Corporate Governance - Directors
William G. Wilson, Chairman of the Board of Directors
 Director since 1983
Member of the Compensation Committee
Mr. Wilson has been a director of Dundee Precious Metals Inc. since its inception and is currently the company’s Chairman. He has 30 years of experience in the mining and natural resource industry, as well as extensive accounting experience. Mr. Wilson has served as Chief Financial Officer, and subsequently President and Chief Operating Officer, of Cominco Ltd., an international mining company. He was also a Partner at Clarkson, Gordon & Co., a national accounting firm.
Mr. Wilson holds a Chartered Accountant designation. He has been a director of numerous Canadian and International resource, manufacturing and financial service companies and has also held numerous public positions, among them director of the Mining Association of Canada.
Derek H.L. Buntain, President, The Dundee Bank
 Director since 1983
Member of the Health, Safety & Environmental Committee
Derek Buntain resides in the Cayman Islands, where he is President of the Dundee Bank. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the investment industry in Canada and abroad. His background includes positions in research, international arbitrage, corporate and government finance and mergers and acquisitions, with Burns Bros. and Merrill Lynch Canada Inc. He was President of Canadian Express Limited and, in 1996, became President of Goodman & Company (Bermuda) Limited, an investment management firm.
Mr. Buntain attended Dartmouth College and the University of Western Ontario, where he earned a Master of Business Administration. He is a director of Assisted Living Concepts Inc., Calibre Energy Inc., CencoTech Inc., Eurogas Corporation, High Liner Foods Inc. and Sentex Systems Ltd. and a fellow of the Canadian Securities Institute.
Jonathan Goodman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dundee Precious Metals Inc.
 Director since 1993
Jonathan Goodman has nearly 20 years experience in the resource and investment industry, working as a geologist, senior analyst, portfolio manager and senior executive.
Mr. Goodman joined Goodman & Company, Investment Counsel Ltd. in 1990, where he was responsible for the selection of Canadian equities and played a major role in developing asset allocation strategies, before becoming the company’s President. He is also a founder of Goepel Shields and Partners, an investment firm.
Mr. Goodman currently sits on the board of directors of Breakwater Resources Ltd., Cogitore Resources Inc., Dundee Corporation, Eurogas Corporation, Frontier Pacific Mining Corporation, Major Drilling Group International Inc., Odyssey Resources Ltd. and Tahera Diamond Corporation. He graduated from the Colorado School of Mines as a Professional Engineer and holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Ned Goodman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dundee Corporation and Dundee Wealth Management Inc.
 Co-Founder and Director since 1983
Ned Goodman is also Chairman of Goodman & Company, Investment Company Ltd. He has almost four decades of investment experience as a securities analyst, portfolio manager and senior executive. He has an established reputation as one of Canada’s most successful investment counselors and is the lead portfolio manager for the Dynamic Focus+ family of funds.
Mr. Goodman has a Bachelor of Science degree from McGill University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto. He earned the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst in 1967. In 1997, he was awarded a Doctorate of Laws, honoris causa, by Concordia University.
Mr. Goodman is also chairman of the Board of Trustees of Dundee REIT and a director of Breakwater Resources Ltd., Cogitore Resources Inc., Dundee Corporation, Dundee REIT, Dundee Wealth Management Inc. and Eurogas Cororation. He is actively involved in various philanthropic activities, is Chairman Emeritus of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews and a Governor of Junior Achievement of Canada.
Murray John, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dundee Resources Limited
 Director since 2005.
Member of the Health, Safety & Environmental Committee
Murray John is also a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Corona Gold Corporation, an exploration company. Prior to September 2004, Mr. John was an investment banker with Dundee Securities Corporation, a securities dealer.
Mr. John began his investment career with Goodman & Company, Investment Counsel Ltd. as a mining analyst in 1993 and subsequently worked as a portfolio manager specializing in precious metals equities from 1995 to 1998. He joined Dundee Securities Corporation as a research analyst in 1998 and moved to the mining investment banking team in early 2001. He acquired extensive experience working as a mining engineer for Strathcona Mineral Services Ltd., Nanisivik Mines Ltd. and Eldorado Nuclear Limited.
Mr. John also serves on the board of directors of Iberian Minerals Corp. After graduating from the Camborne School of Mines in 1980, Mr. John received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto in 1992.
