JOINT VENTURE

NUNAVUT EXPEDITING SERVICES is a federally incorporated joint venture consisting of 51% Inuit ownership with the family of Bill and Jessie Lyall of Cambridge Bay and 49% ownership by Discovery Mining Services Ltd. of Yellowknife.

WILLIAM (Bill) L. LYALL – was born in 1941 in Fort Ross, Nunavut, a trading post on the Boothia Peninsula. His eclectic education and experience includes residential school and Northern Alberta Institute of Technology where he obtained a Journeyman Certificate as an Automotive Mechanic. He has made a living from the land, managed his own taxi business, worked as a Journeyman automotive mechanic and general manager of the Cooperative. Most recently he provides leadership by serving as a director on boards of Inuit business ventures. Bill was elected as President of the Ikaluktutiak Co-operative in 1976 and is still President today. He continues to serve in other community and economic development capacities including:

• Chairman, Nunavut Tourism
• Chairman, Kitikmeot Foods
• Chairman, Inuit Governing Committee of the National Aboriginal Health Organization
• Board of Directors, National Aboriginal Health Organization

Bill is married with five children and 11 grandchildren. He and his wife Jesse live in Cambridge Bay.

Nunavut Expediting Services Ltd. has been approved and is registered as an Inuit firm pursuant to Article 24.7.1 of the Nunavut Claims Agreement.