Great American Energy, Inc. Announces Appointment of 50-Year Mineral Exploration & Production Veteran to Advisory Board
Great American Energy, Inc. (OTCBB: SRBL; "Great American Energy" and/or
"the Company") is pleased to announce that on Monday, May 20, 2013, the
Company appointed Mr. John Rud to its Advisory Board as an advisor
relating to exploration and mining activities. Mr. Rud has amassed over
50 years of experience in identifying, exploring and processing a wide
variety of mineral deposits, and in all aspects of putting mining
properties into production.
In particular, Mr. Rud has specialized in lithium in the state of
Nevada, having located over 600 placer claims for lithium exploration
and development in the Clayton Valley area. Great American Energy's
7,680-acre Big Smoky Valley Lithium Project is adjacent to the Clayton
Valley area and to America’s only producing lithium mine, Chemetall
Foote's Silver Peak Mine in Clayton Valley (producing for 40+ years at a
rate of ~5,000 lithium carbonate equivalent tonnes per year).
Mr. Rud is currently President of GeoXplor Corp, which offers
exploration services, including geological, geotechnical, and
geophysical services, radiometric surveys, state of the art down-hole
probe equipment, and comprehensive geological reporting including NI
(National Instrument) 43-101. Among his recent Consultant activities are
designing and supervising the construction of a 150 ton per hour Frac
sand plant in northwestern Arkansas. He also designed and supervised
construction of a Feldspar/Quartz processing plant while designing and
initiating an open pit mining operation for the plant, hiring and
supervising all personnel, procuring equipment, and completing initial
marketing studies for stucco sand products and glass grade silica sand.
Beginning his career as an underground miner, Mr. Rud has since gone on
to work as a Geological Consultant for numerous public and private
companies. His activities have included the location and evaluation of
mineral deposits; supervising drilling programs and geological mapping;
conducting geological, geophysical, and geochemical studies; conducting
feasibility studies for various mineral deposits; underground mine
rehabilitation; processing plant design and construction; mine
permitting and land purchasing; and equipment procurement.
Among the specific positions, roles and responsibilities he has filled,
Mr. Rud formerly served as the marketing director for AZCO Mica, Inc.,
where he was responsible for the design and construction of a wet-ground
mica plant, hiring all personnel and contractors, overseeing equipment
procurement, and the supervision of all corporate marketing activities.
Mr. Rud is also the former president and director of Gentry Steel Inc.,
a position that required him to govern day-to-day operations of the
publicly listed company. The corporation is presently completing the
mine permitting, the purchasing of land for the processing plant, and
procuring the mining and processing equipment for a 30-million pound per
year high-grade iron oxide pigment operation.
As past-President and Geologist with Aimco Consolidated, Mr. Rud
supervised geological mapping of the Gentry Iron Ore deposit, supervised
the Core drilling program to delineated ore reserves, and completed a
feasibility program to determine the economic merits of the iron ore
deposit.
Other specific accomplishments include locating and evaluating a
porphyry copper deposit in the Picacho Mountain, Pinal County, AZ, and
then leasing the property to Cyprus Metals Corporation. Mr. Rud also
served as a Geological Consultant to design and construct a 24 ton per
day portable column flotation plant equipped with fine ore feeder,
grinding circuit, computer controlled flotation column, and drying and
bagging facilities.
Mr. Rud earned a B.Sc. Geology and M.Sc. Geology from University of
Oregon.
Great American Energy's CEO, Felipe Pimienta, commented on the
appointment: "John Rud's wide range of experience will be of immense
value to us as we proceed with our 2013 exploration program on our Big
Smoky Valley property, as well as all our subsequent work in the area.
He knows the region, what to look for, and who to contact to get things
done quickly and in the best way possible. We're glad to be working
together."
MORE INFORMATION
Learn more about the Management and Advisory
Board, the Company, and its recent news at Great American Energy’s
website: http://www.gamericanenergy.com.
ABOUT GREAT AMERICAN ENERGY, INC.
Great American Energy, Inc. is a
publicly traded (OTCBB: SRBL) mineral exploration and development
company focused on supporting America’s growing clean energy and clean
tech industries. Based in Denver, Colorado, Great American Energy is
dedicated to responsibly identifying, acquiring and developing mineral
assets in America and US-friendly countries. The Company’s portfolio of
projects currently targets lithium and rare earth element production,
both of which are essential to America's clean energy and clean tech
industries. For more information on the Company and its activities,
visit Great American Energy’s website at http://www.gamericanenergy.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
Great American Energy, Inc.
Felipe Pimienta, CEO
999 18th Street
Suite 3000
Denver, Colorado
80202
OTCBB: SRBL
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