Board of Directors

Jody Rizzoli - Chairman of the Board & Director

Initial Founder and Past President of Alberta Wind Energy Corporation. From 1990 until present Mr.Rizzoli has been employed at Alberta Newsprint Company. During the Government of Alberta’s Deregulation of the Alberta Power Pool, he was a leading member of a team that took part in the auction. For the past four years Mr.Rizzoli has focused his energy on land acquisitions and land owner relations. Mr Rizzoli was instrumental in acquiring seven land contracts in the Pincher Creek area. involved heavily with public relations. Also a director and major partner in two other private companies.

Russ Edwards - Director

Mr. Edwards is a Chartered Accountant (1980 Saskatchewan) whose business career focuses on providing investment capital to emerging companies in oil & gas production, oil & gas services, mining, biotech and real estate industries. Projects that have emerged, partially from these investments include:

Aaron Oil Corporation. 1987-1994. An oil & gas production company also involved in diamond exploration in the NWT and Saskatchewan.

Birch Mountain Resources Ltd. 1995-Present. The initial financier of this now TSE listed company (market cap. of $.5 billion) that owns widespread strategic land holdings in the oilsands area of northern Alberta. Birch is gearing up to provide aggregate and quicklime to oilsand operators and the community of Ft. McMurray.

BioMS Medical Corp. 2001-Present. A part of the investor group that has helped finance this U of Alberta research project to develop a Multiple Sclerosis drug which is showing excellent results in slowing down the progression of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. This drug is the only MS drug in the world in Phase III trials. BioMS is now a TSE listed company with a market cap of $200 million.

Canadian Royalties Inc. 1999-Present. A part of the financing of ongoing exploration activities of this TSE listed company ($100 million market cap) with extensive land holdings in the Raglan area of Northern Quebec, a prolific nickel/PGM production belt. The company is currently preparing a feasibility report to quantify the economics of its drill results.

Canitron Systems Inc. 2002-Present. The Edwards family is the controlling shareholder of an emerging private oil and gas services company with patented technology to melt metal downhole in an oil & gas well for certain applications where conventional cement technology is ineffective.

The Point on the Bow and The Beringer, two completed or nearly completed condo projects in Calgary.

Duncan McCowan - Director

A professional geologist, Mr. McCowan is currently President of McCowan Exploration Management Ltd., a management consulting firm specializing in oil & gas ventures. He is also Chairman and CEO of Winter Petroleum Ltd., a privately owned exploration company with approximately 2.5 MMcf/d gas production and 145 sections of undeveloped land in the Rainbow Alberta area.

He received his B Sc. (Specialization in Geology) from the University of Alberta in 1972. Mr. McCowan has a history of being associated with the growth of successful oil and gas companies, in both technical and managerial capacities. These companies include: Canadian Hunter Exploration, Flame Oil & Gas Ltd., Opinac Exploration, Tarragon Oil & Gas Ltd. (subsequently Marathon Canada) and as a founder of Atlas Energy Ltd.

As a senior manager and officer of most of these companies with budgets in excess of $50 million annually, he has been exposed to a broad spectrum of exploration, high tech optimization, production enhancement and strategic opportunities. He has also served as a director of several other private and public companies.

He is also a major shareholder, owner, and Director of Hillside Estate Winery in Penticton B.C. Mr. McCowan has Professional memberships in APFGGA (P. Geol), AAPG, CSPG.

Dean Lambert - Director

Initial Founder of Alberta Wind Energy Corporation. From 1990 until present Mr. Lambert has been employed at Alberta Newsprint Company.

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