Ron Johnston Position: Director Ronald Johnston, Director, has over 25 years in the investment industry. He was Vice President and Registered Representative of C.M. Oliver & Company Limited from 1994 to 1999 (and its successor Canaccord Capital Corporation) and held the same positions with Leede Financial Markets Inc. from 1999 to 2002 (formerly Rogers & Partners Securities Inc.). He was a director of CanBaikal Resources Inc. from 2001 to 2002 and was Vice-President, Corporate Development, of Rally Energy Corp., a junior oil and gas company in Calgary, from 2002 to 2004 where he identified and negotiated both domestic and international business opportunities. Since 2004 Mr. Johnston has been a director and Chief Executive Officer of Expander Energy Inc., a Calgary private alternative energy company. Mr. Johnston has sat on the board of directors of several public companies. Mr. Johnston received his Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) degree from the University of Manitoba in 1975.