Thomas F. Fudge Jr. PE President & CEO Mr. Fudge is a licensed professional mining engineer with more than 30 years of experience in mining engineering, mine operations and project development. He has a bachelors degree in mining engineering from Michigan Technological University and continuing education in rock mechanics, mine ventilation, project management, labor agreements and organizational development. He has been a director of SNS Silver since December 2006 and prior to joining the SNS management team in January of 2008 was president and CEO of Concentric Energy, a development stage uranium company. He spent almost 12 years with Hecla Mining Company, much of that time as of Vice President of Operations and President of the Venezuelan Subsidiaries. He has extensive experience in the Coeur d’Alene Mining District including more than 3 years in the Sunshine Mine, located immediately to the east of the Crescent Mine. David Greenway Vice President of Corporate Development
David Greenway joined SNS Silver Corp. in early 2006. His current role is as Vice President of Corporate Development. His extensive knowledge in the market area and his valuable contacts make Mr. Greenway a top addition to the SNS team. He was highly instrumental in the acquisition of The Crescent Mine in The Silver Valley in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. David Greenway studied at Nelson College on the tip of New Zealand’s South Island, later transferring to Poole College in Poole, England. He then attended Bournemouth University where he studied Accounting and Finance.
Ron Ho, CA Chief Financial Officer Ron Ho was appointed Chief Financial Officer in January, 2007. Most recently, Mr. Ho was an Equity Analyst at Raymond James Ltd. where he was responsible for sector institutional research. Prior to that, Mr. Ho worked for Deloitte & Touche, focusing on public company financial reporting in both the U.S. and Canada. Mr. Ho is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia.
Brian White Staff Geologist for the Crescent Mine Mr. White has been involved in applied exploration and rock mechanics research in the Coeur d'Alene Mining District for 30 years. During this time he has worked for all of the major mining companies in the area and in nearly all the active mines. His personal experience and knowledge of the region is unmatched. He substantially reinterpreted the major tectonism of the Coeur d'Alene district and the Lewis and Clark line.
Lisa Hardy Sr. Geologist, A.B., M.S. Ms. Hardy has extensive experience in exploration, development and production phases of underground metal mines, with an emphasis on sampling procedures, metals accounting, and resource evaluation of precious metals deposits. She has worked as a production or project geologist at the Bunker Hill and Lucky Friday mines in the Coeur d'Alene mining district, and at Hecla's Golden Promise mine in Republic, WA. She also acted as Mine Geologist and Senior Geologist at Sunshine Mining and Refining. Currently, she is a director of OFM Research, Inc., a private not-for-profit corporation founded to promote the study of mineral thermo chemistry. Lisa Hardy received an A.B. in Geological Sciences from Cornell University at Ithaca, NY in 1981, and a M.S. of Geology from University of Georgia at Athens, GA in 1987. Ms. Hardy is a Licensed Geologist and a Fellow of the Geological Association of Canada. She is a past president (1995-1996) of the Coeur d'Alene chapter of the Society of Mining Engineers.
Craig Durick Mine Superintendent Mr. Durick is a third-generation miner with more than 20 years experience in a wide range of underground mining operations, including raise, production and drift mining, mine rehabilitation, and ore processing. Mr. Durick will be overseeing rehabilitation and exploration activities at the Crescent mine. Mr. Durick has worked for a variety of major silver producers including Asarco, Coeur D'Alene mines, Sunshine Mining Co., the New Bunker Hill Mining Co., and U.S. Silver and Bunker Limited Partnership. Mr. Durick was also involved with the closure of the Crescent mine in 1990. Mr. Durick is an alumnus of North Idaho College and the University of Idaho, and Mr. Durick is certified as a maintenance electrician by the State of Idaho.
Jesse Bird Geologist Jesse is a 2006 graduate of the University of Idaho with a B.Sc in Geology and since 2004 has been a Geological Cartographer and GIS Assistant to the Idaho Geological Survey. Jesse focused much of his undergraduate study on the Revett Formation as it runs through the Silver Belt of which the Crescent Mine is a central part.
Mr. Bird authored a report on the silver district during his studies entitled “The Noxon Arch: Thickness of the Revett Formation throughout northern Idaho and western Montana,” and co-authored “Late Cretaceous and Tertiary structure of the western Idaho and Orofino shear zones.” He is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Geological Society of America. |