I graduated from the Camborne School of Mines in England as an Honors Associate in 1964 and subsequently obtained a Master of Science degree in metallurgical engineering from the Colorado School of Mines in 1968. I have practiced my profession continuously since 1964.

I am a Registered Professional Engineer (#3198) in the state of Nevada, USA, a Chartered Engineer in the U.K., and a registered European Engineer in the EU. I am a member of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers and a member of The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining in the U.K.

I have worked as a metallurgical engineer for a total of 42 years since my graduation from university and have been involved in the evaluation and operation of mineral properties for gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, tin, aluminum, iron, potash, gypsum, limestone, barite, clay, sulfur, pyrite, oil shale, coal, and diamonds in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, Spain, Portugal, Britain, Bulgaria, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Japan, Tunisia, Ghana, Zambia, South Africa, Russia, Kyrghyzstan, Brazil, and Australia.

I have read the definition of “qualified person” set out in National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43- 101”) and certify that by reason of my education, affiliation with a professional association (as defined in NI 43-101) and past relevant work experience, I fulfill the requirements to be a “qualified person” for the purposes of NI 43-101.

I am responsible for the preparation of the ore processing and infrastructure paragraphs in Section 3.0, Executive Summary; Section 18, Mineral Processing and Metallurgical Testing; the paragraphs concerning ore processing in Section 21, Interpretation and Conclusions; Section 25.5, Metallurgy and Processing; Section 25.6, Infrastructure; and Section 25.9, Product Marketing.

As of the date of the certificate, to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, the technical report contains all scientific and technical information that is required to disclose to make the technical report not misleading.

I am independent of the Issuer in accordance with Section 1.4 of NI 43-101.

I have read NI 43-101 and Form 43-101F1, and the Technical Report has been prepared in compliance with that instrument and form.

I consent to the filing of the Technical Report with any securities regulatory authority, stock exchange or other regulatory authority and any publication by them, including electronic publication in the public company files on their websites accessible by the public, of the Technical Report.