Dr. Klaus Zeitler, Chairman of Board, Director
Dr. Zeitler received his professional education at Karlsruhe University from 1959 to 1966 and obtained a PHD in economic planning. Dr. Zeitler is a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Prospectors and Developers Association. Dr. Zeitler financed, built and managed base metal and gold mines throughout the world (Europe, Africa, North America, South America, and Pacific Region) with a total investment value of $4 billion. Dr. Zeitler was a managing director of Metallgeschaft AG, a German metals conglomerate and in 1986 founded and was a director and CEO of Metall Mining, later Inmet, a Toronto Stock Exchange listed company with assets of over $1 billion and base metal and gold mines in different parts of the world. After having been a director of Teck and Cominco for many years, Dr. Zeitler joined Teck in 1997 as Senior Vice President and had responsibilities for the exploration and development of mines in Peru, Mexico and the USA. Since his retirement from Teck Cominco in 2002, and in addition to being President and a director of Amerigo Resources Limited, Dr. Zeitler has been actively involved as a director in various junior base and precious metal companies.

Alex Black, Director, President & CEO
Alex Black lives in Lima, Peru and has 30 years experience in the mining industry. Mr. Black holds a BSc in Mining Engineering from the University of South Australia and is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Prior to moving to Peru in 2000, Mr. Black was the founder and Managing Director of international mining consulting services group Global Mining Services from 1994 to 2000. In 1996, Mr. Black also founded and was Chairman of OFEX listed AGR Limited with exploration projects in Ghana and Mongolia. In 2002, Mr. Black took control of Chariot Resources Limited as a listed TSXV shell and played a key role in the acquisition of the Marcona Copper Project and formation of the Korean joint venture with Chariot Resources. Upon his resignation as Chairman & Executive VP of Chariot Resources in 2006, Mr. Black returned to Peru and founded the Peruvian registered Rio Alto S.A.C. Mr. Black was the Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of Rio Alto prior to the acquisition of the company by Mexican Silver Mines (since renamed Rio Alto Mining Limited).

Anthony Hawkshaw, Director & CFO
Anthony Hawkshaw is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Management from the Ryerson University in Toronto. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Hawkshaw was the CFO of Grove Energy Limited, a London and Toronto listed oil and gas development company. In 2004, Mr. Hawkshaw was the CFO of Chariot Resources Limited for a period of 12 months. Prior to Chariot, Mr. Hawkshaw was CFO of Pan American Silver Corp. from 1995 to 2003. With more than 25 years experience in the mining industry in countries including Canada, the United States, Mexico, Russia and Peru, Mr. Hawkshaw has extensive experience in the marketing of metals in refined and concentrate form throughout the world and in metals trading. He has arranged numerous debt, equity and convertible debt financings with institutional investors, commercial banks and multilateral lending agencies. Mr. Hawkshaw was also a director of TSXV listed Statesman Resources.

Victor Gobitz Colchado, COO, General Manager Rio Alto SAC & Director
Mr. Gobitz is a Mining Engineer who received his professional education at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú from 1981 to 1986 and obtained a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Escuela de Administración de Negocios - ESAN in 1998. Mr. Gobitz sits on the Boards of Directors of two public mining companies listed on Bolsa de Valores de Lima, Volcan Compañía Minera and Castrovirreyna Compañía Minera. Mr.Gobitz has extensive experience in the start up and expansion of mining projects and currently is the CEO of Corporación Minera Castrovirreyna, Director of the Peruvian Mining Safety Institute - ISEM and Member of the Board of the Peruvian Corps of Engineers, Chapter of Mining Engineers - CIP.

Drago Kisic Wagner, Director
Drago Kisic Wagner holds a B.S. from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and a Masters degree (B-Phil) from Oxford University. As a founding partner and current Director of MACROCONSULT and MACROINVEST, Mr. Kisic advised the Government of Peru during the privatization of Centromin, Minero-Peru, Hierro-Peru and Peru's telephone and telecommunications companies CPT and ENTEL-Peru. Mr. Kisic is a member of the board of SIA (a cement company); Mapfre and Mapfre Peru Vida (insurance companies); Haug (a steel contractor); Corporación Rey and Teditex (textile related companies); and Banco Financiero (a commercial bank). Currently, he is President of the Peruvian Institute of Economics and Politics and  Bodega San Nicolás and is a  member and former President of the Peruvian Center for International Studies (CEPEI) and the Peruvian Institute of Business Management (IPAE).  Drago was advisor to the Executive Director of the World Bank, and was President of CONASEV (the Peruvian securities and companies' regulatory authority) and Vice-president of the Lima Stock Exchange (BVL). Mr. Kisic was the former head of the Economic Office and Manager of the Balance of Payments & External Sector Bureau of Peru's Central Reserve Bank and a former member of the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  He was also the Head of the Border Integration Team during the peace  negotiations between Peru and Ecuador, ten years ago.

Sidney Robinson, Director
Mr. Robinson is a retired Senior Partner of Torys LLP, Toronto and New York, who practised corporate/commercial law, with emphasis on financings, mergers and acquisitions and international projects.  He represented business clients based in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden and the United States.  In his practice, Sidney acted as strategic and legal advisor to senior management and Boards of Directors.  Mr. Robinson currently sits on the Boards of Directors of two public companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Amerigo Resources Inc. and Chartwell Seniors Housing Real Estate Investment Trust and one private company, Butterfield & Robinson Inc.  He has served on the Boards of Directors of a number of public and private Canadian and U.S. companies including the Boards of Directors of AGIP Canada Ltd., BMW Canada Inc., C.I. Fund Management Inc., Loring Ward International Inc., Inmet Mining Corporation, Purolator Courier Ltd. and Pelmorex Media Inc. (The Weather Network).

Ram Ramachandran, Director
Mr. Ramachandran has over 25 years of financial reporting experience in a multitude of capacities. During the past 10 years Ram has consulted extensively on financial reporting and regulatory matters for public companies, accounting and law firms. Mr. Ramachandran's contributions to the capital markets include authoring and launching the "Canadian Securities Reporter", a proprietary public company subscription service currently available through the CICA's Knotia website. Mr. Ramachandran has previously served as Associate Chief Accountant and Deputy Director, Corporate Finance at the Ontario Securities Commission and served as a senior member in the national office of an international accounting firm. Mr. Ramachandran was also a member of the OSC's Continuous Disclosure Advisory Committee (2004-2007) and has completed the IFRS Certification program offered by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. Mr. Ramachandran originally qualified as a Chartered Accountant in England & Wales and subsequently became a C.A. in Ontario in 1984. Mr. Ramachandran currently serves as a director of White Tiger Gold Ltd. (TSX) and Viper Gold Ltd. (TSXV) and as Chief Financial Officer of CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. (TSXV) and Purepoint Uranium Inc. (TSXV).

Dr. Roger Norwich, Director
Dr Roger Norwich a dual graduate of Manchester University worked as an oil exploration Geologist for Texaco after graduation and gained experience in the North Sea,the Gulf of Mexico and the Permian Basin. Having served as Chairman of a London AIM listed oil and gas exploration company he was a founding Director of TSX-V listed Mexican Silver Mines and subsequent to the take over and merger with Rio Alto Mining has remained on the Board as an Independent Director. Dr Norwich is non-Executive Chairman of Grupo Minero Panuco based in Mexico with extensive Copper, Gold and Molybdenum production assets. In June 2011 Roger Norwich joined the Board of Directors of Inkron Limited, a private company based in Hong Kong which is involved in  nanometal production for the electronics industry especially nanocopper and nanosilver.