This past October, the engineering-consulting firm GENIVAR, of Québec, reviewed and consequently assessed the three-dimensional resource block-model on the mineralisation of the Nampala deposit. Initially, the three-dimensional resource block-model was completed in the framework of the gold resource estimate (NI 43-101 compliant) completed by the Australian consultant firm RSG Global (now Coffey Mining) completed in 2007. The plan and section review completed by Genivar provided a better understanding of the anticipated gold distribution within the Nampala deposit. With the information available to date, the 200 and 300 lenses situated in the central and western portion of the site indicate that inferred resources are estimated to be at 15,000 ounces of gold for Lens 200 and 71,000 ounces of gold for the Lens 300. The concentration and distribution within these two bodies represents, at present, a marginal economical potential which will be further investigated at a later stage. However, according to the block-model, Lens 100 developed along the eastern flank of the Nampala zone is host to an inferred resource of 675,000 ounces of gold contained within 14,130 Mt of ore at an average grade of 0.93 g/t Au. These resources are located between the surface and the explored depth of 150 meters. In accordance with NI 43-101 standards, the above findings are based on insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource, and as such, it is uncertain if further exploration will result in discovery of a mineral resource.

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