BOISE, ID / ACCESSWIRE / June 21, 2016 / Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc. (the "Company" or "Thunder Mountain") (TSX-V: THM; OTCQB: THMG) is pleased to announce that the Board of Directors has re-appointed Mr. Ralph Noyes as a director of Thunder Mountain Gold after stepping down from the Company's Board in February 2016 due to a business conflict with a former employer that has been resolved.
"Ralph strengthens our Board with his public company experience and mining industry knowledge," explained Eric Jones, Thunder Mountain Gold President and CEO. "As a member of our Board, He provides independence that greatly benefits the shareholder base, and proven abilities that move us through challenges as we advance our South Mountain Project."
Mr. Noyes has a broad mining experience, ranging from underground mine geologist to Vice President of Metal Mining for Hecla Mining Co. (NYSE-HL), involved in operations, exploration, new mine development and mergers and acquisitions. As Chairman and CEO of Consolidated Silver Corp. in 1995 he acquired the purchase rights to several underground silver mines in Mexico, which continue to operate today as part of other public companies. In 1998 and 1999, he was Project Manager for Behre Dolbear and was the independent engineer for the expansion of the Stillwater platinum-palladium Mine. In 1999 he joined Soloman Smith Barney as a financial advisor, tailoring his practice to serving executives in the mining industry as well as small business owners. He retired from the financial services industry in 2014 as Associate Vice President Investments with Wells Fargo Advisors.
Mr. Noyes graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology, with a focus on economic geology and exploration during undergraduate and graduate school at Michigan Technological University. He completed post graduate courses in management and strategy from the University of Michigan, Wharton School of Business and completed the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford University in 1992.
Mr. Noyes has previously served on the boards of the Northwest Mining Association, the Idaho Mining Association, the Board of Advisors to University of Idaho College of Mines and Earth Resources, and the Western States Public Lands Coalition, as well as numerous junior mining companies. He currently resides near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc, is a U.S. - based exploration company founded in 1935, with direct ownership interest in two U.S. precious and base metal projects. The Company's principal asset is The South Mountain Project - a zinc-silver-gold project with copper and lead, formerly producing in the 1940`s, and located in southern Idaho`s Owyhee County. The Company`s Trout Creek Project is a grass roots gold target, drill ready, and located in the Eureka-Battle Mountain trend of central Nevada, currently under Joint Exploration Agreement with Newmont Gold. For more information on Thunder Mountain Gold, and Mr. Noyes, please visit the Company's website at www.Thundermountaingold.com.
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For further information, please contact:
Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc.
Eric Jones
President and Chief Executive Officer
[email protected]
Tel: (208) 658-1037
Jim Collord
Chief Operating Officer
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Tel: (208) 658-1037
SOURCE: Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc.