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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 large 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 with the Inkai project. 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 has been 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 main facilities. He has served on numerous mineral evaluation and due diligence teams. | 