Robert A. Quartermain (President and Chief Executive Officer)Mr. Quartermain has been the President and a director of Silver Standard since 1985. He graduated in 1977 from the University of New Brunswick with a Bachelor of Science degree in geology, and from Queen's University in 1981 with a Master of Science degree in mineral exploration. From 1976 to 1982, he worked for the Geological Survey of Canada and in private industry on mapping and exploration programs. Mr. Quartermain worked for Teck Corp. from 1982 until 1985. Since 1985, Mr. Quartermain has been involved as a director and/or officer of a number of public resource companies.Silver Standard Resources Inc.Silver Standard has the largest published in-ground silver resource of any publicly-traded silver company, with a pipeline of projects in Argentina, Peru, Mexico, Canada, Chile, the United States and Australia. We are making the transition to production with aggressive development on our core properties and the construction of our Pirquitas mine in northern Argentina, where commissioning is scheduled to commence in the fourth quarter of 2008.