El Nino Ventures, Inc.

VMC is a subsidiary of Votorantim Metais is a company that is part of the Votorantim Group that was founded in Brazil in 1918. The Votorantim Group operates in twenty countries and has over 40,000 employees. Votorantim Metais is the largest electrolytic nickel producer in Latin America and one of the world's leaders in the production of zinc, aluminum and nickel. Votorantim Canada Metals Inc. in conjunction with Glencore Xstrata PLC and El Nino Ventures is operator of the Bathurst Option and Joint Venture which is actively exploring for base metal deposits within the Bathurst Mining Camp.

MMG Limited, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, is a global resources company which explores, develops and mines base metal deposits around the world (for more information please visit MMG's website ). MMG is one of the world's largest producers of zinc, copper, lead, gold and silver. MMG's major shareholder is China Minmetals Nonferrous Metals Co. Ltd. (CMN), a subsidiary of China Minmetals Corporation (CMC). CMC is one of China's major multinational state-owned enterprises.

El Niño Ventures Inc. is an international exploration company, focused on exploring for lead, zinc, copper, gold and silver in New Brunswick, Canada and copper in the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC"). A recent consolidation resulted in the Company having prior to the above financing of 30.6 million shares Issued & Outstanding with a current market cap of approx. 2.0 million.

El Nino Ventures Inc. is an international exploration company, focused on exploring for lead, zinc, copper, gold and silver in New Brunswick, Canada and copper in the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC"). ELN is based in Vancouver and has a regional office in Toronto.

Michael Neumann, P. Eng. Director Since 1993, Mr. Neumann has been Proprietor of Neumann Engineering and Mining Services, Inc. providing international engineering services focusing primarily on underground hard rock engineering facets such as mine design, productivity improvements, rock mechanics, second opinions, peer reviews and other types of studies. Mr.