Mark E.F. Utting - VP Investor Relations

Mark Utting is a Chartered Financial Analyst with 20 years of investor relations and corporate communications experience, mainly in the mining and financial services industries. Prior positions in the mining sector include serving as Director, Investor Relations for Rio Algom Limited, a Toronto-based international copper producer, leading up to its acquisition by Billiton plc in 2000, and spending four years as Director, Communications and Investor Relations with Dynatec Corporation, a contract miner and emerging nickel producer in Richmond Hill, Ontario, which was acquired by Sherritt International Corporation in 2007. Most recently, Mr. Utting served as Director, Investor Relations with Extendicare REIT, a Markham, Ontario-based nursing home real estate investment trust.