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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

URANIUM ENERGY CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

98-0399476
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

   

1030 West Georgia Street, Suite 1830
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

V6E 2Y3

(Zip Code)

 

2021 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)

 

Amir Adnani, President and Chief Executive Officer
1030 West Georgia Street, Suite 1830, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6E 2Y3
(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Tel: (604) 682-9775
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer ☐

Non-accelerated filer ☒

Smaller reporting company ☒

 

Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of securities

to be registered(1)

Amount to be

registered(2)

Proposed

maximum offering

price per share(3)

Proposed
maximum aggregate

offering price(4)

Amount of

registration fee

Common shares

6,000,000 shares

$3.46 per share

$20,760,000

$1,924.45

(1)

This Registration Statement covers shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share, issuable pursuant to stock options and other equity incentive awards under our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan.

(2)

We previously registered 5,500,000 shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to stock options and other equity incentive awards under our 2006 Stock Incentive Plan on a registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-147626), a further 7,000,000 shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to stock options and other equity incentive awards under our 2009 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, on two registration statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-162264 and 333-172092), a further 2,000,000 shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to stock options and other equity incentive awards under our 2013 Stock Incentive Plan on a registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-192462), a further 7,500,000 shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to stock options and other equity incentive awards under our 2014 Stock Incentive Plan on a registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-201423), a further 6,500,000 shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to stock options and other equity incentive awards under our 2016 Stock Incentive Plan on a registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-213500), a further 12,000,000 shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to stock options and other equity incentive awards under our 2018 Stock Incentive Plan on a registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-227023), a further 6,000,000 shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to stock options and other equity incentive awards under our 2019 Stock Incentive Plan on a registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-233736) and a further 6,000,000 shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to stock options and other equity incentive awards under our 2020 Stock Incentive Plan on a registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-249679). Our 2006 Stock Incentive Plan and our 2009 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, were superseded and replaced by our 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, our 2013 Stock Incentive Plan was superseded and replaced by our 2014 Stock Incentive Plan, our 2014 Stock Incentive Plan was superseded and replaced by our 2015 Stock Incentive Plan, our 2015 Stock Incentive Plan was superseded and replaced by our 2016 Stock Incentive Plan, our 2016 Stock Incentive Plan was superseded and replaced by our 2017 Stock Incentive Plan, our 2017 Stock Incentive Plan was superseded and replaced by our 2018 Stock Incentive Plan, our 2018 Stock Incentive Plan was superseded and replaced by our 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, our 2019 Stock Incentive Plan was superseded and replaced by our 2020 Stock Incentive Plan and our 2020 Stock Incentive Plan was superseded and replaced by our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan. This registration statement shall also cover an indeterminable number of additional shares which may become issuable under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, re-capitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the registrant’s outstanding shares.

(3)

The proposed maximum offering price per share is calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h) of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), based upon the average of the high and low prices of our common stock of $3.46 per share, as reported on NYSE American on January 13, 2022.

(4)

The proposed maximum aggregate offering price is based on the proposed maximum offering price per share times the total number of shares to be registered. These amounts are calculated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act.

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 relates to a maximum of 6,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, issuable directly by Uranium Energy Corp. (“we” or the “Company”) under our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan or pursuant to the exercise of options or other awards that have been or may be granted under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan. We previously registered 5,500,000 shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to stock options and other equity incentive awards under our 2006 Stock Incentive Plan on a registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-147626), a further 7,000,000 shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to stock options and other equity incentive awards under our 2009 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, on two registration statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-162264 and 333-172092), a further 2,000,000 shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to stock options and other equity incentive awards under our 2013 Stock Incentive Plan on a registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-192462), a further 7,500,000 shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to stock options and other equity incentive awards under our 2014 Stock Incentive Plan on a registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-201423), a further 6,500,000 shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to stock options and other equity incentive awards under our 2016 Stock Incentive Plan on a registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-213500), a further 12,000,000 shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to stock options and other equity incentive awards under our 2018 Stock Incentive Plan on a registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-227023), a further 6,000,000 shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to stock options and other equity incentive awards under our 2019 Stock Incentive Plan on a registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-233736) and a further 6,000,000 shares of our common stock issuable pursuant to stock options and other equity incentive awards under our 2020 Stock Incentive Plan on a registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-249679). As more fully described herein, our 2006 Stock Incentive Plan and our 2009 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, were superseded and replaced by our 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, our 2013 Stock Incentive Plan was superseded and replaced by our 2014 Stock Incentive Plan, our 2014 Stock Incentive Plan was superseded and replaced by our 2015 Stock Incentive Plan, our 2015 Stock Incentive Plan was superseded and replaced by our 2016 Stock Incentive Plan, our 2016 Stock Incentive Plan was superseded and replaced by our 2017 Stock Incentive Plan, our 2017 Stock Incentive Plan was superseded and replaced by our 2018 Stock Incentive Plan, our 2018 Stock Incentive Plan was superseded and replaced by our 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, our 2019 Stock Incentive Plan was superseded and replaced by our 2020 Stock Incentive Plan and our 2020 Stock Incentive Plan was superseded and replaced by our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan.

