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| | | Michael Beley Position: Chairman & Director

Mr. Beley has been a director of Hawthorne since June, 2006 and is a member of the Company's Audit Committee. He held the position of Chaiman and President of Adriana Resources Inc. from 2004 to November 2009 , a TSX-V listed mineral exploration and development company with a development-stage iron ore port facility in Brazil, advanced mineral projects in Quebec, Canada.
From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Beley was a director of Nevada Pacific Gold Ltd., formerly a TSX-V listed company which was acquired by U.S. GOLD in April 2007. Mr. Beley was the Vice President Corporate Development and director of Polaris Minerals Corp., a TSX listed company, from 2002 until 2003 and is currently a director of its subsidiary, Orca Sand and Gravel Ltd. which is focused on the development of two construction aggregate quarries on Vancouver Island, B.C. Since 1996, Mr. Beley has been a director of Energold Drilling Corp., a TSX-V listed contract diamond drilling company servicing the mining industry. From 1999 to 2003, he was a director of Cardero Resources Corp., a TSX company.
A co-founder of Eldorado Gold Corporation, Mr. Beley served as Vice President and director of this TSX listed company from 1992 to 1999, and from 1976 to 1992 was Vice President and director of Bema Gold Corporation, formerly a TSX listed company he also co-founded and which was acquired by Kinross Gold Corp. in 2007. Mr. Beley holds a B.Sc. from the University of British Columbia, is a fellow of the Geological Association of Canada and is past President of the British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines.
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