New CEO The new CEO will have a bit of a different skill set than Brian, primarily, the ability to seal the deal.
Brian was always a "technical guy", and he performed that role brilliantly. I remember him saying that he liked brining older producing mines into production because it is more of an "engineering" problem than an "is the resource actually there" problem. While Brian may have not sealed the deal, there is no doubt that he played a massive part in getting us to where we are now. So thanks Brian.
Now, in with the new and onto brighter days with a new CEO with the expertise to take us to the next level. If he takes us to the next level as well as Brian did a few years back (when the cap was under 10 million), then I believe myself and most others on this board will have very little to complain about. It'll be interesting to see who they bring on and how long we have to wait until the deal is sealed. Who knows, maybe the deal will be done conditional upon there being a new CEO (a guy can dream right?)
To the new CEO - Git 'er done! Best of luck to all.