 

The information set forth in our prior registration statements on Form S-8 as listed above (Registration Nos. 333-147626, 333-162264, 333-172092, 333-192462, 333-201423, 333-213500, 333-227023, 333-233736 and 333-249679) (collectively, the “Prior Registration Statements”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof. The Prior Registration Statements included reoffer prospectuses which are not being incorporated by reference and made a part hereof; a revised reoffer prospectus has been included in this Registration Statement in accordance with General Instruction E on Form S-8 – Registration of Additional Securities.


 

 

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PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

 

This Registration Statement relates to two separate prospectuses.

 

Section 10(a) Prospectus: Items 1 and 2, from this page and following, and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Part II, Item 3 of this prospectus (“Prospectus” or “Registration Statement”), constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

Reoffer Prospectus: The material that follows Item 2, beginning on Page P-1 up to but not including Part II of this Registration Statement, beginning on Page II-1, of which the reoffer Prospectus is a part, constitutes a “reoffer prospectus” prepared in accordance with the requirements of Part I of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. Pursuant to Instruction C of Form S-8, the reoffer Prospectus may be used for reoffers or resales of shares which are deemed to be “control securities” under the Securities Act that have been acquired by the selling stockholders named in the reoffer Prospectus.

 

Item 1.

Plan Information.

 

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 relates to a maximum of 6,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, issuable directly by Uranium Energy Corp. (“we” or the “Company”) under our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2021 Stock Incentive Plan”) or pursuant to the exercise of options or other awards that have been or may be granted under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan.

 

On June 3, 2021, our Board of Directors authorized and approved the adoption of the Company’s 2021 Stock Incentive Plan, under which an aggregate of 26,017,523 of our shares may be issued. The 2021 Stock Incentive Plan supersedes and replaces the Company’s 2020 Stock Incentive Plan, dated as originally ratified by the Board of Directors on June 5, 2020, as ratified by the shareholders of the Company at the Company’s annual general meeting held last year on July 30, 2020.

 

The 2021 Stock Incentive Plan was ratified by the shareholders of the Company at the Company’s annual general meeting held on July 30, 2021.

 

The purpose of the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan is to enhance our long-term stockholder value by offering opportunities to our directors, officers, employees and eligible consultants to acquire and maintain stock ownership in order to give these persons the opportunity to participate in our growth and success, and to encourage them to remain in our service.

 

The 2021 Stock Incentive Plan is to be administered by our Compensation Committee which shall determine, among other things: (i) the persons to be granted awards under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan; (ii) the number of shares or amount of other awards to be granted; and (iii) the terms and conditions of the awards granted. The Company may issue restricted shares, options, stock appreciation rights, deferred stock rights and dividend equivalent rights, among others, under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan. As indicated above, an aggregate of 26,017,523 of our shares may be issued pursuant to the grant of awards under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan. 20,017,523 of such 26,017,523 shares are registered pursuant to prior Form S-8 registration statements filed by the Company.

 

An award may not be exercised after the termination date of the award and may be exercised following the termination of an eligible participant’s continuous service only to the extent provided by the administrator under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan. If the administrator under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan permits a participant to exercise an award following the termination of continuous service for a specified period, the award terminates to the extent not exercised on the last day of the specified period or the last day of the original term of the award, whichever occurs first. In the event an eligible participant’s service has been terminated for “cause”, he or she shall immediately forfeit all rights to any of the awards outstanding.

 

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We will provide each participant in our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (each, an “Eligible Participant”) with documents that contain information related to our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan and other information including, but not limited to, the disclosure required by Item 1 of Form S-8, which information is not filed as a part of this Registration Statement. The foregoing information and the documents incorporated by reference in response to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement taken together constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. A Section 10(a) prospectus will be given to each Participant who receives shares of common stock covered by this Registration Statement, in accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.

 

Item 2.

Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*

 

We will provide to each Eligible Participant a written statement advising it of the availability of documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement and of documents required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act without charge and upon written or oral notice. The statement will include the address and telephone number to which any requests for documents should be directed.

 

*

Information required by Part I to be contained in a Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from the Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.

 


 

 

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REOFFER PROSPECTUS

 

The date of this Prospectus is January 14, 2022

 

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URANIUM ENERGY CORP.
1030 West Georgia Street, Suite 1830, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6E 2Y3

 

26,017,523 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

 

This reoffer prospectus (again, the “Prospectus”) relates to 26,017,523 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share, that may be offered and resold from time to time by certain eligible participants (each, an “Eligible Participant”) in our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2021 Stock Incentive Plan”) for their own account. Eligible Participants in our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan consist of employees, directors, officers and consultants of our Company or its related entities. Selling stockholders will consist of those Eligible Participants who are “affiliates” of our company (as defined in Rule 405 under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)).

 

It is anticipated that the selling stockholders will offer shares for sale at prevailing prices on the NYSE American or such other securities exchange or securities market (if any) that our common stock may then be traded. We will receive no part of the proceeds from sales made under this reoffer Prospectus. The selling stockholders will bear all sales commissions and similar expenses. Any other expenses incurred by us in connection with the registration and offering and not borne by the selling stockholders will be borne by us.

 

The shares of common stock will be issued pursuant to awards granted under our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan and will be “control securities” under the Securities Act before their sale under this reoffer Prospectus. This reoffer Prospectus has been prepared for the purposes of registering the shares under the Securities Act to allow for future sales by selling stockholders on a continuous or delayed basis to the public without restriction.

 

The selling stockholders and any brokers executing selling orders on their behalf may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act, in which event commissions received by such brokers may be deemed to be underwriting commissions under the Securities Act.

 

Our common stock is traded on the NYSE American under the symbol “UEC”. On January 13, 2022, the last reported price of our common stock on such market was $3.28. per share.

 

Investing in our common stock involves risks. See Risk Factors starting on page P-14 of this reoffer Prospectus.

 

NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENCE.

 


 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

This summary highlights certain information found in greater detail elsewhere in this Prospectus. This summary may not contain all of the information that may be important to you. We urge you to read this entire Prospectus carefully, including the risks of investing in our common stock discussed under Risk Factors and the financial statements and other information that is incorporated by reference into this Prospectus, before making an investment decision. In addition, this Prospectus summarizes other documents which we urge you to read.

 

All references in this Prospectus to “the Company”, “we”, “us”, “our” or “our company” refer to Uranium Energy Corp. and our consolidated subsidiaries. All dollar amounts refer to United States dollars unless otherwise indicated.

 

This reoffer Prospectus relates to 26,017,523 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share, that may be offered and resold from time to time by certain Eligible Participants under our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan for their own account. Eligible Participants in our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan consist of employees, directors, officers and consultants of our company or its related entities. Selling stockholders will consist of those Eligible Participants who are “affiliates” of our company, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

Corporate Organization

 

Uranium Energy Corp. was incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada on May 16, 2003 under the name Carlin Gold Inc. During 2004 we changed our business operations and focus from precious metals exploration to uranium exploration in the United States. On January 24, 2005, we completed a reverse stock split of our common stock on the basis of one share for each two outstanding shares and amended our Articles of Incorporation to change our name to Uranium Energy Corp. Effective February 28, 2006, we completed a forward stock split of our common stock on the basis of 1.5 shares for each outstanding share and amended our Articles of Incorporation to increase our authorized capital from 75,000,000 shares of common stock, with a par value of $0.001 per share, to 750,000,000 shares of common stock, with a par value of $0.001 per share. In June 2007 we changed our fiscal year end from December 31st to July 31st (in each instance our “Fiscal” year now).

 

On December 31, 2007, we incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary, UEC Resources Ltd., under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada. On December 18, 2009, we acquired a 100% interest in the South Texas Mining Venture, L.L.P. (“STMV”), a Texas limited liability partnership, from each of URN Resources Inc., a subsidiary of Uranium One Inc., and Everest Exploration, Inc. On September 3, 2010, we incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary, UEC Paraguay Corp., under the laws of the State of Nevada. On May 24, 2011, we acquired a 100% interest in Piedra Rica Mining S.A., a private company incorporated in Paraguay. On September 9, 2011, we acquired a 100% interest in Concentric Energy Corp., a private company incorporated in the State of Nevada. On March 30, 2012, we acquired a 100% interest in Cue Resources Ltd., a formerly publicly-traded company incorporated in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. On March 4, 2016, we acquired a 100% interest in JDL Resources Inc., a private company incorporated in the Cayman Islands. On July 7, 2017, we acquired a 100% interest in CIC Resources (Paraguay) Inc., a private company incorporated in the Cayman Islands. On August 9, 2017, we acquired a 100% interest in AUC Holdings (US), Inc. On January 31, 2018, we incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary, UEC Resources (SK) Corp., under the laws of the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada. On December 17, 2021, we acquired a 100% interest in Uranium One Americas, Inc. (“U1A”), a private company incorporated in the State of Nevada, which, in turn, owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of Uranium One USA Inc., a private company incorporated in the State of Delaware.

