
	Mr. Paul Harper Zink has been the Chief Financial Officer of Rare Element Resources Ltd. since December 2013. Mr. Zink served as the Chief Investment Officer of Americas Bullion Royalty Corp. from June 25, 2013 to November 12, 2013. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Americas Bullion Royalty Corp. since February 26, 2013 until June 25, 2013. He has been Secretary of Bullion Monarch Mining, Inc since August 17, 2012. He served as the President of Eurasian Capital at Eurasian Minerals Inc. from July 1, 2010 to January 31, 2013. He focused on building a portfolio of revenue-generating royalties to complement EMX&#39;s prospect generation business model. He has more than 30 years of experience in the financial and extractive industries. His extractive industry experience includes managing Pegasus Gold, Inc.&#39;s acquisition efforts. He served as the President of International Royalty Corporation from March 2008 to February 2010. He served as Chief Financial Officer of Koch Mineral Services, a unit of Koch Industries Inc. He served as the Chief Credit Officer of Koch Industries Inc and Director of Corporate Development of Pegasus Gold Inc. As a Member of IRC team, Mr. Zink focused on strategic company development, investor relations and financial engineering. He began his career following the mining and metals industries during a 17-year tenure on Wall Street with J.P. Morgan &amp; Co., Incorporated, where he performed industry research and merger and acquisition analysis on mineral companies, banking and project finance advisory work for European mining companies, and sell-side equity research on U.S. mining stocks. He served as a Director of Americas Bullion Royalty Corp. from May 1, 2013 to November 12, 2013. He served as Vice President of Mining and Metals Equity Research of J.P. Morgan &amp; Co. He served as Managing Director of Operations and Senior Investment Analyst at Republic Financial Corporation from 2002 to September 2007. He has been a Director at ATNA Resources Ltd. since April 5, 2011. He served as a Director of Rare Element Resources Ltd. until April 23, 2013. He served as a Director of International Royalty Corporation from 2008 to 2010. He served as a Director of Complex Underwriting of Republic Financial Corporation from August 2000 to September 2007. Mr. Zink graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Lehigh University with a Bachelor&#39;s degree in Economics and International Relations.
