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Management
The management team including the Directors and Advisory board members have more than 125 years of mining industry experience with junior and mid-tier companies involved in exploration, development and production of precious metals. We are in the process of expanding our Board to ( between 5 to 7) to include Allied’s Management and have an Audit committee in place comprising of outside independent directors. he team consists of:
Bryan Miller, President and Director of Sunergy, Inc and CEO, Director of Allied Mining
Mr. Miller, co-founder and CEO of Allied Mining & Supply (AMS), has spent the last 20 years as a business consultant and executive director in the media, renewable energy and resource industries. His particular expertise is in corporate development, deal structure and project management. During his time as CEO of AMS, Mr. Miller has overseen the growth of the company from a newcomer in mineral exploration in West Africa to one hailed as a "Giant" and "Model of a mining company" according to local press. He has identified several areas of significant potential growth in Sierra Leone involving minerals prospecting and exploration, agriculture and distributed power generation. Mr. Miller has taken the lead on the AMS community development programs in the communities in which the Company has operational interests.
P.K. Rana Medhi, Chairman of The Board, Director
- Over 40 years of experience in the mining industry; including 28 years with Cyprus Amax Minerals
- Registered Mining and Engineering Geologist working as an Independent Consultant
- Past Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources..
Robert A. Levich, CPG, PG, EurGeol, FSEG, FSGA, Director
- 31 years with US Department of Energy (DOE)-headed up famous Yucca Mountain Project
- Now resides in Ghana with wife which offers hands on management of Company projects
- Enjoys substantial business and geological contacts in Ghana.
Mark Shelly, CPA, Corporate Secretary, Treasurer, Chairman of the Audit Commitee, Director
Mark Shelley, CPA, owner of Shelley International CPA, a PCAOB registered audit firm, has been appointed as the corporate Secretary, Treasurer, chairman of the audit committee and member of the board of directors. Mr. Shelley has been working as an accountant in Arizona since 1977. Since 1990, Mr. Shelley has emphasized public companies, working with a variety of industries such as retail, auto, agricultural, mining and manufacturing. These have included Mexican and Chinese companies. He has also been a consultant with other CPA firms on SEC filings and regulations. Mr. Shelley graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting in 1977. He is fluent in English and Spanish. He is a current member of the Arizona Society of CPAs, the American Institute of CPAs as well as other professional associations.
Mohamed El Tayyib-Bah, Country Director, Sunergy Inc
- Over 20 years experience in the mining industry in Sierra Leone and Lofa in Liberia.
- Over 10 years in the Sierra Leone Police, rising to Superintendent and acting as 2nd in command of the CID and Sierra Leone's eastern region between 1992 and 1994.
- Worked in the security industry in the UK between 2000 and 2004.
- Worked for the UK Home Office between 2004 and 2006.
- Holds a degree in English and International Economic Relations.
- Though a British citizen, Mr Tayyib-Bah returned a few years ago to his native Sierra Leone where his considerable relationships at the local and national level as well as his high standing and enthusiastic efforts towards the economic development of Sierra Leone are without parallel.
Dale Bourassa President, Director - Allied Mining
Mr. Bourassa is co-founder and serves as President of Allied Mining & Supply. Mr. Bourassa has over 20 years of experience in the electric and solar contracting industry and is a long-time Napa resident. Mr. Bourassa has owned and operated a number of businesses over the years and has extensive background in all phases of business start up, operations, and finance. More recently he was directly responsible for the Allied Mining & Supply sampling program operations in Sierra Leone which resulted in the discovery of several substantial areas of Rare Earth Element (REE) mineralization within the AMS concession along the Pampana River.
Wilfred Ullrich, Operations Manager
Mr. Ullrich designed and built Keene Engineering's first portable 8" dredge in 1983 and performed worldwide consulting with Keene. He has been involved in mining in a consulting and dredging operations capacity in the western United States, Alaska, Mexico, Australia as well as open pit and dredging in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Congo (DRC). He has mined alluvial gold and diamonds, gem stones and rare earth metals throughout West Africa. He also designed and built the first African dredge for A-1 Diamond Co., Congo in 2001, and has been active in operations in Tanzania, Mali and Sierra Leone from 2003 to present time.
Stephen B. Parent, Chief Negotiator, Advisory Board Member
- Over 30 years of experience in the mining industry with 2 mines put into production.
- Managed the exploration, development and production of junior public mining companies.
- Founder of General Metals Corporation currently putting gold and silver mine in production.
Paul Haber, Advisory Board Member
- Strategic Advisor
- Financed turn around for gold company with well known equity fund.
- More than 10 years business financing and investment management experience.
- Quoted in Barron's, The Wall Street Journal and TheStreet.com.