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America West Resources, Inc. Officers and Directors

Alexander H. Walker III, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
Alex joined America West Resources in August, 2007 as Chief Executive Officer, President and Director. Since March 2003, he has been actively involved in the management of Hidden Splendor Resources, acting as its Vice President. Prior to March 2003, Alex was engaged in the practice of law, focusing primarily in the areas of general business litigation and securities. He is a member of the Utah State Bar Association and the Nevada Bar Association; he is also a member of the Board of Directors of the South East Utah Energy Producers Association, as well as the co-Chair of the Board of the Western Energy Training Center.

Dan R. Baker, Chief Operating Officer
Dan has served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer since August 2007. He began his business career in mining as a laborer in 1969 following an extended tour of duty with the United States Army in Vietnam. Dan has earned significant mining expertise serving as a longwall foreman, senior mining engineer, longwall superintendent and manager of underground operations while working for United States Steel Corporation, Kaiser Steel Corporation, Braztah Corporation, Utah Power and Light Company, Emery Mining Corporation and Kaiser Coal Corporation.

In 1987, Dan joined Interwest Mining Company as Vice President/Operations, overseeing both underground and surface mines in Utah, Wyoming, Washington and Australia for PacifiCorp. He served on the Interwest Board of Directors and was a member of the mining and fuels team for PacifiCorp’s international activities. Dan became President and Chief Executive Officer of Interwest and Vice President/Fuels for PacifiCorp in January 1998; positions he held until he became Executive Vice President at CONSOL Energy in November 1999. At CONSOL Energy, he provided overall leadership, strategic direction and management oversight of all mining operations, intent on producing quality coal at a low cost and while complying with the highest safety standards. Since 2002, Dan has been providing consulting services for energy companies. He joined Hidden Splendor in September of 2006.

Brian Rodriguez, Chief Financial Officer and Director
Brian has served as a Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Company since December 2007. He is the President of Marathon Advisors, LLC, a professional services firm providing accounting and business development services to micro-cap and small-cap public companies. From March 2006 to May 2007, he served as Chief Financial Officer for SH Celera Capital Corporation, an internally managed fund. From October 2004 to March 2006, Brian served as an Accounting and Finance Consultant for Jefferson Wells, an international professional services firm. During 2004 and 2005, he also served as a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee for Opexa Therapeutics (formerly PharmaFrontiers Corporation), a public biotechnology company. From March 2002 to October 2004, Brian served as Controller and then Director of Finance for JP Mobile, Inc., a privately-held wireless software company based in Dallas, Texas.

As a consultant, Brian has provided services in the areas of internal controls, process design and reengineering and accounting operations to companies ranging from early stage startups to Fortune 100 enterprises. He began his career in 1993 in the Business Assurance practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers (formerly Coopers & Lybrand) in Dallas, Texas. Brian has been a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas since May 1995. He holds a B.B.A. degree from Texas A&M University.

George Jarkesy, Director
George has served as a Director of the Company since December 2007. He is the Managing Member of John Thomas Capital Management Group, LLC, which is the general partner for John Thomas Bridge and Opportunity Fund, L.P. George previously served as the Chief Operating Officer and President of SH Celera Capital Corporation, an internally managed fund. He started his career in the financial industry with Josephthal Lyon and Ross as a New York Stock Exchange member. George has founded and built companies engaged in financial consulting, real estate investments, real estate management, employee leasing, light steel manufacturing, livestock management, oil field services and biotechnology.

Individually and through one of his companies, he was a successful strategic investor in two public biotechnology companies (ANX and OPXA). George was a co-founder of PharmaFrontiers Corporation (now Opexa Therapeutics: OPXA), and has had investments in VoIP, Internet Security and Gaming. In 1999, he expanded his investments to China as well as other international markets. George has consulted numerous venture capital groups as well as investment banking departments at small to medium sized broker dealers. Jarkesy & Company has been an active participating member of the National Investment Bankers Association since 1996. He is the Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Society of St. Vincent DePaul in the Galveston-Houston Archdiocese of the Catholic Church and is also on the board of the Jarkesy Foundation, Inc.

Alexander H. Walker, Jr., Director and Secretary
Alexander has served as the Secretary and a Director of the Company since August, 2007. He has spent his career as a securities attorney licensed in Pennsylvania and Utah. Alexander earned a B.A. degree from Waynesburg College in 1950 and a J.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1952. Since 1956, he has been a practicing attorney with experience in trial and transactional work, with an emphasis on corporate securities matters. After serving as the Attorney Advisor for the Division of Corporate Finance in Washington, D.C. from 1954 to 1955, Alexander served as the Attorney in Charge of the Salt Lake City, Utah Branch of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission from 1955 to 1956. From 1956 through the present, he has managed a private practice.

Amanda Cardinalli, Director
Amanda has served as a Director of the Company since August 2007. She is the President of The Nevada Agency and Trust Company, a company which provides trust, stock transfer and resident agent services to its corporate clients. Amanda has been the President of NATCO since 2003 and has managed NATCO operations since 1995. In 1985, she graduated from Hollins College in Roanoke, Virginia.

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America West Resources, Inc. Highlights
  • The market cap of the company is less than $30 million
  • Operations at the Horizon Mine has been contiguous since 2003
  • Proven coal reserves for many years in the future
  • Strong, seasoned management team with extensive background in coal
  • Multiple year contracts in place with large companies
  • Company is 18 percent institutionally owned
  • The Company has a low debt to value ratio