Officers & Directors

Amir Adnani is the President, Chief Executive Officer, a director and a founder of Uranium Energy Corp (UEC: NYSE American). Under his leadership, the Company has developed into the largest diversified North American focused uranium company with low-cost, environmentally friendly in-situ recovery (“ISR”) uranium projects in the United States and high-grade conventional projects in Canada.  In the U.S., UEC controls the largest portfolio of fully permitted ISR projects, anchored by two operational processing plants in Wyoming and Texas.  In Canada, UEC controls one of the largest portfolios of exploration and development holdings in the prolific Athabasca basin, including the world-class, 100% owned Roughrider Project. 

Mr. Adnani is the founder and Co-Chairman of GoldMining Inc. (GOLD: TSX; GLDG: NYSE American), a gold-resources acquisition and development company that has grown to control a sizeable portfolio of gold projects across the Americas and is the Chairman of Uranium Royalty Corp. (UROY: Nasdaq; URC: TSX), the first and only publicly listed royalty company in the uranium sector. By background, he is an entrepreneur, and earlier started and expanded two private companies.

Mr. Adnani has given a variety of presentations at prominent industry conferences organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency, World Nuclear Fuel Market and the Milken Institute.  He is a frequent contributor to the business media, including CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and Fox Business News.

Fortune magazine distinguished Mr. Adnani on their “40 Under 40, Ones to Watch” list of North American executives.  He was selected as one of “Mining’s Future Leaders” by Mining Journal, a UK-based global industry publication.  He was also a nominee for Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” distinction. Mr. Adnani holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of British Columbia and was a director of the university’s Alumni Association from 2015 to 2021.

Ms. Man has over 28 years of experience in financial reporting, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and risk management. Ms. Man presently serves as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Uranium Royalty Corp. (NASDAQ: UROY, TSX: URC), where she is responsible for leading all finance functions and risk management. Previously, between 2020 and 2022, Ms. Man was Chief Financial Officer of Gold Royalty Corp. (NYSE American: GROY), a precious metals-focused royalty and streaming company. From 2010 to 2013, Ms. Man was an audit partner with Ernst & Young LLP in Vancouver. Ms. Man is a Chartered Professional Accountant, Certified Public Accountant (Washington) and Certified Public Accountant (Hong Kong). Ms. Man holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of British Columbia.

Mr. Melbye is a 41-year veteran of the nuclear energy industry having held leadership positions in major uranium mining companies and various industry organizations. He also currently serves as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Uranium Royalty Corp., and as Advisor to the Nuclear Engineering Program at the Colorado School of Mines. He recently served as Vice President Commercial for Uranium Participation Corporation (now Sprott Physical Uranium Trust), and Advisor to the CEO of Kazatomprom, the world's largest uranium producer in Kazakhstan. Through to June 2014, Mr. Melbye was Executive Vice President, Marketing for Uranium One, responsible for global uranium sales activities. Prior to this, he spent 22 years with the Cameco Group of companies, both in the Saskatoon head office and with their U.S. subsidiaries. He most recently served as President of Cameco Inc., the subsidiary responsible for global marketing and trading activities achieving annual sales exceeding 30 million pounds U3O8. Mr. Melbye is President of the Uranium Producers of America and a past Chair of the Board of Governors of the World Nuclear Fuel Market. Mr. Melbye received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with specialization in International Business from Arizona State University in 1984.

Mr. Berg has served as our Senior Vice President, U.S. Operations since March 21, 2024. Mr. Berg is a highly qualified mining and mineral processing professional with over 27 years of experience in the minerals industry, including more than 21 years in uranium production in the United States and Canada. Mr. Berg is the former President of Cameco Resources, where he led Cameco's U.S. uranium In-Situ Recovery ("ISR") operations in Wyoming and Nebraska. This experience included management and oversight of Cameco's in-situ recovery facilities and the successful start-up and operation of the North Butte satellite ISR operation in Wyoming. Under his management, U.S. production reached over 2.6 million lbs. prior to Cameco curtailing production due to market conditions. Mr. Berg also has extensive open pit and underground mining experience, including Cameco's Key Lake, McArthur River and Rabbit Lake operations.

