 Harry Anthony, BSc, MSc Engineering Mechanics, PEng
Chief Operating Officer, Director
Mr. Anthony is an internationally recognized expert in the uranium industry. Mr. Anthony has been a professional engineer for 36 years, the latter 30 of which, he has been at the forefront of multiple aspects of the uranium industry.
Mr. Anthony is particularly noted as being a pioneer of the emerging extraction technology for the uranium mining sector known as In Situ Recovery, or ISR. ISR is a significantly less costly and less environmentally obtrusive technique for mining uranium than any other method currently in use. He has been involved with every notable ISR uranium mine in the US and abroad, at all levels of development, including feasibility, design, operations, and management.
Mr. Anthony was a senior officer and director of Uranium Resources Inc. (“URI”), a public company and a significant uranium producer in the US. During his 20-year tenure at URI he was responsible for all technical aspects of mine development. He has also provided technical services and mine plans for Union Carbide, Urangesellschaft, Kennecott, Rio Algom, Heathgate Resources, and others.
Mr. Anthony is a sought-after speaker on uranium and related issues, having written and presented numerous reference papers on behalf of leading internationally recognized bodies including the IAEA. He is a current and past member of several professional uranium-related societies. Mr. Anthony has a BSc and MSc in Engineering Mechanics from Pennsylvania State University.
 Clyde Yancey, BSc, MSc Geology, PGeo
Vice President of Exploration
Mr. Yancey received his BSc in Geology from Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas in 1975, and his MSc in Geology from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in 1978. Mr. Yancey began his professional career with the USGS - Uranium and Thorium Resources Branch in 1978.
He continued working in uranium development through 1989 while employed in exploration and in-situ mining production for such firms as Wyoming Minerals Corporation, Caithness Mining Corporation, Mobil Oil, and Moore Energy. During this period, he discovered several uranium occurrences including the Goliad and Southeast El Mesquite deposits.
From 1989 to 2005, Mr. Yancey concentrated on reclamation investigations at various uranium mill tailings sites throughout the southwest United States for mining companies, government agencies and First Nations. Also during this time, he co-authored numerous professional papers on groundwater reclamation and compliance related to uranium. Mr. Yancey has been a member of the UEC team since January 2006, and is currently a Registered Professional Geologist in Wyoming and Texas.
 Curtis O. Sealy, MSc and BSc Civil Engineering, PEng
Vice President of Health, Safety, and the Environment
Mr. Sealy is a registered professional engineer who has 40 years experience designing and constructing mines and other large-scale engineering projects internationally. His most recent 20 years have been spent with uranium mining and development companies.
Mr. Sealy has broad experience designing, developing, constructing and providing quality control/quality assurance for large-scale engineering projects, including mines, petrochemical facilities, dams, harbor works, landfills, groundwater and surface reclamation and many other projects. He is a recognized expert on earth structures and ground improvement techniques, and has authored numerous papers in his field of expertise.
Mr. Sealy spent 17 years with Umetco Minerals Corp, a subsidiary of Union Carbide, and a large uranium producer in Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah, where he managed all aspects of regulatory compliance and environmental remediation. More recently, he served as Vice President of Environmental and Regulatory Affairs for Energy Metals Corp., a uranium exploration and development company.
 Leonard Garcia
Land Tenure Manager
Mr. Garcia is an independent petroleum landman with over twenty years experience in oil and gas title research, lease negotiations and acquisitions, farm out contracts and exploration and production. Mr. Garcia has worked under contract for Sun Oil Company, Oryx Energy, Texaco and Monsanto Exploration and Production Company. Corporate experience includes serving as CEO of Texas corporations with annual sales in excess of eighteen million dollars. Mr. Garcia attended the University of Texas and currently resides in Austin, Texas.
 Robert Underdown BSc
Vice President of Production
Robert Underdown has held senior operational positions at ISR uranium mines in Texas since 1978; he has extensive experience designing, managing and reclaiming ISR uranium mines. Throughout his career, Mr. Underdown has worked with the regulatory agencies in Texas specifically pertaining to ISR uranium production. This includes the responsibilities of managing hundreds of mine personnel and looking after their safety and that of the environment.
 Joshua Leftwich BSc
Environmental Manager
Joshua Leftwich received his BSc in Renewable Resources from the Texas A&M University, as well as his certifications in numerous safety and safety training courses.
His practical experience includes comprehensive management of the environmental components of dozens of large engineering projects. Most recently, Mr. Leftwich was the Manager of Environmental Health and Safety for Mesteña Uranium LLC, at their Alta Mesa ISR uranium mine, which began production in 2006.
