URANIUM ENERGY CORP	OTCBB Symbol - URME  Frankfurt Symbol - U6Z Berlin Symbol - U6Z
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE		May 25, 2006

Uranium Energy Corp. Announces the Completion of $5 Million Private Placement

Private Placement Proceeds Will Support Budgeted Exploration and Development Programs, Ongoing Land and Database Acquisition through 2007

AUSTIN, TX - MAY 25, 2006 - Uranium Energy Corp (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has recently completed a private placement resulting in the issuance from treasury of an aggregate of 2,500,000 units, at a subscription price of US $2.00 per unit, for total gross proceeds to the Company of US $5,000,000.

Each unit is comprised of one common share and one-half of one non-transferable common share purchase warrant of the Company. Each whole warrant entitles the shareholder to purchase an additional common share of the Company until the earlier of (i) 12 months from the date of issuance of the units and (ii) six months from the effective date of the Company’s proposed registration statement, if any, pursuant to which the unit shares and warrant shares, if any upon exercise, will be qualified for sale by the shareholders. The exercise price of the warrants is US $2.50 per warrant share.

The Company has paid the following finder’s fees to certain arm’s length parties in conjunction with the completion of the private placement: (a) an aggregate of US $329,700 in cash; and (b) an aggregate of 471,000 non-transferable common share purchase warrants to acquire an equivalent number of common shares of the Company on the same terms and conditions as contained in the private placement warrants.

The Company’s President and CEO, Amir Adnani, states, “The private placement proceeds will be used to fund budgeted exploration and development on the Company’s properties in Texas, Wyoming, Arizona and Utah. In particular, development can continue to advance aggressively on the Goliad Project in South Texas. Uranium Energy Corp will also continue to actively pursue its ongoing land and database acquisition strategies in the U.S.”

About Uranium Energy Corp

Uranium Energy Corp. (URME: OTCBB) is a US-based junior resource company focused on uranium exploration and development in the United States. The Company has a mission to acquire historical uranium resources that can quickly be developed into producing uranium mines. Its management is comprised of veteran mining and exploration professionals eminent in the field of uranium, whose collective experience in the mining industry, and specifically in the uranium mining sector, gives the Company substantial uranium mine-finding and uranium mine development expertise. Uranium Energy Corp is well positioned to capitalize on the world’s current significant alternative energy boom. Visit www.uraniumenergy.com for more information.

Contact North America: Investor Relations, Uranium Energy Corp

Toll-Free Voice: (877) 676-7183 or (512) 721-1022

Fax: (512) 721-1023

E-mail: info@uraniumenergy.com

Website: www.uraniumenergy.com

Contact Europe: International Market Trend AG

Phone: +41.43.888.67.00

Fax: +41.43.888.67.09

Stock Exchange Information:

OTCBB Symbol: URME

Frankfurt Stock Exchange Symbol: U6Z

Berlin Stock Exchange Symbol: U6Z

WKN: AØJDRR

ISN: US9168961038

Safe Harbor Statement

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