MR GEORGE BAUK

Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer

Mr Bauk holds over 30 years of global experience across the uranium, rare earths, gold, lithium and graphite sectors. He has successfully established and managed companies, led major projects from exploration to production, and raised over A$670 million through equity, debt financing and government grants. Mr Bauk has built strong political and industry connections across Australia, the USA and key global markets.

Prior to joining Peninsula Energy, Mr Bauk served as Executive Chair at Thunderbird Resources (ASX:THB) and Non-Executive Chair at PVW Resources (ASX:PVW), Lithium Australia (ASX:LIT) and Spartan Resources (formerly Gascoyne Resources) (ASX: SPR) (Aug 2020-Feb 2022) in addition to holding the position of Managing Director and CEO of Northern Minerals Limited – formerly Northern Uranium (Mar 2010-Jun 2020).

MR WILLIE BEZUIDENHOUT

Interim Chief Financial Officer 

Mr Bezuidenhout is an accomplished Chartered Accountant with a strong strategic focus in the development and execution of strategic initiatives. He is the Company’s Vice President of Corporate Development and was previously Chief Executive Officer of Peninsula’s South African operations. Mr Bezuidenhout holds a MBA from the North-West University and his previous roles include Vice President of Business Development for Uranium One Inc.

MR JONATHAN WHYTE

Company Secretary

Mr Whyte is a Chartered Accountant and has extensive corporate, company secretarial financial accounting experience across a number of listed and unlisted resource sector companies. Mr Whyte is currently Company Secretary of ASX listed Ironbark Zinc Limited and Infinity Lithium Corporation Limited and is Company Secretary of AIM listed Empyrean Energy Plc. Mr Whyte previously worked in the investment banking sector in London over a period of 6 years for Credit Suisse and Barclays Capital Plc. 

WYOMING USA

MR RALPH KNODE

Chief Executive Officer – Strata Energy Inc

Mr Knode has over 30 years’ experience in uranium exploration, property evaluation, mine construction, and mine operations throughout North America, Kazakhstan, and Australia.  Prior to joining Peninsula, Mr Knode held senior management positions at Uranium One, most recently as Senior Vice President, Projects.  For over 25 years Mr Knode held various mid-level and senior management positions for Cameco’s USA subsidiaries Crow Butte Resources and Power Resources and JV Inkai in Kazakhstan.  In these capacities, Mr Knode has been directly involved in the start-up and/or operation of five In Situ Recovery projects on three different continents.

MR FREDERIC GUERIN

Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of Geology – Strata Energy Inc

Mr Guerin (P.Geo, PMP, PhD) brings deep technical knowledge of the uranium industry to his roles with Peninsula, including 30 years of international management experience. Mr Guerin has held key roles in Canada, France, Mongolia and Uzbekistan, including overseeing the development of new low-pH in-situ recovery projects. Mr Guerin is based in Wyoming, USA and is responsible for the planning, execution and control of all mining and processing operations for the Company. He is also responsible for ensuring timely delivery of operational milestones, within budget and to the highest safety and environmental standards.

MR MICHAEL D. BROST

Vice President of Geology – Strata Energy Inc

Mr Brost has over 33 years of uranium-specific geology experience in the western Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. His ISR-specific experience includes geology management services from development and delineation drilling to wellfield design and construction, wellfield operations, and reclamation. He has managed planning, budgeting, and supervision of project exploration activities across Wyoming and Western Nebraska, helping to identify and evaluate new production centre prospects. Mr. Brost also has extensive experience in landowner and regulatory relations.

MR JAY DOUTHIT

Vice President of Operations – Strata Energy Inc

Mr Douthit has spent 22 years in the uranium-specific mining industry. He served as Wellfield Operation Superintendent for Ur-Energy Inc., where he oversaw the wellfield construction and design of the project as well as operational start-up and commissioning. Mr Douthit also has experience in operations and restorations during his time with Ur-Energy and Cameco Resources. He has also managed planning, budgeting, and supervision of project drilling.

MR W. DAVID HOFELING

Chief Financial Officer – Strata Energy Inc

Mr Hofeling has over 20 years’ experience in finance and accounting specific to the mining industry. During his 16 years with Rio Tinto, Mr. Hofeling was responsible for financial oversight including global finance, governance, compliance, tax optimisation and risk management at numerous domestic and international aluminium, copper, gold and nickel capital and exploration projects. Mr. Hofeling also worked for six years in Nevada gold operations.

MR BRIAN PILE

Vice President of Project Development – Strata Energy Inc

Mr Pile brings 22 years of project experience ranging from development of feasibility studies, engineering, and construction through operational start-up, related to in-situ recovery of uranium in Wyoming, Nebraska, and Kazakhstan. Mr. Pile’s primary responsibility at present is the evaluation of the learnings from the MU1A field demonstration and the preparation of updated capital and operating costs for the Project.

MR KEN MILMINE

Director of Health, Safety and Environment – Strata Energy Inc

Mr Milmine brings 25 years of experience working in the health and safety, regulatory and environmental management roles for mining companies, including extensive in-situ uranium experience in Wyoming. Mr. Milmine is actively working to complete the development and implementation of a Quality Management System and an Environmental Management System with the intention of the Company becoming ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified.

WWC ENGINEERING

Mine Permitting Engineers

WWC Engineering (WWC) was appointed to conduct the mine permitting program at the Lance Projects. WWC is based in Wyoming and specialise in regulatory permitting and ground and surface water hydrology. WWC has over 30 years’ experience in all facets of the Wyoming regulatory and permitting process and is already familiar with the Lance Projects having been involved in the rehabilitation of the NuBeth pilot plant at Ross in the 1980s.