People: Uranerz Energy Corp (URZ)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Dennis Higgs	53	2006	Executive Chairman of the Board
Glenn Catchpole	68	2005	President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Benjamin Leboe	66	2010	Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President - Finance
Sandra MacKay	52	2011	Senior Vice President - Legal, Corporate Secretary
Kurtis Brown	61	2011	Senior Vice President - Geology and Development
Douglas Hirschman	59	2007	Vice President - Lands
Peter Bell	77	2006	Independent Director
Arnold Dyck	71	2006	Independent Director
Gerhard Kirchner	81	2005	Independent Director
Paul Saxton		2004	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
Dennis Higgs	Mr. Dennis Higgs is Executive Chairman of the Board of Uranerz Energy Corp. Mr. Higgs was appointed to the Board as President and Chief Executive Officer on May 26, 1999, and resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer on March 1, 2005. Mr. Higgs became Executive Chairman of the Board on February 1, 2006. Mr. Higgs has been involved in the financial and venture capital markets for over twenty-five years, raising millions of dollars in the United States, Canada and Europe. He founded his first junior exploration company in 1983 and took it public through an initial public offering in 1984. Since then, Mr. Higgs has been involved in the founding, financing, initial public listing, and building of several companies. Mr. Higgs was directly involved with the founding and initial public offering of Arizona Star Resource Corp. and the listing and financing of BioSource International Inc.
Glenn Catchpole	Mr. Glenn Catchpole is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Uranerz Energy Corp since March 1, 2005. Mr. Catchpole is a licensed engineer who holds an M.S. in civil engineering from Colorado State University. He has been active in the uranium solution mining industry since 1978, holding various positions including well field engineer, project manager, general manager and managing director of several uranium solution mining operations. In 1988 Mr. Catchpole joined Uranerz U.S.A., Inc. and Uranerz Exploration and Mining and became Director of Regulatory Affairs, Environmental Engineering and Solution Mining. Mr. Catchpole's responsibilities included the monitoring and oversight of the environmental and regulatory aspects of two uranium mines in Canada and the operational aspects of one uranium solution mine in the United States. In 1996 Mr. Catchpole was appointed General Manager and Managing Director of the Inkai uranium solution mining project located in the Republic of Kazakhstan (Central Asia). In 1998 Cameco Corporation acquired Uranerz U.S.A. Inc., and Mr. Catchpole continued his post at the Inkai Project for Cameco. Mr. Catchpole spent six years taking the Inkai project from acquisition through feasibility study, joint venture formulation, government licensing, environmental permitting, design, construction and the first phase start-up. Following his departure from Cameco in 2002, Mr. Catchpole was an independent consulting engineer providing project management to the oil and gas, mining, and construction industries. Mr. Catchpole is experienced in all phases of project development including environmental permitting, procurement, scheduling, budgeting, and construction of infrastructure and mining facilities. He has served on numerous mineral evaluation and due diligence teams.
Benjamin Leboe	Mr. Benjamin Leboe is Senior Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Uranerz Energy Corp. He was appointed as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer on May 23, 2006 and acted as Corporate Secretary from October, 2006 to December, 2007 and from January 2009 to July 2009. Mr. Leboe also serves as the Company’s Ethics Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Senior Vice President of Finance. Mr. Leboe has been Principal, Independent Management Consultants of British Columbia, since 1990. Prior to joining Uranerz he was a Senior Consultant, management consulting of the Business Development Bank of Canada, from 2005 to 2006. Previously, from 1995 to 2005 he was a Director, Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Treasurer of numerous public companies in Canada and U.S.A.. From 1991 to June 1995, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of VECW Industries Ltd. He was a Partner of KPMG Consulting and its predecessor firms from 1978 to 1990. Mr. Leboe holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Business Administration, Finance and Accounting, from the University of British Columbia. He is a Chartered Accountant and Certified Management Consultant in Canada.
Sandra MacKay	Ms. Sandra Rose MacKay is Senior Vice President - Legal, Corporate Secretary of Uranerz Energy Corp. She joined the Company on July 1, 2009 as Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary. She was appointed Vice President, Legal and Corporate Secretary in July of 2010 and Senior Vice President, Legal and Corporate Secretary in December of 2011. Ms. MacKay obtained her Bachelor of Laws in 1983 from the University of British Columbia. Ms. MacKay has over 25 years of experience working within law firms and as counsel within business organizations in a variety of industries including petrochemical, engineering, biotechnology and mining. Ms. MacKay's legal experience includes acting for both public and private companies on a wide variety of corporate-commercial transactions. Ms. MacKay has provided general counsel to her clients on a broad range of subject matters including securities law compliance, employment law, corporate governance and general corporate-commercial matters, and in the negotiation and drafting of related agreements.