Most recently, Mr. Berg was the President and CEO of Rare Element Resources Ltd., where he was responsible for overall day-to-day management and operation of that company, including its strategic, financial and operational leadership. Mr. Berg is a Professional Engineer with a B.A.Sc. in Regional Environmental Systems Engineering from the University of Regina and an MBA from the University of Regina. In 2023, Mr. Berg completed a Master of Legal Studies, Magna Cum Laude, from the University of Arizona, with a focus on mining law and policy.

Spencer Abraham served as the 10th U.S. secretary of energy from 2001 to 2005. Under his leadership the department made major advances in the development of new energy technologies, successfully implemented a variety of nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear security programs after the September 11 attacks, and launched initiatives to improve the nation’s energy security. He also had responsibility for U.S. national labs and energy research activities.

An honors graduate of Michigan State University and Harvard Law School, Mr. Abraham was the co-founder of The Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy and the Federalist Society. He was a law professor at the Thomas M. Cooley School of law before being elected chairman of the Michigan Republican Party in 1983. He later served as deputy chief of staff in the office of the vice president and as co-chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.

In 1994, Mr. Abraham was elected to the United States Senate from Michigan. While in the Senate, he authored 22 pieces of legislation that were enacted into law and served on the Senate Judiciary, Commerce and Budget committees. He chaired the Senate subcommittees on Immigration and Manufacturing and Competitiveness. Much of his legislative focus was on advancing the emerging information technology/e-commerce revolution, including the now ubiquitous use of electronic signatures in commercial activities.

Mr. Abraham serves as the chairman of Uranium Energy Corp. He was previously a director of Occidental Petroleum and the non-executive chairman of AREVA’s U.S. board.

Mr. Della Volpe has a long and distinguished career. He has served as a professional money manager for over 35 years including senior portfolio manager of pension funds for Honeywell Corporation and senior vice president of the YMCA Retirement Fund in New York with responsibilities for several billion dollars in assets.  In his experience, Mr. Della Volpe has particularly focused on the management of energy and utility equities portfolios.  His expertise includes management of significant venture capital investments.  Mr. Della Volpe holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and an MBA in Finance, both from Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ.

Mr. Kong is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA). He most recently served as a partner of EY (formerly Ernst & Young LLP) from 2005 to 2010. He earlier served as a partner of Ellis Foster, Chartered Professional Accountants of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1981 to 2004. He is a certified director (ICD.D) of the Institute of Corporate Directors. He is a director of several mining companies.

Ms. Ballesta is the Chief Executive Officer of Camglo Management SAS, based in Bogota, Colombia, since December 2023, and serves as a director of GoldMining Inc., a public company listed on the TSX and the NYSE American since August 2010. Ms. Ballesta has experience working in North American, European and Latin American business environments and has direct experience working with Canadian listed public companies holding interests in Latin America. Ms. Ballesta has experience managing administrative and compliance procedures for spin-offs, take-overs and financings of various public companies. Ms. Ballesta holds an LLB (Hons.) from the CEU Cardenal Herrera University in Spain and a Master's degree in Marketing and Business Management from ESIC School of Business in Spain.

Ms. Canty has over 25 years of experience in finance, strategic transactions, corporate governance, compliance, enterprise risk and ESG and has extensive energy industry experience, including exploration and production, public utilities, pipelines and related businesses in the United States and Canada. Ms. Canty is presently the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and a member of the Executive Committee of PBF Energy Inc. (NYSE: PBF), a Fortune 200 company that is one of the largest independent petroleum refiners and suppliers of unbranded transportation fuels, heating oil, petrochemical feedstocks, lubricants and other petroleum products in the United States. Ms. Canty has been recognized by a number of professional distinctions including recognition in the Lawyers of Color Power List in 2020, inclusion in the Women Inc. 100 Top Corporate Counsel list in 2019 and recognition by Black Enterprise Magazine in its Most Powerful Women in Business in 2019.