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Uranium Energy Corp Expands Goliad Technical Team with the Appointment of Larry Minter
January 18, 2007
The Company Appoints Tenth Uranium Expert in 12 Months, Giving the Company 280 Years of Uranium Development and Mining Experience
Austin, Texas, USA – Uranium Energy Corp announces the appointment of Larry Minter as a Senior Geologist. Mr. Minter has over 30 years of experience with various facets of the uranium sector, including exploration, development, mining, environmental assessment and regulatory compliance. Mr. Minter has discovered and delineated uranium ore bodies in various geological settings throughout the southwestern United States. He is a Professional Geologist, and received his MSc and BSc in Geology from Texas A&M University at College Station. He has been Adjunct Professor of Physical Geology and Environmental Geology at Austin Community College since 2001.
Mr. Minter’s uranium exploration experience also includes significant prospect generation activities throughout the southwestern United States. He is also familiar and experienced with geophysical exploration techniques and technologies and has extensive experience supervising the drilling of hundreds of uranium exploration drill holes using a variety of different drilling methods.
Mr. Minter’s regulatory and environmental experience for commercial, industrial and government clients spans 21 years. He has managed over 300 environmental projects, including major remediation projects. He provided expert testimony before the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Division related to mineral quality beneath proposed uranium tailings sites, and has authored numerous geological publications.
Mr. Minter’s role with the Company will be to provide further expertise in the development of the Company’s 100%-owned Goliad Uranium Project in South Texas. He joins the Company’s technical team, already eminent in the uranium sector, and will specifically assist with ongoing resource delineation and expansion, as well as permitting operations, as the Goliad project continues to advance towards production.
About Uranium Energy Corp
Uranium Energy Corp (URME: OTCBB) is a US-based junior resource company with the objective of becoming a near-term ISL uranium producer in the United States. The Company is developing its advanced-stage Goliad Project in South Texas, with ISL uranium production projected to begin in 2009. Uranium Energy Corp controls one of the largest historical uranium exploration and development databases in the US. Through the use of these databases, the Company has acquired advanced uranium properties throughout the southwestern US. The operational management is comprised of pre-eminent uranium mining and exploration professionals, whose collective experience in the uranium mining industry gives the Company ongoing uranium mine-finding and uranium mine development expertise. Uranium Energy Corp is well positioned to capitalize on the current alternative energy boom. For more information, please visit www.uraniumenergy.com.
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OTCBB Symbol: URME
Frankfurt Stock Exchange Symbol: U6Z
Berlin Stock Exchange Symbol: U6Z
WKN: AØJDRR
ISN: US9168961038
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