 Jeremy Kinsman
Director since 2007
Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
One of Canada’s most experienced diplomats, Jeremy Kinsman was born in Montreal and educated at Princeton University and the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris, before joining the Canadian Foreign Service in 1966 .
After earlier postings abroad, Mr. Kinsman served as Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in New York and Minister for Political Affairs in Washington. From 1985 to 1989 he was Assistant Deputy Minister for Cultural Affairs and Broadcasting in the Department of Communications where he was responsible for preparing the still-current Broadcasting Act and Copyright legislation. In the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, he was Chairman of Policy Planning and later Political Director, before being named Canada’s Ambassador in Moscow in 1992. He was subsequently Ambassador in Rome (1996-2000), High Commissioner in London (2000-2002), and Ambassador to the EU in Brussels (2002-2006).
Mr. Kinsman is at present Diplomat in Residence at the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., where he is also heading up a project on democracy support for the Community of Democracies. He has served on numerous Councils and Boards, including being a Trustee of the Imperial War Museum, London, and a member of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
John Lydall,
 Director since 2003
Chairman of the Compensation Committee
Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
John Lydall has had a distinguished career in mining and financial markets. In the early part of his professional life, he gained extensive underground mining experience. Later, during the 26 years he spent with National Bank Financial and its predecessor company, First Marathon, he was a top-ranked mining analyst and an investment banking executive. Prior to his retirement, he was Managing Director of the firm’s mining investment banking group.
During his career, Mr. Lydall has advised on, and participated in, financings for many North American mining companies. He also served on the boards and committees of several professional and educational organizations.
Mr. Lydall holds a degree in Mining Engineering from Nottingham University and a Master of Business Administration from Cranfield University. He is also a director of Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation and FNX Mining Company Inc.
Garth A.C. MacRae
 Director since 1988
Member of the Audit Committee
Chairman of the Health, Safety & Environment Committee
Garth MacRae brings to the board of directors of Dundee Precious Metals over 30 years of experience in the resource industry, as well as over 16 years of public accounting experience.
Mr. MacRae has held executive positions with Hudson Bay Mining, Brinco Limited and Denison Mines Limited and served as Vice Chairman of Dundee Corporation from 1993 until 2004. He also served as Chairman of Dundee Precious Metals from 1995 until 2002.
Mr. MacRae holds a Chartered Accountant designation. He is also a director of Breakwater Resources Ltd., Dundee Corporation, Dundee Wealth Management Inc., Eurogas Corporation, GeneNews Limited, Grat Plains Exploration Inc., Torque Energy Inc. and Uranium Participation Corporation.
Peter B. Nixon
 Director since 2002
Member of the Compensation Committee
Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
Peter Nixon has spent more than three decades in the investment industry, specializing in the natural resource sector and working primarily in research and institutional sales. He helped found the investment firm Goepel Shields & Partners and was subsequently President of the firm’s U.S. subsidiary. He later joined Dundee Securities, with the mandate to expand the company’s activities in the United States.
Mr. Nixon is also a director of Kimber Resources Inc., Miramar Mining Corporation, Reunion Gold Corporation and Stornaway Diamond Corporation.
Ronald Singer
 Director since 1998
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
Ronald Singer is a Chartered Accountant. He was a senior partner with Hyde Houghton, Chartered Accountants, until his retirement. His practice focused on corporate clients, both private and public, and specialized in the purchase and sale of businesses and corporate reorganizations.
Mr. Singer is also Chairman of the board of governors for the Dynamic family of mutual funds and a consultant to the Cree Economic Enterprises Company of Quebec. Mr. Singer was named a Fellow of the Quebec Order of Chartered Accountants in 1988.
Brian J. Steck, President, St. Andrews Financial Corp.
 Director since 2006
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee
Brian Steck has over 22 years experience in investment banking, institutional equity sales and wealth management. He became CEO of Nesbitt Thomson & Company Limited and subsidiaries in 1987 and Chairman in 1989. He was appointed Vice-Chairman of Bank of Montreal in 1992, responsible for wealth management and investment banking. Mr. Steck remained Chairman and CEO after merging both Nesbitt Thomson and Burns Fry until his retirement from both in 1999.
Mr. Steck is past Chairman of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada, the Canadian Securities Institute and the Canadian District of the Securities Industry Association of America. He is past Governor of the Toronto Stock Exchange. Mr. Steck is also a director of Investment Technology Group, Inc.
Mr. Steck obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Concordia University and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton Graduate School of Finance.
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