Mr. Ernie Leo Thrasher served as the President of AMCI Export Corporation and Executive Vice-President, Marketing, AMCI International from 1997 to 2003. Mr. Thrasher was responsible for the international marketing and trading of coals produced by the AMCI Group's mining operations in USA and Australia and the international trading operations of the AMCI Group of companies. He has over 34 years of experience in the coal mining industry. In 2003, Mr. Thrasher formed Xcoal Energy and Resources to market metallurgical and thermal coal. From 1974 to 1997, he was involved in a management role in many aspects of the coal sector, including mine operations, management, coal procurement, coal sales, and coal trading. He has been a Director of Barrick Gold Corporation since April 30, 2014. Mr. Thrasher served as a Director of Corsa Coal Corp., since May 2009 until December 18, 2009.