Advisory Board

Advisory Board

Dr. Hikmet Akin, Ph.D. Eng, P.Geo

Dr. Hikmet Akin has 34 years experience in mining development and project evaluation. In 1985 he became a professor at the Technical University of Berlin and in 1988 published a book on geostatistics and reserve estimations. Since 1978, he has held various managerial and staff positions with Uranerz in Germany performing project evaluations and reserve estimations. During the 1990's, he operated the mining and exploration activities of Uranerz in the USA and Canada as president of the local subsidiaries. From 1995-1998, Hikmet was president and CEO of the entire Uranerz Group comprising operations in Germany, Canada, USA, and Central Asia. Since 1998, he has been engaged in the coal mining/energy sector, becoming project director Australia for Rheinbraun AG (Germany) in cooperation with Consol Energy Inc. (USA). He has also advised the DEA regarding an oil and gas project in Kazakhstan. Since 2001, Hikmet has been consulting to various companies in the mining sector and presently serves on the boards of Aldrige Minerals Inc. (TSX-V: AGM), and Rampart Ventures Inc (TSX-V: RPT).

Mark Monaghan, B.A., B.Comm

Mr. Monaghan has over 15 years of investment banking and corporate development experience with Canadian investment banking firms and public companies. Mr. Monaghan currently serves as a consultant to companies and financial institutions in corporate development and merchant banking. Most recently, he held the position of president, Quest Securities Corp., where he acted as financial adviser, raising equity capital for resource companies. Mr. Monaghan currently sits on the board of directors of several public companies and on the advisory committee of Forsys Metals Corp. Mr. Monaghan holds a BA in economics from Queen's University and a BComm from the University of Windsor.

Dan Hansen, MBA

Mr. Hansen is a private fund manager with over 20 years experience in international finance and brokerage. Dan over this period has provided strategic planning, corporate development, finance and marketing services to numerous private and public companies across a broad spectrum of industries. Dan has established a solid reputation as a financier and contributor to emerging exploration companies worldwide and has most recently assisted in the development of the Aurora Energy Resources Inc. (TSX-V: AXU) IPO strategy with Fronteer Development Group Inc. (TSX-V: FRG), and Altius Minerals Corp (TSX-V: ALS).

The development of Dan's large network of European and Scandinavian financial institutions will be an asset to Forsys as the Company continues to build a strong European investor presence. Dan holds an MBA from the University of Aarhus Denmark, speaking fluent English, German and Danish.