Board of Directors

Larry Lahusen (B.Sc. Geol.) - Director, C.E.O.

Mr. Lahusen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of New Mexico (1969) and has been active as an exploration geologist for over thirty years. His exploration focus has been in precious metals, base metals and uranium. Larry began his career exploring for uranium deposits in the Colorado Plateau region, USA. Later, as a district and an independent geologist, Larry directed and designed exploration programs that resulted in the discovery and subsequent development of the two uranium deposits located in the Lisbon Valley District, Utah. During the period from 1986-1997, he worked as the VP Exploration for several publicly traded junior exploration companies supervising gold exploration programs throughout western Canada. Larry has significant experience raising public and private venture capital for mineral exploration, has structured numerous joint venture deals and prospectus-level financing. Larry has been a public director of several resource companies for twenty years. In 1997 he formed Uravan Minerals Inc. With his specialized knowledge and experience in precious and base metals, Larry intends to make Uravan a leader in North American mineral exploration.

Mike Lavery (B.A. Econ., C.A.) - Director, C.F.O. & Secretary/Treasurer

Mr. Lavery Graduated from Bishop's University in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and obtained his Chartered Accountant designation in 1968. He is currently the President of Comconsult Limited, a privately owned consulting and accounting services company. Previously, Mr. Lavery held positions as Vice President, Finance for The WINROC Corporation, Secretary Treasurer for the Comcare group of companies, Director of Ascot Energy Resources, and Senior Tax Partner with Deloitte & Touche working in the corporate tax and resource tax areas as well as financing. Mike currently serves as a director with Glencoe Resources Limited and is a long serving director with Tourism Calgary.

Theodore H. Renner (B.Sc. Mech. Eng., M.B.A.) - Director & Financial Advisor

Mr. Renner graduated with a B.Sc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manitoba and obtained his M.B.A. at the University of Western Ontario. Ted has spent the last 25 years in senior management for the oil and gas resource industry with Norcen Energy Resources Ltd. as Manager of Corporate Planning; with Luscar Limited as General Manager Oil and Gas; with Mark Resources Inc. as President, CEO and Director; with Wascana Energy Inc. (formerly SaskOil) as President, CEO and Director; and recently with Vista Energy Inc. as Chairman and CEO. Mr. Renner is a long time resident of Saskatchewan, actively supporting the community and promoting the resources industry through such affiliations and positions as Director with the Independent Producers Association Canada, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers as Governor; a Member of PACE and the Institute for Saskatchewan Enterprise.

William Grafham - Director

Bill Grafham has had a long and highly successful career in the management of venture capital for natural resources companies and partnerships. Early in Bill's career, from 1955 to 1963, he was a Flying Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and flew with the 409 All Weather Fighter Squadron at Comox, B.C. and the Electronic Warfare Unit at St. Hubert, P.Q. After leaving the RCAF with an honorable discharge in 1963 Bill began his career in the financial world by joining Richardson Securities, and in 1970 opened an office for Cochran Murray Ltd in Calgary, which became Merrill Lynch Canada and more recently CIBC Wood Gundy. In 1974, at the beginning of the previous uranium boom, Bill was responsible for bringing two West Germany groups to Canada to form  major West German tax oriented partnerships, and in 1976 Bill was responsible for an additional German partnership which largely focused on uranium and precious metals in North America. From 1974 to the late 1980's these German partnerships, under Bill's guidance, invested hundred's of millions of dollars in oil and gas, uranium and gold exploration projects in Canada and the US, resulting in the development of three gold mines, three uranium mines, one copper deposit, many oil and gas projects, and many good exploration projects that were either sold or farmed out.  Some of the companies that were formed as a result of this exploration success and of which Bill was a founder and/or principal, were  E&B Exploration, Ferret Exploration, Mascot Gold Mines, Crow Butte Uranium Mine, Western Goldfields and Baja Gold.

Robert W. Drury (B. Comm.) - Director

Bob Drury holds a bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia.  He was a partner in a commercial real estate brokerage in Vancouver, and in various other real estate developments in Western Canada and the United States.  Mr. Drury is a foundation board member and chairman of the investment committee for a Victoria BC private school.  He is also an advisor to a US-based family trust with global assets.  Bob is currently serving as a director of the Peninsula Streams Society, a NGO with a strong environmental and education focus.