CKL Consulting will do all we can to provide high-quality service and exceed customer expectations.

C. K. Lane is the managing member of CKL Consulting, LLC. C. K. has 34 years experience in the mining industry. This covers starting as an hourly underground employee to Chief Operating Officer of a publicly traded coal company with 2,500 employees.

Management experience encompasses all aspects relating to the mining industry: Safety, Operations; Surface and Underground, Acquisitions, Strategic Planning, Productivity, Cost Control, Business Development, Economic and Financial Analysis, and Engineering Services.

Education and Industry Background:

• 1982 Summa Cum Laude Graduate from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with Bachelor of Science Degree in Mining Engineering

• Licensed Professional Engineer

• Member King Coal Association; Old Timers Club; Career’s In Coal Association; University of Kentucky Mining Foundation Board

• Past Chairman Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration for Central Appalachian Section; Kentucky Coal Association

Resume

||| Safety Management Programs

||| Accident Reductions

||| Accident Investigation

||| Insurance Inspections

||| Regulatory Management

||| Management

||| Productivity & Performance

||| Cost Control & Improvement

||| Mine Planning & Design

||| Acquisitions

||| Due Diligence

||| Strategic Planning & Feasibility

||| Economic and Financial Analysis

||| Engineering

||| Property & Land Management

||| Reserve Evaluations

||| Reclamation

||| Expert Witness