Kurtis Brown	Mr. Kurtis Brown is Senior Vice President - Geology and Development of Uranerz Energy Corp. He is was appointed Senior Vice-President, Exploration in March 2007 and Senior Vice-President, Geology and Development in December 2011. Mr. Brown, a 35 year veteran in the mineral extraction industry, started his uranium geology career with the OPI-Western Joint Venture in Wyoming in 1977. Mr. Brown managed the daily operation of the well fields, and developed innovative methods for regulating flow balance, conducting well field maintenance, and performing well work-over. He also served as the designated mine site radiation safety officer. In the mid-1980s Mr. Brown assisted with the start-up of the Christensen Ranch ISR commercial uranium mine (now called Willow Creek) performing environmental permitting and compliance duties. Mr. Brown was also involved with aquifer restoration activities at the Irigaray ISR mine. Mr. Brown joined Uranerz USA, Inc. in 1989 to conduct detailed feasibility studies for their proposed North Butte ISR mine. His work included well field geology, reserves estimation, design and selection of surface and down hole equipment, and cost analysis. He also conducted claims assessment drilling and assisted in the procurement of required state and federal mining permits. Prior to joining the Company full-time in 2007, Mr. Brown was a Company consultant, providing geology services including the acquisition evaluations of Great Divide and Powder River Basin projects.
Douglas Hirschman	Mr. Douglas Hirschman is Vice President - Lands of Uranerz Energy Corp. Mr. Hirschman is a graduate of the University of Wyoming and has over 30 years of experience in the mineral exploration industry serving in various capacities and most recently as Manager of Lands, International with Newmont Mining Corporation. Mr. Hirschman has supervised mineral property acquisitions, prepared and negotiated agreements including joint ventures, performed land status investigations on federal, state and private mineral interests in the Western U.S.A., and maintained land records insuring timely satisfaction of land payments and agreement obligations.
Peter Bell	Mr. Peter Bell is Independent Director of Uranerz Energy Corp., since May 10, 2006. Mr. Bell practiced as a licensed pharmacist until 1968. Since that time he has been a self-employed consultant and a director and member of a number of private and public companies and professional organizations. Mr. Bell is a director of Current Technology Corporation which markets an electrostatic hair maintenance and re-growth process, since 1992. Since 1997 Mr. Bell has been a director and is the President of Ezon Healthcare Corporation, a private company that is involved in the development of a graphic labeling system for pharmaceutical products. Mr. Bell has provided a wide range of consultant services to businesses and health care companies and organizations. These consultant services included: sales management and reorganization of sales force; regional market development and marketing strategy; medical opinion surveys and market analysis; medical device product market development; business immigration program presentations; management studies in healthcare organizations; development and growth of public corporations and reverse takeovers in public companies. Mr. Bell holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Pharmacy from the University of Manitoba and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario. Mr. Bell chairs the Company’s Compensation Committee and is a member of the Audit and Corporate Governance & Nominating committees.
Arnold Dyck	Mr. Arnold J. Dyck is Independent Director of Uranerz Energy Corp., since May 10, 2006. Mr. Dyck was employed at Uranerz Exploration and Mining Limited from 1977 to 1998. Mr. Dyck progressed through various positions with Uranerz Canada Limited, Uranerz Exploration and Mining Limited, and Uranerz U.S.A. Inc. to become the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Uranerz group of companies. He also served as a member of the board of directors for Uranerz U.S.A. Inc. and as chairman of the board of directors with a subsidiary mining company. Prior to his employment with Uranerz Exploration and Mining Limited, Mr. Dyck was employed with and responsible for the Accounting, Finance and Corporate Secretarial functions for a three year period during the initial development of a food and feed scientific research and development pilot facility with government, university and corporate joint ownership. For the five years prior to this Mr. Dyck fulfilled various executive positions in the development a new electronics manufacturing operation. Mr. Dyck is a graduate of the Registered Industrial Accountant education program and was awarded the designation of Certified Management Accountant in 1975. Mr. Dyck chairs the Company’s Audit Committee and is a member of its Corporate Governance & Nominating and Compensation Committees.
