James Yeager - Minerals Exploration Geologist / Geochemist

Mr. James Yeager is a minerals exploration geologist / geochemist with over 30 years in the mining industry. He has managed exploration and development projects in the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, and Australia. He received his BSC in Geology from the University of Wyoming and an MBA from the University of New Mexico.

He is an equity owner in three business including Skyline Assayers and Laboratories in Tucson, Arizona, 1776 Properties in Tucson, Arizona, and La Mancha Holdings, Inc. Skyline Assayers and Laboratories is one the largest U.S. based analytical laboratory providing analytical services to the mining companies in the U.S, Mexico, Latin America, and Africa. 1776 Properties is a risk capital company providing financing for oil and gas exploration in Texas and property holdings in Arizona. La Mancha Holdings, Inc is a uranium exploration company with properties in southwest Colorado. He also serves as a director for a number of junior mining companies.

For the past 10 years, he has worked as a small business owner and consulting geologist. Clients include Triumph Gold, Vista Gold and the World Bank. For Triumph Gold,  where he was responsible for the exploration and development of the Guarche Gold project in Venezuela and Vista Gold where he was responsible for the development drilling at the Maverick Spring project in central Nevada. For the World Bank, Mr. Yeager served as a consultant to the Ministry of Mines in Afghanistan in 2006 and 2007. It was during this contract that He was intimately involved in the Aynak tender process.

He is a member of a number of organizations including Prospector and Developers Association of Canada, Northwest Mining Association, Colorado Mining Association, Society of Mining Engineers, Geological Society of Nevada, and the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce.

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