VANCOUVER, BC, June 8, 2022
/CNW/ - Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE American: UEC) (the "Company" or
"UEC") announces that it has filed an early warning report pursuant
to National Instrument 62-103 – The Early Warning System and
Related Take-Over Bid and Insider Reporting Issues for the
purpose of reporting the acquisition of common shares (the
"Anfield Shares") and common share purchase warrants
("Anfield Warrants") in the capital of Anfield Energy Inc.
(TSX.V: AEC) (OTCQB: ANLDF); (FRANKFURT: 0AD) ("Anfield").
On June 7, 2022, UEC closed a
series of transactions with Anfield pursuant to which Anfield settled approximately CAD$23.11 million (US$18.34 million) of indebtedness (the
"Anfield Indebtedness") owing to UEC (the "Debt
Settlement"). The Anfield Indebtedness was settled through the
payment of approximately CAD$11.55
million (US$9.17 million) in
cash plus the issuance to UEC of 96,272,918 units of Anfield (each, an "Anfield Unit"),
which were issued at a deemed price of CAD$0.12 (US$0.095)
per Anfield Unit for an aggregate value of approximately
CAD$11.55 million (US$9.17 million). Each Anfield Unit is comprised
of one Anfield Share (the "Acquired Shares") and one Anfield
Warrant (each, an "Acquired Warrant" and together with the
Acquired Shares, the "Acquired Securities"). Each Acquired
Warrant entitles UEC to acquire one Anfield Share at a price of
CAD$0.18 per Anfield Share until
May 12, 2027.
Prior to the acquisition of the Acquired Shares, UEC did not own
or control any Anfield Shares. As a result of the acquisition of
the Acquired Shares, UEC currently holds 96,272,918 Anfield Shares,
representing approximately 15.4% of the issued and outstanding
Anfield Shares (on a non-diluted basis), based on an aggregate of
623,858,283 issued and outstanding Anfield Shares. Prior to the
acquisition of the Acquired Warrants, UEC did not own or control
any Anfield Warrants. UEC currently holds 96,272,918 Anfield
Warrants. Representing approximately 43.1% of the issued and
outstanding Anfield Warrants, based on an aggregate of 223,272,918
issued and outstanding Anfield Warrants.
The Acquired Securities were acquired by UEC pursuant to the
Debt Settlement and are being held for investment purposes. UEC
may, from time to time, depending on market or other conditions,
increase or decrease its beneficial ownership of the securities of
Anfield.
The Company's head offices are located at 1030 West Georgia
Street, Suite 1830, Vancouver, British
Columbia, V6E 2Y3 and at 500 North Shoreline Boulevard,
Suite 800N, Corpus Christi, Texas,
78401. UEC is a uranium mining company incorporated pursuant
to the laws of the State of
Nevada.
Anfield's head office is
located at 4390 Grange Street, Suite 2005, Burnaby, British Columbia V5H 1P6.
The Early Warning Report to which this news release relates has
been filed on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and
Retrieval ("SEDAR").
SOURCE Uranium Energy Corp