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Board of Directors

 

Mark P. Eaton

Director, Chairman of the Board

Mr. Eaton is a graduate from Hull University, England and is an experienced investment professional with over 20 years of experience in equity capital markets specializing in the resource sector. He has held the position of Managing Director of Global Mining Sales, a division of CIBC World Markets of Toronto Canada and Manager of U.S. Equity Sales for CIBC World Markets. He was a Partner and Director of Loewen Ondaatje McCutcheon Ltd., a Toronto-based investment dealer, until March 2008. He is currently President and CEO of Belo Sun Mining Corp.
 

Graham C. Thody

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Thody was a Partner of Nemeth Thody Anderson, Chartered Accountants of Vancouver, BC from 1979 until his retirement from public practice in 2007. His practice focused on audits of reporting companies, participation in the Initial Public Offering Process, corporate mergers and acquisitions as well as domestic and international tax matters. He was a Director of Pioneer Metals Corporation at the time of the adoption of the Plan of Arrangement which created UEX Corporation and has been a Director of UEX since its inception. Mr. Thody served as Chairman of the Board of UEX from June 2007 until June 2010.

Mr. Thody is a past Director, Executive Member and Chair of the Finance Committee for the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation and is a member of the British Columbia Institute of Chartered Accountants (1976) and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (1976). He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree (Marketing) from the University of British Columbia (1973).
 

Colin C. Macdonald

Director

Mr. Macdonald held the position of Vice-President, Exploration, for Cameco Corporation until his retirement on June 30, 2011. He had worked for Cameco Corporation and its predecessor companies since 1981 and was responsible for Cameco's worldwide uranium exploration activities. Cameco Corporation is the world's largest uranium producer and is UEX's largest shareholder.
 

Suraj P. Ahuja, P.Geo.

Director

Mr. Ahuja's career as a geologist in the design and management of mineral exploration programs spans over 40 years. From 1978 to 1988 he was employed by Cameco as a Project Geologist and a Senior Geologist. From 1988 to 2001 he was employed by PNC Exploration (Canada) Co. Ltd., a Japanese-owned uranium exploration company. Mr. Ahuja consults for several major and junior uranium exploration companies through his own mineral exploration consulting company located in Vancouver, BC.
 

Emmet McGrath

Director

Mr. McGrath is a member of both the Institute of Charter Accountants of British Columbia and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, and was an audit partner with KPMG from 1981 to 2002.

He has a thorough understanding of the regulatory and statutory reporting requirements of publicly listed companies and is well versed in corporate governance matters, having completed the Directors Education Program offered by the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Mr. McGrath has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, and currently sits on the Board of Directors of several publicly listed companies in the mining industry. He is the former Chairman of the Board, and is currently a Director, of Westminster Credit Union, the fourth largest credit union in British Columbia.