Tom Elder

TOM ELDER has held the position of President and Chief Executive
Officer of Toronto Venture Exchange and AIM-listed Mano River
Resources Inc. since October 1998. A graduate Geologist with an
extensive background in mineral exploration and mining gained
with major companies including BP Minerals and Rio Tinto, he ran
exploration programs in the UK, Spain, Italy, Portugal and
Greenland for Cominco Limited, prior to his appointment as
worldwide Exploration Manager for BP Minerals in 1983.
Subsequently, with Rio Tinto, he had special responsibility for
project development in the former Soviet Union. Immediately prior
to joining Mano, he was CEO of Carpathian Gold, a private company
with interests in precious metal exploration in central Europe.
He was appointed as a non-executive Director to the Board of Gold
Mines of Sardinia in 2001 and made Deputy Chairman later that
year. He joined the Board of AIM-listed Centamin Egypt Limited in
May 2002 as non-executive Director. He served as a Member of
Council of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy from 1991 to
1996.