Dakota Territory Resource Corp. announced that Mark Merchen of M3 Strategies has agreed to join executive team as Director of Government and Public Affairs. Born in the Black Hills, Mark Merchen served as Vice Chair and then Chairman of "Black Hills Vision" when that regional economic development organization worked with then Governor Mike Rounds and regional leaders to secure the former Homestake Gold Mine as the National Science Foundation's preferred site for what is now the Sanford Underground Research Facility.