Uranium One Appoints Chief Operating Officer

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nTrading Symbols: UUU - Toronto Stock Exchange, JSE Limited (Johannesburg\nStock Exchange)\n\n\nVANCOUVER and JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 16 /CNW/ - Uranium One Inc. announced\ntoday that it has appointed Steve Magnuson as Chief Operating Officer with\neffect from October 1, 2008. He will be based in Denver, Colorado.\n\n\nMr. Magnuson is a professional engineer with 30 years mining experience\nprimarily in uranium in situ recovery (ISR) operations. Most recently, Mr.\nMagnuson was Vice President of Operations for Cameco Resources, a wholly owned\nU.S. subsidiary of Cameco Corporation with ISR operations in Wyoming and\nNebraska and direct management of the Inkai Joint Venture in Kazakhstan.\n\n\nMr. Magnuson joined Crow Butte Resources, Inc. in 1989 and was\nresponsible for the construction and subsequent expansion of the Crow Butte\nMine in Nebraska. He also directed the commercial development and operation of\nthe Inkai ISR project test plant facility in Kazakhstan.\n\n\nJean Nortier, Chief Executive Officer of Uranium One said:\n\n\n"We are extremely pleased that Steve will be joining us as Chief\nOperating Officer. Uranium One has a highly attractive, rapidly growing\nportfolio of ISR mines and development projects in the United States and\nKazakhstan and Steve's experience and leadership abilities are very well\nsuited to realizing the potential of these assets.\n\n\nI wish to also thank Dave Hodgson for his contributions to the growth of\nour business during his tenure as acting Chief Operating Officer. Uranium One\nwill continue to benefit from Dave's extensive experience and guidance, first\nduring the hand over period to Steve, and then in his ongoing role as a\ndirector of the Company."\n\n\nAbout Uranium One\n\n\nUranium One Inc. is a Canadian-based uranium producing company with a\nprimary listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange and a secondary listing on the\nJSE Limited (the Johannesburg stock exchange). The Corporation owns 70% of the\noperating Akdala Uranium Mine in Kazakhstan and is also developing the South\nInkai and Kharasan Uranium Projects in Kazakhstan. Uranium One owns the\nDominion Uranium Project in South Africa, as well as the Honeymoon Uranium\nProject in South Australia. In the United States, Uranium One has extensive\nproperty holdings in Wyoming, Texas, Utah and New Mexico, including the\n...

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