Management

Jennifer Boyle, B.A., LL.B
President and Chief Executive Officer

Ms. Boyle is a co-founder of Takara Resources Inc. She is a former securities lawyer from Calgary, Alberta, that joined Canadian Royalties Inc. in 1997 as a founding director, and held the position of director and chief executive officer of Canadian Royalties until 2006. Ms. Boyle also co-founded Golden Valley Mines Ltd. in 2002, a mineral exploration company based out of Val d’Or, QC, exploring in Quebec, Ontario, and Saskatchewan. Ms. Boyle resides in Toronto, Ontario and is the owner/manager of CapEx Group Inc., a private company that, from time to time, provides public company corporate consulting services to the mineral industry.

Pamela D. Strand, M.Sc, P.Geol.
Chair

In addition to being a founder of Takara Resources, Ms Strand is President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Shear Minerals Ltd. She has worked in the mining industry for over 20 years and is a Professional Geologist with APEGGA and NAPEGG. Ms Strand is also a Director of the NWT and Nunavut Chamber of Mine and past President of the Edmonton Geological Society and volunteers for the Student Outreach Program for APEGGA. Ms. Strand is also currently a Director on several private and public companies. Ms. Strand has a B.Sc. from the University of Toronto and a M.Sc. in Economic Geology from the University of Western Ontario.

Marjorie (Marni) A. Wieshofer, C.A., M.B.A.
Director

Ms. Wieshofer has over 20 years of experience with Canadian and American public companies. Currently Ms. Wieshofer is the Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Mergers & Acquisitions of Media Rights Capital, a leading independent film, television and digital studio with offices in Los Angeles and New York. Ms. Wieshofer is the former Executive Vice President, Corporate Development (2003 to 2007) and the former Chief Financial Officer (1999 to 2003) of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. Prior to that, Ms. Wieshofer held office as Vice-President, Finance of Alliance Atlantis Communications from 1995 to 1999. Ms. Wieshofer is a Canadian Chartered Accountant and holds a M.B.A. from the University of Toronto.

Carrie Howes, BA (Hons), FSA RR, ASI
Director

Ms. Howes is a former broker and currently provides Investor Relations services within Europe. She brings to the board her financial expertise and access to European investment community. Ms. Howes has developed extensive experience in small and micro-cap equity sales, and IPO's with a concentration on the North American markets and raising capital for small caps working as the UK Managing Director of Investor Relations for MCC Global. Ms. Howes is currently Investor Relations Director of Proactive Investors, a provider of websites and forums providing investors with small cap investment information, comment and analysis. Ms. Howes is FSA licensed in the UK and formerly worked with the Securities Institute as an SFA Exam Writer and Editor. She holds a B.A.(HON) from the University of Western Ontario.

Scott Jobin-Bevans, Ph.D, P.Geo
Vice President, Exploration

Since 2001, Dr. Jobin-Bevans has been Managing Director of Caracle Creek International Consulting Inc., a private company providing geological consulting for the mineral exploration industry. Dr. Jobin-Bevans is also Second Vice-President and Director of the PDAC and has over 19 years of experience in the minerals industry. Dr. Jobin-Bevans is a Director of Absolut Resource Corp. and former Vice-President, Exploration of Pacific North West Capital Corp. where he was instrumental in the development of the multi-million ounce River Valley precious metals deposit.

Shanda Theaker, B.A.
Consultant

Ms. Theaker is an independent mining consultant primarily focused on corporate finance, securities compliance and corporate secretarial matters. Ms Theaker previously held office as Corporate Secretary for Richview Resources Inc. Prior to Richview, Ms. Theaker worked as Manager, Investor Relations for North American Palladium Ltd., in corporate compliance for Simberi Mining Corporation and in the legal department of Canadian Royalties Inc. and Golden Valley Mines Ltd. Ms. Theaker holds a B.A. from the University of Ottawa.

Dr. Julie Brown, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Project Supervisor

Dr. Brown joined Takara Resources Inc. in May 2008 as Geological Project Supervisor and is responsible for directing all field operations and providing geological assessments for the company on an ongoing basis.  Julie comes to Takara from the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), Natural Resources Canada, where she was a Geological Researcher and Project Manager.  Dr. Brown has extensive field experience acquired in Ontario, Nunavut, Greenland, New Caledonia, Australia and Western China.  Julie obtained a PhD from the Australian National University; her other degrees (MSc Geology and BSc Geology-Biology Honours) are from the University of Ottawa.

Wesleigh Harkness, Hon. B.A
Chief Financial Officer

Ms. Harkness has spent the last year working as a corporate finance consultant for Takara Resources, specifically assisting with the reverse take-over.  She previously worked with Sprott Asset Management under the sales and marketing division.  She holds a Hon. B.A. from the Richard Ivey School of Business.