Management Team
Senior Executives
Stephen P. Antony, MBA
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mr. Antony, is a registered professional engineer in all states in which the company holds properties. He is a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines, and holds an MBA from the University of Denver. Over the last 33 years Mr. Antony has held increasingly senior positions in both the technical and managerial sectors of the mining business, including both base and precious metals, and energy minerals. He first entered the uranium business with Mobil Oil’s Mining and Mineral group in the mid 1980’s, during which time he developed the reclamation plan for Mobil’s El Mesquite ISL operation in south Texas. He joined Energy Fuels Nuclear, Inc. (EFN) in 1986 as the company was growing to become the largest U3O8 producer in the USA peaking at more than 5 million pounds annually. Mr. Antony served as director of Technical Services for the company where he authored many of the feasibility studies which provided justification for EFN’s expansion of their highly successful Breccia Pipe Mine projects in the Arizona Strip. Subsequent to his employment with EFN, Mr. Antony held a brief position with Power Resources, Inc (PRI) as Vice President of Business Development. He then consulted to Cameco Corp. on due diligence prior to their acquisition of PRI, which Cameco undertook as part of their strategy to become a significant Uranium producer in the US.
Mr. Antony was most recently Chief Operating Officer of Energy Fuels, responsible for the daily operations of the Company, including all aspects of uranium property exploration, ore production and mill processing. He was appointed President and CEO on April 1, 2010.
Gary R. Steele, P.Eng., MSc.
Vice President- Corporate Marketing & Secretary
Mr. Steele is a registered professional engineer and an engineering graduate of the Colorado School of Mines. He also holds a MSc. in Mineral Economics from Colorado School of Mines. Over a 39 year career Mr. Steele has held a wide range of responsible positions providing a broad technical and commercial view of the mining business. During 20 years in the coal industry, he worked in engineering and operating roles, both underground and surface, and was Director of Utility Marketing for a large Powder River Basin, Wyoming, coal producer, negotiating fuel supply and transportation contracts with major US utilities. He was also designated a member of the corporate M&A due diligence team. This mining experience was followed by 15 years in the investment management business, and the establishment of Steele Capital Advisors, an advisory firm managing investment portfolios for private clients, and specializing in mineral industry opportunities.
Mr. Steele joined Energy Fuels in 2006 and drawing on his complementary mix of experience, he is responsible for investor relations, economic and project evaluation, and utility marketing at Energy Fuels. In November, 2008, he was also appointed as Corporate Secretary for the Company.
Jeffrey L. Vigil
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Vigil is a mining industry financial veteran, with significant CFO experience. He was formerly Vice President - Finance for Energy Fuels Nuclear Inc., working on the team with both George Glasier, CEO, and Steve Antony, COO.
From 1996 to 2007, Mr. Vigil served as CFO for Koala Corporation; a public company traded on the NASDAQ exchange, with approximately 350 employees and operating divisions in New York, Florida, Texas, and British Columbia, managing the full range of CFO responsibilities including financial and management reporting, bank and equity financings, tax planning and compliance, treasury, and risk management. He was instrumental in the acquisition of 6 companies by Koala and the divestiture of five operating divisions between 1997 and 2000. Mr. Vigil pursued varied finance and accounting consulting assignments in 2007 and 2008, including assisting Energy Fuels in its early design and installation of accounting systems and software.
Curtis Moore, JD, MBA
Director of Communications and Legal Affairs
TECHNICAL TEAM
EFRC’s key technical team has decades of uranium expertise and consists of the following members:
Dick White, P. Geo
VP, Exploration, Colorado/Utah Operations
Certified professional geologist, over 25 years in the uranium business with Brooks Minerals, Minerals Recovery Corporation and Cotter Corporation; one of the most experienced geologists on the Uravan Mineral Belt.
Donn Pillmore, P.Geo
VP, Arizona Strip Operations
Over 33 years experience as a uranium exploration and mining geologist; primarily with Energy Fuels Nuclear, Inc.
Frank Filas, P. Eng.
Environmental Manager
Registered professional engineer with over 25 years of diversified environmental and mining experience including managerial positions with two mining companies and several consulting firms.