Gerhard Kirchner	Dr. Gerhard F. Kirchner, Ph.D., is Independent Director of Uranerz Energy Corp., since March 13, 2005. Dr. Kirchner has 40 years of international mine development and management experience including 20 years with Uranerz Exploration and Mining Ltd. He received a multidisciplinary education in mining engineering and economic geology, and a Doctorate in Mining Sciences from the University of Leoben, Austria. At Uranerz Exploration and Mining Ltd., Dr. Kirchner spent nine years as General Manager and 11 years as Senior Vice President. He and his team were responsible for the Key Lake uranium discovery, and the acquisition, engineering and development of projects such as the Midwest uranium deposit, Eagle Point North uranium deposit, Star Lake gold deposit and the Crow Butte ISL uranium deposit. Previous to his work with Uranerz, Dr. Kirchner spent six years designing, developing and managing the Kamoto Mine in Kolwezi, Zaire; four years consulting on mining and civil engineering projects in several countries including Surinam, Nigeria and Congo; and five years as a mine superintendent and exploration manager in Greenland where he discovered the Molybdenum Porphyry Erzberg. Dr. Kirchner also spent three years as a project engineer on dams in Austria and Japan, and road projects in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Kirchner is a member of the advisory board of Mindoro Resources Limited, a public company whose shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and the Frankfurt Exchange. During the period June 2004 to January 2008, Dr. Kirchner was a member of Mindoro’s board of directors and served as its chairman. Dr. Kirchner is a member of the Company’s Audit, Compensation and Corporate Governance & Nominating Committees.
Paul Saxton	Mr. Paul Fredrick Saxton is Independent Director of Uranerz Energy Corp., since October 26, 2004. Mr. Saxton is a mining engineer who also holds an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. He has been active in the mining industry since 1969, holding various positions including mining engineer, mine superintendent, president and chief executive officer of numerous Canadian mining companies. Following 10 years with Cominco, Mr. Saxton became Vice President and president of Mascot Gold Mines Ltd., initially working on the design and construction of the Nickel Plate mine in British Columbia, Canada. Subsequently Mr. Saxton became a Vice President of Corona Corporation where he was responsible for western operations and exploration for the company and was instrumental in the re-opening of the Nickel Plate Mine. In 1989, Mr. Saxton was appointed senior Vice President of Viceroy Resource Corporation where he was responsible for helping to obtain financing and the construction and operations of the Castle Mountain mine in California. In 1994, Mr. Saxton was appointed president of Loki Gold Corporation and Baja Gold Inc. where he was responsible for arranging over $45 million in mine financing and bringing the Brewery Creek Gold mine into production. Loki Gold, Baja Gold and Viceroy merged in 1996 and Mr. Saxton was named President of the new entity. Following his departure from Viceroy in 1999, Mr. Saxton became president of Standard Mining Corp., organizing the company and supervising its exploration activities until 2001, when Standard Mining Corp. was merged with Doublestar Resources Ltd. In March 2004, Mr. Saxton was appointed as a director and president of Lincoln Gold Corporation, a company engaged in mineral exploration in Mexico and in the States of California and Nevada. Mr. Saxton chairs the Company’s Corporate Governance & Nominating committee and is a member of the Compensation committee.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Dennis Higgs	956,643
Glenn Catchpole	955,343
Benjamin Leboe	756,087
Sandra MacKay	758,340
Kurtis Brown	349,630
Douglas Hirschman	--
Peter Bell	--
Arnold Dyck	--
Gerhard Kirchner	--
Paul Saxton	--

As Of 30 Dec 2011

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Dennis Higgs	300,000	202,000
Glenn Catchpole	270,000	131,563
Benjamin Leboe	56,000	246,400
Sandra MacKay	17,500	67,025
Kurtis Brown	0	0
Douglas Hirschman	0	0
Peter Bell	0	0
Arnold Dyck	0	0
Gerhard Kirchner	0	0
Paul Saxton	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
HARTMAN GEORGE J	130,900	$1.30
KIRCHNER GERHARD F	40,000	$0.75
KIRCHNER GERHARD F	1,122	$1.44
LEBOE BENJAMIN DONALD	5,000	$1.12
HARTMAN GEORGE J	10,000	$1.12
CARLEN TAMARA LYNN	10,000	$2.44
CARLEN TAMARA LYNN	10,000	$1.33
CATCHPOLE GLENN	50,000	$2.52
CATCHPOLE GLENN	50,000	$0.75
HARTMAN GEORGE J	2,300	$1.33
HARTMAN GEORGE J	2,300	$3.00
KIRCHNER GERHARD F	4,562	$2.39
KIRCHNER GERHARD F	3,450	$2.41
KIRCHNER GERHARD F	10,000	$0.75
KIRCHNER GERHARD F	1,988	$2.52
SAXTON PAUL F	5,500	$1.93
HARTMAN GEORGE J	7,382	$0.75
HARTMAN GEORGE J	7,382	$2.01
HARTMAN GEORGE J	5,142	$2.02
HARTMAN GEORGE J	1,100	$2.00
HARTMAN GEORGE J	6,242	$0.75
HARTMAN GEORGE J	5,876	$2.00
HARTMAN GEORGE J	5,876	$0.75
HARTMAN GEORGE J	4,300	$0.75
HARTMAN GEORGE J	4,300	$2.01

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