 

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Our principal offices are located at 500 North Shoreline Boulevard, Suite 800N, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78401, and at 1030 West Georgia Street, Suite 1830, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6E 2Y3.

 

General Business

 

We are pre-dominantly engaged in uranium mining and related activities, including exploration, pre-extraction, extraction and processing, on uranium projects located in the United States, Canada and the Republic of Paraguay. We utilize in-situ recovery (“ISR”) mining where possible which we believe, when compared to conventional open pit or underground mining, requires lower capital and operating expenditures with a shorter lead time to extraction and a reduced impact on the environment. We do not expect, however, to utilize ISR mining for all of our uranium projects in which case we would expect to rely on conventional open pit and/or underground mining techniques. We have one uranium mine located in the State of Texas, our Palangana Mine, which utilizes ISR mining and commenced extraction of uranium oxide (“U3O8”), or yellowcake, in January 2010. We have one uranium processing facility located in the State of Texas, our Hobson Processing Facility, which processes material from the Palangana Mine into drums of U3O8, our only sales product and source of revenue, for shipping to a third-party storage and sales facility. Since commencement of uranium extraction from our Palangana Mine in January 2010 to July 31, 2020, our Hobson Processing Facility has processed 580,100 pounds of U3O8. As at October 31, 2021, we had no uranium supply or “off-take” agreements in place. On December 17, 2021, we completed the acquisition of U1A, including, but not limited to, the Iraray processing plant and the Christensen Ranch ISR Project.

 

Our fully-licensed and 100%-owned Hobson Processing Facility forms the basis for our regional operating strategy in the State of Texas, specifically in the South Texas Uranium Belt, where we utilize ISR mining. We utilize a “hub-and-spoke” strategy whereby the Hobson Processing Facility acts as the central processing site (the “hub”) for our Palangana Mine and future satellite uranium mining activities, such as our Burke Hollow and Goliad Projects, located within the South Texas Uranium Belt (the “spokes”). The Hobson Processing Facility has a physical capacity to process uranium-loaded resins up to a total of two million pounds of U3O8 annually and is licensed to process up to one million pounds of U3O8 annually.

 

We hold certain mineral rights in various stages in the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Wyoming, in Canada and in the Republic of Paraguay, many of which are located in historically successful mining areas and have been the subject of past exploration and pre-extraction activities by other mining companies. We do not expect, however, to utilize ISR mining for all of our uranium projects in which case we would expect to rely on conventional open pit and/or underground mining techniques.

 

Our operating and strategic framework is based on expanding our uranium extraction activities, which includes advancing certain uranium projects with established mineralized materials towards uranium extraction, and establishing additional mineralized materials on our existing uranium projects or through acquisition of additional uranium projects.

 

Uranium Inventory Initiative

 

The Company is investing in building the next generation of low-cost and environmentally friendly uranium projects that will be competitive on a global basis. Despite our focus on low cost ISR mining with its low capital requirements, we saw a unique opportunity to purchase drummed uranium at prevailing spot prices which are below most global industry mining costs. Hence, we established a physical uranium inventory initiative (the “Uranium Initiative Program”) and, as of the date of this Prospectus, have entered into agreements to purchase 4.1 million pounds of U.S. warehoused uranium of which various deliveries have, or are scheduled to occur, in March 2021 to December 2025 at the ConverDyn conversion facility located in Metropolis, Illinois, at a volume weighted average price of approximately $32.12 per pound.

 

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This Uranium Initiative Program will support three objectives for our Company: (i) to bolster our balance sheet as uranium prices appreciate; (ii) to provide strategic inventory to support future marketing efforts with utilities that could compliment production and accelerate cashflows; and (iii) to increase the availability of our Texas and Wyoming production capacity for emerging U.S. origin specific opportunities which may command premium pricing due to the scarcity of domestic uranium. One such U.S. origin specific opportunity is the Company’s plan to participate in supplying the Uranium Reserve, as outlined in the Nuclear Fuel Working Group report published by the U.S. Department of Energy.

