Dr. Deng is a geologist with more than 23 years of professional experience in the areas of exploration, deposit modeling and mine planning, estimation of mineral resources and ore reserves, geostatistics, cash-flow analysis, project evaluation/valuation, and feasibility studies in North, Central and South America, Asia, Australia, Europe and Africa. He has conducted over 100 resource/reserve studies for Behre Dolbear and has recently managed several technical reviews for IPO on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Dr. Deng is a Certified Professional Geologist of the American Institute of Professional Geologists and meets all the requirements for "Competent Person" as defined in the 2004 Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves ("the JORC Code") and the requirements for "Qualified Person" as defined in Canadian National Instrument 43-101. Dr. Deng is fluent in both English and Chinese.