At Alta Mesa, he managed all aspects of environmental, health, safety, radiation safety, training and compliance, throughout the mine’s design, construction, commissioning and operational phases. He was responsible for the mine’s simultaneous compliance with 3 state and 3 federal regulatory agencies; he was Mesteña Uranium’s chief liaison with these bodies, and was in daily communication with them.
 Ed Brezinski
VP, Corporate Development
Mr. Brezinski has 20+ years of service with utility companies and with nuclear fuel traders and brokers. His experience has been focused on marketing, trading and brokerage of uranium and related products, market analysis, inventory management, and the procurement and contracting for nuclear fuel, fuel services and other vital nuclear power plant services. While at Northeast Utilities, he acted as lead purchaser of uranium concentrates, and conversion, enrichment and fabrication services. He also worked in a similar lead trader or broker capacity for UG USA, Nukem Inc, and NYNCO trading and brokerage companies.
Mr. Brezinski most recently served as Vice President of Nuclear Fuel Supply for NYSE-listed Energy Solutions Inc. He has a Bachelor of Science in Radiological Health Physics, and an MBA in Finance and International Business.
 Andrew Kurrus, BSc, MSc
Chief Geologist, Texas
Mr. Kurrus is a professional geologist specializing in the discovery of economic uranium deposits in South Texas. Mr. Kurrus has an impressive 30-year career in South Texas beginning with Intercontinental Energy Corp in 1978 followed by other notable uranium mining companies: Pioneer Nuclear, Tenneco, Malapai, Total, and Cogema .
While at Cogema Mining (now Areva), and most recently at Mesteña Uranium LLC (owner of the Alta Mesa ISR uranium mine), he discovered previously unknown ore body extensions at existing ISR operations that contributed significantly to the economics of those projects. Mr. Kurrus is registered as a Professional Geologist; he received his BSc and MSc in Geology from the University of Arkansas.
 Aiguo Bian, Ph.D
Mine Development - Geologist
A BS graduate in Structural Geology from Beijing University, China, and later a PhD Geology from Texas A&M University, Dr. Bian brings his understanding and dissertation on the Solute Transport in an Aquifer Aquitard System from academia to the uranium ISR industry.
Dr. Bian is widely published in China as well as in various scholarly publications in North America. Prior to joining UEC Dr. Bian was Visiting Professor in the Department of Physics and Geosciences at the Texas A&M University – Kingsville. Dr. Bian’s computer abilities in modeling structural geology and solute aquifer systems further augments UEC’s team as a leading uranium mining company.
 Brad Moore, BBA
Exploration and Land Tenure Specialist
Mr. Moore received his BBA from the University of Oklahoma in 1976, with a major in Marketing and a minor in Geology. He also completed numerous uranium and nuclear energy courses and symposia at the Colorado School of Mines. From 1978-81, while with Rio Alto Minerals, Mr. Moore developed the West Cole uranium ore body in Webb County, Texas, until it was acquired by Tenneco. From 1982-90, with Moore Energy, he was responsible for developing numerous uranium ore bodies in Texas and Wyoming.
 Jared Newsom
Geologist
Mr. Newsom graduated in 2005 from Texas A&M University with Bachelor of Science with a double major in Geology and Environmental Science. Since 2006 Mr. Newsom worked as a geologist on the ISR Palangana uranium project for Uranium One’s South Texas Mining Venture (STMV), until it was acquired by UEC in 2009. Mr. Newsom brings invaluable experience from his work on the Palangana project which included assessing the features of the deposits for resource estimates and mine planning, assisting with the implementation of well field design and planning production well locations and defining well depths.
 Bill Mcknight
Production Geology Manager
Mr. McKnight is a Registered Professional Geologist with over 35 years experience in all facets of uranium extraction operations. In 1978 he helped found Uranium Resources Inc., (“URI”) and over the next twenty years held various positions with URI including Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President,Operations, Chief Operating Officer and Director. He directed URI's operations in South Texas and New Mexico, which included two uranium production leach plants. From 1968 to 1977 he held various positions with Mobil Oil Corp., including Uranium Operations Manager. Mr. McKnight holds a B.Sc. in Geology from Centenary College in Shreveport, Louisiana and a M.Sc. in Sedimentary Geology from Florida State University.
 Bob Gaston
Landman
Mr. Gaston has been a South Texas Landman for 34 years – concentrating on Uranium for the last 5 years
 Greg Kroll
Hobson Superintendent
25 years experience in wellfield operations and uranium processing in the US
 Rick Edge
Geologist
Explorationist with 15 years experience throughout the Rocky Mountain Region
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