John will over see the geophysical data acquisition and processing of the planned deeper IP data and the MT data acquisition program.  John is credited with the geophysical based discovery of the Las Colinas/Los Planes ore deposit located in Baja California Sur (~1.6 million ounces Au) and the 2003 geophysical based discovery of the Boa Esperanca Copper Cobalt deposit in the Tucuma region of Para, Brazil.

Rich will over-see the porphyry-focused copper-molybdenum geologic mapping and sampling. Rich has an impressive exploration track record including boots on the ground 1st recognition of the Penasquito ore deposit (VP Exploration for Kennecott), leading the discovery team for the Sossego-Sequeirinho IOGC deposits in the Carajas region of Para, Brazil (VP Exploration – South America for Phelps Dodge), and more recently Rich was Senior VP Exploration for Freeport-McMoRan. Rich and Team have added 54 billion tons of copper to reserves and is credited with the Chukarui Peki discovery in Serbia which earned Rich has a shared 2016 PDAC Thayer Lindsley International Mineral Discovery Award.

Emeritus, Arizona State University: Steve will oversee the structural geology aspects of the exploration program at South Mountain focused on expanding the existing known silver/gold/zinc/copper resources down dip and along strike and with regional porphyry copper-molybdenum exploration. Steve’s successful exploration experience ranges from porphyry copper, precious metals, and rare-element resources throughout the western U.S. and Mexico. Steve is credited with recognizing and changing the exploration model for the southern Baja California disseminated gold-bearing systems of Paredones Amarillos and Las Colinas by recognizing that the gold-bearing fluids were the result of late stage, near vertical, brittle structures, a reinterpretation that went against the existing geologic model that had been mistakenly followed for over 12 years.

Dale provides integral geological, geochemical, and geophysical modeling support via the Leapfrog program to aid in the 3-D definition of potential deeper resources.  Dale has been credited with being an integral part of the Americas Gold and Silver Galena GIP exploration program that added over 100 million silver equivalent ounces to the Galena Resources.

Karen will focus on the interpretation of the geophysical data sets, in particular the Magnetotelluric (MT) data which will aid in the identification of potential deep-seated porphyry copper-molybdenum mineralized systems utilizing State-of-the-Art MT data processing algorithms and 2-D / 3-D computer modeling and interpretation programs.