James R. Screaton

Mr. Screaton, 49, obtained a degree in B.
Commerce (Honours) in 1979 from Queen's University and has his Chartered Accountant certification from the Institutes of Chartered Accountants of Ontario and Alberta.
Mr. Screaton was Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Sentra Resources Corporation from 2003 until September 2004, at which time Sentra was sold to Blue Mountain Energy Ltd.
Sentra was a public company that traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
In 2003, he acted as financial advisor and CFO for two start-up companies in the energy sector.
From 1996 to 2003, he was Vice President, Finance, Corporate Secretary and a director of Harvard International Resources Ltd., a private oil and gas company.
From 1991 to 1996, he was the Controller at Numac Energy Inc. a public company with operations in Canada and Africa, and prior thererto had gained extensive financial and accounting experience at Amerada Hess Canada Ltd., Esso Resources Canada Limited and Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants.
Mr. Screaton is on the Board of Directors of the Small Explorers & Producers Association of Canada (SEPAC) and serves as Co-Chairman of both the Finance Committee and the Securities Compliance Committee