Tigris Uranium Appoints Dr. Douglas Underhill, Chief Geologist
NEWS RELEASE TSX.V: TU SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 NR 10‐ 02 www.tigrisuranium.com
TIGRIS URANIUM APPOINTS DR. DOUGLAS UNDERHILL, CHIEF GEOLOGIST
Vancouver, British Columbia, September 15th, 2010: Tigris Uranium Corp. (TSX.V: TU) (“Tigris” or the” Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Douglas Underhill as the Company's Chief Geologist.
“I am extremely pleased to be working with Dr. Underhill again,” said Chairman and Chief Executive Officer William M. Sheriff. “Doug was an essential member of our team with Energy Metals Corp. and we look forward to his invaluable expertise in building Tigris Uranium Corp. into another premier uranium company.”
Douglas Underhill, PhD, MSc, MBA. Dr. Underhill is a geologist who has nearly 40 years of international experience with natural resource exploration, development and analysis. He is an expert widely recognized in the international arena, with broad based knowledge in all phases of both commercial and International Atomic Energy Agency (“IAEA”) uranium programs. His specialties range from world uranium geology and resources, resource estimation, through ISL technology and supply‐demand analysis. He has made presentations on uranium resources, production and supply‐demand on 5 continents, and advised governments, including the USA, Australia and China, on uranium resources and production technology.
From 2001 to the present he served as a Certified Professional Geologist and Consultant, and his clients included Energy Metals Corp., Denison Corp., OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency, Encana Corporation, Uranium One Inc., IAEA, and Crosshair Exploration and Mining Corp.
From 1993 to 2000 he served as a Uranium Resource and Production Specialist with the Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology Division, IAEA in Vienna, Austria. From 1986–1993 he served as Senior Consultant for NAC International, Norcross, Georgia and was the Principal for NAC's USA System© world uranium project data base, including resources, annual production and production costs for all major uranium deposits worldwide.
About Tigris Uranium Corp.
Tigris Uranium Corp. has assembled an elite staff and technical team with considerable experience in the uranium sector and is committed to providing shareholders with exceptional leverage to rising uranium prices through the acquisition of established resources. Tigris will achieve this through four value‐ enhancing strategies: acquisition of uranium projects with established resources in stable mining jurisdictions such as the United States and Canada; conducting geological and engineering work likely to expand resources, upgrade resources to reserves and improve recoverability; advancing existing resources into and through the permitting process to accelerate the potential uranium production timeline; and selling or partnering projects, when they reach the production stage, to limit risk and share dilution.
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Tigris Uranium Corp.
William Sheriff, CEO Phone: (604) 648‐4653
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