Uranium Energy News Releases
Uranium Energy Corp Announces the Appointment of 50-Year Veteran Mining Engineer and Geologist, John Nelson, as Senior Geologic Engineer
June 1, 2006
Technical Team Expanded to Include 8 Eminent Uranium Professionals with Over 200 Years of Professional Uranium Experience
AUSTIN, TX – JUNE 1, 2006 – Uranium Energy Corp (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has made another significant addition to its industry-leading ISL uranium technical team with geologist, mining engineer and uranium specialist, John R. Nelson.
Mr. Nelson is a Professional Geologist with 50 years experience, including 45 years as a mining engineer, and in particular, 20 years with uranium mining operations in the southern United States. Mr. Nelson has held senior mine management positions with prestigious mining companies that include: Kerr McGee Nuclear, US Smelting and Refining, Anaconda Minerals, United Nuclear Corp, Southern Peru Copper, and many others.
Mr. Nelson’s scope of experience covers a wide spectrum of the mine cycle, including land tenure, exploration, mine design and engineering, permitting, mine construction oversight, mine management, ongoing environmental compliance, and mine reclamation.
John Nelson received his Bachelors Degree in Geology from the Texas Technical University, at Lubbock, Texas, and is registered as a Professional Geologist in the state of Wyoming. He is a Certified Uranium Mine Foreman in Wyoming.
Mr. Nelson’s employment with Kirkwood Oil and Gas during the 1980s, as mine manager for uranium mining operations in Wyoming, is of particular interest to the Company. Uranium Energy Corp recently announced the acquisition of a uranium development database compiled by Kirkwood (please see news release dated May 18, 2006). Mr. Nelson brings his familiarity with this data, and the ground that it covers, into Uranium Energy Corp. He will be instrumental in interpreting the data and leveraging it to locate and acquire further historically drill-proven uranium resources in Wyoming.
Uranium Energy Corp President and CEO, Amir Adnani, comments on the appointment, “Uranium Energy Corp has consistently proven its ability to attract eminent uranium professionals. With John Nelson, we add further depth to our mine finding and mine development operations at the present time. A key objective of the Company is to draw together the best uranium operations team in the US.”
About Uranium Energy Corp
Uranium Energy Corp (URME: OTCBB) is a US-based junior resource company with the near-term objective of uranium production in the United States. The company has a mandate to acquire historical uranium resources that can be quickly developed into producing uranium mines. The Company is managed by veteran mining and exploration professionals eminent in the field of uranium, whose collective experience in the mining industry, and specifically in the uranium mining sector, brings together more than 180 years of uranium mine-finding and uranium mine development expertise. Uranium Energy Corp is well positioned to capitalize on the world’s first significant alternative energy boom. See www.uraniumenergy.com for more information.
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