Mr. Ken Santini

Ken SantiniMonarch Finanacial Corporation
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In addition to his association with Monarch Financial, Mr. Santini is managing director of Santini and Associates, based in Denver, Colorado.Mr. Santini has more than 25 years experience in industrial minerals.His particular expertise is in exploration programs, reserve estimates/audits, property appraisals/valuations, due diligence, and market studies.Mr. Santini has also been involved in numerous acquisition and divestiture assignments.

In 1971, Mr. Santini joined California Portland Cement Company as Project Geologist.His main responsibility was the exploration and evaluation of cement raw materials.A number of deposits, either discovered by Mr. Santini or jointly with other individuals, were placed into production.In addition, Mr. Santini was also Mine Superintendent at a major open-pit limestone operation in Arizona.

Subsequently in 1978, Mr. Santini became Senior Geologist for Anaconda Minerals Company in Denver, Colorado.He supervised the domestic and international exploration and acquisition programs for industrial minerals.A number of industrial mineral properties were discovered and/or acquired under Mr. Santini's direction.

In 1985, Mr. Santini became an independent industrial minerals consultant, where he planned, implemented and conducted exploration and acquisition programs on a worldwide basis.Subsequently in 1989, Mr. Santini joined DUNN Geoscience Corporation as Vice President of Mining and Minerals.He had oversight and management of the Division, review of all projects and development of domestic and international markets for the Division.While at DUNN, Mr. Santini was one of the first U.S. geologists to evaluate industrial mineral deposits in the former Soviet Union.

After two years with DUNN, Mr. Santini founded Santini and Associates, which is a full service international industrial minerals consulting group.Clients have included industrial minerals companies, banks and governmental agencies.An example of his firm's various assignments are as follows:
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Mr. Santini completed B.S. studies in geology at the University of Redlands, and conducted his M.S. work in geology at Los Angeles State University and the University of Arizona.
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Ken Santini

One such strategic alliance, that allows us to augment our industrial minerals capability, is with Santini and Associates, which was founded in 1985 by Ken Santini. Previously, Mr. Santini was employed by the California Portland Cement Company and Anaconda Minerals Company, where he gained extensive experience in the exploration and evaluation of domestic and international industrial mineral deposits. In addition, he has operations experience at various open pit industrial mineral mines.

Ken Santini

Ken Santini is Managing Director for Santini & Associates, Inc., of Tucson, Arizona.Santini & Associates is a full-service international industrial minerals consulting group.The company also acts as a financial advisor in the divestiture of industrial mineral assets.Ken has over 30 years worldwide experience in industrial minerals.This includes due diligence investigations and valuations, feasibility studies, market studies, exploration and evaluation of deposits, reserve estimates/audits and mine planning.Ken has held positions with various companies in exploration, operations, and business development.

Oro Valley, ArizonaKen SantiniManaging Director 11420 N. Palmetto Dunes Avenue Oro Valley, Arizona 85737 phone: 520-229-3663 kensantini@msn.com