North Bay Resources Inc (NBRI)

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We have one key employee, our Chief Executive Officer, who also has other business interests, and he may not be able to devote a sufficient amount of time to our business operations, causing our business to fail

Mr. Perry Leopold, our Chief Executive Officer, currently devotes 40 or more hours per week to our business affairs and the business affairs of our Parent Company, and currently devotes less than 10 hours per week total on his other business interests, specifically, Speebo, Inc., Circular Logic, Inc., and The PAN Network. Mr. Leopold also serves as a consultant to a major consumer electronics firm on legacy technology issues related to his work with The PAN Network in aiding the development of the internet in the 1980’s, and which is done only as time permits, on an as-needed as-available basis. Should the demands from any of Mr. Leopold’s other business interests increase in the future, it is possible that Mr. Leopold may not be able to devote sufficient time to the management of our business, as and when needed. If our management team is unable to devote a sufficient amount of time to manage our operations, our business will fail.

Our President and Chief Executive Officer does not have any training specific to the technicalities of mineral exploration, and there is a higher risk our business will fail

Mr. Perry Leopold, our President and Chief Executive Officer, does not have any formal training as a geologist or a mining engineer. We do have qualified geologists and mining engineers on staff, but Mr. Leopold has the ability to accept or not accept their recommendations on any particular matter. As a result, our upper management may lack certain skills that are advantageous in managing an exploration or production company. In addition, Mr. Leopold’s decisions and choices may not take into account standard engineering or managerial approaches mineral exploration and mining companies commonly use. Consequently, our operations, earnings, and ultimate financial success could suffer irreparable harm due to management’s lack of experience in geology and mine engineering.