The leadership team driving the execution of El Capitan’s Strategic Plan brings a wealth of professional experience to the project. This experience spans decades and includes the mining industry, business, finance, and other related fields.
John F. Stapleton • Chairman of the Board
Mr. Stapleton has extensive experience with early-stage development companies and contributes a unique set of skills needed to achieve a focused strategy, early-stage funding, basic infrastructure and business model, all of which are central to creating a solid business platform to launch and scale a successful venture. Mr. Stapleton has a history of founding and supporting more than 25 emerging technology companies. As a senior officer and investor, Mr. Stapleton has been instrumental in the development and financing of several companies. Mr. Stapleton, age 66, currently serves as a director on the emerging company boards of Advanced Circulatory Systems and Dermatrends.
Charles C. Mottley • Director, President/CEO
Mr. Mottley was Chairman of the Board of Gold and Minerals Co., Inc. and has been since February 2009; He served on the Board of Trustees at Hampden-Sydney College (2007-2011). Mr. Mottley was President and a Director of El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc. from July 2002 to April 2007, when he resigned as president, but continued to serve as a Director until September 2007. He also provided consulting services to our Company from June 2007 to June 2008. Mr. Mottley, 77, also served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gold and Minerals Co., Inc., from 1978 until July 2005, at which time he resigned those positions. He was on the Board of the National Mining Association from 2005 to 2007 and has been employed in the mining industry in various capacities from equipment sales and services to active mining operations for over 35 years. Mr. Mottley is the author of five books and is the founder of the Fatherhood Foundation in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mr. Mottley received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Hampden - Sydney College in 1958.
James G. Ricketts, PhD • Director, Corporate Secretary, Investor Relations
Dr. Ricketts was Secretary and a Director of our Company from July 2004 to April 2007 and from 2009 until the present time has been a Director and Corporate Secretary. Prior to his employment with El Capitan Precious Metals, he served as a Director and then Chairman of the Board of a mining company. From 1994 to 2004, he served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Technology Systems International, Inc. a high tech company he founded in 1994. He has also served on the boards of several other public companies.
During the years of 1983 through 1985, Dr. Ricketts served as a Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections in Phoenix, Arizona. From 1979 to 1983, he served as the Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Corrections in Colorado Springs, Colorado. From 1985 to the present, Dr. Ricketts has been an Expert Witness in major Court cases as well as providing services on a consulting basis in the areas of Management and Security in the prison systems throughout the United States. During his career he has served as Chairman and Director on the Boards of numerous public companies. Dr. Ricketts received a B.S. degree from Ohio Northern University in 1960, his Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in 1971, and a Masters in Education from Bowling Green State University in 1963.
Steve Antol • Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Antol has 36 years of diversified experience in the field of corporate finance and administration. Since January of 1993 he has rendered services as a Chief Financial Officer consultant to a variety of firms including mining, transportation, steel fabrication and computer software. He has acted as the CFO for Gold and Minerals, Inc. and recently for NOVAHEADinc. He also was Corporate Treasurer for 10 years at Giant Industries, Inc., an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products.
Consultants
Richard A. Daniele • Metallurgical Engineer
Noel Palmer, Ph.D • Chemist
Clyde Smith, Ph.D • Geologist