Craig Gibson, PhD, CPG

Consulting Geologist

Dr. Craig Gibson, Ph.D., CPG, is the Company's external Qualified Person for the Pino de Plata project within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101"), under TSX guidelines.

Craig Gibson received his Ph.D. (1992), and M.S. (1987) in Economic Geology and Geochemistry from the Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno and B.S. (1984) in Earth Sciences from the University of Arizona. He has been active in the exploration industry in Mexico since 1993, and founded Prospeccion y Desarrollo Minero del Norte, S.A. de C.V. (ProDeMin) based in Chihuahua, Mexico, in 2009, a consulting firm providing a broad spectrum of exploration related services to the mining industry, including regional and local geology, drilling supervision, project management and oversight, as well as land and legal studies and Mexico accounting. Dr. Gibson is also a Director of Garibaldi Resources Corp and a Director and Chief Exploration Officer for Prismo Metals Inc., Vancouver based junior exploration companies, and a Qualified Person for work performed on properties in Mexico, and previously co-founded and was Vice President of Exploration for EXMIN Resources Inc., a public company on the Vancouver Stock Exchange and later acquired by Dia Bras Exploration (now Sierra Metals). Dr. Gibson has a proven track record in exploration of ore deposits in Mexico where he has been involved in several major mineral deposit discoveries, including most recently the Ana Paula Gold deposit in Guerrero State. He was also responsible for assembling extensive land packages in several important districts with excellent exploration potential, resulting in several Joint Venture agreements with major international mining companies as well as Canadian junior explorers, and was instrumental in the reactivation of the Moris mine in Chihuahua State with Hochschild Mining. Dr. Gibson is a Certified Professional Geologist of the American Institute of Professional Geologists and has also published technical articles on a variety of mineral deposits in several journals.