URANIUM DAY 27-01-10
Date: Wednesday 27th January 2010
The price of uranium has been declining for much of the past two years since hitting an all-time high in mid-2007. However, prices soared in October on supply fears following a shaft accident at the Olympic Dam mine in Australia.
Looking ahead the metal's fundamentals look very robust, with a looming supply shortfall. Indeed, the metal, and near-term producers of it, feature high in the target lists of most professional investors.
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Agenda
Uranium Day Agenda
09.00 – Registration
09.30 – Stephen Kidd – World Nuclear Association
09.55 – Tournigan Energy
10.20 – Ur-Energy
10.45 – Coffee
11.05 – Vane Minerals
11.30 – Bayswater Uranium Corporation
11:55 – Marino G Pieterse – Uraniumletter International
12.20 - Lunch
Presenting Companies
Bayswater Uranium Corporation (TSX.V: BYU) is an international uranium exploration and development company. The Company owns several advanced uranium properties in the United States with significant historical resources that may be amenable to ISR and/or conventional mining.
The World Nuclear Association is the international organization that promotes nuclear energy and supports the many companies that comprise the global nuclear industry.
Tournigan(TM) is a uranium exploration and development company with a portfolio of highly prospective properties in Europe. The company's flagship Kuriskova property is a high-grade uranium deposit in Eastern Slovakia.
VANE Minerals is a well funded developer of uranium and copper projects in North America. Utilizing a team made up of leading industry professionals the Company plans to deliver new resources during 2009 with the view to developing optimized mines with a low environmental impact.
Speakers
Ur-Energy Ltd: Jeffrey T Klenda, Board Chairman & Executive Director
Jeffrey T. Klenda, B.A., Board Chairman & Executive Director, graduated from the University of Colorado in 1980 and began his career as a stockbroker specializing in venture capital offerings. Prior to joining the Company in 2004, he worked as a Certified Financial Planner and was a member of the International Board of Standards and Practices
In 1988, he started Klenda Financial Services, 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 Mr. Klenda formed Independent Brokers of America, Inc., a national marketing organization. He 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.
Vane Minerals Plc: Kris Hefton, Director
Mr. Hefton has primary responsibility for all operational activity relating to VANE’s portfolio of uranium assets. In addition to identifying new potential assets in North America and developing projects towards production, Mr. Hefton sits on the State of Arizona House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on Mining Regulations as the member representing energy minerals.
Mr. Hefton holds a degree in geology from the University of Texas at Austin. His experience in uranium began on the Colorado Plateau in 1976 with Century Geophysical Co. In 1978, he joined Energy Fuels Nuclear as a project geologist. Between 1988 and1997, he was employed by Freeport-McMoRan where he rose to the position of Chief Exploration Geologist at the Grasberg copper-gold mine in Irian Jaya. Following his work in south Asia, he was employed by Homestake Mining Co., and subsequently Barrick Gold, where he managed gold exploration projects in the U.S., Europe and Chile.
Tournigan Energy Ltd: Dorian L. (Dusty) Nicol, President and CEO
Mr. Nicol has over 30 years of international experience in mineral exploration and mining. His past positions include Executive V.P. - Exploration with Yukon-Nevada Gold, President and CEO of Queenstake Resources, Latin America Manager for Canyon Resources, V.P. Exploration for Castle Exploration with programs in Central America and Africa, and exploration positions with Exxon Minerals and Renisson Gold Fields in Papua New Guinea. Among other achievements, his programs have led to the addition of over 1.5 million ounces of gold at Jerritt Canyon, Nevada, including the discovery of a new mine at Starvation Canyon. He is a member of the American Institute of Professional Geologists and a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists. He has a B.Sc. in geology from M.I.T. and a Master's Degree in Geology from Indiana University and is fluent in five languages.
Uraniumletter International: Marino G Pieterse, Editor of Uraniumltter & Goldletter International
After a period of seven years as a Senior Investment Officer, including four years as Vice-President, for a Dutch Investment House, Marino has been an independent strategic and gold analyst for over 30 years.
Goldletter International also features individual companies as a Special Situation, being an added value to p.r. and promotional activities of these companies.
Marino is a regular Speaker at worldwide Gold and Uranium conferences and is an organizer of road shows in Europe to give companies exposure to the professional investment community.
Goldletter International began covering the uranium industry in January 2005 and started the separate publica-tion of Uraniumletter International in October 2005.
Thanks to its distinctive approach, Uraniumletter International has become one of the premier information sources for investing in the global uranium sector.
World Nuclear Association: Stephen W Kidd, Director of Strategy & Research
Steve Kidd is Director of Strategy & Research at the World Nuclear Association, the
international association for nuclear energy based in London.
After a brief period as an economics tutor at Sheffield University, he followed a
career as an industrial economist with leading UK companies.
He received his bachelors and masters degrees in economics from Queens’ College, University of Cambridge and was the winner of the Adam Smith Prize. He authors many articles on the commercial aspects of nuclear power, is a frequent speaker at
conferences and meetings around the world and is the author of the recent book,“Core Issues – Dissecting Nuclear Power Today”. Finally, he organizes and teaches at training courses for nuclear professionals in developing nuclear countries on
behalf of the World Nuclear University.
Bayswater Uranium Corporation: George Leary
Bio to arrive shortly
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