MinQuest, Inc. was created in 1998 as a privately held natural resource company
to acquire and evaluate mineral properties. The company has emphasized precious
and base metal properties containing a resource or strong indicators of potential
resources. MinQuest currently controls 35 properties, mainly in Nevada and Arizona.
MinQuest manages exploration programs on 27 of these properties. The company also
currently manages programs on several non-MinQuest properties. This work normally
involves a complete geologic appraisal including land status and acquisition, mapping,
geochem sampling, geophysics, drilling, and resource estimation. MinQuest was created
by Richard Kern and Herb Duerr, both long time exploration geologists associated
with several discoveries.