Whereas speculation is not productive when it becomes paranoid and unbound by reason, and

Whereas a vacuum of leadership does not serve the interests of shareholders, and

Whereas noblesse oblige entails those of a regal nature, gifted by nature with superior abilities, serve inferiors,

I hereby appoint myself Chairman Emeritus of the Active Mining Corporation, bound to all discharge all duties thus accrued including strategic advice, public relations, dispute resolution, and miscellaneous other tasks, et cetera.