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Steven R. Youngbauer was appointed General Counsel and Secretary in January 2007. Mr. Youngbauer served as Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel to U.S. Energy and Crested since February 2004. Mr. Youngbauer has over 24 years experience in the legal profession and 30 years in the mining industry. Mr. Youngbauer has served various capacities including President, Vice President and General Counsel to oil and gas production companies and Amax Coal West, Inc. Mr. Younbauer received a Juris Doctorate Degree from the University of Wyoming Law School in 1982 and also served as a Wyoming State Senator, Chairman of the Wyoming Environmental Quality Council and on the Board of Directors of the Wyoming Mining Association. He serves at the will of the Board of Directors. There are no understandings between Mr. Youngbauer and any other person, pursuant to which he was named as an officer, and he has no family relationship with any of the other executive officers or directors of U.S. Energy or Crested. | 