Hon. Brian V. Tobin, P.C., ICD.D - Chariman, Special Advisory Committee

The Hon. Brian V. Tobin, P.C., ICD.D served as a Member of Parliament for 16 years. He previously served as Federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Federal Minister of Industry and Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador. Mr. Tobin is currently Senior Business Advisor with Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP in Toronto. Mr. Tobin serves on a number of public company boards including Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Aecon Group Inc. and Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Limited and he is Chairman of the board for New Flyer Industries Inc. Mr. Tobin is also a Director of CommerceTel Canada Inc., Marport Deep Sea Technologies Inc., Kruger Inc. and Canpages Inc.

Mr. Tobin will act as Chairman of the special advisory committee for Energizer Resources’ Green Giant Vanadium Project in Madagascar.

V. Peter Harder, LL.D., M.A - Director and Member of Special Advisory Committee

Mr. Harder has served as a director of the Company since July 2, 2009. He is a Senior Policy Advisor to Fraser Milner Casgrain, LLP (“Frasers”), a national law firm in Canada.  Prior to joining Frasers, Mr. Harder was a long-serving Deputy Minister in the Government of Canada.  First appointed a Deputy Minister in 1991, he served as the most senior public servant in a number of federal departments including Treasury Board, Solicitor General, Citizenship and Immigration, Industry and Foreign Affairs and International Trade. At Foreign Affairs, Mr. Harder assumed the responsibilities of the Personal Representative of the Prime Minister to three G8 Summits (Sea Island, Gleneagles and St. Petersburg). Mr. Harder served as Co-Chair of the Canada China Strategic Working Group.

Mr. Harder was appointed a Trudeau Foundation Mentor for 2009-2010. In 2008, Peter was elected the President of the Canada China Business Council (CCBC).  He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Canada Eurasia Russia Business Association (CERBA) and is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). 

Anthony G. Toldo - Special Advisory Committee

President of KS Centoco Ltd. and a number of its related corporations comprising the Toldo Group, Mr. Toldo brings considerable experience, relationships and expertise to the committee.  The Toldo Group is based in Windsor, Ontario and is composed of several privately held corporations that manufacture and operate in diversified sectors including automotive, quick serve restaurant, aviation, and gaming and entertainment industries.  Mr. Toldo has also served as a director on several boards, including not for profit and publicly traded organizations. 

Robin Borley, Pr.Eng Capital Projects and Mine Development

Robin Borley has been appointed to the Company’s Special Advisory Committee in the capacity of Capital Projects and Mine Development. Mr. Borley is a Director of DRA and a Graduate Mining Engineer and Certified Mine Manager with over 25 years of International Mining experience across a range of commodities.

Mr. Borley brings considerable knowledge and experience to the technical and operational aspects of mine development. As the former Chief Operating Officer with Red Island Minerals, one of the property owners of a significant coal resource in the Sakoa Coal Field Project, his experience gained as well as the contacts and interface made with key Government officials will be invaluable to the Company as it looks to develop its projects in Madagascar.

Marc Hein Special Mauritian Counsel to Energizer

Mr. Hein has been appointed to the Special Advisory Committee in the capacity of Energizer Mauritian Counsel to oversee and manage the interface with both the Madagascar and Mauritian Governments.

Mr. Hein is a qualified Mauritian, English and French lawyer, specializing in business law. He is the Head of Practice of Juristconsult Chambers and has practised law in Mauritius and Madagascar since 1980. As a provider of legal services to Energizer for the past 4 years, Mr. Hein has spent considerable time in Madagascar and maintains excellent relations with key government officials in both Mauritius and Madagascar. He is a former Member of Parliament in Mauritius and a former Chairman of the Mauritius Bar Council.

Mr. Hein sits on the board of several multinational companies and is a Fellow of the Mauritius Institute of Directors. The key business and government relationships he has cultivated over the years will be instrumental to Energizer.

Mr. Hein is based in Mauritius, a small island due east of Madagascar that is recognized as the wealthiest, best-governed country in Africa by The World Bank and the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index.