Uranium Energy Corp Completes Drilling Program at the Alto Parana Titanium Project in Paraguay

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, May 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE American: UEC, the "Company" or "UEC") is pleased to report the completion of a 49-hole drilling and sampling campaign at its Alto Parana titanium oxide project located in eastern Paraguay. The drilling program was completed prior to the recent COVID-19 measures the Company announced and is the first phase of a Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") planned for the project. The recently completed drilling campaign targeted the initial mining zone and will be used to update the current resource*.  

Amir Adnani, President and CEO, stated, "This drilling program is an important step towards development of the PEA, as we continue to advance our monetization strategy for the project.  While we are working to unlock Alto Parana's value, our primary focus remains on the Company's core U.S. uranium business with low cost, fully permitted in-situ recovery projects in Texas and Wyoming."

The Alto Parana project is one of the world's highest-grade and largest ferro-titanium deposits with a CSA National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Properties ("NI 43-101") compliant resource of 4.94 billion tonnes at 7.41% TiO₂*.  Mineralization occurs at the surface, with an average thickness of 6.61 meters. Additionally, future development and mining can benefit from excellent infrastructure with proximity to a major hydroelectric power source. Prior to UEC's acquisition of Alto Parana, approximately $25 million was invested in the project, including pilot testing from mining through the smelting processes. 

The 49-hole drill campaign was centered in the initial mining area and was laid out on a 400-meter by 400-meter grid with each test hole averaging 10 meters in depth. The entire interval was core-drilled, and core recovery was maintained at 90% or greater. A total of 49 holes were drilled and yielded approximately 500 samples. The samples are currently being prepared for the earliest possible shipment to analytical laboratories in Canada and Peru. Once results are received, work will be initiated on a new resource estimate* for the planned PEA. The field work and resource estimate are being overseen by Don Hains, PG, as the Qualified Person under NI 43-101*.

In closing, Mr. Adnani added, "Last week we learned of the passing of J. David Lowell, who discovered the Alto Parana project and is known as one of the world's most successful exploration geologists. We would like to acknowledge his renowned career, express our gratitude for his work on the Alto Parana project and offer our sincere condolences and thoughts to his family, friends and associates."

The technical information in this news release has been prepared in accordance with the Canadian regulatory requirements set out in NI 43-101 and was reviewed by Clyde L. Yancey, PG, Vice President-Exploration for the Company and a Qualified Person under NI 43-101.

About Uranium Energy Corp

Uranium Energy Corp is a U.S.-based uranium mining and exploration company. In South Texas, the Company's hub-and-spoke operations are anchored by the fully-licensed Hobson Processing Facility which is central to the Palangana, Burke Hollow and Goliad ISR 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 controls a pipeline of uranium projects in Arizona, New Mexico and Paraguay, a uranium/vanadium project in Colorado and one of the highest-grade and largest undeveloped Ferro-Titanium deposits in the world, located in Paraguay. 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
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*Notice to U.S. Investors

The mineral resources referred to herein have been estimated in accordance with the definition standards on mineral resources of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum referred to in NI 43-101 and are not compliant with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") Industry Guide 7 guidelines.  In addition, measured mineral resources, indicated mineral resources and inferred mineral resources, while recognized and required by Canadian regulations, are not defined terms under SEC Industry Guide 7 and are normally not permitted to be used in reports and registration statements filed with the SEC. Accordingly, we have not reported them in the United States. Investors are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of the mineral resources in these categories will ever be converted into mineral reserves. These terms have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence, and great uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. It should be noted that mineral resources which are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of measured mineral resources, indicated mineral resources or inferred mineral resources will ever be upgraded to a higher category.  In accordance with Canadian rules, estimates of inferred mineral resources cannot form the basis of feasibility or other economic studies.  Investors are cautioned not to assume that any part of the reported measured mineral resources, indicated mineral resources or inferred mineral resources referred to herein are economically or legally mineable.

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