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| | | Daniel J Forbush, CPA, MBA
Position: Director, President, CEO & CFO
Daniel J. Forbush, a Certified Public Accountant, brings over 25 years of mining industry experience at such Fortune 500 firms as Glamis Gold, Ltd., AMOCO, TENNECO and Arthur Andersen & Company. He was initially recruited as Controller for Glamis Gold, Inc., the U.S. operating entity of Glamis Gold, Ltd., serving therein from 1988 to 1997, and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from 1997 to 1999, for Glamis Gold, Ltd., directing all aspects of financial, administrative and operations management for this $200MM NYSE-listed, multi-national corporation. Beginning in 1999, Mr. Forbush focused on start-up opportunities, including the building of a public accounting firm (Forbush and Associates) and a business consulting firm (Core Business Builders Inc.). Since January of 2004, Dan has functioned as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for a $25 million residential development and building contractor and a number of other smaller enterprises. Prior experience includes Corporate Director of Managerial Accounting, Echo Bay Mines, Ltd., 1986-1987; Nevada Operations Controller for Tenneco Minerals, prior to its acquisition by Echo Bay Lines; General Accounting Supervisor for AMOCO; Assistant Controller for Cyprus Industrial Metals Company; and Senior Auditor for Arthur Andersen & Company.
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| | | Walter A."Del" Marting, Jr.
Position: Director and Member of the Finance Committee
Walter A. Marting, Jr. has spent a large part of his career both as a senior executive for a Fortune 500 mining company and starting and running his own junior gold mining company. After graduating from Harvard Business School in 1975 and following three years in the US Navy with SEAL Team Two, Mr. Marting joined Amax Inc. as an underground mine Production Supervisor at Amax's Climax Molybdenum property in Leadville, Colorado. Mr. Marting spent two years working underground and in Climax's open pit operation before moving to the Company's headquarters in Greenwich, CT. In 1982 Mr. Marting was named Vice President -- Finance for Amax Europe in Paris, France. Mr. Marting helped build Amax's global mining presence from its Paris headquarters and had financial oversight of the company's European and African exploration and development and ore processing activities. He left Amax in 1984 to start his own mining company that undertook the re-opening and operation of the famed 16-1 Mine in Allegheny, CA.
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| | | Larry Max Bigler, CPA
Position: Director and Finance Committee Chairman; Member-Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Larry Bigler has over 30 years of mining experience. Mr. Bigler is a practicing Certified Public Accountant with many mining clients. Mr. Bigler formerly was CFO, Vice President, and Director for Oro Nevada Resources and was instrumental in raising C$ 40 million from an initial public offering. From 1987 until 1992 he was Treasurer and Controller for Getchell Gold where he completed an initial public offering and a gold loan. He has degrees in economics and accounting and has published many articles on mining financial issues. Mr. Bigler qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert" as defined in Item 401(d)(5) of Regulation S-K.
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| | | P.K. "Rana" Medhi
Position: Director and Charman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee; Member-Finance Committee
P.K. "Rana" Medhi of Casa Grande, Arizona has over 40 years of experience in the mining industry; including 28 years with Cyprus Amax Minerals. Mr. Medhi holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Arizona and is a Registered Mining and Engineering Geologist working as an Independent Consultant. In addition, Mr. Medhi is a Certified Professional Geologist with the American Institute of Professional Geologists, a Member of Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME) and a certified adjunct professor of mineral technology and geology with the community colleges of Arizona. Mr. Medhi has also authored and published several technical papers and an occasional speaker to mining and public forums. Mr. Mehdi is currently the Chairman of the Board of Sunergy, Inc., a junior mining company with activities in West Africa. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources.
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| | | Shane K. Dyer P.E. W.R.S.
Position: Director and Member-Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Shane K. Dyer of Reno, NV is a Registered Professional Engineer and a Registered Water Rights Sureveyor, with over 10 years experience in the Engineering Consulting Industry specifically in the design and permitting of mining operations including leach pad and waste dump designs, water resource engineering and business management. Currently Vice President at Dyer Engineering Consultants, Inc. with a track record of producing excellent design, and project management results for clients in the United States and internationally, Mr. Dyer holds a Masters Degree in Civil engineering with a minor in Business Management from Brigham Young University. Serves as the Director of Permitting and Finance at Key Medical, Inc. a National Medicare Accredited DMPOS. Mr. Dyer has a strong technical background and is innovative in problem solving and design.
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