DIRECTORS

Front: (L-R:) Peter Wynter Bee, Andrew Woollett, Simon Hall. Rear: Jacques Dewalens, Simon Mulholland, Deborah Paxford

DIRECTORS

Andrew Woollett, Executive Chairman, with responsibility for strategy, new business, and investor relations. Andrew is a geologist with over 25 years of international experience in mineral exploration and development. He began his career with RTZ in Saudi Arabia and then worked in Greenland for the EU. Upon completion of an MSc in mineral exploration from the Royal School of Mines in 1981 he joined Cluff Resources plc and worked in the UK, Eire, Zimbabwe, and Shanghai. He was a founder director of Ivernia West plc and in 1989 set up Reunion Mining PLC where he was Executive Chairman until leaving in 1999 following Anglo American's successful bid for the company.

Peter Wynter Bee, Managing Director, with responsibility for implementing strategy and for the group's legal and commercial affairs and human resources. Peter has been involved with every aspect of the company's business since its formation. He is a solicitor with over 25 years' experience in private practice, in-house with KPMG and subsequently with Reunion Mining PLC.

Simon Hall, Finance Director, responsible for all financial matters across the group. Simon is a Chartered Accountant and engineer with 17 years' experience of business development across a range of sectors. He was formerly head of finance in BT Consumer Mobile before joining ZincOx in 2006.

Jacques Dewalens, Technical and Production Director, is responsible for all processing research and development and ultimately for the group's production from the Jabali Mine and Ohio recycling projects. Jacques joined ZincOx in September 2007 as head of technical services and production manager. With a PhD in Sciences, Jacques started a career with Vieille Montagne, Union Miniere and most recently Umicore. During his 34 years in the zinc industry, he was intimately involved with the design and commissioning of a number of zinc plants including Skorpion in Namibia, Sun Metals, Votorantim, New Boliden, Valleyfield, Onsan and Padaeng. In addition, he was general manager of Balen, one of Europe's largest zinc smelters.

Simon Mulholland, Project Development Director is responsible for the engineering and construction of the group's projects. Simon joined ZincOx in 2006 as Group Projects Manager. He is a graduate in physics with an MSc in Industrial Robotics and Manufacturing Automation, and an MBA. Prior to joining ZincOx, Simon worked as a project manager managing large high risk industrial process projects in both the chemical and food sectors before taking the position of General Manager of Imperial Process Limited, a process and project development subsidiary of Imperial Tobacco.

Jeff Hewitt, Non-Executive Deputy Chairman, Jeff has a first class degree from Oxford, an MBA from Stanford and is a qualified accountant. He has worked as a management consultant and as financial director with a number of public companies. In 1996, Jeff joined Electrocomponents plc as Deputy Chairman and Group Finance Director and left in 2005 to follow a more plural career involving a number of plc non-executive roles. Jeff chairs the Audit Committee and sits on the Nomination Committee.

Jerry Saville, Non-Executive Director, has an MA from Oxford and is a Sloan Fellow of the London Business School. Jerry has a wealth of experience in human resources and the management of change in high growth organisations. The first 27 years of his career were spent with Shell where he worked in a number of countries in a variety of roles including senior positions in human resources and strategic planning. Jerry chairs the Remuneration Committee and serves on the Audit Committee.

Rod Beddows, Non-Executive Director. Rod has 20 years' experience as a strategy consultant and financial adviser to mining and metals companies; for the last five years as Chief Executive of Hatch Corporate Finance and before that he founded and was chief executive of Beddows and Co, one of the steel industry's foremost consultancy groups. He is also on the board of the Aluminium recycler, Recovco Ltd. He sits on the Nomination and Remuneration Committees.

Gilles Masson, Non-Executive Director. Gilles is a civil engineer in mining with 14 years experience in export and project finance. He is currently an Executive Director with a leading European financial institution where he has responsibility for project and export finance for the Americas and worldwide responsibility for project finance in the mining sector. He is on the Audit, Remuneration, and Nomination Committees.

John Thompson, Non-Executive Director. John is Vice President Technology for Teck Cominco Ltd and has over 20 years' global experience in a range of commodities. Teck Cominco holds a 7% interest in ZincOx.

COMPANY SECRETARY
Deborah Paxford, Company Secretary. Deborah was admitted as a solicitor in 1995 and has spent eight years in private practice with two leading London law firms and over five years as an in-house lawyer with a software company. Deborah joined the company as Assistant General Counsel in June 2007.

AUDIT COMMITTEE
The Audit Committee comprises three non-executive directors, Jeff Hewitt (Chairman), Jerry Saville and Gilles Masson, and the Finance Director also attends. The Committee is formally constituted with written terms of reference under which the Audit Committee may examine any matters relating to the financial affairs of the group and the group's audit, including reviewing the annual financial statements and announcements internal control procedures, accounting policies, the appointment and fees of external auditors and such other related functions as the Board may require.

REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
The Remuneration Committee comprises three non-executive directors, Jerry Saville (Chairman), Rod Beddows, and John Thompson. The Committee determines the terms and conditions of service of the executive directors, including their annual remuneration, in consultation with the Chairman and the Managing Director and takes into consideration external data and third party remuneration.

NOMINATION COMMITTEE
The Nomination Committee comprises three non-executive directors, Rod Beddows (Chairman), Jeff Hewitt and Gilles Masson. The Committee reviews potential appointees to the Board and recommends suitable candidates for consideration by the Board.