 

During Fiscal 2021, we made significant advancements in various aspects of our operations, including:

 

 

we completed a public offering of 12,500,000 units at a price of $1.20 per unit for gross proceeds of $15,000,000;

 

 

we commenced wellfield development and resource delineation drilling at the initial production area of our Burke Hollow ISR Project located in South Texas. Burke Hollow’s initial production area is the newest and largest in-situ recovery wellfield being developed in the U.S.;

 

 

we established the Uranium Initiative Program, under which, as of the date of this Prospectus, we had entered into agreements to purchase 4.1 million pounds of uranium concentrates at a volume weighted average price of $32.12 per pound and received 1.2 million pounds, which are held at the ConverDyn facility located in Metropolis, Illinois. The uranium inventories have a market value of approximately $56.7 million as of the date of this Prospectus;

 

 

we completed two registered direct offerings with certain institutional investors and issued 13,636,364 shares of our common stock at an average price of $3.12, for total gross proceeds of $42,500,000;

 

 

as of July 31, 2021, we had $117.2 million in cash, equity and physical uranium holdings comprised of: (i) $44.3 million in cash; (ii) uranium inventory holdings of approximately $29.0 million; (iii) and 15,000,000 shares of Uranium Royalty Corp. with a market value of approximately $43.9 million; and

 

 

the Company’s shares were included on the Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 indexes.

 

Subsequent to Fiscal 2021, we completed the acquisition of U1A, including, but not limited to, the Iraray processing plant and the Christensen Ranch ISR Project.

 

Uranium Industry Background

 

The need for safe, reliable, pollution-free electricity continues to rise as the world’s population grows to new record levels. The world’s population of 7.9 billion in 2021 is projected to increase over 1% per year to a population near 8.5 billion by 2030. The need for more electricity and efforts to reach global climate change goals with clean energy sources are important drivers for the projected long-term increase in nuclear power and uranium demand. The world’s current operating fleet of nuclear power plants, in addition to the global growth in new reactors under construction and those planned, is testimony to the confidence in nuclear power to provide safe, highly reliable, economic and carbon free electricity as part of an overall energy supply mix.

 

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The International Energy Agency (“IEA”) reported: “global electricity demand fell about 1% in 2020 due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic but expects 2021 to grow by nearly 5% and 2022 to grow by nearly another 4%”. The International Atomic Energy Agency (“IAEA”) reported: “Throughout 2020, nuclear power reactors supplied 2553.2 TWh of low-emission and dispatchable electricity, which accounted for about 10% of total global electricity generation and nearly one-third of the world’s low-carbon electricity generation. The 2020 nuclear power production was slightly lower compared to 2019 when the world’s nuclear reactors produced 2657.1 TWh. The IAEA Power Reactor Information System shows a total of 5.55 GWe of new nuclear capacity was added in 2020 while 5.1 GWe was retired, and construction beginning on five new reactors with a total capacity of 4.5 GWe.

 

As of September 2021, the World Nuclear Association (“WNA”) data showed a total of 444 nuclear reactors operable in 32 countries with a combined capacity of about 400 GWe. Their data also showed 56 new reactors under construction, 101 reactors planned or on order and another 325 proposed. In the WNA’s Emerging Nuclear Energy Countries report they noted: “about 30 countries are considering, planning or starting nuclear power programs, and a further 20 or so countries have at some point expressed an interest”. While most of the growth in nuclear power is coming from countries like China and Russia, there is also notable growth in other countries, including India and the United Arab Emirates. Some of these countries have embarked on sovereign-backed uranium acquisition programs, building inventory stockpiles for their future requirements. This also includes substantial long-term contracting with western suppliers and taking controlling interests in individual mines. In addition, Russia, China and South Korea are aggressively pursuing programs to sell their reactors around the globe. In many cases the sales agreements contain turnkey provisions, including uranium supply as a component of the reactor package that will require far more uranium than they currently produce. As such, they will need to carve out large supply sources in the coming years.

 

While global generation from nuclear power has eclipsed pre-Fukushima levels, Japan restarts have been slower than expected. To date, a total of 27 reactors have applied for restart including the nine reactors that have restarted. More restarts are expected as Japan completes additional safety programs and ramps back up towards a policy goal of 20 to 22 percent of their total electrical generation from nuclear power by 2030.

 

The WNA’s 2021 Fuel Report noted: “regardless of the particular scenario in the long term, the industry needs to at least double its development pipeline of new projects by 2040”. The 2021 report also noted that in all scenarios “world reactor requirements for uranium in 2040 are about approximately 12% higher” than in the previous 2019 report. World base case uranium demand is forecasted to be about 191 million pounds U3O8 in 2021, exceeding the 128 million pounds of projected production by about 63 million pounds (source: UxC 2021 Q3 UMO). Production was curtailed by almost 20 million pounds in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but most operations have resumed. However, the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns have accelerated inventory drawdowns and it is expected that the lost production will not be made up.

 

Primary production has become increasingly concentrated, with about 80% of global production coming from State Owned Enterprises (“SOEs”). Resource depletions are also a factor impacting supply with two long standing projects ceasing operations that have been producing about seven million pounds per year. Other major projects remain in an idle mode until market prices rise sufficiently to justify production. While the difference between primary production and reactor demand is currently being filled with secondary market supplies, this is not a sustainable long-term supply source.

 

Recent forecasts expect secondary sources to drop about 43%, from 63 million pounds U3O8 in 2021 to about 36 million pounds by 2024. While there are different estimates on timing, it is clear that secondary supply (including inventory drawdown) will be insufficient to fill a projected supply-demand gap, and new production will be required. As this transition evolves the market will become more production cost driven as opposed to inventory driven. In their August 9, 2021, Weekly Report, UxC published an article titled “The Disconnect Between U3O8 Prices and Production Costs”. The article noted: “secondary supplies to account for significantly smaller shares of global demand at 19% in 2025 and only 7% by 2035, which means that higher uranium prices will be necessary to incentivize incremental production that is currently either on standby or under development”. In 2021 secondary supply is projected to account for about one-third of total supply. Industry consultant TradeTech noted in their 2021 Uranium Market Study (Issue 2) that: “With Secondary Supplies forecast to decline in the period 2019-2040, this evolving dynamic looks to place even greater demands on an underfunded and underdeveloped primary sector”.

 

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The United States has the world’s largest nuclear fleet and produced more than 30% of the world’s nuclear generation with approximately 790 billion kilowatt hours in 2020. The U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) reported U.S. nuclear plants continued to be the nation’s most reliable energy source with an average capacity factor of more than 92 percent. For context, capacity factors for other sources of energy were natural gas (57%), coal (40%), wind (35%) and solar (25%). In 2020 nuclear plants provided more than one-half of U.S carbon free energy and about 20% of its total generation as the nation’s second largest energy source. As of August 2021, the operating U.S. reactor fleet stands at 93 reactors, with two new commercial reactors under construction (Vogtle 3 and 4 in Georgia). While some U.S. reactors have been shut down prematurely, the overall generating capacity remains strong as a result of plant reactor upgrade programs and license extensions. In terms of uranium demand, the U.S. nuclear fleet is the world’s largest uranium consumer and has averaged about 47 million pounds of uranium a year over the past decade.

 

The U.S. uranium mining industry was formerly the world’s largest producer but is now producing virtually none of the U.S. reactor requirements. The United States has become almost entirely dependent on foreign supply, with more than one-half of its requirements being imported from SOEs in Russia, other former Soviet Union countries and China. However, actions taken by the U.S. federal government over the past couple of years have culminated in a foundation for the industry to recover. Most notably, the prior administration established the U.S. Nuclear Fuel Working Group (“NFWG”) comprised of various government agencies “to develop recommendations for reviving and expanding domestic nuclear fuel production”.

 

The NFWG recommendations were released in a report entitled “Restoring America’s Competitive Nuclear Energy Advantage”. The report broadly advocates for increased U.S. leadership in nuclear energy, both at home and abroad, with a focus on U.S. national security objectives that includes lessening dependence on SOE supply. Uranium mining is the starting point in the strategy with a program to purchase 17 to 19 million pounds of U.S. uranium for a strategic Uranium Reserve (the “UR”). The previous administration’s budget outlined a 10-year, $1.5 billion UR program. DOE is in the process of developing this program and in 2020 the U.S. Congress approved $75 million for initial funding for Fiscal 2021. For the U.S. producer, contracts to supply the UR will need to be at levels that are more reflective of production costs to sustain operations.

