Directors

Our Directors have had much experience in the exploration and mining business, and this provides a valuable resource to the company. Our experience includes many countries, different commodities and perhaps most importantly experience with major mining companies. This enables us to identify exploration opportunities that stand a "Real" chance of making a mine - a rewarding experience not only for the shareholder, but for us as well!

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Board of Directors

A Brief Outline of the Board of Directors:

	John Gardiner is a geologist with over thirty years of experience in the mining industry, working as both an exploration geologist and mining geologist. He has worked for a variety of major companies including Noranda Mines Ltd., Placer Dome Inc., Echo Bay Mines Ltd. and Cameco Corporation. Since 1997, Mr. Gardiner has been the President of John J. Gardiner & Associates LLC, a Denver-based company that specializes in mineral exploration consulting and business development. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto in 1980, and a Master of Science degree from Acadia University in 1986. Mr. Gardiner is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta, the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, and the Wyoming Association of Professional Geologists. He has been the President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Company since its incorporation.
	George R. Kent has been continuously employed in mining and mineral exploration for over fifty years and has had extensive experience in Canada and abroad in all phases of the industry. Noranda employed him for two years, Dresser Industries for two years, and Conwest Exploration for five years, Watts Griffis and McOuat Limited for eight years, the United Nations for five years and several other companies for shorter periods. In 1984 he was appointed an adjunct full professor of geology and mineral exploration teaching fourth year Geo-Engineering students as well as Geology and Social Impact to all and sundry students in the Arts and Science faculties of the University of Toronto. He was the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of two junior public mining companies that successfully produced oil and gas in Texas and Oklahoma, and gold in Ontario. In addition to holding a Bachelor of Education degree with Professional Teaching Licenses in Ontario and in Nova Scotia, Mr. Kent also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in geology and a Master of Science degree in geology, is a Professional Engineer in Ontario, and is a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and of the Prospectors and Developers Association. He has been a Director of the Company since its incorporation, its Chief Financial Officer since November 2002, and its Vice-President, Corporate Development since December 2002.
	James M. Helgeson is a geologist with over twenty years of experience in the mining industry. He has experience both as an exploration and a mine geologist, and has worked on a variety of deposit types in Nevada, Alaska, Argentina and Finland. He has been employed by a variety of major mining companies including Kennecott, Independence Mining Company (now Anglogold), Echo Bay Alaska, and Placer Dome U.S. Since 1999, Mr. Helgeson has been involved in the identification and acquisition of properties characterized by high-grade precious metal-rich mineralized systems. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska in 1988, and a Master of Science degree from Oregon State University in 1993. Mr. Helgeson is a member of the Geologic Society of Nevada, and the Society of Economic Geologists. He has been a Director of the Company since November 2002, and its Vice-President, Exploration since December 2002.
	Glenn R. Yeadon is a barrister and solicitor practicing primarily in the field of securities law. He was a partner with Tupper Jonsson & Yeadon, either in his personal capacity or through a personal law corporation controlled by him, from 1983 to August 31, 1999. He has been associated in the practice of law with Tupper Jonsson & Yeadon (through a personal law corporation controlled by him) since September 1, 1999. He obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia in 1975, and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of British Columbia in 1976. He has been the Secretary and a Director of the Company since its incorporation.
	Richard D. McCloskey Mr. McCloskey is a Mining Engineer with a Masters in Business Administration, and a third generation mining executive from a family involved in the mining industry continuously from 1906. In the 1970’s Mr. McCloskey was directly involved in negotiations with the Canadian Government to implement the Canadian Gold Maple Leaf Coin program. Over the last 30 years he has been a director and/or officer of numerous TSX and TSX Venture Exchange listed companies involved at a senior level in the financing, exploration and development of mining properties in North and South America, Europe and Africa. Most notably, he served as a Director and member of the Independent Committee of Sutton Resources Ltd., purchased by Barrick Gold Company in 1999 (Cdn$525 million) and Canico Resource Corp. recently purchased by Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Cdn$940 million). Mr. McCloskey was President and Director of the predecessor public company that became Baffinland and served on the board of the private Baffinland for over two decades, representing the second largest shareholder of the private company, McChip Resources Inc. As President and the largest shareholder of McChip and through his other indirect and direct Baffinland holdings, Mr. McCloskey was the second largest shareholder of Baffinland. He was appointed Chairman of the Board of Baffinland at the Annual and General Meeting of the Company on June 16, 2005. In addition to being a director of Taranis, Mr. McCloskey is a director of Baffinland, McChip Resources Inc., and Matachewan Consolidated Mines, Limited.
	Gary R. McDonald has been a chartered accountant since 1976. From 1970 to 1983, he was employed by Coopers & Lybrand, Chartered Accountants, specializing in resource and mining audits and consulting work through exploration, development and commercial production stages for various clients. From 1983 to 1987, he was the Chief Financial Officer for Blackdome Mining Corporation, and its Corporate Secretary from 1985 to 1987. Since 1987, he has been the Office Administrator for Tupper Jonsson & Yeadon, Barristers & Solicitors, of Vancouver, B.C. He has been a Director of the Company since December 2002.

Gold

Gold is found in ores made up of rock with very small or microscopic particles of gold. This gold ore is often found together with quartz or sulfide minerals such as Fool's Gold, which is a pyrite. Gold's atomic number of 79 makes it one of the higher atomic number elements which occur naturally. Like all elements with atomic numbers larger than iron, gold is thought to have been formed from a supernova nucleosynthesis process.

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Silver

Silver has been used for thousands of years for ornaments and utensils, for trade, and as the basis for many monetary systems. Its value as a precious metal was long considered second only to gold. The word "silver" appears in Anglo-Saxon in various spellings such as seolfor and siolfor. During World War II, the short supply of copper led to the substitution of silver in many industrial applications.

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Copper

Copper has been in use at least 10,000 years, but more than 95% of all copper ever mined and smelted has been extracted since 1900. As with many natural resources, the total amount of copper on Earth is vast (around 1014 tons just in the top kilometer of Earth's crust, or about 5 million years worth at the current rate of extraction). However, only a tiny fraction of these reserves is economically viable, given present-day prices and technologies

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Cobalt

Cobalt occurs in copper and nickel minerals and in combination with sulfur and arsenic in the sulfidic cobaltite (CoAsS), safflorite (CoAs2) and skutterudite (CoAs3) minerals. The mineral cattierite is similar to pyrite and occurs together with vaesite in the copper deposits of the Katanga Province. Cobalt is not found as a native metal but is mainly obtained as a by-product of nickel and copper mining activities.

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Lead

Roman lead pipes often bore the insignia of Roman emperors. Lead plumbing in the Latin West may have been continued beyond the age of Theoderic the Great into the medieval period. Many Roman "pigs" (ingots) of lead figure in Derbyshire lead mining history and in the history of the industry in other English centers. The Romans also used lead in molten form to secure iron pins that held together large limestone blocks in buildings.

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Zinc

Various isolated examples of the use of impure zinc in ancient times have been discovered. A possibly prehistoric statuette containing 87.5% zinc was found in a Dacian archaeological site in Transylvania (modern Romania). Ornaments made of alloys that contain 80–90% zinc with lead, iron, antimony, and other metals making up the remainder, have been found that are 2500 years old.

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