Senior Leadership
Harold Roy Shipes
Director, Active in Management
Mr. Shipes is the initial outside director of the company and is also active in many of its operations. He is currently President, CEO and Chairman of International Silver and has over 30 years of experience in the mining industry in senior management positions with companies around the world. He has worked extensively in copper, zinc and precious metals, as well as engineering, construction and project development. Positions held include Vice President and General Manager of Southern Peru Copper Company, General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Ok Tedi Mining Limited, founder and President of American Pacific Mining, Breakwater Resources, Transoceanic Trading Company, Arimetco International, Western States Engineering, Western Gold Resources, Western Chemicals and American International Trading Company.
Russell D. Alley
Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Alley is a highly experienced manager of mining operations and has extensive industry experience in operating projects similar to those of CS Mining. He has industry-recognized expertise in unit cost control and productivity. While at Southern Peru Copper, he formulated operations and maintenance plans during Peru’s worst economic crisis with 10,000% inflation and severe political instability generating corporate profits above forecast while maintaining full production rate. In that project, he directed the feasibility/engineering study and gained BoD approval of a $100mm copper dump leach SX-EW project which was the first of its kind in the company/country. Mr. Alley also previously managed the start-up and successful operation of the Franke mine, completed exploration, pre-feasibility and an economic study for the Sierra Gorda property, and turned around non-performing assets in Zambia, increasing copper output 50% and silver output 100%. In an executive capacity, he successfully built and/or operated processing operations in Chile, Canada, Zambia, Peru and the United States. He is a skilled metallurgist experienced in the implementation of quality management processes and the processing of skarn ores.
David McMullin
VP of Operations
Mr. McMullin has been with Copper King - Western Utah Copper Company since 1999 and previously served as the Chairman of the Board during the bankruptcy process. Mr. McMullin is a senior level executive with extensive finance and administrative experience in mining, financial, retail, and many other industries. Mr. McMullin has worked in project management and implementation, accounting/bookkeeping management, strategic and business planning, and systems technology design.
Clinton Walker
Director, Active
Mr. Walker is a General Partner at Clarity Partners L.P. Prior to Clarity, Mr. Walker was the Vice President of Corporate Development at Global Crossing focusing on mergers, acquisitions and strategic investments. Previously, Mr. Walker was a Vice President at Pacific Capital Group from 1994 to 1998, an investment firm, where he participated in numerous transactions including the formation of Global Crossing, OpTel and Campuslink. From 1985 to 1994, Mr. Walker worked at Price Waterhouse in the Corporate Finance Group and Entrepreneurial Services Group, and he was responsible for numerous financial advisory assignments and accounting engagements in the middle market sector. In addition, to CS Mining LLC, Mr. Walker currently serves as a Director on the Boards of CaseStack, TelePacific Communications and Westec. Mr. Walker holds a BBA degree from Pacific Union College and is a Certified Public Accountant.
David J. Richards
Director, Active
Mr. Richards is currently the President and Managing Member of Empire Advisors, LLC, an investment organization that does mezzanine financing in various fields. He is currently acting as the Chief Executive Officer of N8 Medical, a company focused on developing novel compounds in the field of antibiotics, antimicrobi als and cancer. N8 is a portfolio company of Empire Advisors. His past experience includes roles as a public company CEO, board member of several public and private companies, a practicing attorney. His educational background includes university degrees in both law and business. Mr. Richards has an accounting degree from Wright State University (B. S. Business, Summa cum Laude, 1974). Subsequently, he earned his Law degree from The Ohio State University College of Law (Juris Doctor, 1977) and also attended the Masters in Taxation program at Capital University.
