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MANAGEMENT & DIRECTORS

Amir Adnani Chairman & Founder

Amir Adnani, Chairman and Founder, is an entrepreneur and a mining executive. He is the founding Chief Executive Officer and a director of Uranium Energy Corp (UEC), an NYSE MKT-listed uranium mining and exploration company. Under his leadership, UEC moved from concept to initial production in the U.S. in five years, and has developed a pipeline of low-cost, near-term production projects. By background, he is an entrepreneur, and earlier started and expanded two private companies.

Mr. Adnani is frequently invited to speak at prominent industry gatherings including the Milken Institute Global Conference, the International Economic Forum of the Americas and the PDAC Convention, and is often interviewed by major business media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CNBC and Fox Business News.

Fortune magazine distinguishes Mr. Adnani on their ‘40 Under 40, Ones to Watch’ list of North American executives. He is recognized by a qualified resource industry investment advisory, Casey Research, as one of the sector’s leading entrepreneurs, a list researched and known as ‘Casey’s NexTen.’ He is 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 serves on the university’s Alumni Advisory Board.

Mario Garnero Director

Mario Garnero, Director, is Chairman and the principal shareholder of the Brasilinvest Group, a private merchant bank established in 1975. He became director of Volkswagen Brazil in 1979, chaired the National Automakers Association and subsequently chaired the National Confederation of Industries. Brasilinvest is a strategic partner of Brazil Resources and is a leading merchant bank in Brazil having structured and initiated projects valued at +$6 billion, and having attracted investments in the range of $16 billion to Brazil. He is recognized as one of Brazil's most accomplished entrepreneurs. Mr. Garnero holds a law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo.

The Hon. Herb Dhaliwal Director

The Hon. Herb Dhaliwal, Director, served as a Member of Parliament for over ten years. He served in the Federal Cabinet under Prime Minister Jean Chretien as Minister of Natural Resources, Minister of National Revenue and Minister of Fisheries and Oceans. In his role as Minister of Natural Resources, he actively sought responsible economic development of Canada's vast natural resources and was an authoritative policy maker on decisions relating to the mining and energy, including oil and gas, industries.The Vancouver Sun has recognized Mr. Dhaliwal as one of the top 100 influential British Columbians of the 20th century. He graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1977 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.

Pat Obara CFO & Director

Pat Obara, CFO and Director, was Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Uranium Energy Corp., a NYSE-MKT listed company, from August 2006 to January 2011 and currently serves as Vice President Administration of Uranium Energy Corp. He has consulted to several private and publicly listed companies providing various services in the areas of corporate finance, management and administration. Mr. Obara has served as the Chief Financial Officer and a director of several public companies listed on the TSXV. He holds a degree in Building Technology, Land and Construction Economics, from the British Columbia Institute of Technology in British Columbia.

David Kong Director

David Kong, Director, Mr. Kong holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from Taiwan and earned his Chartered Accountant designation in British Columbia in 1978 and U.S. CPA (Illinois) designation in 2002. From 1981 to 2004, he was a partner at Ellis Foster Chartered Accountants. Mr. Kong was also a partner of Ernst & Young from 2005 to 2010. Currently Mr. Kong is a director of Hana Mining Ltd., Channel Resources Ltd., CIBT Education Group Inc. New Pacific Metals Corp. and Uranium Energy Corp.

Gloria Ballesta Director

Gloria Ballesta, Director, Ms. Ballesta was paralegal for Uranium Energy Corp., a NYSE MKT listed company, since May 2010 to December 2012. 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 Canadian public companies. Ms. Ballesta holds an LLB (Hons.) degree in Law from the CEU Cardenal Herrera University in Spain and a Masters degree in Marketing and Business Management from ESIC School of Business in Spain.
 

Technical Team

Paulo Pereira Vice President - Exploration

Paulo Pereira, Vice President - Exploration, Mr. Pereira has over 25 years of experience in exploration and development of mining projects in Brazil and Canada. He worked as a geologist for the De Beers Group for twenty years and served for more than ten years as Senior Project Manager and Divisional Manager for Canada. Mr. Pereira holds a Bachelors degree in Geology from Universidade do Amazonas in Brazil and is a Qualified Person as defined in NI-43-101 and a member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario.

 

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