OROPLATA RESOURCES, INC. (OTCMKTS:ORRP) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
Effective February 15, 2017, Craig Alford resigned from all
officer positions with Oroplata Resources, Inc. (the Company) and
simultaneously was appointed by the board of directors (the
Board) to serve the Company as its Chief Operating Officer. Mr.
Alford has served as director of the Board since May 2016 and
will continue to serve in such capacity.
On the same date, Michael Mason was appointed to serve as the
Companys Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Mason has served as a
member of the Board since July 22, 2016, and will continue to
serve in such capacity.
Mr. Mason, age 71, received his Bachelor of Science Degree in
Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Arizona and a
Master’s Degree in Business Administration specializing in
Finance, from the University of California at Los Angeles. Mr.
Mason is a seasoned mining executive with extensive experience
worldwide in project due diligence, mine development, strategic
planning, metals marketing, risk management and project financing
as well as international trade and off-take agreements. He has
worked on some of the worlds largest deposits including the
Escondida Copper project in Chile, the Olympic Dam project in
Australia, La Candelaria in Chile, and the San Cristobal Mine in
Bolivia. Mr. Mason has also been associated with the
commissioning, evaluation and management of large smelting
operations across South America, India, Korea, Mexico, Canada and
the U.S.
Throughout a career that has spanned 50 years Mr. Mason has held
numerous senior and executive management positions. He has served
as a director of Euromax Resources Ltd; President and COO of
Global Gold Corporation; President of MBMI Intl; CEO, President
and Director of Metals Concentrates International; Managing
Director, Senior Trader for Marc Rich as well as others.
There have been no transactions since the beginning of the
Company’s last fiscal year, and there are no currently proposed
transactions, in which the Company was or is to be a participant
and in which Mr. Mason (or any member of his immediate family)
had or will have any interest, that are required to be reported
under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. The appointment of Mr. Mason
was not to any arrangement or understanding between him and any
person, other than a director or executive officer of the Company
acting in his or her official capacity.
ITEM 7.01 Regulation FD
Disclosure
On February 17, 2017, the Company issued a press release
announcing the management changes.
A copy of the press release is attached herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
The information in this Item 7.01 disclosure, including Exhibit
99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed filed for
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the
liabilities under that Section. In addition, the information in
this Item 7.01 disclosure, including Exhibits 99.1, shall not be
incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act,
except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in
such filing.
ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)Exhibits
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Exhibit Number |
Description |
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99.1 |
Press Release dated February 17, 2017 |
About OROPLATA RESOURCES, INC. (OTCMKTS:ORRP)
Oroplata Resources Inc, located in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, is an exploration stage company engaged in mineral properties mining. It was founded in 2011. OROPLATA RESOURCES, INC. (OTCMKTS:ORRP) Recent Trading Information
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