tuff to lose him 4 sureMr. Rochette is a Director/Chairman of the Board of East Asia Minerals Corp. and a Partner with IBDA, a consulting firm in China conducting business in Beijing and other areas of the world, where his responsibilities include being the transaction specialist in the international mining sector. Previously he was Senior Vice President of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. for 16 years where his responsibility included the negotiation to acquire the world class Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project. Mr. Rochette obtained his B.Sc. degree from the University of Wisconsin in August 1969 and a Juris Doctorate degree from Lewis & Clark University in June 1978. He is a member of the Oregon State Bar Association.