Mr. GAO Mingqing is our chairman, chief executive officer and an executive Director. He has been the general manager of Yifeng Wanguo since November 2003. Mr. Gao was appointed as our executive Director on 13 May 2011. Mr. Gao has approximately 11 years of experience in the mining industry. He is primarily responsible for our business strategies planning, management and supervision of overall operations including production, business development and financing and investment activities of our Group. Prior to joining our Group, Mr. Gao has been the general manager of Quanzhou Wanguo from November 1996 to December 2011 and has been a director of Quanzhou Wanguo since November 1996. Further, Mr. Gao was the majority shareholder, the sole director and the manager of Jianyang Wanguo, a mining company based in Jianyang, Fujian Province in the PRC since its establishment in October 2000. Mr. Gao was responsible for the overall management and supervision of the operations of Jianyang Wanguo, including its mining activities at the Jianyang Mine from October 2000 to July 2006. In addition, Mr. Gao has been the managing director of Jianyang Jinshan, another mining company based in Jianyang, Fujian Province in the PRC, since its establishment in 2003, responsible for the overall management and supervision of operations of Jianyang Jinshan, including its mining activities at the Jinshan Mine from May 2006 to January 2007. In January 2012, Mr. Gao received a second class China Nonferrous Metals Industry Science and Technology Award from the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association and the Nonferrous Metals Society of China in respect of the Integrated Technology for Complicated Hard-to-mine Heavy Water Deposits Safety Mining of the Xinzhuang Mine. Mr. Gao was recognized by the People’s Government of Yichun Municipalas an Excellent Entrepreneur in 2007 and an Outstanding Individual in New Business Establishment in 2007, 2008 and 2010.

Mr. Wang, an executive director, has been acting as the deputy general manager of Wanguo Australia since September 2017 and a director and deputy general manager of Gold Ridge Mining Limited since August 2020. He is primarily responsible for the development and recommissioning of the project concerning the Group’s gold ridge mine located in the Solomon Islands.

Ms. Wang, an executive director, has been acting as the chief financial officer of Wanguo Australia since June 2018 and a director of Gold Ridge Mining Limited since August 2020. She is primarily responsible for finance and business development of the Gold Ridge Project.

Mr. LIU Zhichun, an executive Director, has been the deputy general manager of Yifeng Wanguo since he joined our Group in January 2008. Mr. Liu was appointed as an executive Director on 12 June 2012. He is primarily responsible for the marketing and sale of our products. Mr. Liu has approximately 13 years of experience in general marketing and sales of mining products. Prior to joining us in 2008, Mr. Liu worked in Hunan Province Chejiang Copper Mine from 1991 to 1997 where he last served as the deputy manager of the business department. From September 2004 to December 2007, he worked for Quanzhou Wanguo where he last served as deputy general manager.

Mr. Wong is our Independent non-executive director. He has over 22 years of experience in financial services and capital markets. Mr. Wong worked in Dao Heng Bank (currently known as DBS Bank) from August 1994 to September 2002 where he last served as manager in enterprise banking. He joined Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited as a credit manager in September 2002. Mr. Wong was promoted to the director of the Credit and Risk Management Department in Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited in August 2009. He was promoted to the position of executive director of the Equity Financing Department of Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited and held the position until his retirement in August 2017. Guotai Junan Securities (Hong Kong) Limited is a subsidiary of Guotai Junan International Holdings Limited, the shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 1788).

Mr. Wong graduated in November 1994 from Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Degree in Textile and Clothing Marketing. Mr. Wong obtained a Diploma in Advanced Securities Markets Analysis held by The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and The Chinese University of Hong Kong in May 1999. Mr. Wong obtained a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance and a Master’s degree in Professional Accounting, both from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in November 2003 and December 2007 respectively. Mr. Wong also obtained an Executive Master of Business Administration in November 2011 from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Mr. Tsang is our Independent non-executive director. He has held the financial management position of Full Wah International Group, who is responsible for operations in Hong Kong and Oceania since 2015. Prior to that, he held a number of financial management role in companies listed on the Stock Exchange, including Prosper One International Holdings Company Limited (Stock Code: 1470) and South China Holdings Company Limited (Stock Code: 413). He was with Ernst & Young from December 2000 to May 2012, where he last held the position of senior manager. Mr. Tsang graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a bachelor degree of social science and a master degree of philosophy in May 1995 and December 1998 respectively. He is a member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Mr. WEN Baolin has been appointed as our technical adviser of Yifeng Wanguo on a part-time basis since December 2007. Mr. Wen was appointed as our non-executive Director on 12 June 2012. He is primarily responsible for advising on the geological exploration and mine design. Mr. Wen has approximately 29 years of experience in the mining industry, especially in the area of exploration and design of mines. Prior to joining our Group, Mr. Wen worked for Hunan Shuikoushan Non-Ferrous Metal Group Limited, previously known as Hunan Shuikou Mining Bureau, from 1982 to 2005 where he last served as the senior exploration engineer and Quanzhou Wanguo from July 2005 to December 2007 as deputy general manager. He was recognised as a senior engineer in non-ferrous mine exploration by Human Resources Office of Hunan Province in 1993.

Mr. Wang Xin (王昕), aged 49, is currently the chairman of Foshan Nanhai Antaike Trading Company Ltd (佛山市南海安泰科經貿有限公司), primarily involved in trading of non-ferrous metals. Since 1992, he has worked as a professor-level senior engineer in the China Nonferrous Metals Techno-Economic Research Institute (有色金屬技術經濟研究院), primarily involved in industry research, and serving as an assistant to the dean and vice president. Mr. Wang is also an independent director of Fujian Minfa Aluminum Co., Ltd (福建省閩發鋁業股份有限公司), a company listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange with stock code: 002578. Mr. Wang was the vice president of Indium and Bismuth Branch of China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association between November 2012 and November 2015. He also served as a director of the Second Session of the Aluminum Branch of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association from November 2012 to November 2015.

Mr. Wang graduated from the Central South University of Technology (中南工業大學) in July 1992 with a bachelor degree of engineering, in mining engineering.