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Thomas Klein - Chief Executive Officer and Director
Tom Klein joined Golden Phoenix in the depths of the global credit crisis.
He brought a new perspective on the kind of business model that would be
required to transform a small company like Golden Phoenix, into a much
larger, multi-project company with diversified properties throughout the
Americas.
Mr. Klein is an investment banker by profession. He comes to Golden
Phoenix with over a decade of experience raising capital and structuring
acquisitions for mining projects in the U.S. and Canada. His expertise will
allow Golden Phoenix to speak the language of the financial community
and position the company for expanded growth. Under his leadership, the
company has extinguished debt, obtained capital and successfully
launched the Mineral Ridge Gold Project. Additional projects are currently
underway in jurisdictions favorable to mining.
Since 1996, Mr. Klein has worked with leaders in the financial industry
including Scotia Capital Markets, Blackmont Capital and Private Venture
Capital. His expertise includes specialized advice to small cap resource
companies, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and wealth
management for high net worth corporate and private clients.
Robert Martin - President and Chairman of the Board
Rob Martin is a long-time shareholder who first joined Golden Phoenix as
Director of Corporate Development during the early stages of its
restructuring. He comes from the private sector where he founded
engineering and transportation businesses and is co-owner of a Hawaii-
based service company under contract to the Hilton Corporation. Mr.
Martin’s background includes company turn-arounds, communications,
public relations and human resources. He holds a baccalaureate degree
from Washington University and completed post-graduate business studies
at the University of Washington. Since 1985, Mr. Martin has donated time
as President of Pacific Marine Research, a non-profit youth education
organization.
J. Roland Vetter - Chief Financial Officer and Director
Mr. Vetter is an executive with a significant background in growing start-up
companies. He specializes in mining, manufacturing and technology with
the skill to highlight opportunities and find innovative solutions to
successfully grow such companies. He has diverse financial and
operational ability at an executive level, including specialist skills in
evaluating businesses and projects and then completing the due diligence
and business plans for fund-raising. Roland uses his hands-on expertise,
in assimilating and rationalizing operations as well as implementing
projects, mergers, acquisitions and disposals. He has been responsible
for risk management, internal controls, corporate-governance and in
optimizing funding structures including corporate tax planning and
corporate reporting for exchange listed companies.
Mr. Vetter was the former Group Financial Services Director for the Zimco
Group, part of the New Mining Business Division of Anglo American
Corporation, and a former Chairman of the Anglo American Audit Liaison
Committee. Mr. Vetter was with the Zimco Group for 12 years until he
immigrated to Canada. Mr. Vetter also served on the board of Darmag Ltd,
one of the Zimco Group listed companies and acted as Strategic Advisor to
the Zaaiplaats Tin Mine Ltd. Since coming to North America, Mr. Vetter has
held the positions of Chief Financial Officer, VP Finance & Administration,
and CEO of publicly traded companies. He consulted to the U.S. mining
group, Cardinal Minerals, with respect to the acquisition and financing of a
producing silver/copper mine in Mexico, and as CFO of Globetech
Ventures Corp, Mr. Vetter was involved in evaluating mining exploration in
Brazil. He served International Gold Resources, Inc. as its President &
CFO, a listed exploration company with interests in Brazil and the Yukon.
He is currently involved with Brazil Gold Corp an OTC.BB company with
two million acres on mineral rights in Brazil. Mr. Vetter was born and
educated in Johannesburg, South Africa. He attended the University of the
Witwatersrand where he obtained his Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor
of Accounting degrees. Mr. Vetter emigrated from South Africa in 1998 and
settled in Vancouver, Canada, where he currently resides. Mr. Vetter is a
Member of both the Canadian and South African Institutes of Charter
Accountants.
Wayne Colwell - Senior Manager Technical Services Group
Wayne joined Golden Phoenix in September of 2004 as Director of
Laboratory Services. He has been instrumental in the development and
permitting of the Ashdown Project as well as environmental compliance
and metallurgical review for the Mineral Ridge Mine. A graduate of the
University of Nevada - Reno with a degree in Pre-Med, Wayne co-founded
and operated the Minerals Processing and Environmental Laboratories
later known as Col-Tech Envirolabs, and McClellend Laboratories focused
on the metallurgical and analytical needs of the world-wide mining
community.
Lari Marlow – Accounting Manager
Lari is a native Nevadan and has been involved with mining most of her
life. She served as Administrative Manager in charge of accounting,
human resources and purchasing, first at Echo Bay Minerals and then for
Round Mountain Gold Corporation. Most recently, Lari was Financial
Controller at Plum Mining in the Comstock. Lari holds a B.S. degree in
Business Administration from the University of Nevada, Reno.
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