Steve Brunelle

Executive Chairman of Rio Silver Inc. (TSXV: RYO); also a director of Bold Ventures Inc. and Peruvian Metals Corp. Queen's University graduate with 30+ years of exploration and management experience on Canadian and international exploration projects. Officer and Director of Corner Bay Silver Inc., where he contributed materially to the discovery and evaluation of the Alamo Dorado silver-gold project in Sonora, Mexico (Corner Bay merged with Pan American Silver Corp. in 2003). Founder, Officer and Director of Stingray Copper Inc., which advanced the El Pilar copper property in Sonora to feasibility before its December 2009 acquisition by Mercator Minerals Ltd. Also a director of Eagle Graphite Corporation and Klondex Gold Corp.