James McKenzie, B. Comm. Finance
Position: President & CEO

Mr. McKenzie is an entrepreneur with over 25 years experience managing, owning and operating companies within the Canadian private and public equity sectors. From 2002 until 2006, he was the President and principal shareholder of Worldmax Inc., Canada’s largest independent partner of MTS Allstream Corp. Between 1999 and 2002 he variously served as Vice President, President and CEO of a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Canada and US-based AT&T Corp, helming a voice and data network spanning from Vancouver to Halifax. From 1988 until 1999, he was the President and sole shareholder of Mediapro Inc, a voice and data enterprise with offices in major centres Canada-wide, until the company was bought by AT&T Canada in early 2000. Between 1992 and 1998, he was a director of Tagcom Canada Inc, an interconnect provisioner operating across western Canada. He has spearheaded multiple business and technical initiatives for major organizations such as the Dept. of National Defense (DND/MARCOM), Lucent Canada, BCE and AT&T Global Solutions. Mr. McKenzie served as Chair of the 2008 Canadian Uranium Symposium under the direction of The Canadian Institute. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax.

Peter Manuel
Position: Vice President, CFO & Corporate Secretary

Peter Manuel is a Chartered Accountant with more than 17 years experience providing consulting services to companies in a range of sectors, with a focus on the financial services and resource sectors.  He joins Ucore having spent the last 10 years in England and The Republic of Ireland providing assurance, strategic planning, corporate finance and other consulting services to a portfolio of both public and private entities including licensed banks, proprietary trading operations, and international corporate treasuries.  Mr. Manuel holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Dalhousie University.

Ken Collison
Position: Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Collison holds a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan and a Masters of Engineering in Mining from the University of Saskatchewan. He was the Chief Operating Officer of Blue Pearl Mining/Thompson Creek Metals from 2005 to 2009, and was part of the team that purchased Thompson Creek Metals and built it into one of North America’s premier molybdenum producers. He has previously held the positions of Vice President at Crandon Mining Corporation and Coeur Alaska, the Alaskan subsidiary of Coeur d’Alene Mines. He has extensive experience in mining operations, permitting and preparation of mining feasibility studies.

Jaroslav Dostal, Ph.D., P.Geo
Position: Director

Dr. Dostal is Professor Emeritus of Geology at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax. He has over 35 years experience in geology, ore deposit studies, and geochemistry. He has published more than 250 scientific papers, and is a widely acknowledged expert on uranium mineralization in granitoids and volcanic rocks and mobility of uranium in metamorphic and volcanic rocks. He is the recipient of the 2005 Career Achievement Award of the Volcanology and Igneous Petrology Division of the Geological Association of Canada and the 2007 Gesner Medal for Distinguished Scientist of the Atlantic Geoscience Society. He is also Honorary Professor of Mongolian University of Science and Technology in Ulaanbaatar.

Jos De Smedt
Position: Director

Mr. De Smedt is the Chief Financial Officer of Radar Acquisitions Corp., a publicly-traded coal resource exploration and development company based in Calgary, Alberta. He had previously been a Business Consulting Partner with IBM Canada Global Business Services since 2002 and brings more than 20 years experience in the finance/accounting/auditing and management consulting industry. Starting as a Chartered Accountant in Belgium with increasing responsibilities for major publicly traded companies, he became a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada in 1998. In 2000, he took over responsibility for the Travel & Transportation industry consulting practice for the Canadian Marketplace. Prior to taking on a management consulting role and his industry leadership role, Mr. De Smedt worked in the Audit and Business Advisory Services Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Brussels, Belgium and Montreal, Canada. In this capacity, he held senior manager responsibilities for major audit engagements and financial due diligence assignments. Mr. De Smedt holds a Bachelor of Commerce & Finance degree from VLEKHO University in Brussels, Belgium.

Wayne Reid, B.Sc., P.Geo.
Position: Advisory Board Member

Mr. Reid has in excess of 30 years experience in exploration and mining geology, spanning a variety of Canadian geological terrain, from Newfoundland to Northern B.C. and Alaska. His positions have included Exploration Manager for St. Andrew Goldfields, Canadian Exploration Manager for Echo Bay Mines, as well as District Manager for Noranda Exploration and Hemlo Gold Mines Inc. Mr. Reid was instrumental in the discovery of the Brewery Creek Gold Deposit in the Yukon Territory and the Boundary Massive Sulphide Deposit / Duck Pond Mine in Central Newfoundland. His experience includes uranium exploration experience in Saskatchewan’s Athabaskan region, as well as in Newfoundland & Labrador. Mr. Reid holds a BSc. in Geology from Memorial University in Newfoundland and has a Professional Geologist designation from the Association of Professional Geologists of Ontario.

Anthony Mariano, Ph.D.

Position: Advisory Board Member

Anthony Mariano, Ph.D. is a recognized authority on rare earth element (REE) mineralogy and deposits at a world level. Dr. Mariano has nearly 50 years experience as a consultant, exploration geologist, senior earth scientist and adjunct professor. His rare earth – related field experience extends to 52 countries in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.  Dr. Mariano was instrumental in the original delineation of rare earth minerals at one of the world’s largest rare earth deposits at Mt. Weld, Australia. He originally examined the Alaska-based Bokan-Dotson Ridge rare earth deposit in 1988 and has significant knowledge of the rare earth mineralization at that location.