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Daniel E. Wolfus
Position: Chairman, CEO and Director

Daniel Wolfus has over 28 years of investment banking experience, firstly with E.F. Hutton & Co., where Mr. Wolfus rose to become partner and Senior Vice President in charge of the West Coast Corporate Finance Department, followed by his tenure as Chairman, CEO and chief organizer of Hancock Savings Bank in Los Angeles. During his term with Hancock Savings, the bank grew to five branches and $225 million in assets before it was sold in 1997. Mr. Wolfus is currently a director of MD Cowan and Co., a manufacturer of oil drilling equipment, and of Platoro West Holdings Inc., a mineral exploration company traded on the Canadian Trading & Quotation System. Mr. Wolfus also serves in various charitable and non-profit organizations in the United States.

 
Alan Branham
Position: President, COO and Director

Mr. Branham earned a Masters of Science Degree in Economic Geology from Washington State University, a Bachelor Degree from Stanford University, California, and has participated in successful exploration projects in the Southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America. Mr. Branham has conducted extensive exploration in the Great Basin area of Nevada for the past eight years, resulting in several significant mineral discoveries. In addition, he was involved with the discovery of several world-class gold deposits on Nevada's well known Carlin Trend while working as a senior geologist with Newmont Mining Corp.

 
Doris Meyer
Position: Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary

Mrs. Meyer is a Canadian Certified General Accountant and Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Midway Gold Corporation. Mrs. Meyer gained her experience in the mining industry in part by performing the role of Vice President, Finance of Queenstake from 1985 to 2003 and Corporate Secretary until 2004. While at Queenstake, she was a part of or led negotiations of joint venture and acquisition agreements, and equity and debt financings. She was a key member of the team that negotiated the acquisition of the Jerritt Canyon mine in Nevada. Mrs. Meyer acts as Chief Financial Officer and/or Corporate Secretary of several publicly traded mining companies and her company, Golden Oak Corporate Services Ltd., provides those clients with administrative, accounting and compliance services.

 
Don Harris
Position: Vice President of Advanced Projects

Mr. Harris earned a Master's of Science Degree from Northern Arizona University in 1991 and a Bachelors of Science Degree from the University of Wyoming in 1987. Mr. Harris joined Midway in March 2007 from Newmont Mining Corporation. In November 2007 Mr. Harris was appointed Vice President of Advanced Projects. Mr. Harris is in charge of day to day operations of Midway's major projects. His main focus is the expansion of resources at the Spring Valley and Pan projects and overseeing development of an underground decline and bulk sample at the Midway project. Mr. Harris oversees technical personnel, permitting, and implementation of strategy to achieve project goals. Mr. Harris's expertise over the past 17 years was overseeing similar exploration and resource development along the Carlin Trend; at the Gold Quarry, Genesis, Carlin Mines, Emigrant and North Lantern projects. Mr. Harris was also the Chief Geologist of the Mesquite Mine in Southern California while working for Newmont.

 
Bill Neal
Position: Vice President of Exploration

Mr. Neal earned a Master's of Science Degree from Washington State University and a Bachelor of Science degree from Colorado State University. In November 2007, Mr. Neal was appointed Vice President of Exploration. Mr. Neal is charged with developing the discovery process on Midway's Nevada exploration projects. His focus is targeting drill holes, planning exploration expansion work, and identifying new opportunities through discovery and acquisition. Mr. Neal, a geologist for over 30 years, served as a senior geologist for Battle Mountain Gold in the Northwestern United States and Vice President of Exploration for Hanover Gold. Mr. Neal was instrumental in four of Midway's discoveries at the Spring Valley project, Nevada.

 
R.J. Smith
Position: Corporate Development

Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Bryan College, where he earned an Honors Diploma and graduated summa cum laude with minors in History and Political Science/Governmental Studies. Mr. Smith joined Midway in July 2007. He is responsible for Midway's business development activities, land acquisition efforts, and investor relations.

 

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