Directors

C. Kent Jespersen of Calgary, Alberta
Mr. Jespersen has director experience on many boards of directors in the energy and technology sectors. He is currently Chairman of CCR Technologies Ltd. and serves on the boards of TransAlta Corporation, Axia NetMedia Corporation and Matrikon Inc. He is also past Chairman of North American Oil Sands Corporation, Geac Inc., C.D. Howe Institute and Institute of the Americas. He has been Chairman of the Board of the Company since December 2007.
Peter Bradshaw of Vancouver, British Columbia
Dr. Bradshaw has been Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of First Point Minerals Corp. since June 1996. Prior to starting First Point Minerals, Dr. Bradshaw was Vice President of Orvana Minerals from August 1986 to August 1995 and Exploration Manager for Australasia for Placer Dome from 1979 to 1986. He has been a Director of the Company since May 2006.
Richard Garnett of Toronto, Ontario
Dr. Garnett spent the years of 1962 to 1990 working worldwide with the Rio Tinto and, later, Anglo-American/De Beers group of companies, as both a mining engineer and a geologist. Since then he has run his own, Toronto based, mining consultancy company, Valrik Enterprises Inc., and has been chairman or director of several mining companies. He recently received the PDAC’s Thayer Lindsley award for the 1989 discovery of Donlin Creek and he played a leading role in the 1994 discovery of Voisey’s Bay. Dr. Garnett has been a director of the Company since February 2009.
James Gilbert of Vienna, Virginia
Mr. Gilbert is President and CEO of Minera S.A., a private mining and metals investment company, and has 20 years of experience in mining and metals finance and investment. Prior to joining Minera, Mr. Gilbert was the Chief Investment Officer of Gerald Metals Inc., the global commodities trading firm based in Stamford, Connecticut. Prior to joining Gerald Metals, he was a Director of the mining and metals investment banking group at Rothschild Inc., in Washington D.C. and a Director of Corporate Finance at Coopers & Lybrand in New York. Mr. Gilbert has been a director of the Company and a member of the Compensation and Nominating Committee since August 2009.
Roland Horst of Campbellville, Ontario
Mr. Horst has been Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company since March 2010.  Mr. Horst has 35 years of mining industry experience as a chief executive officer, investment banker, corporate banker and geologist, including 14 years as a CEO of both public and private companies involved in mining production, development and exploration in Canada, Brazil and Chile. 
Robert Logan of Arizona, USA
Mr. Logan runs a private investment company and sits on both public and private company boards. Previously, Mr. Logan spent 20 years in investment banking based in New York, Toronto and London. His banking experience focused on funding and risk managing significant growth initiatives for many natural resource companies and projects. Mr. Logan is a member of the National Assoc. of Corporate Directors and holds an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors. He has been a Director of the Company since December 2007.
Carlos Mirabal of Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Mr. Mirabal has been President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since March 2010 and a Director since October 2006.  Mr. Mirabal was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from October 2006 to February 2010.  Prior to joining Orvana, Mr. Mirabal was Vice President of Operations of Sinchi Wayra S.A. (formerly Compania Minera del Sur S.A. (“Comsur”)), a Bolivian mining company.
Robert Mitchell of Toronto, Ontario
Mr. Mitchell is a retired partner from Ernst & Young LLP, rejoined as a Director of the Company in April 2007 and is Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Mitchell was a Director of the Company from December 2003 to June 2006. He is also a director and member of the audit committee of another public company.
Jorge Szasz
Mr. Szasz is an independent consultant. Prior to this, Mr. Szasz was Vice President Finance, Administration and Commercialization of nchi Wayra S.A. (formerly Compania Minera del Sur S.A. (“Comsur”)), a Bolivian mining company. Mr. Szasz also worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers for ten years in Audit. He was a director and Chief Financial Officer of the Company from 2002 to 2005. Mr. Szasz rejoined as a director of the Company in February 2010.