Mr. Hirsch has been a Director of our Company since September 7, 2000 and Chairman since October 20, 2003. He was also Chief Executive Officer from October 20, 2003 until February 15, 2006. Mr. Hirsch has over 30 years experience in the investment and corporate finance community. From January 2000 to October 2003, he was the President of Hirsch Enterprises, a private investment firm based in Laguna Beach, California. Until 1997, Mr. Hirsch was Senior Vice President – Investments with Lehman Brothers in New York where he was employed for 20 years, and previous to that was with Dean Witter for five years. He holds a bachelors degree in Economics from Michigan State University and pursued advanced studies in Finance at New York University.

Mr. Cook was appointed a Director of the Corporation on February 15, 2006. For several years Mr. Cook has been the President of Tormin Resources Limited, a private company providing consulting services to the mining industry. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining), C. Eng UK, and P. Eng Ontario, and brings to Nord more than 40 years of experience in the operations and management of mining companies. Mr. Cook’s positions included: Senior Mining and Managing Consultant, RTZ Consultants Ltd. (1974-78); Associate and Principal, Golder Associates, Ltd. (1978-83); Senior Project Manager, General Manager and Vice President Engineering, Lac Minerals Ltd., (1983-90); Vice President Operations, Goldcorp Inc. (1990-94); and Operations Director, Navan Resources Plc (1994-96). Currently, Mr. Cook serves as a director of Anaconda Mining Corp., GLR Resources Inc., Uranium City Resources Inc. and MBMI Resources Inc.

Mr. Seymour was appointed a director of the Corporation on October 15, 2003. He has over 30 years experience in sales, marketing and finance. Mr. Seymour has owned and been employed by Rockland Investments since 1986. He spent 15 years with Westinghouse Broadcasting where he was head of all television sales and marketing and a member of the board of the Broadcasting Division. Since 1980, he has specialized in leveraged buy-outs, turn-around situations and under-managed and under-capitalized ventures. Mr. Seymour holds an undergraduate degree from Rutgers University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia University.

Mr. Hamilton was appointed a director of the Corporation on February 15, 2006. He has over 30 years of experience in operations and finance in the power generation, automotive and aerospace industries. Mr. Hamilton has been retired since 1997. Prior to his retirement, he was Senior Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Barnes Group Inc. (1996-1997) and Vice President - Finance and Control of U.S. Power Generation Businesses for Asea Brown Boveri, Inc. (1993-1996). Prior to that, he held various executive and management positions at United Technologies Corporation and Ingersoll-Rand Company. Mr. Hamilton holds an undergraduate degree in Engineering Science from Dartmouth College and a Master of Business Administration degree in accounting from Columbia University.