Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> November 19, 2013

Interview with the President, CEO, CFO and Director: General Metals Corporation (GNMT)

Forbush, Daniel J.
Daniel J. Forbush, President, CEO, CFO and Director of General Metals Corporation, is a Certified Public Accountant and brings over 25 year of mining industry experience. Mr. Forbush’s diverse background in financial management includes positions at such Fortune 500 firms as Glamis Gold Ltd., AMOCO, TENNECO and Arthur Andersen & Company. Beginning in 1999, Mr. Forbush focused on startup opportunities including the building of a public accounting firm, Forbush and Associates, since November 2000 and business consulting firm Core Business Builders Inc., since January of 2004, and has functioned as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for a $25 million residential development and building contractor and a number of other smaller enterprises. He was initially recruited as Controller for Glamis Gold, Inc., serving from 1988 to 1997 and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from 1997 to 1999, for Glamis Gold, Ltd., directing all aspects of financial, administrative and operations management. Prior experience includes Corporate Director of Managerial Accounting, Echo Bay Mines, Ltd., 1986-1987; Nevada Operations Controller for Tenneco Minerals prior to its acquisition by Echo Bay Mines; General Accounting Supervisor for AMOCO; Assistant Controller for Cyprus Industrial Minerals Company; and Senior Auditor for Arthur Andersen & Company. Profile
TWST: Can you give us a brief history of General Metals and what you see as significant milestones that have shaped the company into its present-day operations?

Mr. Forbush: In 2006,