Cameco Adds Board Member.

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan -- Cameco Corporation (TSX:CCO) (NYSE:CCJ) announced today that its board of directors appointed John H. Clappison as a board member until the next shareholders' meeting.

In commenting on this appointment, Victor Zaleschuk, Cameco's chair, observed that Mr. Clappison will bring a great breadth of experience to this board. His involvement in the strategy, growth and financial oversight of the company will be very much appreciated.

John Clappison recently retired as the managing partner of the Toronto office of PricewaterhouseCoopers, a position he has held since 1990. Mr. Clappison was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario in 1988.

Mr. Clappison has been active in the community having served as chair of the boards of the Shaw Festival and The Corporation of Roy Thomson Hall and Massey Hall. He is currently on the boards of trustees of the Shaw Festival Theatre Foundation and the Art Gallery of Ontario Foundation where he is also the chair of the audit committee.

Cameco, with its head office in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is the world's largest uranium producer. The company's uranium products are used to generate electricity in nuclear energy plants around the world, providing one of the cleanest sources of energy available today. Cameco's shares trade on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges.

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