Peter Marrone Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Marrone founded Yamana as President and Chief Executive Officer of Yamana in July 2003. Mr. Marrone was appointed Chairman of Yamana in May 2007. Mr. Marrone has more than 25 years of business and capital markets experience and has been on the boards of a number of public companies and advised companies with a strong South American presence. Mr. Marrone holds a Bachelor of Laws degree. Prior to Yamana, Mr. Marrone was the head of investment banking at a major Canadian investment bank and before that, practiced law in Toronto with significant international experience.

Charles B. Main Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Main joined Yamana as Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer in August 2003, with over 20 years of experience in the finance and mining industries. Prior to joining Yamana, Mr. Main held the principal positions of Director of Corporate Development of Newmont Capital Corporation, Vice President of Normandy Mining Limited and Chief Financial Officer and a director of Banff Resources Ltd. from March 2000 until July 2003, and was Vice President, Finance with TVX Gold Inc. from 1999 to 2000, which company was acquired by Kinross Gold Corporation in 2003. Mr. Main is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Ontario and Canadian Institutes of Chartered Accountants. Mr. Main holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University.

Greg McKnight Senior Vice President, Business Development. Mr. McKnight joined Yamana as Vice President, Business Development in February 2004. Mr. McKnight has approximately 20 years of investment banking and corporate experience during which he has focused almost entirely on the mining sector. Prior to joining Yamana, Mr. McKnight was a director in the investment banking division of Canaccord Capital Corporation, a position he held since December 2001. From 1997 through 2001, Mr. McKnight held the position of Director, Investment Banking Mining at TD Securities Inc. and HSBC Securities Inc. During the year prior to joining Yamana, Mr. McKnight was instrumental in his capacity as an investment banker in structuring the reverse takeover transaction and raising the equity for Yamana that enabled the Company to re-capitalize and re-position itself as a gold production Company with a number of Brazilian development opportunities. Mr. McKnight holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto and a Masters of Business Administration from the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.

Ludovico Costa President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Costa has many years of management experience in the mining industry and is currently President and Chief Operating Officer of Yamana. Prior to assuming these positions, he was Senior Vice President, Operations of Yamana since October 2007. He was previously Vice President, Operations from May 2007, and was Director of Operations from March 2006. Prior to this, Mr. Costa was in the strategic planning division of Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, a public mining company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the So Paulo Stock Exchange and on the Madrid Stock Exchange, from November 2003 to March 2006. From November 2000 until November 2003, Mr. Costa was Safety Advisor at Rio Tinto plc, a public mining company listed the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Costa completed an international secondment of three years to England, as well completing courses at Harvard Business School in the United States and McGill University in Canada.

Darcy Marud Senior Vice President, Exploration. Darcy Marud joined Yamana as Senior Vice President, Exploration in October 2007. Prior to that, he held the position of Vice-President of Exploration for Meridian from 2004 and the position of exploration manager for South America from 1997. Mr. Marud has a combined 21 years of experience as a gold exploration geologist in the Americas with companies such as Homestake Mining Company, FMC Gold Company and Meridian Gold Inc.