Robert F. Lauzon is Managing Director, Western Canada of Middlefield Group and is based in Middlefield's Calgary office. Mr. Lauzon has been employed by Middlefield Capital Corporation since 2002. Mr. Lauzon is the lead portfolio manager on a number of investment funds focused on the energy, mining and equity income sectors and is responsible for overseeing Middlefield's trading operation. Mr. Lauzon is an MBA graduate of the Rotman School of Management (University of Toronto) and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Prior to joining Middlefield in 2002, he worked as an Investment Executive with ScotiaMcLeod.

Groppe, Long & Littell a Houston, Texas based oil and gas consulting firm, is one of the world’s leading forecasters of oil and natural gas prices. The firm provides consulting services to government, corporate and private clients involved in the oil, natural gas, refining and petroleum industries.

Groppe, Long & Littell acts as a consultant to Middlefield with respect to the strategic outlook for the energy sector. The firm provides Middlefield with analysis of the global economic and political forces impacting the prices of oil and natural gas. Henry Groppe, the Company’s founder, is the individual primarily involved in providing services on behalf of his firm to Middlefield. He has over 50 years of management, economic and technical experience in the energy field. Mr. Groppe was employed with Dow Chemical Co., Monsanto Co., Texaco Inc., and Arabian American Oil Company in Saudi Arabia before establishing Groppe, Long & Littell in 1955. Since 2003, he has also served as an energy advisor to the Alberta Department of Energy.