The Board of Directors at Kendal Coal Project, February 2008

Mr. Griffis is the founder of Griffis International Limited (GIL), a private investment and corporate management firm based in Toronto, Canada.  GIL is focused on emerging resources companies which require early- to mid-stage financing, located in West Africa and South America.  Mr. Griffis also founded Pan African Uranium, which was acquired by Homeland in 2006 and resulted in the granting of eight mining licences in Niger to Homeland.

Mr. Griffis is Chairman of Virgin Metals Inc. and has served as Chairman/CEO of several other public and private resource companies.

Mr. Griffis is a retired LCol. in the Canadian Air Force and was a member of the Snowbirds aerobatic squadron in 1973-4.  He returned to be team leader during the years 1979-80 and worked hard on the public relations aspect of the team.  Mr. Griffis was selected as Commanding Officer because of his “strong leadership qualities and flair for public relations,” qualities which now benefit Homeland.

Mr. Griffis was appointed to the Board in February 2006 and became Chairman in April of that year.  He is also Chairman of the Compensation Committee.

Mr. Coates founded Homeland Energy in 2004 and serves as its President and Chief Executive Officer as well as Chairman of Homeland Uranium Inc.  He is a graduate of King’s College at the University of Western Ontario and has experience in publishing, government, investment management and communications.

Founder of Grove Communications Inc., Mr. Coates is an experienced consultant on strategic relationships, business development and communications to the junior mining sector.  The first four years of his working career were spent as a investment manager with RBC Dominion Securities – Canada’s largest investment bank.  He has been a volunteer director of numerous service organizations and an active fundraiser.  Mr. Coates is a director of and advisor to several companies including Odyssey Resources Limited, Nuna Gold and Juno Special Situations Fund.

Mr. Coates resides in London, England where he manages the day-to-day affairs of the Corporation and its going public process.  A key strength is his comfort in dealing with all levels of government, and his strength in developing key ‘in-country’ relationships has been a valuable asset to Homeland.

Mr. Howard graduated from the University of Colorado with a Masters degree in Geology after achieving his baccalaureate from the University of Toronto.  He holds the accreditation of Professional Geoscientist and is a Fellow of the Gemological Association of Great Britain.  Mr. Howard is a citizen of both Canada and the United States.

Mr. Howard has broad international experience as a minerals exploration geologist and mining company executive as well as considerable corporate-financial and management experience.  Mr. Howard founded Odyssey Resources Limited and acted as its President & CEO until recently. 

Mr. Howard is a founding director of Homeland, and his geological expertise is a key factor in the company’s uranium exploration program.  Mr. Howard now serves as an independent director and is a member of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Howard lives in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Mr. Curtis is a geologist (PhD, 1974, Toronto) with over thirty five years of international experience in the natural resource sector with direct experience in Africa, Greenland, North, South and Central America, and the Pacific.

Mr. Curtis was President of Curtis & Associates, a mineral resource consulting firm, from 1980 to 1996. He has spent more than 20 years working in Latin America and has been responsible for several mineral discoveries. During this time, Mr Curtis has consulted for a number of large, multi-national companies and served as a director for several of these companies.

Mr. Curtis founded Intrepid Minerals Corporation in 1995 and was President, CEO and director for ten years prior to its merger with Nustar Mining in 2006 and Emperor Mines in 2007. Mr Curtis continues to serve as president and director of Intrepid Mines Limited. Mr. Curtis is a member of the Association of the Professional Geoscientists of Ontario and is currently a director of High River Gold Mines Ltd and Alturas Minerals Corporation.

Mr. McLoughlin has a degree in Economics and extensive experience in the financial industry.  He has worked in Europe, the Middle East and Asia in government finance and investment management.  He has lived in France for 20 years..

Mr. McLoughlin brings to Homeland his knowledge of the resource sector and the capital markets in continental Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.  He has been a Director and Advisor to several boards and is a key source of knowledge on international financial markets.  This experience is very useful as the Corporation proceeds toward a public listing.

Mr. McLoughlin was appointed to the Board in October of 2006.  He is a member of the Audit Committee and the Chair of the Compensation Committee.

Mr. Munro is President, Chief Financial Officer and a co-founder of The Chrysalis Capital Group Inc. ("TCCG"), "), a private company focussed on all aspects of the Capital Pool Company ("CPC") program; from the development of a series of CPCs to the introduction of supporting products, such as the Chrysalis Partner Program. Mr. Munro also currently serves as President, Chief Financial Officer and director of Chrysalis V and Chrysalis VI, as a director of U.S. Silver Corporation and Homeland Energy Group, as well as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Panda Capital Inc.

Prior to joining TCCG, Mr. Munro served as Director, Data Product Management with Rogers AT&T Wireless Inc. ("Rogers"), from March 2003 to February 2006. In such capacity, Mr. Munro managed a team and was strategically responsible for delivering increasing data revenues in a growing area of the wireless market.

Prior to joining Rogers, Mr. Munro was the founding Director of Venture Development with Exclamation from December 1999 to June 2002. In this role, Mr. Munro was charged with analyzing all potential investments' value propositions, their products' attractiveness in the marketplace and their likelihood of success. Mr. Munro also acted as interim management to several of Exclamation's partner companies, and was one of the original founders of Points International (TSX:PTS), the reward management portal.