Technical Advisors

Dale Moore, P.Geo.

Technical Advisor, Idaho

Dale owns Tamarack Geological Services and manages exploration at Silver Dollar's recently acquired Ranger-Page Project in Idaho's Silver Valley. He is a registered professional geologist in Idaho and Washington, and an independent Qualified Person (QP) as defined in National Instrument 43-101. Dale has 14 years of experience working in the Coeur d'Alene Mining District, and he and his team at Tamarack have worked on every major mining project in the Coeur d'Alene Mining District and numerous other projects in North America. The exploration team at Ranger-Page consists of Tamarack's most experienced Silver Valley geologists, who collectively have logged several miles of exploration drill core delineating some of the Coeur d'Alene Mining District's most prolific ore deposits, including the Lucky Friday, Galena Complex, and Sunshine mines.

Mark Malfair

Country Manager, Mexico

Mark is a consulting geologist managing Silver Dollar's exploration projects in Durango, Mexico. Based in Durango and bilingual in Spanish and English, Mark has over 25 years of experience in all phases of the mining industry from prospect generation and exploration to production. He has previously served as country manager in Mexico and Honduras handling all geological, administrative, legal and stakeholder relations aspects of running a company and its exploration programs. His previous roles include vice president of exploration for Chesapeake Gold Corp. (2007-2015) where he was lead member of the ground team responsible for advancing the Metates Au-Ag-Zn Project in Durango State through pre-feasibility. Metates is one of the largest, undeveloped disseminated gold and silver deposits in the world.

Frank (Bud) Hillemeyer, M.Sc.

Technical Advisor

Bud is an economic geologist who has been actively involved in mineral exploration for 37 years and has a proven record of discovery. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a B.A. in Geology and from San Diego State University with an M.Sc. in Geology. Bud has conducted extensive exploration programs in the western United States, Mexico, Honduras, and Costa Rica. He has worked with an array of clients, including Kennecott, Meridian Gold, BHP, Mount Isa Mines, Hecla Mining, Crown Resources, Monarch Resources, Silver SSR Mining, Canplats Resources, and The Electrum Group.

Perry Durning, B.Sc.

Technical Advisor

Perry is an economic geologist who has been actively involved in mineral exploration for over 50 years and has focused much of his career on grassroots exploration in pioneering areas. He graduated with a B.Sc. in geology from San Diego State University and an M.Sc. in Economic Geology from the University of Arizona. Perry has worked extensively throughout the western United States, Mexico, and Central and South America. He worked for Amax Exploration, SAGE Associates, and Occidental Minerals before becoming exploration manager and then president of Fischer-Watt Gold Co.

Perry (centre) and Bud (right) received the prestigious Thayer Lindsley Award for International Mineral Discoveries in 2010. The Award is presented annually by the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada in memory of Thayer Lindsley, one of the greatest mine finders.

 Above: Joe Hinzman (left) presenting Perry Durning (center) and Bud Hillemeyer with the Thayer Lindsley Award

Perry and Bud are true mine finders, having discovered over a billion ounces of silver and 10 million ounces of gold. They have a wealth of experience, and I am thrilled they have agreed to join the Company," said Mike Romanik, president of Silver Dollar. "I am truly excited to have the opportunity to work with them and look forward to the prospect of adding a few more deposits to their impressive list of discoveries."

After having worked together for over a decade at Fisher-Watt Gold Co., Perry and Bud formed La Cuesta International, Inc. in 1993 and are recognized for their outstanding record of grassroots discoveries that collectively amount to over a billion ounces of silver and 10 million ounces of gold and include the:

San Sebastian Silver-Gold Project, Mexico – owned by Hecla Mining and in production 1995 to 2001 and 2015 to 2020, the current mineral resources are Indicated of 9.43 million ounces (Moz) Ag and Inferred 22.35 Moz Ag.

San Agustin Gold-Silver Mine, Mexico – being acquired by Heliostar Metals and in production since 2017, with Probable reserves of  0.14 Moz Au and 6.69 Moz Ag, Indicated resources of .22 Moz Au and 9.09 Moz Ag, and Inferred resources of 0.42 Moz Au and 15.01 Moz Ag.

Pitarrilla Silver Project, Mexico - owned by Endeavour Silver, and one of the largest undeveloped silver project in the world hosting Indicated resources of 639.9 Moz AgEq and Inferred resources of 151.2 Moz AgEq.

Camino Rojo Gold Mine, Mexico - owned by Orla Mining, and in production since 2022 with Proven and Probable reserves of 1.1 Moz Au and Measured and Indicated resources of 9.1 Moz Au

Cerro Los Gatos Mine, Mexico – owned by Gatos Silver (70%) and Dowa Metals & Mining (30%) and being acquired by First Majestic Silver, and producing Ag, Zn, Pb and Au since 2019 with production of 14.3 Moz AgEq in 2023.