Our Team

James Baughman

CEO, President, and Director

Mr. Baughman is an experienced mining professional with 30 years’ experience in critical minerals. and currently a director of American Uranium Ltd.

Formerly, Mr. Baughman was CEO of High Plains Uranium, a successful uranium development company acquired in 2006 for $55M.  Mr. Baughman has served numerous major mining companies such as Rio Tinto, MK Gold, and ACNC (Inco), as well as numerous junior mining clients such as Locksley Resources, Premier Uranium, Idaho Champion, Cyclone Uranium and others. Mr. Baughman received his BS in Geology in 1983 from the University of Wyoming and is a registered member (QP) of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.

John Ryan

Executive Vice-President, Secretary & Director

Since December 2021, Mr. Ryan has served as a Vice President and Director of LGX Energy, Inc., an oil and gas exploration company. Since June 2020, Mr. Ryan has served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors of Gold Express Mines, Inc., a multi-commodity mining company focused on the discovery, development and production of precious and base metal assets.

From November 2016 to September 2020, Mr. Ryan served as a director of Bunker Hill Mining Corp., a development stage mining company, and for a portion of that time Mr. Ryan also served as Interim CEO. Mr. Ryan obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Idaho in 1985, and his juris doctor from Boston College Law School in 1992.

Howard Crosby

Director

Since September 2020, Mr. Crosby has served as Vice President and director of Gold Express Mines, Inc., a multi-commodity mining company focused on the discovery, development and production of precious and base metal assets, and since October 2014 has served as the Chairman of the board of Desert Hawk Gold Corp., a gold mining company. From 2005 to 2016, Mr. Crosby served as a director of White Mountain Titanium Corp., a titanium company and a company he founded. From 2015 to 2018, Mr. Crosby served as director of Bunker Hill Mining Corp., a mining company and from 2015 to 2018, he served as a director of U.S. Silver Corporation, a mining company producing silver, lead and zinc. From 2000 to 2006, Mr. Crosby served as a director of High Plains Uranium, Inc., a minerals company, and from 2000 to 2005, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Cadence Resources Corp., a natural resources company. Mr. Crosby obtained his bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Idaho in 1975.

Terrance Dunne

Director

Mr. Dunne has served as an officer and or director on various public companies as well as a consultant on various private placement memorandums and other capital raises. Mr. Dunne has taught courses in corporate mergers/acquisitions and reorganizations as an adjunct professor at Gonzaga University. Mr. Dunne holds a B.S. in Accounting, an MBA, and a Master’s Degree in Taxation, all from Gonzaga University. We believe that Mr. Dunne is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his extensive experience as a public company director and his knowledge of corporate finance and accounting.

James Czirr

Director

He was also a key consultant to Metalline Mining Company Inc, now known as Silver Bull Resources, Inc. (TSX: SVB), a mineral exploration company with a major base metal and silver project located in the State of Coahuila, Mexico. Mr. Czirr received a B.B.A. degree from the University of Michigan.

Rob Kell

Technical Advisor

AIPG – Certified Professional Geologist – CPG-10724 – Qualified Person.
Forty-nine years of experience as a geologist in exploration for base and precious metal deposits in the western part of the United States, Alaska, Canada, Mexico, and South America.

Positions have been held in many capacities from field geologist to directing both large drilling projects and regional reconnaissance generative exploration programs searching for base, precious, platimum group and rare earth metal deposits.

For 17 years, Rob worked as a contract senior geologist for SAMEX Mining Corp. (Abbotsford, B.C.) directing their exploration efforts in Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina; and also held the Vice President of Exploration title, presenting/writing their public technical news releases and reports. By nature, Rob is a practical, field-oriented geologist with excellent mapping and core logging skills with the ability to work competently in most geologic settings and ore deposit types. Rob is adept at integrating geologic, geochemical, and geophysical date into a cohesive, interpretive picture and applying innovative thinking to carrying out exploration project work.

In the past, his responsibilities have also included:  preparing detailed project proposals, estimating work costs/staffing levels for funding, carring out/directing exploration project work, planning, and supervising day-to-day and long-term activities of project personnel, accounting of project expenditures, and writing technical summary reports and news releases of exploration activities.