Management Team

Hans J. Rasmussen, M.Sc.
President, Chief Operating Officer & Director
Mr. Rasmussen has over 25 years of professional experience in the mining industry as a geophysicist / geologist. He was appointed President of Eaglecrest in January 2007, adding to his previous title of Chief Operating Officer and member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Rasmussen has held senior positions with mining and exploration companies in North and South America and worked as a consultant with clients that included Teck Cominco Ltd., Quadra Mining Ltd. and Mansfield Minerals Inc. His experience includes conducting and managing all geological and geophysical aspects of exploration, commercial transactions and investor relations. His prior employment included four years with Newmont Exploration Ltd., 12 years with the Kennecott Exploration / Rio Tinto group, including three years as Country Manager of Argentina and Bolivia. Prior to joining Eaglecrest, Mr. Rasmussen was Chief Geophysicist with White Knight Resources. Mr. Rasmussen is an active member of the Society of Exploration Geologists, Northwest Mining Association and the Geologic Society of Nevada. He graduated with a Master of Science from the University of Utah, and holds Bachelor of Science degrees in geology and physics from Southern Oregon State College.

Dr. Odin Christensen
Director
Dr. Christensen worked with Newmont Mining Corporation for over twenty years. His most recent position was as Exploration Manager – Bolivia. He was responsible for mine geology at the Kori Kollo mine—then the largest gold mine in Bolivia—as well as leading all of Newmont’s exploration programs in Bolivia. Before his posting in Bolivia, he was Newmont’s Chief Geologist—responsible for oversight of the technical quality of Newmont's worldwide geology programs. When he was Newmont’s Exploration Manager in the late 1980’s, he guided the exploration teams that were responsible for transforming the Carlin Trend from a single mine into the largest gold district in the US—and one of the most prolific gold districts in the world. Dr. Christensen has participated in exploration and mine development programs in 26 countries. He holds a PhD in Geology from Stanford and is an AIPG Certified Professional Geologist and a Qualified Person.

Dr. Thomas Henricksen
Director
Thomas Henricksen has 35 years of experience in the mineral exploration industry. Previous employers include Bear Creek Mining Company, Kennecott Exploration and Rio Tinto Exploration. During the past 10 years he has been a consultant geologist in South America, holding various positions with Rio Tinto Exploration in Peru and Bolivia and Norsemont Mining in Peru. He is currently consulting for Apoquindo Minerals in Peru and Chile. Dr. Henricksen received his B.Sc. in Geology from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh in 1969, and his PhD in Economic Geology from Oregon State University in 1974.

Paul Zdebiak
Director
Mr. Zdebiak is a former gold futures trader and Registered Investment Advisor with 27 years of experience financing junior companies, including raising equity for Eaglecrest since 1994. He has been a Director since 2002 and provides the Company with shareholder communications assistance, press release coordination, represents the Company at trade shows and maintains corporate compliance with the Toronto Stock Exchange and the British Columbia Securities Commission. He has previous experience at Conti Commodities of Vancouver, BC, where he specialized in gold futures trading, including using options on gold futures contracts. He later joined the equity firm of McDermid St. Lawrence in Vancouver, BC., which was well known for its expertise in mining equities. Mr. Zdebiak has two post secondary degrees in Arts & Science and Finance and Investment.

Carl B. Hansen
Director
Carl B. Hansen is currently the President and CEO of Atacama Pacific Gold Corporation, a private company with exploration activities in Chile. Prior to that, from December 2003 to January 2009, Hansen was Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Andina Minerals Inc., a public company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (ADM). A Geologist with over 20 years of international experience in the exploration and mining industry, his career has encompassed various exploration, operational and head office positions with both junior exploration and senior mining companies including INCO, TVX Gold, and Kinross. He is also a director of Solfotara Mining Corporation and a number of private resource and technology companies.

Bill Jung
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Jung became Chief Financial Officer of EEL in October 2003 and has more than 30 years of experience in the areas of finance and business. He has worked with a major international chartered accounting firm as well as in private industries. During the past 18 years, Mr. Jung has been involved primarily with publicly listed companies, which included serving as President and CEO of a listed company and also spearheading the establishment of two telecommunications joint venture projects in the Peoples' Republic of China.

Sean Sullivan
Finance and Corporate Development Consultant
Sean Sullivan has wide-ranging experience with transaction structuring and in developing and implementing financial and business strategies for early stage and turn-around corporate situations. Mr. Sullivan has served on the boards of numerous companies in diverse industries and advises management teams and boards on business development and strategic finance issues. He earned his Masters Degree in Finance from the University of Denver.

Walter Lienhard
Vice President, Exploration
Walter Lienhard has more than 25 years of mining experience with Bear Creek Mining Company and Kennecott Exploration. In his previous positions, Mr. Lienhard was involved in all phases of exploration in Latin America, including project and country management with Kennecott and junior exploration companies. He received a B.Sc. in Geology from the University of Arizona in 1976.

Dr. Keith Campbell
Senior Geologist
Dr. Campbell joined Eaglecrest on January 1, 2008, as Senior Geologist for the Company's San Simon project in Bolivia. Dr. Campbell has over 20 years of exploration experience, including companies such as Bolivar Goldfields and Bema in Venezuela and Chile, as well as other junior companies in Nevada and Colorado. Dr. Campbell received his PhD in Economic Geology from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2006. He received an MSc in Economic Geology from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, in 1994 and his BSc in Geology from Fort Lewis, Colorado in 1985. Dr. Campbell is bilingual due to his extensive work experience in South America.

Francisco Ramos
Senior Geologist
Mr. Ramos joined Eaglecrest on February 1 2008 as Resource Specialist and Computer Analyst. Mr. Ramos has 10 years experience in Argentina and Nevada with all aspects of database management and computer skills, and most importantly with multiple resource calculations for companies such as Gryphon Gold Corp, Midway Gold Corp and Golden Phoenix Minerals Inc. Mr. Ramos received his BSc in Computer, Applications for Metals Exploration and Mining from the University of Salta, Salta, Argentina, in 1996.

Dr. Jorge Forgues Valverde
President, Eaglecrest Explorations Bolivia (EEBOL)
Dr Forgues is a corporate lawyer who sits on or has been on the board of several banks, insurance companies and industrial enterprises in Bolivia. As well as being President of EEBOL, Dr. Forgues also provides legal advice and community relations oversight.