Dale Huffman

Email: abqj47@r.postjobfree.com

Address: **** *. **** ***.

City: Englewood

State: CO

Zip: 80111

Country: USA

Phone: 303-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: $120,000

Willing to Relocate

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DALE HUFFMAN, ESQ.

DALE HUFFMAN, ESQ.

4600 South Syracuse, 9th Floor 303-***-****

Denver, CO 80237 abqj47@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SWISS ENERGY LLC, Littleton, CO 2011 - Present

Partner

Responsible for providing legal related consulting and negotiating services to major international

companies. Prepare strategies and client presentations for complex dispute settlement negotiations. Review or prepare engineering, construction, acquisition, financing, professional services and numerous other types of agreements. Prepare claim and claim defense analyses.

THOMPSON CREEK METALS COMPANY, Littleton, CO 2006 - 2010

Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Responsible for all legal affairs of a NYSE and TSX listed Canadian corporation with US and Canadian mining and processing operations. Negotiated and closed 2006 merger of Blue Pearl Mining and Thompson Creek Mining Company. Successfully managed and completed numerous financings and a share issuance. Negotiated EPCM Agreement for $500 million mine and mill expansion project. Managed the legal effort to successfully acquire Terrane Metals Corporation in 2010 and the acquisition of the Mount Emmons Project in 2008. Supported development projects through negotiations with vendors as well as managing permitting and environmental compliance efforts.

CH2M HILL, Englewood, CO 2004 - 2006

Consulting Attorney

Served as a contract consulting attorney reporting to the top division counsel for CH2M Hill. Constructors. Prepared and negotiated Design/Build, EPC, EPCM, O&M, Startup, Teaming, Consortium, Environmental Services and other agreements with public and private, as well as, domestic and international clients. Advised the Water, Environmental, and Transportation Business Groups on a myriad of project legal issues. Negotiated an agreement with Newmont Mining Corporation for the reclamation of a gold mine in Papua New Guinea during a time when two of the clients representatives were incarcerated by the PNG Government for alleged environmental violations. Negotiated an agreement with Amerada Hess Corporation for a wastewater facility at its St. Croix, Virgin Islands, petroleum refinery. Drafted or negotiated other agreements for projects in Australia, Brazil, China, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, Trinidad, and other countries and US Territories.

WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY, Colorado Springs, CO 2001 - 2003

Assistant General Counsel

Responsible for all types of legal matters at the corporate and operations levels. Developed and implemented compliance efforts and programs for corporate governance and reporting, environmental and safety, and other regulatory requirements. Advised corporate and operations management on business matters and transactions, drafted and negotiated agreements, and represented the Company in governmental and industry settings.

LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Broomfield, CO 2000 - 2001

Staff Attorney

Responsible for corporate regulatory compliance and intellectual property matters including the development of corporate policies and procedures. Responsible for managing the Companys environmental liabilities including remediation programs and significant Superfund exposure arising from prior ownership of Continental Can Company. Reported to the General Counsel.

CYPRUS AMAX MINERALS COMPANY, Englewood, CO 1981 - 1999

General Attorney

Lead counsel for industrial minerals, coal and copper divisions as well as the lithium and molybdenum divisions. Worked with General Counsel on all securities, M&A, financings, and other major transactions. Responsible for environmental, labor and employment, workers compensation, claims and litigation, safety, utilities, intellectual property, and international operations legal support.

Negotiated and completed domestic and international mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and divestitures, including drafting agreements and conducting due diligence and closing activities.

Negotiated major concession and project development agreements including associated engineering, procurement and construction contracts.

Was key member of team that established the Companys environmental policy, program and department, and later was responsible for advising the Environmental Department.

Reduced Companys exposure to asbestos litigation and product liability by leading successful effort to dismiss thousands of suits in multiple states, and obtained historic liability insurance coverage indemnifying millions of dollars of company defense costs.

Maintained compliance with SEC reporting and disclosure requirements. Responsible for stock offerings, repurchases and redemptions as well as corporate secretarial and governance functions.

Negotiated and completed major domestic and international financings, including one of the first project financings in Russia, a large refinancing in Chile with an international banking consortium, and numerous complex conventional, sale-leaseback, and other financing arrangements.

Advised divisions and operations on day-to-day legal issues and disputes, and participated as key member of management, strategy, and planning teams.

Drafted and negotiated engineering and construction, product sales, distribution, transportation, and other agreements for the companys divisions and operations.

Successfully resolved utility litigation in favor of the Company; and established Companywide utility negotiating strategy resulting in seven figure annual cost savings.

Won over $10 million from the French government in a breach of contract action.

Advised corporate management on sensitive high-level employment matters and litigation.

Developed outside counsel guidelines and reports in conjunction with a computerized litigation, project management, and auditing system, which led to a significant reduction in outside counsel fees and expenses.

Maintained Department productivity and morale through a series of workforce reductions.

BECHTEL CORPORATION, San Francisco, CA; Gaithersburg, MD 1977 - 1981

Attorney

Drafted and negotiated numerous design-build, engineering, procurement, construction, construction management and technical services agreements, and successfully managed disputes and litigation. Was one of two attorneys responsible for all legal matters in a Division Office of approximately 3,500 employees.

EDUCATION

JD, 1977, University of California at Los Angeles

Summer clerkship, California Supreme Court

BA, 1972, Economics, University of California at Davis (Phi Beta Kappa)

Licensed in Colorado and in California

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