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W. William Boberg, M.Sc., P. Geo. Mr. Boberg is the Company’s President, Chief Executive Officer and director. Previous to 2006, Mr. Boberg was the Company’s senior US geologist and VP US Operations. Prior to his involvement with the Company in 2004, Mr. Boberg was a consulting geologist having over 35 years experience investigating, assessing and developing a wide variety of mineral resources in a broad variety of geologic environments in Western North America, South America and Africa. Mr. Boberg has over twenty years experience exploring for uranium in the continental US. He discovered Moore Ranch uranium deposit as well as several smaller deposits in Wyoming's Powder River Basin.
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Jeffrey T. Klenda, B.A., CFP Mr. Klenda graduated from the University of Colorado in 1980 and began his career as a stockbroker specializing in venture capital offerings. Prior to 2004, Jeff worked as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and a member of the International Board of Standards and Practices for Certified Financial Planners (IBCFP). In 1988, he started Klenda Financial Services, Inc., an independent financial services company providing investment advisory services to high-end individual and corporate clients as well as providing venture capital to corporations seeking entry to the U.S. securities markets. In the same year he formed Independent Brokers of America, Inc. (IBA). IBA was a national marketing organization providing securities and insurance products to independent investment advisors throughout the U.S. Mr. Klenda also served as President of Security First Financial, a company he founded to provide consultation to individuals and corporations seeking investment management and early stage funding. Mr. Klenda is currently CEO, Chairman and a director of Aura Silver Inc. Mr. Klenda became a director of Ur-Energy Inc. in August 2004 and Chairman of the Board in January 2006.
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Paul W. Pitman, B. Sc. Hon. Geo., P. Geo. Mr. Pitman has over 30 years experience as an exploration geologist. He began his career with Gulf Minerals as a project geologist at the Rabbit Lake, Saskatchewan discovery in 1969, followed by work in the 1970s -1980s as a senior geologist for BP Minerals exploring for uranium across Canada. Mr. Pitman is Vice-President of Patrician Diamonds Inc. (since 1998) and President and a director of Aura Silver Inc. (since October 2003). He was also the Secretary of Nuinsco Resources Ltd. from September 2003 to February 2005. Mr. Pitman was President of the Company from its inception up to January 2006.
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James M. Franklin,
Ph. D, FRSC, P. Geo Dr. Franklin has over 40 years experience as a geologist. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Since January 1998, he has been an Adjunct Professor at Queen’s University and, since 2001, at Laurentian University. He is a past President of the Geological Association of Canada and of the Society of Economic Geologists. He retired as Chief Geoscientist, Earth Sciences Sector, Geological Survey of Canada in 1998. Since that time, he has been a consulting geologist and is currently a director of Phoenix Matachewan Mines Inc. (since September 2000), Patrician Diamonds Inc. (since January 1998), Au Martinique Silver Inc. (since October 2003) and RJK Exploration Ltd. (since July 2001).
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Robert Boaz,
M. Econ., Hon. BA. Mr. Boaz has 18 years in the investment banking business after a career in the power and natural gas industry working in management positions for Ontario Hydro, Saskatchewan Power and Consumers Gas. He has held senior management positions in a number of firms in the investment industry with direct responsibilities related to research, portfolio management, institutional sales and investment banking. From 2005 to 2006, Mr. Boaz was Managing Director, Investment Banking with Raymond James Ltd. in Toronto. From 2000 to 2004 Mr. Boaz was Vice President and Head of Research and In-House Portfolio Strategist for Dundee Securities Corporation. Mr. Boaz holds a masters degree in Economics, York University and an honors bachelor degree from McMaster University.
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Paul Macdonell, BPA Mr. Macdonell is a Senior Mediator, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service for the Government of Canada. Previously, Mr. Macdonell was employed since 1976 by the Amalgamated Transit Union, serving as President of the Union from 1996 to 2000 and Financial Secretary 1991 to 1995. Mr. Macdonell was Municipal Councillor of the City of Cumberland from 1978 to 1988 and was on the City’s budget committee during that time. Mr. Macdonell holds bachelor degree in Public Administration, University of Western Ontario and a Certificate in Economic Development, University of Waterloo. Mr. Macdonell is the Chair of the Audit Committee for Phoenix Matachewan Mines Inc., Patrician Diamonds Inc. and Aura Silver Inc.He has been a director of Patrician Diamonds Inc. since 1996, of Phoenix Matachewan Mines Inc. since September 2000 and of Aura Silver Inc. since October 2003.
