Nov 5, 2013 08:45:06 (ET)
SCOTTSDALE, AZ, Nov 05, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- Sunergy, Inc. (the "Company") (otcqb:SNEY) Is pleased to announce that the famous Dredgemaster from Sierra Leone and the UK has joined the Sunergy Management Team as Director of Alluvial Mining in Sierra Leone and Liberia with a commitment to early profitability.
Dredge has over 40 years' experience in the Mechanical Handling and Mining Industry, mostly in Africa. In his position as Country Director he was responsible for Security, Safety, Health, Environment, and Training and holds recognized qualifications, SITO, Security Industry Training Organization of which he is a Teacher of Teachers. Dredge was one of those responsible for the training of PAE staff prior to their relocation to Liberia from Sierra Leone. He is qualified to Train Instructors. RTITB, Road Transport Industrial Training Board of which he is an Instructor/Examiner on Industrial Mechanical Handling Equipment and able to deliver courses and provide training and issue recognized certificates. Dredge is a hands on Miner and is commonly known as "The Dredgemaster" and has been in and out of Sierra Leone and Liberia since 1974 and spent most of the past 10 years in Sierra Leone on the Pampana, Sewa, Moa, rivers, as well as the Lofa in Liberia, to name a few. His commitment to training local people in advanced mining techniques has proved profitable for the companies that he has worked with. His contacts are numerous and he enjoys a good reputation. Dredge is a Mechanical Handling Engineer by training with extensive experience in the Granite, Gold and Diamond sectors. He can and will repair all mining equipment and will train others in order to pass that knowledge on to local people. Dredge has worked with several of the large mining companies in Sierra Leone involved in Granite, Gold, Diamonds and Iron Ore as an Independent consultant.
He also is a master dredge operator and will oversee the design build of another dozen or so dredges designed primarily for Diamond and Gold recovery, but able to recover Black Sands (Ree's) and river sand. These dredges will all be used in our own operations directly producing cash flow. When idle, they will be deployed with crew only to work in concert with other operations while earning fees and a piece of each project.
Dredgemaster says: "I am glad to become a part of this new dynamic Sunergy team. I have paid close attention to the goings on at Sunergy and now that we are on track to engage daily profitable operations, I am quite excited about our prospects going forward. I am familiar with the areas of operation targeted for exploitation in both Sierra Leone and nearby Liberia and am pleased to have the opportunity to be part of the team turning Sunergy around to become profitable."
Garrett Hale, President and CEO states: "I am really pleased to have Dredgemaster on our management team. As part of our ongoing commitment to upgrade management, Dredge offers us the opportunity to grow and expand our base of alluvial mining operations in both Sierra Leone and Liberia. He plans to get a half dozen dredges operating in each country this dry mining season. Early estimates for cash flow from test analysis is net $20,000 to $40,000+/ month per dredge. There is a success formula that incentivizes our dredge teams to make as much product as possible, which also helps security. Our focus this mining season is to maximize cash flow and profitability and we are well on our way now. Dredgemaster will enable us to grow our operations with confidence."
