Rio Bravo Oil, Inc. (fka RIOB)

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Mr. Wesley A. Franklin, Wes, serves as Director of Exploration of Pan American Oil Company LLC. Mr. Franklin served as an Executive Vice President of Touchstone Resources Ltd. until October 2009. He served as Executive Vice President of Cygnus Oil & Gas Corp. (formerly Touchstone Resources U.S.A., Inc.) from July 7, 2004 to November 15, 2005. Mr. Franklin served as the President of Quantum Oil & Gas LLC, a Texas-based oil and gas exploration company, since co-founding Quantum Oil & Gas LLC in December 1998. He co-founded Mantle Resources, LLC, a Texas-based oil and gas consulting company, in December 2002. Mr. Franklin held senior management positions in Tenneco Oil Company and Fina Oil and Chemical Company from 1980 to 1997. Mr. Franklin has been in the E & P segment of the petroleum industry for 36 years. Mr. Franklin has over thirty years of successful oil and gas exploration and production experience, Mr. Franklin has worked in every facet of exploration and production. Since his retirement from Fina in 1997, he has been an active consultant in both domestic and international exploration plays. Mr. Franklin began his career as an Offshore Geologist for Gulf Oil Company in 1969. In 1973 he moved to California with Tenneco Oil Company then to West Texas in 1982. He was involved in discoveries of 200 million barrels of oil and 200 billion cubic feet of natural gas. His career with Tenneco ended with the sale of its in 1988. In 1988, Mr. Franklin joined Fina Oil and Chemical Company as Division Manager of the South Texas Division and subsequently became General Manager of Exploration for North America, Division Geologist and Division Geological Engineer in the Pacific Coast Division. He serves as a Director of Pan American Oil Company LLC. Mr. Franklin served as an Independent Director of Westbridge Energy Corporation (formerly Portrush Petroleum Corp.) from May 31, 2005 to September 14, 2010. He served as Director of Touchstone Resources Ltd. from July 11, 2005 to October 2009. He served as a Director of BPK Resources Inc. from January 2003 to July 2004. He served as a Director of Cygnus Oil & Gas Corp. from July 7, 2004 to November 15, 2005. Mr. Franklin is a registered geologist with both the state of Washington and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and he is a Member of SPE and SEG. Mr. Franklin received an M.S. in Geology from Oregon State University in 1975 and a B.S. in Geology from Washington State University in 1969.