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El Capitan Precious Metals Expands Board of Directors and Names New Corporate Counsel
El Capitan Precious Metals Expands Board of Directors and Names New Corporate Counsel.
About this update from El Capitan Precious Metals Inc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc., (OTCQB: ECPN) announced today that the \n Company’s board of directors has been expanded to include two additional \n positions and named John Balding and Robert Shirk as new directors. \n These new appointments expand the board to seven directors.\n \n \n In related news, El Capitan Chairman and CEO John F. Stapleton confirmed \n that A. Blair Dunn, Esq. has been named Corporate Counsel. Dunn replaces \n Arly Richau, who stepped down from that position in late October.\n \n \n Balding and Shirk join current El Capitan Directors Chuck Mottley, Clyde \n Smith, Tim Gay and Danny Martinez.\n \n \n John Balding’s career has run the gamut from data processing and \n military intelligence to commercial lending. He holds a degree in \n Mathematics from Southern Oregon University and a Master of Business \n Administration from Arizona State University. Among the strengths and \n experience Balding brings to the El Capitan board is the ability to \n structure sophisticated financial transactions.\n \n \n Robert Shirk, an active investor in gold and copper mines and oil wells \n over the past 35 years, is well-connected in the mining industry in both \n the United States and Canada. He is a CPA and has served as CFO for an \n Iowa-based real estate organization for more than 40 years. Shirk’s \n background includes land development, commercial construction, and \n operations, and he has been involved in the governmental processes \n related to the purchase and development of raw land.\n \n \n “Both new directors are welcome additions to a board that has its sights \n on delivering value for its shareholders,” said Stapleton, “and I know \n they share the current board’s vision for the future.”\n \n \n As new Corporate Counsel, Dunn is a founding partner of Western \n Agriculture, Resource and Business Advocates, LLP. He has served as the \n General Counsel and Director of Agricultural Policy for the South Dakota \n Department of Agriculture, as well as the Chief Legal Counsel for the \n New Mexico water rights brokerage firm of WaterBank. Stapleton believes \n that Dunn’s professional and personal background is especially \n well-suited for his new role as Corporate Counsel — having grown up on \n farms and ranches in Southern New Mexico an...