NYSE American Symbol – UEC
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas,
March 17, 2021 /CNW/ - Uranium Energy
Corp (NYSE American: UEC, the "Company" or "UEC") is pleased to
report that it has secured 800,000 pounds of additional U.S.
warehoused uranium, consisting of 500,000 pounds for April delivery
and 300,000 pounds for December delivery.
Including the previously announced acquisition of 400,000
pounds, UEC has now entered into contracts to purchase a total of
1,200,000 pounds of U3O8 at a volume weighted average price of
$28.94 per pound.
The Company is also pleased to announce that it has entered into
definitive agreements with institutional investors to purchase an
aggregate of 10,000,000 common shares of the Company (each, a
"Share") at a purchase price of $3.05
per Share and for gross proceeds of approximately $30,500,000 in a registered direct offering (the
"Offering"). The closing of the Offering is expected to occur
on or about March 19, 2021, subject
to satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
Amir Adnani, President and CEO,
stated: "We are successfully executing and expanding upon our
physical uranium strategy. This initiative will support three
objectives: 1) strengthens our balance sheet as uranium prices
appreciate; 2) provides strategic inventory to support future
marketing efforts with utilities that could complement production
and accelerate cashflows; and 3) increases the availability of our
Texas and Wyoming production capacity to pursue specific
opportunities for uranium of U.S. origin, which may command premium
pricing due to the scarcity of domestic uranium production.
Following the closing of this offering and delivery of contracted
drummed uranium, UEC will have approximately $95 million of cash, equity and inventory
holdings, including approximately $35
million of U.S. warehoused uranium."
The Company is offering and selling the Shares pursuant to a
Securities Purchase Agreement dated March
16, 2021. The Company anticipates that the net
proceeds from the Offering will be used for additional uranium
purchases and for general corporate and working capital
purposes.
H.C. Wainwright & Co., Haywood Securities Inc. and TD
Securities Inc. are acting as placement agents for the
Offering.
The Shares are being offered by the Company pursuant to a
prospectus supplement to the Company's effective shelf registration
statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-236571) previously filed with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
and became effective March 3,
2020. The Offering is being made only by means of a
prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus that form a part
of the effective shelf registration statement. A prospectus
supplement relating to the Offering will be filed by the Company
with the SEC. Electronic copies of the prospectus supplement
and accompanying base prospectus relating to the Offering may be
obtained, when available, from the SEC's website at
http://www.sec.gov, or from H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, 430
Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New
York, NY 10022 by e-mail at:placements@hcwco.com or by
telephone at: (212) 856-5711.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities, nor shall
there be any sale of the securities in any state or jurisdiction in
which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any
state or jurisdiction. The securities being offered have not
been approved or disapproved by any regulatory authority, nor has
any such authority passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the
prospectus supplement, the prospectus or the Company's shelf
registration statement.
About Uranium Energy Corp
Uranium Energy Corp is a U.S.-based uranium mining and
exploration company. As a leading pure-play American uranium
company, UEC is advancing the next generation of low-cost and
environmentally friendly In-Situ Recovery (ISR) mining uranium
projects. In South Texas, the Company's hub-and-spoke
operations are anchored by our fully-licensed Hobson Processing
Facility which is central to our Palangana, Burke Hollow,
Goliad and other ISR pipeline
projects. In Wyoming, UEC controls
the Reno Creek project, which is the largest permitted,
pre-construction ISR uranium project in the U.S. Additionally, the
Company's diversified holdings provide exposure to a unique
portfolio of uranium related assets, including: 1) major equity
stake in the only royalty company in the sector, Uranium Royalty
Corp; 2) physical uranium warehoused in the U.S.; and 3) a pipeline
of resource-stage uranium projects in Arizona, Colorado, New
Mexico and Paraguay. In
Paraguay, the Company owns one of
the largest and highest-grade ferro-titanium deposits in the world.
The Company's operations are managed by professionals with a
recognized profile for excellence in their industry, a profile
based on many decades of hands-on experience in the key facets of
uranium exploration, development and mining.
Stock Exchange Information:
NYSE American: UEC
WKN: AØJDRR
ISN: US916896103
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Offering will not be completed, failure to satisfy the conditions
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environment, delays in obtaining governmental approvals, permits or
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activities, title disputes or claims limitations on insurance
coverage. Although the Company has attempted to identify important
factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to
differ materially from those described in forward-looking
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not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements contained in
this news release and in any document referred to in this news
release. Certain matters discussed in this news release and oral
statements made from time to time by representatives of the Company
may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the Federal
securities laws. Although the Company believes that the
expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based
upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its
expectations will be achieved. Forward-looking information is
subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those projected. Many of
these factors are beyond the Company's ability to control or
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result of new information, future events or otherwise. This press
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of an offer to buy securities.
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