Consultants & Advisors

Richard S. Kunter

Mr. Kunter is a metallurgical engineer with over 40 years experience in the mining industry, including the preparation and review of technical and/or qualified person’s reports, metallurgical and process development programs, and statements of metallurgical recovery from mineral sources on various properties domestically and internationally. He has held senior positions in Newmont Mining, Homestake Mining and Western Mining. Mr. Kunter earned his BSc and MSc degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Idaho. He is a Chartered Professional Metallurgical Engineer in good standing with the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy No. 100346 and is a Qualified Person No. 01217QP of the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America. He holds two patents related to pressure oxidation of refractory gold ores.

Work Experience:

Research Fellow: Idaho National Reactor Testing Station, 1969-1971
Plant Metallurgist: Western Mining Corporation, Western Australia 1971-1976
Mill Superintendent: Newmont Australia, Telfer Gold Project, Western Australia 1976-1978
Senior Corporate Metallurgist: Homestake Mining Company 1979-1989
VP Technical, Artech Recovery Systems, Inc: 1989-1991
Richard S Kunter & Associates LLC: 1991-present
Senior Metallurgist, then Chief Process Engineer-Mining & Metals: Samuel Engineering, Inc. 2005-present

Professional Associations
Fellow Australasian Mining and Metallurgy and Chartered Professional, FAusIMM CP
Mining and Metallurgical Society of America, QP (qualified professional metallurgy and environmental)
Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.: Member
Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society: Member
American Society for Metals: Member
Society of the Sigma Xi: Member
Extractive Metallurgy Chapter of Denver, Past Chairman

Mr. Alief has over 49 years of experience in the mining industry. Hassan Alief specializes in management of geological projects, uranium geology, and mining and exploration for massive sulfides and precious metals, and has worked in Afghanistan, Chile, Kazakhstan, Sudan, Paraguay, Vietnam, and the United States of America.

For the past 19 years, Mr. Alief has been the President of Alinco GeoServices, Inc., a company that provides technical services to the mining industry and geologic and environmental site evaluation services for property owners and developers. In 1996, Mr. Alief spent 5.5 months in Kazakhstan supervising exploration projects for Goldbelt Resources. He also completed an environmental impact study for the Abys Mine, a PbZn deposit. From May 2005 through November, 2007, he served as a consultant and later as chief geologist with UR Energy USA, Inc.

From July, 2007, to present, Mr. Alief has been serving as President and CEO of ARNEVUT Resources, Inc.

Bob Marvin, B.Sc., Geologist (a member of the Geologic Society of Nevada). Since 1979, Mr Marvin has been involved in mineral exploration for and evaluation of gold, copper, zinc, and uranium deposits throughout the Americas and Vietnam as an employee and as an independent consultant. Mr. Marvin has logged approximately 25,000 meters of drill core since 2004. He graduated from the University of New Mexico with a Bachelor of Science degree in geology in 1984.

From 2000 to present Mr. Marvin has been the President of Red Rock Exploration, a Nevada consulting and exploration company.

Mr. Vinh is currently the Chairman of Geology of the Hoa Binh and Quang Tri provinces of Viet Nam. Since 1998 Mr. Vinh has held several high ranking positions with the Department of Geology for the Vietnamese Government including research chairman of geology for the Ha Giang and Quang Binh areas. Mr. Vinh graduated from the Hanoi University of Geology in 1994 and is currently serving as a director for the Pham Gia Joint Stock Company.