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| | | Back Row: David Suleski and Bill Stanley
Front Row: Jim Hesketh and David Watkins
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| | | David Watkins, M.Sc.
Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
 Mr. Watkins is an international mining executive with 35 years experience in exploration and development, acquisitions and mergers, and mining operations. Mr. Watkins was President of Cyprus Exploration and Development Corporation and Senior Vice President, Exploration for Cyprus Amax Minerals Company for six years prior to joining Atna.
Cyprus Amax (recently acquired by Phelps Dodge Corporation) was a U.S. based, Fortune 500, multi-national mining company, which produced copper, molybdenum, gold, lithium, and coal, and had annual revenue of US $3.2 billion. Mr. Watkins joined Falconbridge Copper Ltd. as an Exploration Geologist in 1977 and became Chief Geologist responsible for exploration in Quebec and mine operations at Lake Dufault and Opemiska in 1980.
Mr. Watkins was appointed Vice President, Exploration in 1986 and rose to the position of President of Minnova Inc., the successor company to Falconbridge Copper, in 1991. Minnova was a base metal and gold mining company with five operating underground and open pit mines with 2,000 employees in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia. During Mr. Watkins tenure at Minnova, the company experienced rapid growth and achieved a market capitalization of $500 million.
He graduated with a M.Sc. degree in Geology from Carleton University in Ottawa in 1970 and a B.A. in Geology from Queen's University at Kingston in 1967. During the early part of his career, Mr. Watkins worked with Newmont Mining and with Noranda as an exploration geologist in various parts of the world, including Australia, Mexico, Ecuador, and Canada.
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| | | James Hesketh, M.Sc.
President and Chief Operating Officer
 Mr. Hesketh's primary goal is to increase the value of Atna to its shareholders by focusing on developing positive cash flow from operations and longer term by growing the Company into a low cost mid tier gold producer. This will be accomplished by initially capitalizing on existing assets and longer term through the development advance stage gold exploration properties or acquisition of operating sites. Mr. Hesketh has a diverse career in the mining industry, over 30 years in positions covering mining finance, corporate business development, mine operations, mine engineering and consulting with companies including NM Rothschild & Sons (Denver) Inc., Cyprus Amax Minerals Company, Pincock, Allen & Holt, Inc., and Dresser Industries. Prior to Mr. Hesketh's current role, he was President and CEO of Canyon Resources Corp. and sat as a Director on the board of Atna Resources Ltd.
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| | | David Suleski, BBA, CPA
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
 Mr. Suleski is responsible for the accounting, administrative and the treasury functions of the Company. Prior to joining Atna Resources, Mr. Suleski was Vice President CFO, Tresurer and Corporate Secretary for Canyon Resources and prior to that he was Assistant Controller and Treasurer for Golden Star Resources. He started his career in public accounting with Arthur Young & Company and Coopers & Lybrand, followed by eight years of experience with Cyprus Amax Mineral Company in positions including Financial Analyst, Administrative Supervisor for the Pinos Altos copper/zinc mine in New Mexico, Supervisor of Metallurgical Accounting at the Miami Smelter, in Arizona and Coordinator of External and Internal Reporting for the Corporation. He has held positions including Division Controller for Pulte Mortgage, Corporate Controller for Apex Silver Mines Corporation and Associate Banker for NM Rothschild & Sons (Denver) Incorporated. David has a BBA in Accounting from the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater and received his CPA in 1987.
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| | | Bill Stanley, B.Sc., MBA
Vice President, Exploration
 William R. Stanley was appointed Vice President of Exploration in 2004. Mr. Stanley is a mineral exploration geologist with over 30 years experience in the mining industry. While the vast majority of Mr. Stanley's exploration experience is in the Western United States, he has also developed and led international exploration efforts in Mexico, Chile, and New Zealand. Mr. Stanley holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology, from Central Washington University, a Master of Business Administration from Arizona State University, and is a licensed professional geologist in the State of Washington, USA.
Mr. Stanley held increasing levels of responsibility with Homestake Mining Company from 1979 through 1993 and was responsible for several gold deposit discoveries, two of which were commercially viable and placed into production by Homestake. From 1993 through 2000, he was employed by Cyprus Amax Minerals Company as its United States Exploration Manager where he was responsible for exploration in the Great Basin, Alaska, and Mexico. Immediately prior to joining Atna in January 2004, Mr. Stanley was an independent mining consultant providing services to both major and junior exploration firms.
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