PROFILE

Chief Operating Officer and Director for Goldrea, Mr. Paul Blair has a Bachelor of Science in Geological Engineering from Montana Tech as well as having completed study curriculum in Management and Accounting at the University of Utah.

Mr. Blair’s experience includes a detailed evaluation on an underground gold mine in Gansu Province, China. He has been involved in feasibility, permitting and design of a large open pit/heap leach in Inner Mongolia and managed the operation of an open pit mine and construction of a mill and camp in Qinghai.

Previous to his recent work in China, Mr. Blair worked in various management capacities in North, Central and South America. His work included preparation of scoping studies, supervision of bankability feasibility studies, management of detailed design and EPCM; management of start-up, turn-around, closure and expansion of major mining projects and management of producing operations.

Mr. Blair’s responsibilities include the management and transition of the operating Daye Gold Mine located near Rushan City, Shandong Province, China from Daye to Goldrea Management. Goldrea is awaiting regulatory approval to purchase the Daye 1750 TPD gold facility early in the second quarter of 2007.