A. LEE BARKER
M.Sc.(Applied), P.Eng., P.Geol.
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Lee Barker is president and CEO of Sparton Resources. Mr. Barker has held senior management positions in several junior and major mining companies, where he was involved in the discovery and development of a number of base metal, precious metal, and industrial mineral deposits. With over 45 years of experience in the mining industry, Mr. Barker has generated and managed exploration, evaluation, and development programs for various commodities in North and South America, Africa, Australia, and the former Soviet Union.

Between 1990 and 2002, Mr. Barker was closely involved in the exploration, discovery, evaluation, and development programs of several significant diamond deposits in Canada's Northwest Territories, South Africa, Angola, and parts of South America. He initiated and supervised the early exploration program at the Diavik Project near Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territories which led to the discovery of over sixty kimberlite bodies. Diavik is now one of the World's premier diamond producers and Canada's richest diamond mine.  Prior to that Barker was directly associated with the discovery and development of eight gold discoveries which achieved commercial production in Nevada, USA.

EDWARD G. THOMPSON
M.A.Sc., P.Eng.
CHAIRMAN AND DIRECTOR

Edward G. Thompson, chairman and past president and CEO of Sparton Resources, is a professional engineer and geologist with more than 40 years experience in all aspects of management in the North and South American mining industry. Mr. Thompson's expertise includes all phases of exploration, mine development, feasibility, acquisitions, corporate finance, and project evaluation. Mr. Thompson is president of E. G. Thompson Mining Consultants, Inc. and Consolidated Thompson-Lundmark Gold Mines Limited and is a Past President of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada. As a director of more than 10 publicly-traded mineral exploration companies, Mr. Thompson continues to play a significant role in the preservation of the junior mining industry in Canada.

BRIAN LONG
B.A.Sc., M.B.A.
DIRECTOR

Brian Long holds a B.A.Sc. (Mining Engineering) from the University of Toronto and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. From 1969 to 1992 Mr. Long held various senior financial and executive positions, with Massey Ferguson Limited (1969 - 1984), Canada Development Investment Corp. (1984 - 1985), Acorn Computer Group plc (1985 - 1987) and Farrel Limited (1988 - 1991). Since 1992 Mr. Long has been engaged as a management consultant in a variety of executive and non-executive directorships, frequently with venture capital backed companies. These positions include: Chairman of Ashtead Technology Ltd. (2008-2009); Director of Poclain Hydraulics SAS (1999 - 2008); Director of Meta Vision Systems Limited (1994 - present); Chairman of Moody International Ltd. (2004 - 2007); Chairman of Mills Manufacturing Technology Ltd. (1998 - 2006); Director of Brightview PLC (2007 - 2008); Director of Lontra Limited (2006 - 2008).

From 2006 to 2010 Mr. Long was Chairman of Stewart Group Global, an international analytical firm with 70 offices and 30 laboratories worldwide that specializes in analytical services for the mining, metallurgical, and resource commodity trading industries.

CHARLES GE
B.A., M.A. Int'l Law
DIRECTOR

Charles Ge is a successful businessman with a Masters Degree in International Law from Beijing University and a BA in English Literature from Beijing Teachers University. He has held a number of senior positions as the China based representative for several Canadian public resource companies, in addition to a private Canadian merchant banking organization, all of which have been involved in a variety of resource and industrial development projects in China . In 1996, Mr. Ge provided corporate representation for a Canadian public exploration company involved in four joint ventures exploring principally for gold in China.

Mr. Ge has held past positions as Business Development Director of the China Stock Exchanges Executive Council, and Executive Vice President of hexun.com, a leading financial website in China. Mr. Ge is currently Executive Director of Bejing John Hanseng Investment Consulting Co. and Chief Representative of Quam Capital in Beijing . Mr. Ge ceased being the Chairman of DFZ Investment Ltd. in May, 2006, after he sold all his share interest in that company.

WES ROBERTS
B.Sc.,M.Sc., M.B.A.
DIRECTOR

Wes Roberts holds a B.Sc. (Mining Engineering) and M.Sc. (Mining Engineering) from Queen's University, and an M.B.A. (Finance) from the Schulich School of Business (York University). From 2006 to 2008 Mr. Roberts was the Vice President, Corporate Development of Breakwater Resources Ltd. From 2001 to 2006 Mr. Roberts was a Project Evaluation Consultant to Inco Limited (Capital Projects and Exploration). From 1982 to 1999 Mr. Roberts held various senior operating and engineering consulting positions in Canada with several mining and mineral resource related organizations.

Since April 2008, Mr. Roberts has been Vice President, Mining of HB Global Advisors Corp a subsidiary and consulting arm to Heenan Blaikie LLP a leading Canadian law firm.

RICHARD D. WILLIAMS
LLB
DIRECTOR

Mr. Williams is a senior level mining executive with broad, in-depth experience in international and corporate and commercial affairs and securities law. A multilingual member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, he is an active director of several public resource companies and has been involved in successful development, financing and administration of a number of junior issuers. Sparton will benefit from his experience and connections in the industry.

DR. XIAOLIN LI
PHD
DIRECTOR


Dr. Li Xiaolin has a PhD in Military Sociology and Social Psychology from the University of Maryland  and her work with Songlin has focussed primarily on energy related issues and opportunities in China.

Her organization, Songlin, has successfully assisted its clients in financing and developing projects related to electric power generation, natural gas resource development, coal, renewable energy, clean tech, and alternative energy. Dr. Li is a specialist in PRC energy policy analysis, and issues related to market outlooks and forecasts in China.