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Sean Boyd, C.A., Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Boyd, a Chartered Accountant, has been with the company since 1985 and was appointed to his current position in 2005. Prior to this Mr. Boyd was President and CEO of Agnico-Eagle. Mr. Boyd has held various senior management positions at Agnico-Eagle including Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Boyd is a graduate of the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Commerce, 1981. He is on the Board of Governors of St. Francis Xavier University and is a director of the World Gold Council.

Eberhard Scherkus, P.Eng., President and Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Scherkus, is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited and has been with the company for more than 20 years. He has held his current position since 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Scherkus served as Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, manager of the Company's LaRonde Division, and other senior positions since 1986. Mr. Scherkus is a graduate of McGill University (B.Sc.).

David Garofalo, C.A., ICD.D, Senior Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Garofalo has been with the company since 1998. Before joining Agnico-Eagle, Mr. Garofalo served as Treasurer and in various finance roles with another international mining company from 1990. Mr. Garofalo serves on the Boards of Directors of Agnico-Eagle, Stornoway Diamond Corporation and Malbex Resources Inc. In 2009, Mr. Garofalo was named Canada’s CFO of the Year by Financial Executives International Canada, TopGun CFO by Brendan Wood International and was given the award of Best Investor Relations by a CFO by IR Magazine. Mr. Garofalo is a graduate of the University of Toronto (B.Comm.) and a Chartered Accountant.

Donald G. Allan, Senior Vice-President, Corporate Development

Mr. Allan has held this position since 2002. Prior to this appointment, he spent 16 years as an investment banker covering the mining and natural resources sectors with Salomon Smith Barney and Merrill Lynch. Mr. Allan is a graduate of the Amos Tuck School, Dartmouth College (M.B.A.) and the University of Toronto (B. Comm.). Mr. Allan qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

Alain Blackburn, P.Eng., Senior Vice-President, Exploration

Mr. Blackburn has held this position with the company since 2002, prior to which he served as Manager, Corporate Development from 1999 and as Exploration Manager from 1996. Mr. Blackburn is a graduate of Université du Québec de Chicoutimi (P.Eng.) and Université du Québec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue (M.Sc.).

Tim Haldane, P. Eng., Senior Vice-President, Latin America

Mr. Haldane joined the company in May 2006. Prior to this appointment, he was Vice-President, Development for Glamis Gold Inc. where he participated in numerous acquisition and development activities in North America and Central America. Mr. Haldane is a graduate of the Montana School of Mines and Technology (B. S. Metallurgical Engineering) and has 28 years of combined experience in the precious metals and base metals industries.

R. Gregory Laing, BA, LL.B, General Counsel, Senior Vice-President, Legal and Corporate Secretary

Mr. Laing, is General Counsel, Senior Vice-President, Legal and Corporate Secretary of Agnico-Eagle, and has been with the company since September 19, 2005. Prior to this, he was Vice-President, Legal of Goldcorp Inc. (gold mining company) from October 2003 to June 2005 and General Counsel, Vice-President, Legal and Corporate Secretary of TVX Gold Inc. (gold mining company) between October, 1995 and January, 2003.

Daniel Racine, Ing., P. Eng., Senior Vice-President, Operations

Mr. Racine, is Senior Vice-President Operations of Agnico-Eagle, a position he has held since July 2008. Prior to his appointment, he served Agnico-Eagle in various capacities for 20 years, including Vice-President, Operations Manager, LaRonde Mine Manager, Underground Superintendent and Mine Captain. Prior to joining Agnico-Eagle, Mr. Racine worked as a mining engineer for several mining companies. Mr. Racine graduated as a mining engineer from Laval University (B.Sc.) in December 1986. Mr. Racine is a member of OIQ in Québec and PEO in Ontario.

Jean Robitaille, Senior Vice-President, Technical Services

Mr. Robitaille, is Senior Vice-President, Technical Services, a position he has held since June 2008. Prior to his appointment, he served Agnico-Eagle in various capacities for more than 20 years, most recently as Vice-President, Metallurgy & Marketing, General Manager, Metallurgy & Marketing and as Mill Superintendent and Project Manager for the expansion of the LaRonde mill. Before joining Agnico-Eagle, Mr. Robitaille worked as a metallurgist with Teck Mining Group. Mr. Robitaille is a mining graduate of the College de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue with a specialty in mineral processing.

