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Ronald Yadin Lowenthal
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
ASPA Gold Corp
Rancho Mirage , CA
Sector: BASIC MATERIALS / Industrial Metals & Minerals
Officer since November 2010

Mr. Lowenthal is a specialist in Corporate Finance, in the structuring of IPO's and in fund raising for Mining Exploration Companies. From 1999, Mr. Lowenthal was a founding director of Incentive Holdings Ltd. and Incentive Securities Ltd, a South African based Financial Services Group. From 1982 to 1999, Mr. Lowenthal served as a financial consultant and as the compliance officer to family owned, Lowenthal & Co, a South African based Stock Broking, Corporate Finance and Fund Management company specializing in obtaining mining concessions for exploration, and obtaining and assisting a significant number of Mining and other companies with their obtaining quotations on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. In 1971, Mr.Lowenthal earned a Masters of Business Administration degree from the Wharton Graduate Division, University of Pennsylvania, USA and in 1969 earned a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in International Relations from the University of Sussex, England. Mr. Lowenthal is presently an officer or director of Kansala Resources SA, Senegal, Sanko Lowenthal, Mauritanie SARL, Sloane Investments, Inc., Chataprop Holdings 86 (Pty) Limited, IHL Nominees (Pty) Limited, Incentive Securities (Pty) Limited and North American Gold & Minerals Fund. He was previously an officer or director of Faso Mining SA, Consolidated Mining Corporation Limited, West Witwatersrand Gold Holding Limited, Carrig Diamonds Limited, Hanover Capital Group plc, Anglo Dutch Life Limited, Africa Resources Investments Limited, Catwalk Investments 398 (Pty) Limited, Hanover Research (Pty) Limited, Incentive Asset Management (Pty) Limited, Incentive Asset Traders, Incentive Corporate Finance (Pty) Limited, Incentive Holdings Limited, Rhizoid Timeline Formula Limited, Saga Lowenthal Commodities (Pty) Limited, Benoni Gold Holdings Limited, Bonte Koe Mynbou Ondernemings (Pty) Limited, Rex Mining Corporation Limited, Southern Fissures Limited, Wolfberg Mynbou (Pty) Limited, Carbon Leader Limited, Loxton Exploration (Pty) Limited, Dukes Court Shareblock Limited, Edgtech Holdings (Pty) Limited, Master Computer Bureau (Pty)Limited, Moorpark Shareblock Limited, Pick Distribution Company (Pty) Limited, Pick Square (Pty) Limited, Pick Technologies (Pty) Limited and Mesklip Prospecting (Pty) Limited. From 1972 to 1979, Mr. Lowenthal served as an International Merchant Banker with Scandinavian Bank in both London and in Singapore, Amex Bank in both London and in Hong Kong, Rothschild Intercontinental Bank in both London and in Hong Kongand with European and American Bank in New York. From 1979 to 1981, Mr. Lowenthal was involved in Diamond Mining and in Diamond Trading on an International basis. On November 22, 2010, Ronald Yadin Lowenthal was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. On November 26, 2010, the Board of Directors increased its size to 4 (Four) Members and elected Mr. Ronald Yadin Lowenthal, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, to the additional Board seat.