placer Dome), Mr. Blythe led the successful completion of a Bankable Feasibility Study on the Raleigh Mine, Kalgoorlie, Australia, which is now in production and owned by Barrick Gold. Mr. Blythe developed a novel mining method which was successfully adopted and the mine has exceeded production forecasts estimated in the Feasibility Study. The mine produces in excess of 100,000 ounces of gold annually.

Prior to this, Mr. Blythe completed the internal Feasibility Study for the Bullant Mine, Kalgoorlie, Australia. Previous studies had indicated that the mine was sub-economic. The mine which was initially scheduled to last just 18 months, has been in continuous production since 2002 and now has a projected mine life of approximately two years. The mine is owned by Barrick Gold and produces approximately 50,000 ounces of gold annually.

Mr. Blythe holds a Western Australian First Class Mine Manager's Certificate of Competency and has managed mines for both Placer Dome and WMC Resources (formerly Western Mining Corporation).

Mr. Blythe is a third generation prospector.

Mark T. Brown - Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Brown received a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of British Columbia in 1990 and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia. He is currently President of Pacific Opportunity Capital Ltd., a private company which provides financial solutions, equity and management services to small and medium size entrepreneurial enterprises. Prior to joining Pacific Opportunity Capital Ltd., Mr. Brown was the controller of three companies, including Eldorado Gold Corporation, Miramar Mining Corporation, and Northern Orion Exploration Ltd. Eldorado Gold Corporation is currently listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the American Stock and Options Exchange and Miramar Mining Corporation is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Between 1990 and 1994, Mr. Brown worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Adrian Fleming, B.Sc. - Director
Mr. Fleming was most recently the President and a Director of Underworld Resources Inc. which made a significant gold discovery on the White Gold Property in the Yukon Territory, Canada.
Underworld was the subject of a take-over offer from Kinross Gold Corporation which has recently been completed.

Mr. Fleming is an Australian geologist with 30 years diversified experience in the mining industry, including exploration, project development and operations. Mr. Fleming has held a number of senior positions, including Exploration Manager for Placer Dome in Sydney, President of Giant Yellowknife Mines in Toronto, and Vice President of Exploration for Golden Star in Denver. His successes include involvement with teams that discovered, advanced and developed gold mines, including Porgera in Papua New Guinea, Big Bell in Australia, and Gross Rosebel in Suriname. In 1999, Mr. Fleming conducted the due diligence on the Hope Bay Gold project in northern Canada for Hope Bay Gold Corp., and following its acquisition from BHP directed a $30 million exploration program for the 50/50 Joint Venture with Miramar Mining Corporation that led to new discoveries at Naartok and Suluk. Mr. Fleming also serves as an officer and director of other TSX Venture Exchange listed issuers.

Gerald G. Carlson, P.Eng. - Director
Mr. Carlson has been involved in mineral exploration and exploration company management for over 35 years with most of his exploration experience in the Canadian cordillera (BC and Yukon) plus Alaska, Mexico and Latin America. Prior to forming Copper Ridge in 1999, he was President and CEO of La Teko Resources Ltd., a position he held until the acquisition of La Teko by Kinross. Prior to that, he was President of ConSil Corp. (June 1995 to November 1996) and Vice-President, Exploration, for Dentonia Resources Ltd. (February 1994 to May 1995) and was the Canadian Exploration Manager for Anaconda from 1978 to 1984.

Mr. Carlson also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Almaden Minerals Ltd., Blue Sky Uranium Inc., BonTerra Resources Inc., Golden Aria Corp. and Panthera Exploration Inc. Mr. Carlson is the President of the Society of Economic Geologists Canada Foundation, a past President of AME BC (formerly the British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines) and in 2003 was awarded the CIM's J.C. Sproule Award in recognition of his contributions to mineral exploration in Canada's north.

Mr. Carlson acquired his B.A.Sc. from University of Toronto in Geological Engineering and completed graduate studies in Economic Geology including a M.Sc. from Michigan Technological University and Ph.D. from Dartmouth College.

