Uranium Energy Corp. announced the appointment of former United States Energy Secretary, Spencer Abraham as Executive Chairman of the company's board of directors. Spencer Abraham served as a U.S. Senator from Michigan from 1995 to 2001 and served as Secretary of Energy from 2001 to 2005.

Since 2005, Secretary Abraham has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Abraham Group. He also actively serves on the Leadership Council of the prominent Washington D.C. lobby, Nuclear Matters, an organization formed to help broaden America's understanding of the benefits of nuclear power. He currently serves on the board of Occidental Petroleum Corp.

and several other companies, and was previously non-executive Chairman of Areva's U.S. board. Concurrently, the company is announcing that Alan Lindsay, who has served as the company's non-executive Chairman since its founding in 2005, is now appointed as Strategic Advisor.