RE:The trouble is ...Mr. Whittle is currently the lead outside director of the company and has 25 years of senior executive experience in the mining industry. In reality only Karen Goraske is outside director and if she agrees best candidate for temporary CEO. Karen Goracke is President and CEO of Borsheims Fine Jewelry, a Berkshire Hathaway company. She began her career at Borsheims in 1988 and has worked as a sales associate, inventory supervisor, watch buyer, ladies jewelry buyer, director of merchandising, and, in 2013, was named President and CEO by Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett. Ms. Goracke graduated from the University of NebraskaKearney with Bachelors of Science degrees in Business Administration and Organizational Communication. She serves as a Director with the Jewelers Vigilance Committee, the leading compliance organization in the jewelry and gem industry, as well as on a number of other boards and committees within the gem and jewelry industry. If Warren Buffett trust her to run Borsheims, we should too.