Craig Lindsay, CFA - Director
Mr. Lindsay has in excess of 20 years experience in corporate finance, investment banking and business development in both North America and Asia. He is currently the President of Otis Gold Corp. and Managing Director of Arbutus Grove Capital Corp., a private company offering corporate finance and merchant banking services. Mr. Lindsay was a Founder and President of Magnum Uranium Corp. until its merger with Energy Fuels Inc.(TSX: EFR in June 2009). As well, Mr. Lindsay was a Vice President in the Corporate Finance and Investment Banking Group at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Lindsay was Founder of Malaspina Capital Ltd., a junior capital pool company, and was responsible for indentifying its merger with Miranda Mining Corp (a Mexican-based gold producer that was subsequently acquired by Wheaton River Minerals).

Mr. Lindsay has a Bachelor of Commerce from UBC (1989), a Masters of Business Administration from Dalhousie University (1993) and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He is the President of the Hong Kong Canada Business Association — Vancouver Section and the immediate past Chairman of the Family Services of Greater Vancouver.

J. Duane Poliquin, P.Eng. - Consultant and Advisor

Duane Poliquin graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a degree in Geological Engineering in 1962, became a registered professional engineer in 1966, and ever since has been continuously active in mining exploration around the world. Duane started out with a large Canadian mining company and was soon involved in a major copper-zinc discovery. This was followed by work with several of the worlds largest base metal and gold companies in some of the most important mining areas of the world.

Other successful ventures were then discovery of an extension to the Nevada Sheelite Mine - which was placed into production that continued until a sharp drop in tungsten prices in the mid 1980's - and the identification, assembly, and intial development of the Apex germanium-gallium mine - a specialty metals deposit in Utah that contained over one million tons of mineralized material with a gross value of over $1,000 per ton. The property was vended to Musto Exploration Ltd., who placed the property into production in the late 1980's.

Duane also indentified the La Trinidad gold deposit in Sinaloa state, Mexico, a high grade heap leachable gold deposit vended by Almaden Minerals Ltd. to Eldorado Gold Coporation, who placed it into production. Duane founded Almaden Resources Corporation in 1981 and has been actively working on gold and copper projects in Mexico and a diamond project in the NorthWest Territories.

Mr. Poliquin is currently the Chairman and a director of Almaden Minerals Ltd.

Richard A. Graham, P.Geol. - Consultant and Advisor
Mr. Graham is a Professional Geologist, registered with the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta and has approximately 16 years of geological experience. Mr. Graham has worked in Canada for Cameco Corporation, Echo Bay Mines Incorporated, Placer Dome Incorporated, and overseas with the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Chase Resources Ltd. and Billiton Plc. He was a geological researcher and reporter for Hollinger Inc. (the Northern Miner) from September 1999 to January 2004. Since February 2004, Mr. Graham has been and is currently Manager, Corporate Development for QMC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quest. He is currently a director and officer of various other public companies. Mr. Graham was the founding President and CEO of Tarsis.

Marke Wong, Director of Environment and Community Affairs
Marke Wong has 20 years of experience in the mining environment sector in Canada, and around the world including Europe, the Middle East and Asia.  He has served as environmental manager for several award winning and internationally recognized projects;  Marke has served in senior management or consulting positions with Almaden Minerals, Archipelago Resources PLC, Centerra Gold, Homestake Canada, Kinross Gold Corporation, Golder Associates and Knight Piésold Ltd.  Marke was a key member of the team that developed the 2007 international best practice guidelines for Environment, Health and Safety for the mining and energy sectors for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and World Bank.

Marke has a B.Sc. biology from the University of Victoria (Victoria, BC).  He currently serves as a sessional instructor with the Hanoi University of Mining and Geology (Vietnam); and the NWCC School of Exploration and Mining (Smithers, B.C.). He is a member of numerous industry organizations and serves on several committees and organizations including the First Nations Committee of the Association for Mineral Exploration of BC (AMEBC), and the Mining for Miracles Children’s Hospital Foundation.