QUALIFIED PERSONS

Richard T. Walker, M.Sc. (Geology), P. Geo.

Mr. Walker is recognized as a Qualified Person (QP) under the guidelines of National Instrument 43-101.

Jennifer Thomson, M.S. in Geological Sciences, Ph. D. (Geology), P. Geo.

The technical information in this website about the Clayton Silver Property was summarized from the National Instrument 43-101 technical report, which was authored by Dr. Jennifer A. Thomson. Dr. Thomson is a "qualified person" and "independent" of the Company as those terms are defined in NI 43-101. The author and her firm do not own any securities of the Company. 

Dr. Thomson achieved a Ph.D. in Geology (1992) from the University of Massachusetts, an M.S. in Geological Sciences (1985) from the University of Maine at Orono, and a B.S. in Earth Sciences (1982) from the University of New Hampshire. She is a Registered Member in good standing of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Inc. (SME) and she has been a Registered Professional Geologist in the State of Washington since 2001. Dr. Thomson is also a member of the Mineralogical Society of America and the Geological Society of America and is currently serving as an Editor of the American Mineralogist (2008 – present).