mark smyth

In case this has been covered before my apologies but I thought it may be of interest to holders, especially the Angolan gold and copper
projects. And also the familiar names of other board members.

MARK SMYTH: other interests, relationships and affiliations.


NEWPORT GOLD PLC
Chairman - Ian Egan
CEO - Mark Smyth
Exploration Manager - David Furlong
Consulting Geologist - Michael Smith

Project - Exploring for gold at Chipindo, south of Huambo, Angola. Value US$57.5M.

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THOR MINING PLC
Chairman - John Barr
CEO - John Young
Director - Mark Smyth

Projects - in NT

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SIMBA MINES INC
Chairman - Ian Egan
President, Secretary and Treasurer - Mark Smyth
Technical Director - David Furlong

Project: Cachoeiras de Binga (CDB), a copper prospect located in Angola.

From their web site: Project copper value, approx. US$7.7billion.

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MAGYAR MINING PLC
Chairman - Mark Smyth

Magyar Mining Plc's objective is to build a mid sized gold-copper mining company based in Hungary.

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EUROPEAN OIL LIMITED
Director - Mark Smyth
Director - John Barr
Director - Andrew Bell

Mark Smyth, MA, aged 65, Non-executive Director
During his career Mark has held a number of directorships over a wide range of international mining and resource
companies. He began his career in the mining industry in 1969 with Selection Trust where he was part of the
project development team for the Mt Newman iron ore and Agnew nickel projects in Australia.

Since 1975 he has co-founded a number of companies involved in the exploitation and production of gold, oil and gas and diamonds
including: Arabex Petroleum N.L, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (“ASX�); Northern Petroleum Plc, a
company traded on AIM; and CityView Corporation a company listed on the ASX and NASD. He is currently
chairman of Magyar Mining Plc and of Simba Mines Inc. and is a non-executive chairman of European Oil
Limited. Mark has an MA from Pembroke College Oxford and qualified as a solicitor in 1966.