Mr. Palmer has served as a director of their company since March 2009. He has over 40 years of financial, management and accounting experience with a particular focus on the mining industry. Between 2003 and 2016, Mr. Palmer was a principal with and then served part-time at the CPA firm of Marrs, Sevier & Company LLC. Previously, he spent 36 years at Ernst & Young LLP where he rose from a staff position to partner and was responsible for both audit and advisory services to major international mining companies, as well as serving as the technical consulting partner for SEC-related business. He is a certified public accountant (retired) and a member of the American Institute and Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Palmer holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Denver and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Drake University.