Unassociated Document
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE
OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED – AUGUST 25, 2010
ARDENT MINES
LIMITED
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
NEVADA
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000-50994
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88-0471870
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(Commission
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(IRS
Employer
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incorporation)
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File
Number)
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Identification
Number)
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100
Wall Street, 21st
Floor
New York, NY
10005
(Address
of principal executive offices)
561-843-0843
(Registrant's
telephone number, including area code)
Tuuletee
18, Tabasalu PK
Harjumaa, Estonia
76901
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions:
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Written communications pursuant
to Rule 425 under the Securities
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Soliciting material pursuant to
Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
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Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
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Pre-commencement communications
pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
Act
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Item
5.02.
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Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
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Resignation
of Urmas Turu
On August
25, 2010 Mr. Urmas Turu resigned as the President of Ardent Mines Limited (the
“Company”). He shall remain a member of the Company’s Board of
Directors and as the Company’s Secretary and Treasurer until qualified
replacements are appointed.
Mr. Turu
has not expressed any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to
the Company’s operations, policies or practices.
Appointment
of Leonardo Alberto Riera to the Board of Directors and as an Officer of the
Company
Effective
as of August 25, 2010, Mr. Leonardo Alberto Riera has been appointed as a member
of the Company’s Board of Directors and as the President of the
Company.
Mr. Riera
is an investment banker and management consultant. He is currently an
Executive Director of the Asia America Equity Exchange, an entity which promotes
investments and commercial transactions between China and the
Americas. He has held this position since 2008.
From
2007-2008, Mr. Riera was the Director of Asset Structuring and Credit Analysis
at INTL Consilium, LLC, where he was in charge of the analysis and credit
decisions for a substantial portion of the corporate portfolio of an emerging
markets hedge fund. From 1987-2010, he was a partner and the Chief
Executive Officer of Latin American Advisors, Inc., an entity focused on
providing mergers and acquisitions advice to wealthy families and medium-sized
corporations. From 1988-1998, he was Executive Director and Country
Head for Bankers Trust Company in Venezuela. From 1986-1987 he was
Head of Citicorp Investment Bank’s Mergers and Acquisitions unit in Caracas,
Venezuela.
Mr. Riera
holds a B.S. degree in Economics from Universidad Catolica Andres Bello and an
MBA from the Wharton School of Business of the University of
Pennsylvania.
Mr. Riera
shall initially receive as compensation $10,000 per month, subject to additional
compensation which shall be set forth under the terms of an employment agreement
to be negotiated and executed as soon as reasonably
possible.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto
duly authorized.
ARDENT
MINES LIMITED
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By:
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/s/ Leonardo Alberto
Riera
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Name:
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Leonardo
Alberto Riera
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Title:
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President
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Date: August
25, 2010