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Management

 

Robert F. Baldock, CA(M), FCPA, FCMC

Chief Executive Officer and President

Mr. Baldock is a seasoned mining executive with enviable C-suite experience. He is also a qualified accountant with over 30 years, hands-on, in managing public and private corporations across a wide range of industries. Mr. Baldock is the former Co-Founder and Managing Director, and subsequently Executive Chairman, of Golconda Minerals N.L. Group of Mining Companies listed on the ASX, NASDAQ and Stuttgart Stock Exchanges. As well he was President of a controlled subsidiary, Nevada Goldfields Corporation, which was listed on the TSX, NASDAQ, USA and Stuttgart Stock Exchanges. With the Golconda Group, Mr. Baldock also acted as Managing Director of Duketon Exploration Limited, listed on the ASX. The market capitalization of the Golconda Group and its subsidiaries was over $200 million at its peak of operations under Baldock. Under his tenure he had the overall responsibility for raising needed capital and cash flow from operations to execute on the design, construction, commissioning and operation of six mineral processing plants.
 

Cathy Zhai, B.Sc., CGA

Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance and Corporate Secretary

Ms. Zhai has been the Chief Financial Officer at Monument Mining Limited (formerly "Moncoa Corporation") since 2001. Ms. Zhai has more than thirteen years of extensive experience at senior positions in corporate finance, financial reporting, overseas capital registration and cash management, and business strategic planning. In her career, she has worked as CFO, Director of Finance and other senior roles with several public and private companies across the mining, high tech and biotech industries. Ms. Zhai is a designated Certified General Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Mathematics and Diploma in Financial Management Accounting and Multicultural Comparison.
 

Kevin J. Wright, ACSM

General Manager, Malaysia Operations

Mr. Wright is a mining and mineral processing engineer. His international experience comprises over 33 years building mineral treatment facilities, developing both underground and open caste mines while operating such projects; as well as mine management, plant design engineering, reliability maintenance planning, permitting, quality control. He has excelled at the business of running safe profitable mines and mineral processing plants in Central and South America, the Caribbean, Asia, Russia and the former Soviet Union, as well as Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and North America.
 

Zaidi Harun, B.Sc.

Vice President of Exploration, Malaysian Region

Mr. Harun is an experienced Exploration Geologist having worked 15 years in the international mining industry doing field work as well as geological exploration expanding existing mines. Involved from the onset during preliminary mine planning and initial development of the Selinsing Gold Mine project, Mr. Harun has spent the last eight years working on -site for Selinsing Mining Sdn Bhd. developing the present reserves and resources.
 

Charlie Northfield, B.Sc., ACSM

General Manager, Selinsing Gold Mine

A hands-on Mineral Processing Engineer with 30 years broad experience throughout the mining industry in gold, metal sulphides and oxides in addition to industrial minerals processing. Charlie gained an ACSM and B.Sc. (Hon.) from Camborne School of Mines and has been engaged on a range of projects from construction and commissioning through to full production; he has extensive experience of working within South East Asia.
 

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At the Meeting, shareholders will be asked to approve, among other things, the Company's acquisition of a 70% interest in the Mengapur Polymetalic Project in Malaysia (the "Acquisition") and the concurrent financing of the Acquisition by way of private placement. These items are discussed in detail in the Information Circular disseminated by the Company in connection with the Meeting.

Background to the Acquisition of the Mengapur Project

The Company's mission is to increase shareholder value by seeking to become a diversified mid-tier producer through expansion and development of its existing pipeline of mineral assets and to grow through acquisition of new resource properties with promising economic potential in Southeast Asia. The Company's portfolio of properties currently includes the producing Selinsing gold mine, the advanced Buffalo Reef exploration gold project and several grass root gold prospective properties. The Company has for some time been actively seeking to add to its portfolio consistent with this mission. The Mengapur Project is an exciting opportunity which meets all of our objectives.

The Mengapur Project is a large polymetalic project, previously owned by the Malaysian Mining Corporation, which in the early 1990's had done extensive exploration and development work on the property.

Following successful completion of our due diligence and extensive negotiations, the Company entered into a definitive acquisition agreement (the "Definitive Agreement") in late November to acquire a 70% interest in the Mengapur Project for an aggregate consideration of $60 million. Under the Definitive Agreement, the Company will acquire an interest in approximately 185 hectares within an area that was the subject of extensive historical exploration that had identified significant mineral potential.

In the course of our due diligence review, we examined the historical data contained in a detailed study completed in 1993 on the Mengapur Project, conducted our own limited confirmatory drilling and investigated the results of the limited copper and iron production occurring from the project. The Company also examined the detailed plans contained in the historical study for a long-life open pit mining and processing operation for the production of iron, copper and fertilizer by products. The historical study and the Company's own analysis also considered the potential for silver and gold production from the Mengapur Project.

The Company concluded that the Mengapur Project presented a unique and exciting opportunity, consistent with our mission, and with the potential for long-life revenue generation to leverage our expertise and expand our operations.

Financing the Acquisition and the Mengapur Project

The Acquisition and plans for the subsequent exploration and development of the Mengapur Project require greater financial resources than presently available to the Company. As well, the opportunity to acquire the Project was only available to the Company provided it could make significant up front deposits and complete the Acquisition in an extremely short period of time frame.

In order to raise the needed financing for the Project, management and the Board considered the alternative financing sources available including debt financing, forward sales, public offering, rights offering or other alternatives.

Due to present market uncertainty, the ongoing global financial crisis and in order to minimize financial risk to shareholders, the Company chose the certainty of a committed private placement to finance the acquisition and development of the Mengapur Project. In addition, due to the tight timeframe to close the acquisition demanded by the vendor of the Mengapur Project, the window for equity financing is too narrow to complete a rights offering or a brokered deal. The Company had to seek a guaranteed source of funds to be able to satisfy concerns expressed by the vendor during commercial negotiation. The vendor's main concern from the outset was the low capital base of the Company in undertaking project that is much larger than Selinsing. The arranged financing satisfied all of those concerns.

On December 2, 2011, the Company announced that it would conduct a non-brokered private placement (the "Private Placement") of up to 140,000,000 units consisting of one share and a 3-year 70¢ warrant at a price of $0.50 per unit for gross proceeds of up to $70,000,000. As required by the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange, shareholders will be asked at the Meeting to approve the private placement, as it will result in the subscriber, Tulum Corporation Ltd., holding over 40% of the Company's outstanding shares.

To address the dilution that shareholders would concern, Monument intends to strategize the phases of development of streams of production in order to generate the cash flow to further fund the Mengapur project from off take sales arrangement. By equity financing, Monument shareholders will suffer dilution upfront, but in the medium term the private placement and the Mengapur Acquisition are expected to ultimately build greater value to all shareholders.

The Company does not intend to complete the Acquisition unless the Private Placement is completed concurrently.

The Company is excited about the prospects presented by the Mengapur Project and encourages Shareholders to attend the Meeting and Vote FOR the Acquisition and financing in order to allow us to advance our mission.

Your vote is important, no matter how many or how few shares you may own. Whether you are able to attend the meeting or not, we urge you to vote TODAY.