EVRAZ

Strategic Minerals Corporation was the first vanadium producer to be fully integrated from ore to finished product.
Evraz subsidiaries are located in 19 time zones.
For 75 years KMK steel workers have produced the rails enough to turn round the Earth 23.5 times.

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Pursuant to the Articles, the Board of Directors is vested with the powers to perform all acts of administration and disposition in compliance with the corporate objects of the Company. All powers not expressly reserved by Luxembourg law or by the Articles to the general meeting of shareholders fall within the remit of the Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors may, subject to certain legal restrictions, authorise the payment of interim dividends.

The members of the Board of Directors are elected by a majority vote of shareholders at the annual general meeting, and the general meeting of shareholders may revoke their mandate at any time. The Board of Directors are appointed for one-year terms and may be re-elected an unlimited number of times. In the event of a vacancy on the Board of Directors, the remaining directors may fill the vacancy on a provisional basis, with the next general meeting of shareholders to make a permanent appointment.

The number, remuneration and the term of the directors is determined by the general meeting of shareholders.

The Board of Directors currently consists of ten members, three of whom are deemed to be independent pursuant to criteria adopted by the Board of Directors on 25 April 2005.

Messrs. Philippe Delaunois, James Campbell and Terry Robinson serve on the Board of Directors pursuant to agreements. These agreements have a duration of one year and provide for identical terms for payment and level of compensation and reimbursement of certain expenses.

In July 2007, The Board of Directors approved The Policy governing the Board of Directors as a supplement to applicable laws and regulations and the Articles of Association.

With effect from January 19, 2007

Alexander V. Frolov, Chairman of the Board of Directors

Born in 1964. Mr Frolov was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors effective May 1, 2006, and Evraz’s CEO from January 19, 2007. Mr. Frolov joined the Original Group in 1994, and subsequently held various positions at EvrazMetal. Mr. Frolov served as Chief Financial Officer of Evraz from 2002 through 2004. From 2004 till April 2006 he was Evraz’s Senior Executive Vice President responsible for the functions of strategy and business development, finance, corporate affairs and communications, business process, human resource, legal and IT, and a member of the Board of Directors. Prior to joining Evraz, Mr. Frolov worked as a research fellow at the I. V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy. Mr. Frolov graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with a first-class honors degree in 1987, and he received a Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics in 1991 from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

At present, Mr. Frolov is also Chief Executive Officer of Evraz Group S.A.
Alexander G. Abramov, Member of the Board of Directors

Born in 1959. Mr. Abramov has served in similar roles with Evraz or its predecessors since founding EvrazMetal, the predecessor of Evraz (the «Original Group»), in 1992, and was a member of the Original Group. Until 1 January 2006, he was Chairman of the Board and CEO, until 1 May 2006 — Chairman of the Board. Since May 2006 Mr. Abramov is a member of the Board (with no executive responsibilities). Mr. Abramov previously worked at the Institute of High Temperatures of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Mr. Abramov graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with a first-class honors degree in 1982, and he holds a Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics. Mr. Abramov is a Bureau member of the Council of Entrepreneurs and a member of the Council of Entrepreneurs set up by the Government of the Russian Federation.

Mr. Abramov is currently CEO, Evraz Invest.
Otari I. Arshba, Member of the Board of Directors

Born in 1955. Mr. Arshba joined the Original Group in 1998, and until December 2003 served as Evraz’s Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications. Mr. Arshba worked in the state security apparatus of the Russian Federation until 1994. Mr. Arshba graduated with distinction from the Felix Dzerzhinsky KGB Higher School, and holds a Ph.D. in political science from the Russian Academy of Government Service. In December 2003, Mr. Arshba was elected a deputy of the Lower House of Parliament of the Russian Federation — the State Duma.

Mr. Arshba is currently a Deputy of the State Dume of the RF Federal Assembly.
Gennady Bogolyubov, Member of the Board of Directors

Born in 1962. Mr. Bogolyubov graduated from Dnipropetrovsk Engineering and Construction Institute in Ukraine with a degree in Industrial and Civil Construction.

Mr. Bogolyubov is currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Ukrainian commercial bank PrivatBank. Since 2003, he has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Ukrnafta, Ukraine's oil and natural gas extracting, processing and supplying company. In February 2008 he was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Consolidated Minerals Limited, a manganese ore and other non-ferrous metals ore producing company in Australia.
James W. Campbell, Member of the Board of Directors (Independent )

Born in 1949. From 1975 until 2002 he served in various positions with the Anglo-American group of companies, including various positions with Amcoal, then the coal division of Anglo American, from 1984 through 2002. From 1999 through 2002 he served as Executive Director of Anglo American plc; Chairman of Anglocoal (formerly Amcoal) and AngloBase Divisions; and a non-executive director of Anglo Platinum, Anglogold and Anaconda Nickel Ltd. Mr. Campbell received a B.Sc. in Mathematical Physics from Queen’s University, Belfast and an M.A. in Engineering Management from Cambridge University, England.

