Christopher E. Herald

Christopher E. Herald has been a Director of Solitario Zinc Corp. since August 1992. He has also served as Chief Executive Officer since June 1999 and President since August 1993. Previously, Mr. Herald served as a Director of the former Crown Resources since April 1989, as Chief Executive Officer of Crown since June of 1999, President of Crown since November 1990, and was Executive Vice President of Crown from January 1990 to November 1990. Prior to joining Crown, Mr. Herald was a Senior Geologist with Echo Bay Mines and Anaconda Minerals. He currently serves as non-executive Chairman of Viva Gold Corp. Mr. Herald received an M.S. in Geology from the Colorado School of Mines and a B.S. in Geology from the University of Notre Dame.