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Mr. Jerry G. Mikolajczyk was appointed President, CEO, CFO, and a director of the Company on May 31, 2011. Prior to the appointments, Mr. Mikolajczyk was a key consultant to the Company who identified the opportunities available to us in Kentucky, helped negotiate our contracts, and assisted the Company with its financial reporting including SEC filings and our financial statements from February 2010 to May 2011.

Mr. Mikolajczyk has had an extensive career in the oil and gas, construction, and mining industries. Mr. Mikolajczyk has worked for Fortune 500 companies such as BP Resources (British Petroleum), SCI Group of Companies, Husky Oil, Syncrude, Bechtel, Guy F. Atkinson and INCO. He has worked as a heavy equipment operator on surface and open pit mining operations.

After completing his Business Administration diploma, Mr. Mikolajczyk went on to obtain his professional designation as a Certified General Accountant (CGA) and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA). As a professional accountant and auditor, he has been involved with planning, designing, and testing operations to ensure that the operations are efficient and effective.

In 2008, Mr. Mikolajczyk was awarded “CFO of the Year” for the application of his knowledge and expertise in a turnaround assignment for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), a $3.3 Billion asset transportation authority in Silicon Valley (San Jose, California).

Mr. Mikolajczyk has an aggregate of 41 years of experience, which include:
  • Twenty-two (22) years of C-Level experience.
  • Ten (10) years in the Oil and Gas Industry evaluating and analyzing systems and operations to improve effectiveness, increase profits, and streamline operations without compromising controls.
  • Eighteen (18) years in the Mining Industry with operational experience in tar sands, copper, gold, limestone and precious stones. Mines were both open pit and deep rock (shaft) as well as alluvial and placer mining operations.
  • Twenty Seven (27) years of experience in the Construction Industry ranging in Oil and Gas, Mining, Transportation and Housing sectors. Specialty is Project Control and Reporting.
Mr. Mikolajczyk, through consulting agencies, has provided various consulting services to clients, which included, but not limited to:
  • Global Power and Water Industries, Inc.
  • VTA (Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority)
  • MineCore International, Inc.
  • Platinum Works, Inc.
  • Blue Green Corp
  • J.M.E.L. International Inc.
  • Nova Petrochemicals
  • BP Resources
Mr. Mikolajczyk is an acknowledged speaker and presenter. He has moderated various panels on P3’s (Private Public Partnerships) projects such as the Confederation Bridge, the longest bridge in North America, joining Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick in Canada, which Mr. Mikolajczyk was involved in the bidding, award and financing of the project. Mr. Mikolajczyk also presented a paper to the 1990 Western Regional Conference of the Institute of Internal Auditors entitled: "Is Your Project Control Out of Control?" and a paper in 1991 to the Institute of Internal Auditors, Calgary Chapter, entitled: "Operational Audit of the Procurement Function".