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| | | Stephen B. Parent
Position: President and CEO
Mr. Parent joined the Company as Chief Operating Officer in November 2005 and was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in May 2006. Mr. Parent has worked in the mining industry for 25 years and has managed the exploration and development operations of several junior public mining companies in the United States and Canada.
Mr. Parent is the Founder and previous Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of GoldSpring, Inc., a publicly traded precious metals mining company that operates the Plum Mine located in Nevada's Comstock Lode region near Virginia City. Plum Mine is a cyanide heap leach operation currently producing gold and silver.
Mr. Parent has been responsible for evaluation, acquisition and development of mining projects and served as CEO of Ecovery, Inc. a private company with two significant mining projects: The Big Mike Copper Project and the GoldSpring Placer Project both now owned by GoldSpring. Steve is also Founder and President and CEO of Aztech Environmental Industries, Inc.
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| | | David J. Salari
Position: COO
Mr. Salari has served as a Director of General Gold Corporation since November 17, 2004 and was appointed Chief Operating Officer in May 2006. Mr. Salari is a Professional Engineer who over the past 20 years, has been involved in the design, supply, and commissioning of mining and mineral processing systems throughout the world for gold and silver, base metals, and industrial minerals. Commencing in 2004 and presently Mr. Salari is the President of D.E.N.M. Engineering, a company engaged in the engineering, design and installation of mineral processing equipment and systems.
From 1986 to 2004 Mr. Salari was the Vice President of MPE International Inc. where he managed the engineering and design of metallurgical processing equipment for precious, base, and industrial minerals. From 1980 to 1986 Mr. Salari worked with Placer Development Ltd. in various metallurgist and engineering capacities.
More recently, he spearheaded as Process Manager the construction and start-up of a 4000 TPD heap leach operation at the Plum Mine in the Comstock Lode region of Nevada. His duties included heap pad construction, recovery plant, and dealing with The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection in permit related issues. Mr. Salari is a graduate of the University of Toronto (1980) with a BASC degree in Metallurgical Engineering.
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| | | Daniel J Forbush
Position: 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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