Mr. Hanks has served as Director, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company since the merger of Maple Carpenter Creek, LLC with the Company in September 2010. Mr. Hanks founded Maple Resources Corporation in the United States, in 1986 and has been President or Chairman of the Board of Maple Resources Corporation since its inception. Mr. Hanks has also been the Executive Chairman of Maple Energy PLC, a publicly-listed company on the London Stock Exchange AIM and the Lima Bolsa. Prior to founding Maple, Mr. Hanks was a partner in the Washington D.C. office of the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss. Mr. Hanks graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a law degree in 1971 and a petroleum land management degree in 1968.
===== Also Maple Energy PLC just prior to being suspended and delisted had a financing deal with yet another Hanks related company - one that dealt with some very questionable financing.