Mr. Beatty is presently a Director of Bank of Montreal, First Service Corporation, and Inmet Mining where he is the Chair. He is also a Professor of Strategic Management for the Rotman School of Management and the Conway Director for the Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics & Board Effectiveness at the University of Toronto. Mr. Beatty was the former Managing Director of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, is Honorary Consul to Canada for the Government of Papua New Guinea, and in 1993 was awarded the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.). He joined the Company's board in 2010.

Mr. Brodie brings to the Company over 36 years of financial management experience. He served as a senior partner at KPMG until 2003 where he had a number of leadership positions within the firm. His accomplishments include being elected a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia for his distinguished service to the community and the profession. He is also a director of several public companies within the mining and manufacturing sector. He joined the Company's board in 2006.

Mr. Calder has nearly 30 years of experience in the mining industry with his most recent experience as Managing Director of Rio Tinto's Copper Projects. After achieving his Mining Engineer degree from Michigan Technical University, Mr. Calder's career progressed through roles such as frontline supervisor, Operations Director, Project Engineer, Project Director through to Managing Director in various global mining operations. He was also task force lead on Rio Tinto's Strategic Mine Planning improvement program. Mr. Calder joined Western as President and Chief Executive Officer in December 2009.

Mr. Chase brings to the Company over 30 years of senior financial management experience. He was Chief Financial Officer for a number of companies whose activities included: investment/merchant/commercial banking, oil and gas exploration and development, mining exploration and development, forest products, and port terminal operations. He is currently Director, President and CEO of New West Energy Services Inc. and a director of several other public and private companies involved in oil and gas activities, mining exploration, financial services and forestry business. He joined the Company's board in 2006.

Mr. Pitcher brings to the Company over 40 years of experience in senior executive positions in civil construction and mine development. He has extensive experience in underground and open-pit mining. He joined the Company in 2002 as Chief Executive Officer to oversee the completion of feasibility studies and then served as Chief Operating Officer from May 2004 to November 2004. Mr. Pitcher is President of The Mining House Inc, a provider of engineering services related to project development and management.

Mr. Ryan is currently a partner of Scarab Capital Partners, a FSA firm that offers mining investment and corporate finance advisory services. Prior to starting Scarab Capital, Mr. Ryan was Head of Group Business Development with Anglo American for six years. Mr. Ryan holds a Civil Engineering degree and a MBA degree. After applying his civil engineering degree with various companies, Mr. Ryan progressed through the research ranks to eventually become Executive Director, Head of Global Mining Research and Sales at UBS Warburg before joining Anglo American. Mr Ryan joined the Board December 2009.

Mr. Treger is the joint Managing Director of Audley Capital Advisors LLP. He has over 20 years of experience in the finance industry, which includes working at Hambros Bank and the J Rothschild Group. He founded Active Value Advisors and co-founded Audley Capital. Mr Treger is currently a director of Blackstar Investments plc, BNB Recruitment Solutions plc, and several other companies. He joined the Company-s board in 2007.