Mr. Campbell is Chairman of the Strategy Committee.

Mr. Campbell is currently the Chairman of Minara Resources Ltd.

Mr. Campbell is member of the Boards of Highveld Steel and Ferrous Resources Ltd.
Philippe Delaunois, Member of the Board of Directors (Independent )

Born in 1941. Mr. Delaunois received a degree of engineering from the State University at Mons, Belgium, and studied business at Harvard Business School. Mr. Delaunois had been involved in the Belgian steel industry for 35 years, starting as a field engineer in the long products mills. From 1981 till 1999 he held managing positions (CEO, 1987-1999) at Cockerill Sambre, a Belgian steel group. Prior to his election to Evraz's Board in January 2007, Mr. Delaunois served on the boards of directors of several Belgian and international companies, including CFE (construction and dredging), Mobistar (mobile telephone), Cumerio (copper), Shanks plc (waste management) etc. In 1990-1993 — President of «Union wallonne des Entreprises». Honorary Consul of Austriafor the Province of Hainaut and Namur. Order of Leopold (Belgium), Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (France).

Mr. Delaunois is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

Mr. Delaunois is currently Chairman of the Boards of CFE, Mediabel, Alcopa (all - Belgium), CLI (Luxemburg); Vice-President of the Board of Directors of CORELIO (Belgium); member of the Boards of Mobistar, ING Bank, DEME, AHLERS (all – Belgium), SUEZ Energies sevices (France), CLE (Luxemburg)
Olga Pokrovskaya, Member of the Board of Directors

Born in 1969. Ms. Pokrovskaya joined Millhouse LLC as head of corporate finance in July 2006. She previously held several key finance positions in Sibneft since 1997, including serving as head of corporate finance since 2004. From 1991 until 1997, she worked as a senior audit manager at accountancy Arthur Andersen. Ms. Pokrovskaya graduated with honors from the State Financial Academy in 1991.

Ms. Pokrovskaya is currently Head of Corporate Finance, Millhouse LLC. She is member of the Boards of Highland Gold (since January 2008), OAO Pharmstandard and Greenleas International Holding Ltd.
Terry Robinson, Member of the Board of Directors (Independent)

Born in 1945. Terry Robinson is a qualified chartered accountant and has 40 years international business experience. He was 20 years at Lonrho PLC, the international mining and trading group; and the last 10 years as a main board director. Since 1998 he has been variously been occupied with international business recovery engagements and investment projects including natural resources in the UK, Russia, the CIS and Brazil He is an independent non-executive director of the Toronto listed Katanga Mining Limited with copper and cobalt mining operations in the DRC and is a member of Katanga’s audit committee and compensation committee and until recently was Managing Director of Interactive Records Management Ltd, a private equity controlled investment. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales’ non executive director special interest group.

Mr. Robinson is currently Chairman of the Evraz Group audit committee and a member of the Evraz strategy committee.
Eugene Shvidler, Member of the Board of Directors

Born in 1964. Eugene Shvidler is a graduate of the I. M. Gubkin Moscow Institute of Oil and Gas with a masters degree in applied mathematics, and holds an MBA in finance and MS in international tax from Fordham University. He worked as senior vice president of Sibneft beginning in 1995 and served as president of the company from 1998 through 2005.

Mr. Shvidler is currently head of Millhouse LLC.
He joined the Highland Gold board of directors in January 2008.
Eugene Tenenbaum, Member of the Board of Directors

Born in 1964. He served as head of corporate finance for OAO Sibneft in Moscow from 1998 through 2001. In 1994, he joined Salomon Brothers as a director for corporate finance, where he worked until 1998. Prior to that, he spent five years in corporate finance with KPMG in Toronto, Moscow and London, including three years (1990-1993) as national director at KPMG International in Moscow. He was an accountant in the Business Advisory Group at Price Waterhouse in Toronto from 1987 until 1989. Mr. Tenenbaum is a chartered accountant and holds a bachelors degree in commerce and finance from the University of Toronto.

Mr. Tenenbaum is currently managing director of Millhouse Capital UK Ltd and member of the Boards of Chelsea FC Plc, Chelsea Ltd, Chelsea FC Ltd, Chelsea Training Ground Ltd, Stamford Bridge Projects Ltd, London Square Management Company Ltd. He joined the Highland Gold Board of Directors in January 2008.