Kenneth P. Pavlich

Kenneth P. Pavlich began consulting to El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc. in 2005, joined the Board of Directors in 2006, and was elected to his current position in 2007.

Before joining ECPN, Mr. Pavlich operated as the Principal of Pavlich Associates, providing consulting services to numerous precious metal, base metal and industrial mineral companies. Prior to that, he held senior management positions with industrial minerals producer, Oglebay Norton Company (1997-2002), and precious metals producer Santa Fe Pacific Minerals (1989-1997). Earlier in his career, Mr. Pavlich held positions with several entrepreneurial technology firms providing services to natural resource companies. He also served in engineering positions with two coal companies prior to that time. Throughout his career, Mr. Pavlich has worked with many of the premier precious metal, base metal, industrial mineral and energy resource companies in North America. His 30-year career has included stints in marketing and sales, engineering, operations, and corporate development.

Mr. Pavlich earned a B.S. in Mining Engineering (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Idaho in 1977 where he was elected to both the Phi Kappa Phi academic honor society and the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society. He holds an M.S. in Management and Administrative Science - Finance Concentration (1980) from the University of Texas at Dallas.

R. William Wilson

R. William Wilson became a member of the Board of Directors of El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc. in 2005. He was elected to his current position in 2007. Prior to joining the Company, he was a principal in Two Dragons Group, LLC, a marketing and business development firm engaging in private equity and merger and acquisition transactions. From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Wilson served as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Pebble Technology, Inc. Mr. Wilson’s merchant and commercial banking career included four years as the Executive Director of Drexel Oceania LLC, a specialized international merchant bank located in San Francisco, and fifteen years in domestic and international wholesale banking at Westpac Banking Corporation, Australia’s largest banking institution. He has worked extensively with public and private companies in North America, Asia and Australia in mining, financial services, real estate, health care, building materials, and petrochemical industries.

With Westpac Banking Corporation, he was Chief Manager (Senior Vice President) responsible for the national commercial real estate portfolio and industry lending policy. He also led a specialist management team that negotiated the financial and legal restructuring of over $1 billion of corporate and real estate assets. Prior to that, he was a senior credit officer in the national corporate banking division.

Mr. Wilson received a B.S. in Business Administration/Finance from the University of San Francisco in 1979. He has also served as Chairman and/or director of several private Australian companies in hospitality and tourism, health care, and commercial real estate.