People (February 01, 2003)

Warren Holmes has joined the board of Nuinsco and is also taking up the responsibilities of president and COO. Holmes is well known in the mining industry, having recently resigned from an executive position at Falconbridge.

Elizabeth Kirkwood has been named chairman of Mountain Province Diamonds. She has been a member of the Mountain Province board since September 2001. Kirkwood replaces retiring-chairman Dr. Paul Shatzko.

Walter Segsworth has joined the board at Great Basin Gold. He was president and COO of Homestake Mining until it merged with Barrick Gold. Before that he headed Westmin Resources.

Nuinsco Resources has welcomed Oyvind Hushovd to its board of directors. He holds postgraduate degrees in both economics and law from Norwegian universities. He was recently CEO of Falconbridge.

The new president of Strongbow Resources is William J. Wolfe. He replaces Grenville Thomas who will remain on the board. Wolfe joined Cominco in 1974 and was involved with the discovery and ore reserve definition of Snip, Maria and Kudz Ze Kayah.

Gregory C. Wilkins has been appointed president and CEO of Barrick Gold Corp., replacing Randall Oliphant. Wilkins began with Barrick in 1981, but left his position as CFO in 1993 to become president and COO of Horsham Corp. (now TrizecHahn Corp.).