Mr. Hirsekorn has been the Chief Technical Officer for the Company since May of 2017. He is a seasoned professional geoscientist with over 20 years of experience in uranium mining and exploration. He started working for Cameco Corporation in 1996 and held increasingly senior roles culminating in the position of District Geologist in 2016. He was part of an exploration group at Cameco that outlined over 250 million pounds of uranium resources, including the Millennium, Fox Lake and Tamarack deposits. In 2017 he joined Uranium Energy Corporation as the District Geologist for Saskatchewan. Throughout his career he has had the opportunity to visit and explore in many of the world’s top uranium districts. He has a diverse skillset in exploration strategy, project evaluation, project and portfolio management, risk mitigation, safety, health and environmental management, and community engagement. He is active in the mining and exploration industry, having sat on the board of the Nunavut/NWT Chamber of Mines, the executive of the local Canadian Institute of Mining Geological Section, and is currently the Vice Chair of the Environment and Sustainability Committee for the Saskatchewan Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology from the University of Saskatchewan and a Certificate in Applied Project Management from SaskPolytech.
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