Searchlight Minerals Corp. Announces Passing of Director Harry B. Crockett

Searchlight Minerals Corp. (OTC: SRCH) announced that Harry B. Crockett, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since February 2007, passed away on September 29, 2010.

The press release is quoted as saying:

Mr. Crockett was the managing member of Verde River Iron Company, LLC, a private Nevada limited liability company that was Searchlight Minerals’ prior joint venture partner on the Clarkdale Slag Project and the prior owner of the Clarkdale Slag Project. He served as a court-appointed receiver for various Superior Courts throughout California for more than 15 years. Mr. Crockett previously served as an Executive Vice President of American Savings, specializing in troubled debt and assets, and he served as Chairman of the Make a Wish Foundation in San Joaquin County, a charitable foundation serving the needs of terminally ill children. Mr. Crockett held a Bachelor of Arts degree from Golden State University in San Francisco and a California Real Estate Brokers license.

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