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Members of the Board of Directors

André Lemire^{1, 2}

Chairman of the Board (Independent)

André Lemire has been a Director of Virginia since June 1996. He became a Director and Chairman of the Board of New Virginia upon its incorporation on November 30, 2005, Mr. Lemire is also on the Audit Committee. Mr. Lemire has a degree in Economics from the University of Ottawa.

From 1972 to 1990, he held various executive positions with the brokerage firm of Levesque Beaubien Geoffrion Inc., notably Executive Vice-President and member of the Board of Directors. From February 1990 to January 1995, he was President and Director of Operations for Marleau, Lemire Securities Inc. In January 1995, he became Co-Chairman of the Board of Marleau, Lemire Securities Inc. and President of Marleau Lemire Inc. Mr. Lemire was also the Governor of the Montreal Stock Exchange for the period of 1994 to 1996. He is currently President of Lemvest Inc., a private holding company.

The Board of Directors nominated Mr. Lemire Chairman to the Board of Virginia. In this capacity Mr. Lemire must ensure that the Board is in a position to act independently from management.

 

André Gaumond

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

A geological engineer with a Master’s Degree in Geological Economics, Mr. Gaumond has worked as a geologist for several organizations, including Noranda, SOQUEM and the government of Quebec. From 1987 to 1990, he was a mining analyst for financial institutions named Pemberton Securities and Midland Walwyn. In 1990, he joined Corpomin Management as a technical and financial adviser, where he held a variety of senior management positions within different mining exploration companies.

Mr. Gaumond reorganized Virginia Gold Mines in 1992 and became President of the company. In 1995, he was nominated President of the Quebec Prospectors Association. On behalf of Virginia’s team, he accepted the Quebec Prospector of the Year award in 1996-97 for the company’s work in James Bay, and the prix Ressource from the Quebec Order of Geologists in 2001. In 2004, Virginia was again awarded the title of Quebec Prospector of the Year in recognition of the Coulon and Éléonore projects. Mr. Gaumond received the title of Quebec Entrepreneur of the Year in 2005 for his achievement on the Éléonore project, as well as was named “Mining Man of the Year” in Canada by mining magazine “The Northern Miner”. “Intense. Passionate. Tenacious. Shrewd. Visionary. These are the words that come to mind when describing The Northern Miner's Mining Person of the Year André Gaumond”

In 2006 he was given the prestigious Canadian Prospector of the Year award from the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC). In 2007 he received the e3 (Environmental Excellence in Exploration) award in Quebec and the same award in 2008 in Canada.

He sits on the Board of Directors the PDAC. Mr. Gaumond is a member of several professional associations, among them the Quebec Order of Engineers.

 

Claude St-Jacques²

Director

Mr. St-Jacques has been a Director of Virginia since June 3, 1996. He became a Director of New Virginia upon its incorporation on November 30, 2005. He graduated from Laval University in Political Science in 1982 and has been involved in the mining industry ever since. Mr. St-Jacques was General Manager of the Québec Prospectors Association from 1982 to 1984. He is President and Chairman of the Board of SEM Vior Inc., a company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.

Mr. St-Jacques’ business relationship with Virginia is limited when the leasing of premises arises, due to acounting and reception services provided by Gestion St-Pierre (a company controlled by Mr. St-Jacques) to Virginia. He must abstain from voting on any matters before the Board concerning approval of services offered by this company. Mr. St. Jacques is also responsible for the development of Virginia ’s communications policy.

 

Mario Jacob^{1, 2}

Director (independent)

Mr. Jacob has been a Director of Virginia since June 21, 2005. He became a Director of New Virginia upon its incorporation on November 30, 2005 and is Chairman of the Compensation Committee.

Mario Jacob has been President and Director of Maximus Capital Inc., a corporate financing and reorganization company, since November 2003. He has been a lawyer and member of the Quebec Bar since 1995. He is Director of Power Tech Corporation Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange: PWB), Virginia Mines Inc. (Toronto Stock Exchange: VGQ), Ressources Cartier inc. (TSX Venture Exchange: ECR) and Opsens Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange: OPS). He is also President and Director of Capital MLB Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange: MMB.P), a capital pool company. He was Director and President of Dufort Capital Inc., a capital pool company, from May 2005 to December 2005, which became Odesia Group Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange: ODS) following its qualifying transaction. Mario Jacob was also Director and Secretary of Rasa Investments Inc., a capital pool company, which became Fortune 1000 Group Inc. (now Fortsum Business Solutions Inc., TSX Venture Exchange: FRT) following its qualifying transaction, of SLC Capital Inc. which became Conporec Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange: CNX) and Demcap Investments Inc., which became iPerceptions Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange: IPE). He was Vice-President and Director of LBJ Partners Inc., a private management firm, from October 2000 to October 2004. He was a partner of Flynn Rivard, avocats, from January 1996 to October 2000. He was Corporate Secretary of Plexmar Resources Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange: PLE) from January 2002 to February 2005 and Lyrtech Inc. (TSX Venture Exchange: LTK) from August 2000 to June 2001.

 

Pierre Labbe ¹

Director (independent)

Mr. Labbe has been the Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Medicago Inc. since May 2008 acting Chief Financial Officer of Plexmar Resources Inc. since May 2007. He was Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Medicago Inc. from July 2004 to May 2007.  Before joining Medicago in 2004, he was Vice-President of Finance and Secretary of Sequoia Minerals Inc. from December 2003 to June 2004, and of Mazarin Inc. from March 2000 to December 2003, while both companies were listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Prior to March 2000, he held management positions in accounting and finance with Agrinove, an agri-food cooperative, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (formerly Coopers & Lybrand) where he was involved in many acquisitions and public financing projects. Mr. Labbe holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Corporate Governance Certificate and a Chartered Accountants Degree from Laval University, Quebec City. He is a member of the Order of Chartered Accountants of Quebec and of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. He is also Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Advitech Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AVI), a health sciences and technology company.

 

1 Members of the Auditing Committee
" All members of the auditing committee have financial skills. Each member has experience in a financial domain such as: having held a position in financial or financial management or having been the head of an organization or having had an upper management position that included responsibility for financial matters. "

2 Members of the Compensation Committee
" All members of the compensation committee have financial skills. Each member has experience in a financial domain such as: having held a position in financial or financial management or having been the head of an organization or having had an upper management position that included responsibility for financial matters. "