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George S. Young
Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Young is a mining consultant and advises clients on corporate and legal issues. From May 2003 to February 2008, Mr. Young served as Director, Vice President and General Council for International Royalty Corporation.  Mr. Young holds a Bachelor of Science in metallurgical engineering and a law degree from the University of Utah.  Mr. Young has over 25 years of experience in mining and natural resource financing and development having performed the duties of metallurgical engineer in the construction and start-up of a new copper smelter.  He was also General Counsel and a member of management for major mining corporations and utilities. Mr. Young has served as Chief Executive Officer and President of various publicly-traded mining companies. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Young was General Counsel and Acting General Manager of the Intermountain Power Agency; from 1988 to 1990, he was General Counsel of Bond International Gold, Inc.; from 1998 to 2002 Mr. Young was in the private practice of law, and since that time has been Chief Executive Officer of Palladon Ventures Ltd. and Fellows Energy Ltd., and a Director of MAG Silver Corp., all natural resource exploration and development companies.

William R. Wilson
Director, President and Chief Operating Officer.

Mr.  Wilson’s corporate experience includes creating and managing eleven mining companies over 25 years as director, officer and/or CEO with mines and properties in the United States, Canada, Russia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ukraine.  He managed a large portfolio of uranium properties in Grand County, Utah for Buttes Resources as Vice President - Mining.  Prior to the formation of New Horizon Uranium Corporation in October 2005, Mr. Wilson was President of Basin Perlite Company from October 1999 to January 2004 and Vice President – Mining of Tonogold Resources Inc. from April 2004 to August 2005.  He is a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines with a Metallurgical Engineer degree and of the University of Southern California with an MBA.   He currently serves as director and as chairman of the audit committee for Nevada Bob’s International Inc. listed on the TSX-V.   Mr. Wilson is a member of AusIMM, the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America, the Canadian Institute of Mining and the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration 

Paul C. Jones
Director, Executive Vice-president and Secretary.

Mr. Jones’ corporate experience includes forty-five years in the mining industry including technical, management and executive positions.  Positions include President of Central South West Fuels (large multi-state uranium portfolio); President of Wyoming Fuel Company (coal mines, uranium exploration portfolio and Crow Butte ISL Mine); President of Crown Resources Corporation, Consolidated Nevada Goldfields Corporation, Terra Mines, and Royal Victoria Minerals (gold portfolio), and since June 2003 he served as Executive Vice President and Director of St. Andrew Goldfields Ltd. (gold exploration and producing mines). He has been a Director of Glass Earth Ltd., a New Zealand focused gold exploration company, since November 2006. His experience includes management of exploration, acquisition, permitting, engineering, mine and mill production and general corporate management.  Jones was responsible for the overall supervision of the Crow Butte Uranium Project from shortly after discovery through commissioning of the initial ISL pilot facility at the current mine site.  He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with a degree in Mining Engineering and is a registered professional engineer.  Mr. Jones is a member of the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America and the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.

Deborah Thiel
Director

Ms. Thiel is the President and CEO of Nexus Consultants Inc., a privately owned corporate development & marketing consulting firm that has operated since 1988 and has exclusively served public companies in the mineral exploration industry since May 1995. Ms. Thiel previously served as President and CEO of Crossroads Exploration where she worked closely with senior management of New Horizon Uranium Corporation in the completion of the reverse takeover bid that brought the Corporation public.  In addition to her to Board involvement with New Horizon, Ms. Thiel currently is Director, Corporate Development for Solex Resources Corp.

Gregory T. Chu
Director and Legal Counsel

Mr. Chu practices law in Vancouver, British Columbia specializing in the area of corporate finance and securities law on both a provincial and federal level.  Prior to forming his own firm in 1991, Mr. Chu worked with a securities firm specializing in junior, start-up companies in Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in Toronto, Ontario.

H. Grant Phair
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Phair is a CPA, State of Colorado and is experienced in accounting policies and procedures in the United States and Canada particularly related to mining companies, GAAP and regulatory reporting regulations.  Mr. Phair served as controller for Constellation Copper Corporation from 2004 to 2006 and Denver East Machinery Company from 1999 to 2004.  He holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from Walsh College of Accountancy (Troy, Michigan) and a Bachelor of Science in Management from Oakland University (Rochester, Michigan).