People: Almaden Minerals Ltd (AAU)

AAU on American Stock Exchange

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21 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

James Poliquin

 71 2009 Chairman of the Board

Morgan Poliquin

 40 2009 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Korm Trieu

 46 2011 Chief Financial Officer

Dione Bitzer

 51 2008 Controller, Secretary

Mark Brown

 44 2011 Independent Director

Gerald Carlson

 66 2002 Independent Director

John McCleary

 71 2002 Independent Director

James McInnes

 74 2002 Independent Director

Joseph Montgomery

 85 2002 Independent Director

Barry Smee

 66 2006 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

James Poliquin

 Mr. James Duane Poliquin is Chairman of the Board of Almaden Minerals Ltd. He is a registered professional geological engineer with 50 years experience in mineral exploration and he is the founding shareholder of Almaden Resources Corporation. He gained international experience working with mining companies where he participated in the discovery of several important mineral deposits. Mr. Poliquin has held executive positions and directorships with several junior resource companies his career. He was founder and President of Westley Mines Ltd. when that company discovered the Santa Fe gold deposit in Nevada. Mr. Poliquin spends virtually all of his time on the affairs of the Company. He serves as a director of Gold Mountain Mining Corporation.

Morgan Poliquin

 Dr. Morgan J. Poliquin is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Almaden Minerals Ltd. He is a registered professional geological engineer with 16 years experience in mineral exploration since graduating with a B.A.Sc. degree in geological engineering from the University of British Columbia (1994). In 1996 he earned a M.Sc. in geology from the University of Auckland, New Zealand studying geothermal and epithermal deposits in the South Pacific including the Emperor Gold Deposit, Fiji. In 2010, Dr. Poliquin earned his Ph.D. in Geology from the Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter. He is President and CEO of the Company and oversees corporate matters as well as directing the Company’s exploration program. Dr. Poliquin spends virtually all of his time of the affairs of the Company directing its exploration programs. He also serves as a director of Gold Mountain Mining Corporation.

Korm Trieu

 Mr. Korm Trieu is Chief Financial Officer of Almaden Minerals Inc. Before joining Almaden, Mr. Trieu is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of British Columbia and has spent 15 years in corporate finance, administration and tax services, primarily in the natural resource, financial service and real estate sectors. From 2008-2011, he served as Vice President Finance for Sprott Resource Lending Corp. where he oversaw the Finance and Administration departments of a natural resource lending company.

Dione Bitzer

 Ms. Dione Bitzer is Controller, Secretary of Almaden Minerals Ltd. She is a Certified Management Accountant with 20 years accounting experience with junior exploration companies. She has held executive positions with several junior resource companies.

Mark Brown

 Mr. Mark T. Brown is an Independent Director of Almaden Minerals Ltd. He is a Chartered Accountant and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from the University of British Columbia in 1990. Mr. Brown received his Chartered Accountant’s designation in 1993 while working at Price Waterhouse, Chartered Accountants. From 1994 to 1997, he was the controller of two TSE 300 mining companies, one after the other, each of which produced in excess of 100,000 ounces of gold annually. At the end of 1997, Mr. Brown joined Pacific Opportunity Capital Ltd. which was set up to provide business financial support, both administratively and for transactions and negotiations, to public and private emerging companies.

Gerald Carlson

 Dr. Gerald G. Carlson is an Independent Director of Almaden Minerals Ltd., since February 1, 2002. He has been in mineral exploration and junior exploration company management for 40 years. Mr. Carlson has a B.A.Sc. from the University of Toronto, a M.Sc. from Michigan Technological University and Ph.D. from Dartmouth College. He is a past President of AME BC (formerly the B.C. and Yukon Chamber of Mines), President of the Society of Economic Geologists Canada Foundation and a member of the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia, the Professional Engineers of the Yukon Territory and the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum.

John McCleary

 Mr. John D. McCleary is an Independent Director of Almaden Minerals Ltd. He is a registered professional geologist with 40 years experience in petroleum and mineral exploration. He has held executive positions with several junior resource companies his career and for several years was a Vice President of Dominion Securities Ltd. He served as a director and President of Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. until December 1995 at which time he retired and as a director and President of Troymin Resources Ltd. until April 2003 at which time Troymin amalgamated with Santoy Resources Ltd. where he served as a director for 5 years. Mr. McCleary spends less than 5% of his time on the affairs of the Company.

James McInnes

 Mr. James E. McInnes is an Independent Director of Almaden Minerals Ltd., since February 1, 2002. He is a retired lawyer and a former geologist with 40 years experience in mineral exploration and mining law. He has held executive positions with several junior resource companies his career. Mr. McInnes spend 25% of his time on the affairs of the Company. He serves as a director of Cosigo Resources Inc., a diamond and gold exploration company listed on the TSX-V.

Joseph Montgomery

 Dr. Joseph Montgomery is an Independent Director of Almaden Minerals Ltd., since February 1, 2002. He is a professional engineer registered with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C. He has 40 years experience in the mineral industry primarily as a consultant in base and precious metals, industrial metals and gemstones. He is President of Montgomery Consultants Ltd. and is on the Advisory Board of the Canadian Institute of Gemology. Mr. Montgomery serves as a director of Infrastructure Materials Corp, an industrial materials company listed on the US OTCBB and of Cosigo Resources Inc., a diamond and gold exploration company listed on the TSX-V.

Barry Smee

 Dr. Barry W. Smee is an Independent Director of Almaden Minerals Ltd., since July 6, 2006. He is a consulting geochemist based in British Colombia. He obtained a B.Sc. in chemistry and geology from the University of Alberta, and a Ph.D. in geochemistry from the University of New Brunswick. He has designed and managed commercial analytical laboratories and worked in academia, government and industry for 40 years. He has authored or co-authored 50 scientific papers on geochemical and quality control topics. Barry formed Smee and Associates Consulting Ltd., a privately owned geochemical consulting company in 1990 through which he has actively promoted the use of Quality Control protocols in mineral exploration, comprehensive due diligence procedures, and the intelligent use of modern geochemical methods.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

James Poliquin

 1,352,020

Morgan Poliquin

 1,529,550

Korm Trieu

 386,619

Dione Bitzer

 80,450

Mark Brown

 60,000

Gerald Carlson

 5,000

John McCleary

 --

James McInnes

 --

Joseph Montgomery

 --

Barry Smee

 6,490
As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

James Poliquin

 1,486,163 1,527,835

Morgan Poliquin

 1,921,900 1,256,720

Korm Trieu

 0 0

Dione Bitzer

 75,000 91,750

Mark Brown

 100,000 0

Gerald Carlson

 0 0

John McCleary

 0 0

James McInnes

 0 0

Joseph Montgomery

 0 0

Barry Smee

 0 0

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