Senior Management/Directors
Randall S. Appel, President & CEOMr. Appel, age 65, is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, being appointed in such capacities on September 16, 2011. Prior to this appointment, beginning in June 2011, he was the Company’s Chief Marketing Officer. Mr. Appel has an extensive background in the financial markets having been President and CEO of a financial consulting firm for nineteen years. He has been instrumental in raising start-up capital for an Oil & Gas Company that is now listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Additionally, he founded and funded a communications company which was later sold to a much larger communications company in the United Kingdom. Mr. Appel has also been the President and CEO of Presidential Debt Solutions, a Florida-based financial services firm since June, 2008. From December 2003 to July 2006, Mr. Appel was the President and CEO of Latin Television, Inc., a television network targeted at third-generation Hispanics in the United States. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Missouri.
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Robert Barry Howie, Chief Operating Officer| Mr. Howie brings a lifetime of technical experience, having started his career in mining more 40 years ago. From 1964 to 2006, Robert has worked at various mining companies such as Wilder and Associates, Scepter Resources Ltd. and Mexican Hunter S.A. de C.V and in various countries such as Australia, Mexico, USA, Costa Rica and West Africa. Mr. Howie’s technical expertise includes mine planning, design and layout (underground, open pit and dredging), hard-rock mining plant fabrication and installation, placer mining plant fabrication and operation, and geophysical survey design and execution. Robert’s management experience includes ground acquisition and exploration program planning and managing large work-forces in foreign countries.
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Chene Gardner, Chief Financial OfficerMr. Gardner has served as the Chief Financial Officer and Financial Controller of various small public and private companies over the past two decades. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Director of Secure Netwerks, Inc., a provider of computer hardware, software and information technology services and is a publicly traded company. Mr. Gardner also serves as the financial controller for SportsNuts, Inc. another public entity, and has served in this capacity since September 1999. Mr. Gardner has been the Chief Financial Officer and member of the board of directors of Cancer Therapeutics, Inc., a cancer biotherapy company since May 2004. Previously, Mr. Gardner served as the Chief Executive Officer of Global Networks, Inc., an advertising company from March 2005 until December 2009. Mr. Gardner also served as the Chief Financial Officer and member of the board of directors of Synerteck Incorporated, a publicly traded IT service provider from April 2001 until December 2005. From January 1997 to September 1999, Mr. Gardner served as Financial Manager for Aluminum Builders, Inc., a producer of various home improvement items.
Mr. Gardner also brings five years of auditing and accounting experience with the firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP from June 1990 to August 1995, serving clients in the banking, manufacturing, and retail industries. Mr. Gardner holds Bachelor and Masters of Accounting degrees from Weber State University, Utah. Mr. Gardner is a Certified Public accountant and is actively involved with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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Lee Rice, Director of Geological Technology| Formerly the President of Data Technology Services, Mr. Rice has served as the Chief Engineer since 1990. Lee designs and conducts geological and engineering studies, materials processing studies and environmental control studies for client firms and organizations including Anglo American Gold, DeBeers, Citicorp, Behre Dolbear-Riverside, Colorado Division of Mined Land Reclamation, the Government of Taiwan, Pease Industries and Rio Tinto. Mr. Rice has developed specialized engineering and mathematical modeling software as well as components and complete systems for process automation. Lee has written several articles in Mining Engineering magazine and worked in the Associate Editor capacity at several other publications, including Mining Engineering Handbook, Practical Placer Mining and Surface Mining Handbook. Mr. Rice is a Registered Professional Engineer and Registered Member of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration and a member in good standing of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Colorado Engineering Council (CEC), Geological Society of America (GSA), Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society and Society of Economic Geologists.
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Whit Tehan, Director of Corporate Finance| Mr. Tehan comes to the Company with over 15 years of experience in Investment Banking with a concentration in precious metal exploration and mining companies. Mr. Tehan started his investment career on Wall Street with Gilford Securities between 1993 and 1996. From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Tehan held a position as an associate in the investment banking firm of Fine Equities. As an associate at Fine Equities, he worked on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and various other banking deals including being on the deal team for the IPO of Green Mountain coffee Roasters. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Tehan has held various positions at Brean Murray and Co., a New York-based investment bank. In 2005, Brean Murray merged with Carret & Co. to form Brean Murray, Carret & Co. LLC. Mr. Tehan was promoted to managing director and, as a portfolio manager, was responsible for managing the natural resource and precious metals portion of the firm's $3.5-billion. Mr. Tehan was appointed to the board of directors of Northern Star Mining. He has spoken at several conferences; Mr. Tehan brings an expertise to the company that has been refined over the last 15+ years and as a recognized expert in the mining sector on Wall Street.
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Marketing & Investor Relations
David Zimmerman, Executive Vice President of Investor RelationsPrevious to his appointment as the Company’s Executive Vice President of Investor Relations, Mr. Zimmerman, age 63, was a Director of Marketing and Investor Relations for the Company, having served in such capacity since March 2011. From July 2010 to February 2011, Mr. Zimmerman was a senior account executive with Berkshire/Trilogy Asset Management, a licensed metals broker based in Florida. From November 2009 until May 2010, he was the Director of Sales for Armored Knight Technology, a developer of debt management software. From February 2008 until January 2009, Mr. Zimmerman was the Vice President of Sales & Marketing for How2 Group International, Inc., a web-based full service travel site. From November 2005 to February, 2008, he was the Vice President of Sales for Brokerbuddy, Inc., a web-based software developer in the mortgage services industry.
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