 

The global uranium market suffered a long downturn after peaking in 2007 at $138 per pound U3O8 that was followed by a rebound and then a subsequent drop of about 75% from early 2011 into the 2016 low of $17.75 per pound. However, the market has been showing a slow recovery since, and was up by approximately 80% in early August 2021 from the 2016 low. Since early August 2021, exceptionally strong buying has emerged, primarily from financial entities, and the spot market U3O8 price was up by approximately 150% as of the date of this Prospectus from the 2016 low. Global fundamentals are in process of rebalancing the uranium market and driving an improvement in the price of uranium. As outlined above, increased levels of production cuts from major producers, plus significant purchasing by producers to fill long-term supply contracts, as well as financial entities and producers buying significant quantities of uranium for appreciation purposes, are all contributing to the upward movement in uranium prices.

 

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Ultimately, the forces of supply and demand will dictate the uranium market’s future direction. While the global market has clearly improved since the 2016 low, we still expect several major drivers to further bolster prices. Higher priced contracts that have supported high production costs are continuing to roll out of producer and utility supply portfolios. These higher priced contracts are not replaceable with current market prices below levels needed to sustain profitable mining operations for many western producers. This will likely continue the trend of production cuts and deferrals until prices rise sufficiently to sustain long-term mining operations. In addition, several projects that have produced significant quantities of uranium for many years have been shut down as a result of resource depletion and the WNA notes: “more mines are expected to close over the next decade”. SOE supply is also likely to be reduced in the U.S. market with the U.S. government’s intent to close the national security risks that overdependence presents. On the demand side of the equation, further upside market pressure also appears likely to evolve as utilities return to a longer-term contracting cycle to replace expiring contracts. That factor and the growing recognition that nuclear power will need to be part of the solution to meet climate change objectives underpin a solid growth story for long term uranium producers.

 

As these and other market forces unfold, the inventory and SOE supply should become less important drivers, paving the way for a more production cost driven market. Lead times for new production typically range from seven to 10 years or longer. The market appears to be within the time frames required for investment to bring new supply online to meet those lead times. However, prices are not yet at levels that incentivize future production for many producers, increasing the probability of the potential for less supply than the market is currently pricing in.

 

Titanium (TiO2) Industry Updates

 

During Fiscal 2021, the market fundamentals for titanium dioxide remained positive. There is no economical substitute or environmentally safe alternative to titanium dioxide.  Titanium dioxide is used in many "quality of life" products for which demand historically has been linked to global gross domestic product (“GDP”), ongoing urbanization trends and discretionary spending. 90% of all the mined titanium feedstocks are used to manufacture pure titanium dioxides – a pigment that enhances brightness and opacity in paints, inks, paper, plastics, food products and cosmetics. The remaining 10% of supply is used in the production of titanium metal and steel fabrication.

 

Demand for titanium feedstocks, such as ilmenite, is closely tied to titanium dioxide pigment demand. The global titanium pigment demand fundamentals are underpinned by urbanization and rising living standards and as such the long-term demand fundamentals remain robust. Demand for titanium pigment rebounded strongly during first half of 2021 due to global economic growth, while the supply of titanium dioxide feedstock was impacted due to difficulties encountered by some producers which had a direct effect on prices. The rebound in demand and impact on supply and prices are expected to continue for the second half of 2021 and in 2022.

 

In addition to above mentioned supply constraints, the nature of feedstock supply is also changing. China, the world's largest feedstock market, is increasingly more reliant on higher quality feedstocks. Chinese domestic ilmenite is mainly unsuitable for processing under the stricter environmental regulations and, as such, the long-term global shift towards chloride pigment production will continue to drive overall high-quality feedstock demand and prices.  

 

In our view, what appear to be longer-term supply and demand fundamentals and, more specifically, the long-term global shift towards higher grade feedstocks, have the potential to keep upward pressure on high-quality feedstock prices.

 

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In-Situ Recovery (ISR) Mining

 

We utilize or plan on utilizing in-situ recovery or ISR uranium mining for our South Texas projects, including our Palangana Mine, as well as our Reno Creek Project in Wyoming, and will continue to utilize ISR mining whenever such alternative is available to conventional mining.  When compared to conventional mining, ISR mining requires lower capital expenditures and has a reduced impact on the environment, as well as a shorter lead time to uranium recovery.

 

ISR mining involves circulating oxidized water through an underground uranium deposit, dissolving the uranium and then pumping the uranium-rich solution to the surface for processing. Oxidizing solution enters the formation through a series of injection wells and is drawn to a series of communicating extraction wells. To create a localized hydrologic cone of depression in each wellfield, more groundwater will be produced than injected. Under this gradient the natural groundwater movement from the surrounding area is toward the wellfield, providing control of the injection fluid. Over-extraction is adjusted as necessary to maintain a cone of depression which ensures that the injection fluid does not move outside the permitted area.

