OFFICERS Greg Johnson, President & CEO Mr. Johnson was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of South American Silver Corp. April 2010. As an exploration geologist with more than 20 years experience in the mining industry, Mr. Johnson brings considerable corporate finance, project development and exploration experience to the Company. He most recently served at NovaGold Resources as Vice-President, Strategic Development, where during his 12 years there was part of the team that grew NovaGold from a $10-million market capitalization to nearly a $2-billion company. While at NovaGold, Mr. Johnson was prominently involved with the acquisition and advancement of three world-class deposits, including the completion of three feasibility studies. He was a co-winner of the respected Thayler Lindsay International Discovery Award for his role in the discovery and advancement of the 40-million-ounce Donlin Creek gold deposit in Alaska. Mr. Johnson began his career with Placer Dome Inc. where he worked in the U.S. and International Exploration Groups with responsibilities for several projects from early discovery stage to development and operations. He graduated with honors from Western Washington University where he earned a B Sc. in Geology. Mr. Johnson has served as a director of the Company since May 2009. Ralph Fitch, Executive Chairman & Director Mr. Fitch, one of the founders of South American Silver Corp., High Desert Gold Corporation and previously, General Minerals Corporation, is an exploration geologist with over forty years of international exploration management and field experience. His prior positions included Chief Geologist (Worldwide) and Manager of U.S. Exploration for the Chevron Minerals Group. His extensive exploration experience includes work in South America, Australia, West Africa, South Africa and the United States. Mr. Fitch is credited with a number of major international discoveries and was awarded the Chevron Chairman’s Award for his part in the discovery of the Ujina deposit at the Collahuasi copper porphyry project in Chile. As Chief Geologist for Chevron, he also directed the ore reserve estimations for the Lisheen zinc project in Ireland, another Chevron discovery, and the Stillwater platinum group metals project in Montana. Earlier in his career he was involved in the discovery at the Bend and Horseshoe massive sulphide deposits in Wisconsin, the Henkries uranium deposit in South Africa, the Coppins Gap Archaen porphyry copper molybdenum deposit in West Australia, and the Pah-My-Yah diamond field in Liberia. Mr. Fitch received his B.Sc. (Special) Honours Degree in Geology from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London. Felipe B. Malbran, Executive Vice President, Exploration South America Prior to the formation of SASC, Mr. Malbran served as Vice President of Exploration South America (1995-2006) for General Minerals Corporation; in addition, his career includes work as a Consultant for base and precious metals exploration in Chile, Project Geologist for base metals exploration in Chile with Min. Cominco Resources Chile (1991-1994), and as Project Geologist for base and precious metals exploration with Geoestudios Consultants (1983-1990). Mr. Malbran has a wealth of experience in both Economic Geology and Geotechnical and Regional Geology; he received his Degree in Geology form the University of Chile in 1983. Richard Doran, Executive Vice President Mr. Doran has been associated with South American Silver since its beginnings and currently serves as the Executive Vice President and corporate secretary. Prior to joining General Minerals, Mr. Doran served as the North American marketing Manager for the European-based metals company Union Miniere. He was the commercial manager for Chevron Corporation's mining division from 1985 through 1994. Prior to this, he was marketing research manager for Getty Mining Company. Mr. Doran holds a Professional Engineering Degree in metallurgical engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and an M.S. Degree in Mineral Economics from the Pennsylvania State University. He completed additional graduate studies in international economics at the University of Denver. William Filtness, Financial Officer Mr. Filtness is a Chartered Accountant who has been involved in the mining industry since 1987 as a director or officer of a number of public companies. Mr. Filtness is currently Senior Consultant of Malaspina Consultants Inc., a private company that provides accounting and administrative infrastructure to junior public companies, and is President of KCT Consulting Inc., a private company that provides financial consulting services to junior public companies. Mr. Filtness was previously CFO of General Minerals Corporation and is currently CFO of High Desert Gold Corporation and i-minerals inc., a TSX Venture Exchange listed company. David Dreisinger,Vice President Metallurgy Dr Dreisinger has been working as a metallurgical consultant with the Company since May, 2006. In addition, he currently holds the position of Professor and Chairholder of the Industrial Research Chair in Hydrometallurgy at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Dreisinger, with co-workers, has been actively involved in developing and commercializing hydrometallurgical technology such as the Mt. Gordon and Sepon copper processes in Australia and Laos. Through the Industrial Research Chair in Hydrometallurgy, Dr. Dreisinger is engaged in research and in the teaching technical short courses to the global metallurgical industry. David is a director of PolyMet Mining Corp. and International Nickel Ventures Corporation. Phillip Brodie-Hall, Vice President Project Development Mr. Brodie-Hall is a professional engineer who brings over 35 years of engineering construction and project development experience to the Company from a career that has covered nearly every aspect of evaluation, feasibility studies and project development in the mining and mineral processing industries. He has had first-hand experience with projects in Australia, Southeast Asia, Africa, the Middle-East, Eurasia, and North and South America. Andrew Clark, Manager Project Implementation Mr. Clark has over 30 years experience in the design and management of industrial, mining, materials handling, chemical and petrochemical projects. These projects have ranged from feasibility studies through to commissioning and handover of completed facilities. He has held a number of senior management roles during his career and has extensive international experience as a project manager, having worked on projects in Africa, Australia, the Middle East, Eurasia, and North and South America.