Ian C. Bliss – President, CEO 

Mr. Bliss has over 20 years experience in the mineral exploration industry having studied geology at the University of New Brunswick.
 
From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Bliss was an independent consulting geologist, responsible for exploration projects for NunaMinerals A/S, formerly Nunaoil A/S in Nuuk, Greenland and, in 2000, for Crew Development in Norway.
 
In Greenland, Mr Bliss worked in some of the most remote and rugged terrain using a model driven approach to efficiently explore large tracts of land despite short explorations seasons. He has used a similar approach to generate targets in Ontario, including the discovery of a layered intrusion on the Highbank Lake and Wabassi properties.
 
Mr. Bliss has served as President of Northern Shield since its inception in 1999.                      

Sam Legg - Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Legg holds a Bachelor of Science (Biochemistry) from the University of Toronto and is a Chartered Accountant (CA). His experience includes 12 years in Ottawa's high-tech industry, the majority in telecommunications and manufacturing. He served in progressively senior positions at Newbridge Networks of Kanata, Ontario from 1993 to 2000.
 
He has conducted business in Asia, Europe, South America, Canada and the USA. He has extensive experience in small and medium-sized start-up environments, having been Director of Finance or CFO of several companies.
 

Christine Vaillancourt - Chief Geologist

Ms. Vaillancourt holds a B.Sc. (Geological Engineering) and completed a M.Sc. (Earth Sciences) at Université du Québec at Chicoutimi under the supervision of Sarah-Jane Barnes, one of the world’s leading authorities on the Bushveld Complex and other layered intrusions.
 
Prior to joining Northern Shield, Ms. Vaillancourt worked for Caracle Creek International Consulting Inc. (CCIC), a professional geological consulting company that provides a wide range of geological services and includes a team of PGE specialists.
 
She also worked for the Ontario Geological Survey where she was involved in the bedrock mapping of Precambrian terrains, and the study and assessment of economic potential of mafic-ultramafic intrusions in Ontario. She was also involved in a number of Ni-Cu-(PGE) exploration projects with Inco Technical Services.
 

Chris de Saint-Rome - V.P., Corporate Development

Mr. de Saint-Rome has over 25 years of experience in the areas of financial services and early stage corporate management. He has worked with such international companies as Deloitte Touche, RBC Dominion and MacDougall, MacDougall, MacTier.
 
In the exploration arena, Mr de Saint-Rome was a director and corporate development advisor to Scandinavian Minerals, the former president and director of Bearclaw Capital, and has been part of the Northern Shield Team since 2002. He received his BA from McGill University.
 

Consultants

Mr. Jacques Babineau

Mr. Babineau has over 25 years experience in exploration and project generation for Esso Minerals and INCO. His knowledge of PGE and Ni-Cu-(PGE) environments applied to the definition of high potential targets is of great value to Northern Shield’s continuing acquisition of economically prospective grounds, specifically in Quebec.
 

Dr. Wolfgang Maier

Dr. Maier completed his Ph.D Thesis at Rhodes University in South Africa on the geochemical and petrological trends of the UG2-Merensky unit interval, western Bushveld Complex. He is one of the world’s preeminent geologists on nickel and PGE bearing systems and has written over 70 papers on the subject. He is highly regarded as a leading authority on the Bushveld Complex in South Africa.
 

Board of Directors

William Kiff - Director and Chairman of the Board

Mr. Kiff is the current President, CEO and Director of Win Energy Corporation, a private Calgary based Oil and Gas Exploration Company. Further to this, Mr. Kiff has several years of C-level experience in various oil and gas exploration and development companies. Bill has been a director with Northern Shield Resources since 2003 and Chairman since 2004.

Ian Bliss - Director

Mr. Bliss has over 20 years experience in the mineral exploration industry having studied geology at the University of New Brunswick. Pervious to becoming the President and CEO of Northern Shield Resources, Mr. Bliss was an independent consulting geologist, responsible for exploration projects for NunaMinerals A/S, formerly Nunaoil A/S in Nuuk, Greenland and, in 2000, for Crew Development in Norway. Mr. Bliss has served as President, CEO and Director of Northern Shield since its inception in 1999.  
 

Dr. Neil W. Bliss - Director

Dr. Bliss is a geologist with 50 years experience. He was Chief Geologist for 18 of his 25 years with Alcan International Ltd, from which he retired in 1997. Dr. Bliss continued as a consultant to both Alcan and Harvey Aluminium Co.  Whilst now semi-retired, Dr. Bliss has been an Associate member of Aluminpro, a consulting firm now owned by Global Alumina of New York. During this time he has worked inter alia on bauxite projects in Fiji, Brazil and Guinea. Dr. Bliss has been a Director with Northern Shield Resources since 1999.
 

Jeff Boyce - Director

Mr. Boyce is a senior oil and gas executive with over 27 years of domestic and international experience in building, financing and managing public oil and gas companies. Mr. Boyce is currently the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sure Energy Inc. and the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sound Energy Trust. Mr. Boyce is also currently a director of Stonefire Energy Corp., a public oil and gas company, and Galveston LNG Inc., a private liquified natural gas company. Mr. Boyce has been a Director with Northern Shield Resources since 2007.
 

John L. Pedersen - Director

Mr. Pedersen is currently a Director and Geological Consultant to Scandinavian Minerals Limited. Mr. Pedersen holds a M.Sc. (Economic Geology) and has 25 years experience in the mining and mineral exploration industry. Previously, Mr. Pedersen was the Chief Geologist with Nunaoil A/S and manager for mineral exploration in Greenland. More recently he has been an independent consulting geologist, providing consulting services through JLP Minerals and Mountain Resources Aps registered in Denmark. Mr. Pedersen has been a Director of Northern Shield since 1999.
 

Marcus Archer - Corporate Secretary

Mr. Archer is a Partner in the Calgary law firm of Macleod Dixon LLP and has been practicing securities and corporate law, with a focus on corporate financings and mergers and acquisitions since 2006. He is a director of a number of private companies and has been a Corporate Secretary with Northern Shield Resources since 2003.

Advisors

Peter Walker

Mr. Walker was the founder, President and CEO of Scandinavian Minerals Ltd.
 

Mackenzie I. Watson

Mackenzie I. Watson has over 45 years of exploration experience and has been involved in the discovery of numerous mineral deposits throughout Canada.
 

Ron Little

Ron Little is a Geologist and Professional Engineer and the founder of Orezone Resources.