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Mr. Stein has been Corporate Secretary of the Corporation since March 2005 and, prior thereto, he was Corporate Secretary of Wheaton since 1991. He has also been Corporate Secretary of Silver Wheaton since October 2004. Mr. Stein is a Partner at the law firm of Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, and has practiced law with Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP since 1994. Mr. Stein practices in the area of corporate and securities law with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, mining and corporate finance. Mr. Stein acts as lead counsel for a number of public clients that have been involved in mergers, corporate reorganizations and takeover bids, going-private transactions, spin-off transactions, corporate finance and corporate governance matters. Mr. Stein is recognized as one of the 500 leading lawyers in Canada in the 2007 Lexpert/American Lawyer Guide and is listed as one of the world�s leading mining practitioners in The International Who�s Who of Mining Lawyers 2006 publication. He is also listed in The Best Lawyers in Canada 2006 and in Lexpert�s 2006 Guide to the Top 100 Industry Specialists in Canada (Mining). Mr. Stein is also a member of the Toronto Stock Exchange�s Listing Advisory Committee. | 