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Thomas Parker,
P.E. A mining engineer graduate from South Dakota School of Mines, with a Master’s Degree in mineral engineering management from Penn State, Mr. Parker has worked extensively in senior management positions in the mining industry for the past forty years. Tom Parker is President and Chief Executive Officer of Gold Crest Mines Inc., a Spokane based gold exploration company. Gold Crest has properties in southwest Alaska in the Kuskokwim Mineral Belt and in the Yellow Pine District of Idaho. Prior to Gold Crest, Mr. Parker was the President and Chief Executive Officer of High Plains Uranium, Inc., a junior uranium mining company with over 120,000 acres (48,562 hectares) in claims and lease agreements that was acquired by Energy Metals Corporation in January 2007. Mr. Parker spent 10 years as Executive Vice President of Anderson and Schwab, a New York based management consulting firm where his clients included UBS Warburg, Norilsk Nickel, Southern Peru Copper Company, Arch Coal Company and Goldman Sachs. Prior to Anderson and Schwab, he was Chief Executive Officer of Costain Minerals Company, a $425 million company with 22 operating coal mines, the Brewer gold mine and Montana Talc. Earlier in his career, Mr. Parker worked 10 years for ARCO where he was President of Beaver Creek Coal Mines, General Manager of Nevada Moly, President of Thunder Basin Coal Company and VP for Engineering, Exploration and Business Development. He was also General Manager of the Jacobs Ranch mine for Kerr McGee Coal Company and served as Project Manager for Conoco for the Imouraren uranium deposit in Niger. Opened, staffed and managed Conoco’s Paris office which was established to coordinate Conoco's activities with those of the two other partners - the French Atomic Energy Commission (COGEMA) and the Niger State Mining Company (ONAREM). He has worked in the potash, limestone and talc industries and has extensive experience in Niger, France and Venezuela.
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Roger Smith,
CPA, MBA Roger Smith has 25 years of mining and manufacturing experience including finance, accounting, IT, ERP and system implementations, mergers and acquisitions, audit and tax, and public and private reporting in international environments. He comes to Ur-Energy after having served as Director of Financial Planning & Analysis for Luzenac America, Inc., a subsidiary of Rio Tinto Minerals. Mr. Smith has also held such positions as Vice President Finance, Corporate Controller, Accounting Manager and Internal Auditor with other mining companies such as Luzenac America, Inc., Vista Gold Corporation, Westmont Gold Inc., and Homestake Mining Company. He also has a Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Western State College, Gunnison, Colorado.
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Paul G. Goss, Esq. Paul Goss has over 25 years of diversified experience in complex business, real estate and natural resources transactions, including more than five years with a national-practice firm. Mr. Goss has represented clients in commercial litigation, arbitration and mediation, involving real estate, securities, environmental law, corporate law, oil and gas, mining, and class actions in both State and Federal Courts. He obtained his Juris Doctor and graduated cum laude from the Denver University College of Law as well as a Masters of Business Administration from Indiana State University.
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Harold A. Backer, B.S. Geo. Mr. Backer has over 38 years experience in the mining industry participating in major exploration programs in the commodities of gold, uranium, copper, and phosphate. In exploration, he has worked for Kalium Chemicals Ltd., Chevron Resources Company and as Sr. VP Exploration for Goldbelt Resources Ltd. As a Consulting Economic Geologist, he has participated in numerous pre-feasibility mining studies (open pit and underground projects) as a team leader and in a management position on projects in North America and in the countries of the former Soviet Union.
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Wayne Heili, B.S., Metallurgical Engineer Wayne has a career spanning more than 19 years providing engineering, construction, operations and technical support in the uranium mining industry. He spent 16 years in various operations level positions with Total Minerals and COGEMA Mining at their properties in Wyoming and Texas. He was Operations Manager of COGEMA’s Wyoming In-Situ Recovery (ISR) projects from January 1998 until February 2004. Since then, Mr. Heili acted as a consultant for such companies as High Plains Uranium, Inc., Energy Metals Corporation and Behre Dolbear. His experience includes conventional and ISR uranium processing facility operations. Mr. Heili received a Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Michigan Technological University, with a mineral processing emphasis.
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