Santa Fe Gold Corporation announced the appointment of Mr. Tomas Laws as CEO of the company. Mr. Laws is a mining analyst knowledgeable in metallurgy and minerology with over 40 years of experience in the mining industry. Mr. Laws’ mining career began in working a Placer Gold operation in Alaska. He then joined Phelps Dodge Corporation.  His role was a Metals Accounting Specialist and Cost Analyst at the Hidalgo Smelter located in Playas, New Mexico. He later moved to the Tyrone Mine in Tyrone, New Mexico. Eventually, Mr. Laws returned to the Hidalgo Smelter in Playas, New Mexico as controller. Mr. Laws was then appointed to oversee costs and budget accounting at Chino Mines. He progressed to become a transaction specialist at Kennecott Mining. There he helped facilitate the Phelps Dodge Corporation purchase of Chino mines and related companies. After the transaction, Mr. Laws assumed accounting implementation and operational control of the Chino and Kennecott acquisitions for Phelps Dodge Corporation.