Getting the machines ready for voting this week at the Kleberg County Court House are Leo Alarcon, County Clerk; Janis F. Simons, Officer Manager; Jose Betancourt, Chief Deputy; and Stephanie Garza, Court Manager. (Photo by Katherine Robinette) Uranium Energy Corp. has announce the appointment of Katharine Armstrong to its advisory board.

“The Company welcomes Ms. Armstrong to the Advisory Board,” President and CEO Admir Adnani said.

Her extensive knowledge of the natural resources of South Texas will be keenly appreciated as Uranium Energy Corp. continues with its development at the Goliad ISR Project and additional projects in Texas,” Adnani said.

Armstrong, who grew up on the Armstrong Ranch in Kenedy County, has many years of experience in policy areas of the natural resources and environment of the state of Texas.

She is the daughter of the late Tobin Armstrong, rancher and businessman, and the late Anne Armstrong, former ambassador to Great Britain

She was appointed to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission in 1999 by Governor George W. Bush, and was named chairman in 2001 by Governor Rick Perry.

“For almost three years I have had the opportunity to work closely with the UEC team and am proud of my association with them,” she said.

“It’s a further honor to be asked to join the Advisory Board and I look forward to an enhanced relationship with the company during these very exciting times,” Armstrong said.

Today, Armstrong serves on several boards and advisory committees.

Earlier she was active with the selection committee for the White House Fellows Program and as vicechairman of the Dallas Zoological Society.

Currently, she is head of the Advisory Board of the Armstrong Center for Energy and the Environment at the Texas Public Policy Foundation in Austin, Director of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and the Texas Wildlife Association.

She serves on the advisory board of the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&MCorpus Christi.

Uranium Energy Corp’s current Goliad ISR Uranium Project in South Texas is in the final stages of mine permitting for production, and was recently issued a Final Draft Mine Permit and a Final Draft Production Authorization for Production Area 1.

“I appreciate that folks get a little fidgety when a mineral like uranium is discussed. There is so much mythology and mystery wrapped around nuclear energy in all its forms. I’m confident that when citizens , be they from the country or city, take the time to understand this common mineral, take a closer look at the science, the technology of ISR and the record, most will come to the same conclusion I have - that ISR is an environmentally safe and cost effective technology that will help us develop a critical, oh yes and carbon free, energy resource for our future,” Armstrong said.

With the objective of near-term uranium production in the U.S., the company’s operations are managed by professionals with a recognized profile for excellence in their industry, a profile based on many decades of hands-on experience in the key facets of uranium exploration, development and mining.

“My role is to continue to advise UEC as they complete their regulatory permitting process,” she said.

“My background in land use and conservation I hope will add a helpful dimension on the advisory board,” Armstrong said.

“There is a tremendous amount of education that needs to be done to make sure that Texans are informed about our uranium resources, insitu recovery mining and UEC and I hope I will be helpful in that regard as well,” Armstrong said.