Thomas Cunningham

President

Previous to joining Spirit Exploration, Thomas was Vice President of Tri Valley Corporation and Chief Administrative Officer responsible for accounting, finance and human resources. Prior to that he was the Chief Financial Officer reporting directly to the President. Tri-Valley is an AMEX listed company with several subsidiaries; Tri-Valley Oil & Gas which is an oil and gas exploration company with activities in California and Nevada, another subsidiary is Select Resources which is a mining exploration company with gold mining claims in Alaska. From 1987 until 1997 he was a self-employed management consultant in finance, marketing and human resources. Prior to that he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with Star Resources an oil and gas exploration and production company.