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MANAGEMENT | DIRECTORS
Merlin Bingham, President and Chairman of the Board
Since October 1996, Mr. Bingham has been the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company. From 1963 to 1983 Mr. Bingham worked in exploration for mining and oil companies in the western U.S. and Alaska, Zambia, the United Arab Emirates, Ecuador and Mexico. From 1983 to 1996, Mr. Bingham has been a consulting geologist. Mr. Bingham received a B.S. degree in Mineralogy from the University of Utah in 1963
Roger Kolvoord, Executive Vice President and Director
Dr. Kolvoord has been a director of the Company since August 2002 and was appointed Vice President, Business in April 2003. Dr. Kolvoord has a B.S. degree in geology from the University of Michigan, a M.S. in Mineralogy form the University of Utah, and a Ph.D. in geochemistry from the University of Texas at Austin. He worked in exploration and exploration research for Kennecott Copper Company, Ranchers Exploration and Development Corporation, and ARCO, and operated a services company providing field services to oil and gas and mining companies. He has extensive mining and energy exploration experience. He was a manager with the Boeing Company for 14 years, working mainly in program management and new business development capacities in information systems and in remote sensing and geospatial information (mapping) ventures. An Associate Technical Fellow of the Boeing Company, he returned to private consulting practice in 2000. Mr. Kolvoord is an active member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Society of Mining Engineers. He resides in the Puget Sound region of Washington.
Wesley Pomeroy, Director
Mr. Pomeroy was appointed to the Board of Directors in September 2005. Mr. Pomeroy is currently President of The Joe Dandy Mining Company, which has had gold properties in Cripple Creek, Colorado since 1887. He is a member of the Front Range Oil and Gas LLC and the POMOCO LLC (Pomeroy Oil Company). He is also currently a consulting geologist with Vortex Petroleum Inc. and has been associated since 1977 with various exploration and oil and gas companies. Also since 1977 Mr. Pomeroy has been a member in good standing of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists. Mr. Pomeroy received a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from Colorado State University in 1977 and an MBA from the University of Colorado in 1990. Mr. Pomeroy is a registered Professional Geologist for the State of Wyoming. He resides in the Denver, Colorado area.
Robert Kramer, Director
Robert Kramer, C.A., was elected to the Board of Directors in July 2006. Mr. Kramer is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Current Technology Corporation (OTCBB:CRTCF). The company was formed in 1987 to research, develop and commercialize electrotherapeutic products for the treatment of hair loss. An entrepreneur by nature, with a particular interest in the financial sector, he has been a founder/principal of a number of private companies offering commercial mortgages, venture capital and tax driven investments. Prior to co-founding Current Technology, he was a joint venture partner in an enterprise that raised funding for approximately 20 public mining companies conducting exploration activities in Western Canada. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in economics, Mr. Kramer has been a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia for over 30 years. Mr. Kramer is a Registered Certified Public Accountant in the State of Illinois. In 2005 he was admitted as a Fellow to The Institute of Chartered Securities and Administrators.
Terry Brown, Vice President-Operations
Mr. Brown was appointed Vice President-Operations in September 2005. Mr. Brown has 22 years experience in the mining industry in the United States, Mexico and Chile and has most recently been active as a consulting geologist in Mexico. His background is in exploration and project management, mine development and feasibility studies, and mining operations. Mr. Brown is a Certified Professional Geologist and is a member of the American Institute of Professional Geologists and the Society of Economic Geologists. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from the New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology in 1983. Mr. Brown resides in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Wayne Schoonmaker, Treasurer and Secretary
Mr. Schoonmaker was appointed Secretary & Treasurer of the Company in August 1997 and has held that position since that time. He is also Secretary & Treasurer and Director of Independence Lead Mines Company of Wallace, Idaho. During the period of 1979 through 1993, Mr. Schoonmaker was employed at Asarco Incorporated as Chief Accountant of the Troy Mine and as Financial Manager of Asarco's Northwest Mining Department. From July 1978 to December 1978, Mr. Schoonmaker was Assistant Treasurer of the Bunker Hill Mining Company, and from 1964 to 1978, he was Assistant Secretary of Hecla Mining Company. Mr. Schoonmaker received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Montana in 1962 and an MBA from the University of Idaho in 1987. Mr. Schoonmaker is a Certified Public Accountant in the states of Idaho and Montana.
Robert J. Devers, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Dever was previously Senior Director – Financial Analysis and Internal Audit of The Broe Companies Inc. since March 2004. From June 2001 to December 2003, Mr. Devers was Vice President Finance of NAREX Inc. and from September 2000 to June 2001, Mr. Devers was Controller. From May 1994 to March 2000, Mr. Devers was Corporate Controller of Wireless Broadcasting Systems of America Inc. He has also served as a corporate officer and financial executive for other privately-held and publicly traded companies. Mr. Devers received his Bachelors degree in Accounting from Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Gregory A. Hahn, Director
Gregory A. Hahn received a B.A. degree in Earth Sciences from Dartmouth College and M.S. in Geology and Geological Engineering from Michigan Technological University. He has spent 30 years in exploration and mine development with the majors Anaconda, U.S. Steel, and Noranda, and with junior precious metal miner CoCa Mines, where as Chief Geological Engineer he helped bring on line and operate the Cactus and Shumake open pit heap leach gold-silver operations in southern California in the late 1980s to early 1990s. He joined Constellation as President & CEO in 1995 to shepherd the Lisbon Valley copper open pit heap leach and SX-EW processing operation through permitting, feasibility, engineering design, financing and construction, and into operation in early 2006.
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