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Lukas H. Lundin is the Chairman of the board of directors of Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd. Lukas H. Lundin is also the Chairman of Vostok Gas Ltd., Tanganyika Oil Co. Ltd, Suramina Resources Inc., Canadian Gold Hunter Corp., Red Back Mining Inc., Denison Mines Corp and Lundin Mining, member of the boards of Lundin Petroleum AB, Atacama Minerals Corp. and Pearl Exploration and Production Ltd. Lukas H. Lundin holds a degree in petroleum engineering from the New Mexico Institution of Mining, Technology and Engineering.

Per Brilioth is Managing Director and member of the board of directors of Vostok Nafta. Per Brilioth is also Chairman of Black Earth Farming Ltd, and member of the boards of Vostok Gas Ltd., Kontakt East Holding AB, Bukowskis Auktioner AB and X5 Group AB.Between 1994 and 2000, Mr. Brilioth was head of the Emerging Markets section at Hagströmer & Qviberg and he has worked close to the Russian stock market for a number of years. Mr. Brilioth holds a BA in Business Administration from the University of Stockholm, and a Master of Finance from the London Business School.

Al Breach is a member of the board of directors of Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd. From early 2003, Al Breach worked in the research department of Brunswick UBS/UBS in Moscow, rising to be Managing Director and Head of Research before leaving in October 2007. He has previously been employed as economist by Goldman Sachs with responsibility for the CIS states and as a fund manager at Rothschild Asset Management in London. Al Breach holds an MSc in economics from the London School of Economics and a degree in mathematics from Edinburgh University.

Paul Leander-Engström is a member of the board of directors of Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd. Co-founder and former Managing Director of Prosperity Capital Management (SE) AB and former partner/co-head of research at Brunswick Warburg Moscow. Paul Leander-Engström holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business from the Stockholm School of Economics and a law degree from Stockholm University. Other significant board assignments: Chairman of the board of directors of Sonores AB and member of the board of Prosperity Capital Management.

Torun Litzén is a member of the board of directors of Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd and Vostok Gas Ltd. Director Investor Relations at Investment AB Kinnevik. Torun Litzén holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Ian H. Lundin is a member of the board of directors of Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd, and Chairman of Lundin Petroleum AB. Former CEO of Lundin Petroleum, Lundin Oil AB and President and CEO of International Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Lundin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum engineering from the University of Tulsa.

William A. Rand is a member of the board of directors of Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd, Vostok Gas Ltd., Lundin Mining Corporation, Lundin Petroleum AB, Canadian Gold Hunter Corp., Suramina Resources Inc., Pender Financial Group Corporation and Dome Ventures Corporation. Director of Rand Edgar Investment Corp. Mr. Rand holds a Commerce degree from McGill University, a Law degree from Dalhousie University and a degree in Masters of Law from the London School of Economics.

Robert J. Sali is a member of the board of directors of Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd. Mr. Sali has been active in the financial world since 1987 at the brokerage firms of Levesque Beaubien Inc. and BMO Nesbitt Burns. In 1999 Robert J Sali established the operation of Dundee Securities Corporation in western Canada, where he directed operations in the Equity Sales and Trading departments. Mr. Sali is currently employed by Dundee Securities Corporation as senior investment adviser.

Senior management

Per Brilioth. See above.

Anders Sjöberg is employed as Chief Financial Officer in Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd and Vostok Gas Ltd.

Sergei Glaser is employed as analyst and member of group management in Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd and Vostok Gas Ltd. Sergei Glaser has previously been chief strategist and senior oil and gas analyst at Alfa Securities Ltd, a London-based subsidiary of Alfa Bank, Moscow.

Alexander Kim is Managing Director of the Moscow office. Previously, he held the position of Head of Project Development with IFC Metropol, a Russian financial and investment group. He was responsible, among other things, for establishing a joint venture with Lundin Mining Corporation to develop Ozernoye deposit in East Siberia, one of the largest undeveloped zinc/lead deposits in the world. Mr. Kim also served as a member of the Board of Directors of MBC (East Siberian Metals), IFC Metropol’s subsidiary management company for mining projects. Previously, Alexander Kim worked as Director of Equity Strategy at Renaissance Capital in 2004-2005 and Senior Equity Strategy analyst at Morgan Stanley in 1996-2001. He also worked in 2001-2003 as an adviser to the Head of the Economic Department of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation. He is a graduate of Moscow State University and has an MBA from Oxford University in United Kingdom.

Julia Kim is a director of the Moscow office. She joined Vostok Nafta from Deutsche Bank in Moscow. During the past four years, Julia worked for the leading Russian investment bank UFG and then for Deutsche Bank. She gained an extensive experience in advising local and multinational companies on public equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions and has helped her various clients to formulate and implement their strategies. Julia played a leading role in a number of landmark transactions across various sectors, including IPO of the first food retail company in Russia, Seventh Continent in 2004, IPO of the largest Russian juice producer Lebedyansky in 2005. She has also advised Vimpelcom and Baring Vostok Capital Partners on M&A transactions. Over the past two years Julia has been working on a number of deals in real estate sector, which has become one of the most dynamic industries in Russia. Prior to joining UFG/Deutsche Bank, in 2001-2003, Julia worked as an analyst within the Due Diligence Group of the Corporate Finance department of Ernst & Young in Moscow, where she was involved in a wide spectrum of due diligence projects across various industries. She holds a master degree in Economics and Management from Moscow State University.

Dmitry Kozelkov is a director of the Moscow office. Previously he was Deputy Head of the Investment Department at Sistema Project, a business unit of the Russian conglomerate AFK Sistema. During his time at Sistema, Mr. Kozelkov was involved in identifying, evaluating and negotiating numerous attractive investment projects for acquisitions in a wide range of industries. He was also seconded a number of times to senior management positions in these projects. Mr. Kozelkov, who has also worked as a lawyer and assistant lawyer with several Russian law firms, holds a degree in law and has an MBA from the Classical Business School in Moscow.

Zorigto Sakhanov is senior adviser to Vostok Nafta. Mr. Sakhanov previously advised leading Japanese institutions, such as Nikko Cordial Securities, IHI Corporation, Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Sumitomo Corporation on business environment and opportunities in Russia. Mr. Sakhanov is a native of Buryatia, East Siberia, and has a doctorate degree in economics from Moscow Academy of Management.

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers AB.
Klas Brand, authorised public accountant, Lead Partner. PricewaterhouseCoopers AB, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Bo Hjalmarsson, authorised public accountant, Partner. PricewaterhouseCoopers AB, Stockholm, Sweden.