Steve brings 30 years of mining executive and consulting experience to Highlands. He is the former
Vice President and General Counsel of Gold Fields Mining Corporation, which was the U.S.
subsidiary of the former Consolidated Gold Fields of London. In that position, he established
and directed the company's U.S. land, legal, permitting, and compliance functions in order to
acquire, permit, finance, develop, and expand the Ortiz Mine in New Mexico, the Mesquite Mine
in California, and the Chimney Creek Mine in Nevada. These three mines collectively produced
400,000 ounces of gold per year with high profitability as Gold Fields-U.S. grew from 20 people
to 1,200 during Steve's 15-year tenure. Mesquite and Chimney Creek were long-term world-class
producers that were later acquired by Newmont Mining.
From 1993 to 1999 Steve served as President, Director, Chairman, and Counsel of Prospex Mining,
where he arranged financing of $10M, including $5M from the Korea Zinc Company, the world's
largest zinc producer. From 1993 through 1995 Steve also served as President of Bradner Resources
and Gold Canyon Resources. After 2000, Steve served as Consulting Counsel for Tournigan Gold
Corporation, where he helped acquire the Curraghinalt gold deposit in Northern Ireland, Kremnica
gold deposit in Slovakia, and uranium deposits in Slovakia, culminating in a $40M bought-deal
financing.
Starting in 2006, Steve served as Consulting Counsel and interim President and CEO of Oriental
Minerals, now known as Woulfe Mining Corp. In these roles he acquired the Sangdong project in
South Korea, which was one of the world's largest tungsten and molybdenum mines from 1947 to
1992, and Muguk, which was South Korea's largest former producing gold mine. Woulfe Mining has
since moved Sangdong toward a full feasibility study, with a minimum project NPV of $480M. In
2010, Steve was President of Standard Gold, where he worked to acquire a number of gold projects
in Nevada. Other consulting clients have included Buffalo Gold Corp., Longview Capital, and
Cronus Resources (now Continental Gold).
Steve is a facilitator who listens closely to geologists, engineers, land owners, environmental
regulators, and financiers to make mineral projects feasible, from negotiating a deal to getting it
financed and permitted and into production. He holds a BA from New York University, 1964 and
JD from Yale Law School, 1967. He is a member of the American, New York, and Colorado Bar
Associations, and has delivered numerous lectures on business, securities, and mineral law.