Board

Arthur H. Ditto

Arthur Ditto has over 40 years’ experience in the mining industry and has held the position of President, CEO & Director of Katanga Mining Limited since November 2005. He was appointed Chairman in July 2007. Between 1993 and 2005, he served Kinross Gold Corporation in a variety of capacities, including President, Chief Operating Officer, Vice Chairman and Director.

Prior to that, Mr Ditto was President and CEO of Plexus Resources and held various senior management and engineering positions in large copper producing operations with Anaconda/Arco. Mr Ditto holds a BSc in mining engineering from Montana Tech, is a graduate of the University of Illinois Executive Development Programs and is a registered engineer in British Columbia.

Robert Wardell

Robert Wardell is Vice-President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer of Victory Nickel Inc. Prior to that he was an audit partner with Deloitte & Touche, LLP. He has over 37 years of public accounting experience including nine years with the accounting and auditing technical group of Deloitte & Touche and 11 years as an audit partner based in Toronto.

While at Deloitte & Touche, Mr Wardell provided auditing and financial advisory services to a wide variety of clients including a number of public companies in the resource sector. Mr Wardell has a BSc from the University of Toronto and also has the professional designation of a chartered accountant.

Richard Dye

Richard Dye has 27 years of operating and management experience in surface and underground mine operations around the world. Prior to Katanga Mining Limited, he spent over nine years with Kinross Gold Corporation in the capacity of General Manager at two of its operations and Vice President of Technical Services, where he was involved in projects in Russia, North and South America and Africa.

Prior to this, Mr Dye was General Manager at two mines operated by Nevada Goldfields and spent 10 years with Atlas Minerals. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Utah and a Masters of Business degree from Westminster College.