Board of Directors

David V. DeMarco

Inside Director

David DeMarco is a Certified Petroleum Landman and has 23 years experience in all aspects of the oil and gas exploration and production business. David has extensive experience with start up oil and gas companies and has managed all aspects of 3-D seismic acquisition, exploration and production activities onshore in the United States. David received his undergraduate degree in Economics with minors in Petroleum Land Management and Petroleum Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990.

Eric Urban

Inside Director

Eric Urban has served as the Director of Operations of Blacksands Petroleum Texas, LLC before becoming President of Blacksands Petroleum Texas, LLC, a subsidiary of Blacksands Petroleum Inc. Eric brings oil and gas exploration and production business expertise to the Company. For the past five years, Eric has worked in exploration and production for an independent oil and gas company. During his tenure, Eric’s responsibilities included acquiring new assets, drilling wells, and maximizing production. Eric holds a BBA in International Business from the University of Houston, and is an active member of various professional oil and gas organizations.

Rick Wilson

Outside Director

Rick Wilson has been in the mining and natural resource industry for over twenty years. Since 2006, Rick has been the President of Regent Ventures Ltd., a company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral resource properties. Regent Ventures currently has mining exploration projects in Nevada and the Yukon Territories and holds the licenses to sell environmentally safe clean up products to the oil and gas industry in Canada.

Prior to serving as its President, Rick was a director of Regent Ventures from 1993 to 2006. Rick also served as the President of Emerson Explorations/GBS Gold International Inc. from 1998 to 2006, during which time that company raised over $62 million dollars to acquire and develop two publicly trading Australian gold mines.

Bruno Mosimann

Independent Director

Bruno Mosimann is a financial consultant, resident in Switzerland. Since July 1985, he has been the President and Managing Director of Romofin AG, a firm that supplies investment management services to its customers. Bruno has also served as an officer of various listed companies.