I guess you left out Kurt Hoffman on purpose Pope. Seems to me he took a leave of absence on purpose. But why did you ? I would think this guy has a purpose as well, unless I am mistaken.
Mr. Hoffman has held various positions of Director on a number of mining and Exploration companies. He has extensive experience in property acquisitions, exploration and development of mining properties in the U.S., Canada and South Africa.
Mr. Kurt J. Hoffman is Head of Corporate Development, Director of KAT Exploration Inc. A Mining Entrepreneur involved in the start-up and financing of early stage mining and resource exploration companies. He has extensive experience in property acquisitions, exploration and development of mining properties in the U.S., Canada and South Africa. Mr. Hoffman is President, Chief Executive Officer, and a Director of Sundance Diamonds Corporation, a privately held company engaged in the exploration for diamonds in the U.S. and South Africa. Mr. Hoffman has made extensive efforts to identify near term production opportunities in South Africa and has identified and commenced efforts to close transactions and produce diamonds in 2009. In 2003, Mr. Hoffman co-founded High Plains Uranium, a publicly traded advanced exploration uranium mining company, and served as Vice President and a Director prior to the acquisition by Energy Metals Corporation (TSX: EMC) From 1998 through 2004 Mr. Hoffman served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and a Director of Trend Mining Company. The company was transformed from a small silver exploration company into a platinum group metals exploration company that came to own several exploration projects in the U.S. and Canada. From 1998-2001 he served as a Director of New Jersey Mining Company, a gold exploration company with properties joint ventured with Newmont Mining Co. one of the worlds largest gold producer. From 1998 to 2007, Mr. Hoffman served as a Director of Atlas Mining Company a Silver Valley-based contract mining and drilling company, which conducted underground production and development mining in all of the largest and deepest silver mines in the World.