Bill Thomas

Bill Thomas has been promoted to chief financial officer of Golden Phoenix Minerals Inc.

of Reno.

Thomas has been controller of Golden Phoenix Minerals for more than a year.

Prior to joining Golden Phoenix, he was chief financial officer for O'Hara Resources Ltd., a mining and petroleum company, and Patterson Inc., a natural resource manufacturing company.He also served as executive vice president for Placer Management Group, and was controller for Kennecott Copper at its Utah smelter.

He earned an accounting degree from Stevens Henagar College,Utah, and an economics and business administration degree from Westminster College at Salt Lake City.