Project Manager

Collon Kennedy

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Address: **** **** *** ******

City: Denver

State: CO

Zip: 80208

Country: USA

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

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $100,000

Willing to Relocate

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COLLON C. KENNEDY III

1524 EAST 8TH AVENUE

DENVER, CO 80401

Ph.: 303-***-**** e-mail: abqpj1@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Experienced land manager and natural resource attorney with major natural resource companies. Participated in all phases of land management and regulatory compliance for energy, mining, and industrial projects on federal, fee, and state lands. Core competencies include land and regulatory analysis of project acquisition strategies, managing concurrent projects, negotiating and preparing all forms of property acquisition agreements and complex contracts for exploration and production operations, and development of land team. Worked with major environmental and natural resource law firms. Strong communication skills. Colorado Bar Association Member.

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

* Led Peabody Natural Gas' Land, Legal, and Technical Groups in evaluating and developing oil, gas, coal bed methane ("CBM"), and unconventional shale gas rights in over 1.2 million acres in U.S.

* Supervised and negotiated sale and 1031 exchange of 1 million gross acres of Peabody's undeveloped oil and gas rights primarily in Rockies and Appalachian and Illinois Basins valued at over $65 million.

* Headed Gold Fields Mining Company's Land and Exploration Legal Groups in precious metals exploration program resulting in two (2) major U.S. gold discoveries: Mesquite Mine, California and Chimney Creek Mine, Nevada; discoveries of gold resources at Elkhorn Project, Montana, Mule Canyon Project, Nevada, and Springpole Lake Project, Ontario; and sale of gold royalty at La Coipa Project, Chile.

* Directed completion of Arid Operations' permitting program and sale of Mesquite Regional Landfill (MRL), world's largest waste-by-rail project, at Mesquite Mine site.

LAND MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

GEMCON (dba), LAKEWOOD, CO 2012 - 2009

ATTORNEY/CONSULTANT

Provide land acquisition, legal consulting, and energy management services to Peabody Energy Corporation ("Peabody"), Ruby Canyon Engineering, and EPA's Coal Mine Methane Outreach Program ("CMOP"); also worked on Marcellus Shale project in West Virginia, CBM and coal mine methane ("CMM") recovery projects at mines in Wyoming, Utah, and Lower Mongolia.

PEABODY NATURAL GAS, LLC, GOLDEN, CO ("PNG"), a Peabody affiliate 2008 - 2001

DIRECTOR

* Headed PNG start-up and hiring of legal, accounting, engineering, geologic, and land staffs in Denver, Gillette, and St. Louis. Oil and gas property inventory consisted of over 1.2 million acres primarily in Appalachian, Illinois, and Powder River Basins, and Rockies. Annual budget: $3 - $7 million. Major accomplishments:

- Participated in or directed oil and gas transactions including marketing contract with Petrie Parkman Merrill Lynch (PNG's investment bankers), PSAs, likekind (oil and gas for coal) exchange (IRC Sec. 1031) agreement, oil and gas leases, joint operating and farm out agreements, and surface access agreements

- Directed legal research, title, permitting and regulatory compliance programs for CBM and oil and gas drilling and production operations in Wyoming and Illinois Basin (Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky)

- Served on Legal Committee for Kentucky Oil and Gas Association and Kentucky Coal Mining Association responsible for drafting CBM development legislation in Kentucky

- Headed first U.S. project to register and sell greenhouse gas emission reduction credits (ERCs) resulting from CMM recovered at Peabody's North Antelope Rochelle Mine in Wyoming; sold ERCs for $4+ million.

GOLD FIELDS GROUP COMPANIES, GOLDEN, CO ("Gold Fields") 2001- 1980

Arid Operations Inc., Gold Fields Chile, S.A., Gold Fields Mining Corporation, and Gold Fields

Mining Company, a Division of Peabody Natural Resources Company

VICE PRESIDENT

* Directed companies' day-to-day accounting, land, and legal operations. Major accomplishments:

- Permitting and sale of MRL project to Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts for $42 million

- Sold La Coipa gold royalty in Chile

- Successfully settled commercial litigation with Placer Dome involving Pipeline gold deposit in Nevada

- Prepared asset inventory and transfer documents for 1031 land exchange involving Gold Fields' gold assets for Santa Fe Pacific Minerals Corporation's coal assets in New Mexico and Texas

ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEL-EXPLORATION AND LAND MANAGER

* Responsible for all land, legal, and regulatory matters pertaining to North American precious metals exploration program. Annual land and legal budget over $2 million. Major accomplishments include:

- Managed property inventory of over 200,000 acres consisting primarily of unpatented mining claims and mining leases in U.S. and Canada; directed major patenting programs at Mesquite and Chimney Creek Mines

- Directed and supervised preparation of property acquisition, joint venture, and lease agreements, title curative documents, annual assessment affidavits and notices of intention to hold, exploration permit applications, and NEPA environmental assessments

- Negotiated agreements to acquire control of Mesquite, Chimney Creek, Elkhorn, Mule Canyon, and Springpole Lake gold deposits

URANIUM RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, ALLENTOWN, PA 1980 - 1979

An affiliate of Pennsylvania Power and Light Company

GENERAL ATTORNEY AND CORPORATE SECRETARY

Maintained corporate records and minutes; supervised outside legal counsel and provided legal analysis on matters involving title, environmental, and regulatory compliance for uranium exploration

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL, J.D., SOUTH BEND, IN 1977 - 1974

* Vice President of Notre Dame Legal Aid and Defender Society

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C. (JUNE-AUGUST) 1972

* Summer intern for Rep. McKay of Utah

SOUTHERN COLORADO STATE COLLEGE, B.A., POLITICAL SCIENCE, PUEBLO, CO 1970 - 1974

* Graduated with honors

* Recipient of NCAA Graduate Fellowship; Academic All American in Football

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

* Assisted John B. Draper and Stephen E. Flechner in preparing Environmental Laws and Regulations Governing Gold Mining in the West - Current Issues, Rocky Mountain Mineral Foundation Annual Meeting, 1990.

* Co-Authored White Papers and Presentations for EPA's CMOP:

* Analysis of Opportunities and Challenges for U.S. Coal Mine Methane Projects, October 2012,

* How The Tailoring Rule Effects Coal Mine Methane Emissions Offset Opportunities At U.S. Coal Mines, October 2011,

* Financial and Regulatory Incentives for U.S. Coal Mine Methane Recovery Projects, March 2011, and

* Coal Mine Methane: The True Unconventional Gas, September 2010.

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