Picklu Datta, C.A., Vice-President, Controller

Mr. Datta has been with the company since 2005. Before joining Agnico-Eagle, Mr. Datta spent most of his career in New York City with Philip Morris Companies in various finance management positions. His experience also includes a senior Finance position for a large New York City technology company and a management position for a large mining company in Toronto. Mr. Datta is a graduate of the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, 1990 and is a Chartered Accountant who articled with PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Patrice Gilbert, Vice-President, Human Resources

Mr. Gilbert, is Vice-President, Human Resources of Agnico-Eagle, a position that he has held since September 25th, 2006. Prior to his appointment, he worked in the mining industry for the Placer Dome Group in various capacities for 17 years, in senior roles in Chile, South Africa, the Dominican Republic and Canada (Quebec and British Columbia). Mr. Gilbert studied Industrial Relations at Laval University in Quebec, Canada and Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Paul-Henri Girard, Ing., P. Eng., Vice-President, Canada

Mr. Girard, is Vice-President Canada of Agnico-Eagle, a position he has held since July 2006. Prior to his appointment, he served Agnico-Eagle in various capacities for 21 years, including General Manager of Technical Services, Abitibi Regional Manager, LaRonde Mine Manager, Underground Superintendent and Chief Engineer. Prior to joining Agnico-Eagle, Mr. Girard worked as a mining engineer for several mining companies. Mr. Girard graduated as a mining engineer from Laval University (B.Sc.) in April 1980. Mr. Girard is a member of OIQ in Québec.

Louise Grondin, M.Sc., Ing., P. Eng., Vice-President, Environment and Sustainable Development

Ms. Grondin has held this position since April 2007. Since joining the company in 2001, she was successively Environmental Manager for the LaRonde Division and Regional Environmental Manager for Abitibi. Prior to that, Ms. Grondin was environmental superintendent for the Selbaie mine where she worked from 1993 to 2001. She also worked 12 years in various capacities with Ontario Hydro in Toronto. Ms. Grondin holds a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Ottawa (1978) and an M.Sc. in Meteorology from McGill University (1980). She completed the mechanical engineering curriculum at the University of Toronto in 1984 and has been a member of OIQ in Québec since 2001 and PEO in Ontario since 1984.

Ingmar E. Haga, Vice-President, Europe

Mr. Haga joined Agnico-Eagle as Managing Director - Europe on March 1, 2006 and was appointed VP, Europe on July 26, 2006. He has held various executive and corporate positions with the Outokumpu Group in Finland and Canada. Prior to joining Agnico-Eagle Mr. Haga was President of Polar Mining Oy, a Finnish subsidiary of Dragon Mining NL of Australia. Mr. Haga is a graduate of Åbo Akademi, Finland (M.Sc.).

Marc Legault, P.Eng., Eng., Vice-President, Project Development

Mr. Legault is Vice-President, Project Development of Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited and has been with the Company for 18 years. He has held his current position since July 2006. Prior to that, Marc served as: Manager, Project Evaluation based in Toronto Ontario since 2002; Mine Geologist and later Chief Geologist at the Company's LaRonde Division in Cadillac Quebec from 1994 and; Project Geologist at the Company’s Exploration Division in Val d’Or Quebec starting in 1988. Mr. Legault is also a director of Golden Goliath Resources Ltd., a TSX-V listed mineral exploration company (in which Agnico-Eagle holds an interest) with activities principally in northern Mexico. Mr. Legault is a graduate of Queen’s University (B.Sc. Honours in geological engineering) and Carleton University (M.Sc. in geology).

Claudio Mancuso, C.A., Vice-President, Treasurer

Mr. Mancuso, has been with the company since 2002 and was appointed to his current position in January 2009. Prior to this, Mr. Mancuso served the company in various capacities including Treasurer, Controller, and Manager, Financial Reporting. Prior to joining Agnico-Eagle, Mr. Mancuso held positions at the Ontario Securities Commission and BDO Dunwoody LLP, a public accounting firm. Mr. Mancuso is a graduate of the University of Waterloo and a Chartered Accountant.

David Smith, Vice-President, Investor Relations

Mr. Smith is the Vice-President, Investor Relations with Agnico-Eagle. He started work in investor relations at the Company in February, 2005. Prior to that, he was a mining analyst for more than five years. Mr. Smith's professional experience also includes a variety of engineering positions in the mining industry, both in Canada and abroad. Mr. Smith is a member of the Board of Directors of the Denver Gold Group. He has a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in Mining Engineering from Queen's University at Kingston, and the University of Arizona, respectively. Mr. Smith is also a Professional Engineer.
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