 

The uranium-rich solution is pumped from an ore zone to the surface and circulated through a series of ion exchange columns located at the mine site.  The solution flows through resin beds inside an ion exchange column where the uranium bonds to small resin beads.  As the solution exits the ion exchange column it is mostly void of uranium and is re-circulated back to the wellfield and through the ore zone.  Once the resin beads are fully-loaded with uranium, they are transported by truck to the Hobson Processing Facility and transferred to a tank for flushing with a brine solution, or elution, which strips the uranium from the resin beads. The stripped resin beads are then transported back to the mine and reused in the ion exchange columns.  The uranium solution, now free from the resin, is precipitated out and concentrated into a slurry mixture and fed to a filter press to remove unwanted solids and contaminants.  The slurry is then dried in a zero-emissions rotary vacuum dryer, packed in metal drums and shipped out as uranium concentrates, or yellowcake, to a conversion facility for storage and sales.

 

Each project is divided into a mining unit, known as a Production Area Authorization (“PAA”), which lies inside an approved Mine Permit Boundary. Each PAA will be developed, extracted and restored as one unit and will have its own set of monitor wells. It is common to have multiple PAAs in extraction at any one time with additional units in various states of exploration, pre-extraction and/or restoration.

 

After mining is complete in a PAA, aquifer restoration will begin as soon as practicable and will continue until the groundwater is restored to pre-mining conditions. Once restoration is complete, a stability period of no less than one year is scheduled with quarterly baseline and monitor well sampling. Wellfield reclamation will follow after aquifer restoration is complete and the stability period has passed.

 

Hobson Processing Facility

 

Our Hobson Processing Facility is located in Karnes County, Texas, about 100 miles northwest of Corpus Christi.  It was originally licensed and constructed in 1978, serving as the hub for several satellite mining projects until 1996, and completely refurbished in 2008. On December 18, 2009, we acquired the Hobson Processing Facility as part of our acquisition of STMV.

 

With a physical capacity to process uranium-loaded resins up to a total of two million pounds of U3O8 annually, and licensed to process up to one million pounds of U3O8 annually, our fully-licensed and 100%-owned Hobson Processing Facility forms the basis for our “hub-and-spoke” strategy in the State of Texas, specifically in the South Texas Uranium Belt, where we utilize ISR mining.

 

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Palangana Mine

 

We hold various mining lease and surface use agreements generally having an initial five-year term with extension provisions, granting us the exclusive right to explore, develop and mine for uranium at our Palangana Mine, a 6,987-acre property located in Duval County, Texas, approximately 100 miles south of the Hobson Processing Facility. These agreements are subject to certain royalty and overriding royalty interests indexed to the sales price of uranium.

 

On December 18, 2009, we acquired the Palangana Mine as part of our acquisition of STMV. In January 2010, the Palangana Mine commenced uranium extraction utilizing ISR mining and in January 2011 the Hobson Processing Facility began processing resins received from the Palangana Mine.

 

Material Relationships Including Long-Term Delivery Contracts

 

As at October 31, 2021, we had no uranium supply or “off-take” agreements in place.

 

Given that there are up to approximately 60 different companies as potential buyers in the uranium market, we are not substantially dependent upon any single customer to purchase uranium extracted by us.

 

Seasonality

 

The timing of our uranium concentrate sales is dependent upon factors such as extraction results from our mining activities, cash requirements, contractual requirements and perception of the uranium market. As a result, our sales are neither tied to nor dependent upon any particular season. In addition, our ability to extract and process uranium does not change on a seasonal basis. Over the past ten years uranium prices have tended to decline during the calendar third quarter before rebounding during the fourth quarter, but there does not appear to be a strong correlation.

 

Mineral Rights

 

In Texas our mineral rights are held exclusively through private leases from the owners of the land/mineral/surface rights with varying terms. In general, these leases provide for uranium and certain other specified mineral rights only including surface access rights for an initial term of five years and renewal for a second five-year term. We have amended the majority of the leases to extend the time period for an additional five years past the original five-year renewal periods. Our Burke Hollow and some of our Goliad leases have a fixed royalty amount based on net proceeds from sales of uranium, and our other projects have production royalties calculated on a sliding-scale basis tied to the gross sales price of uranium. Remediation of a property is required in accordance with regulatory standards, which may include the posting of reclamation bonds.

 

In Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming our mineral rights are held either exclusively or through a combination of federal mining claims and state and private mineral leases. Remediation of a property is required in accordance with regulatory standards, which may include the posting of reclamation bonds. Our federal mining claims consist of both unpatented lode and placer mining claims registered with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) and the appropriate counties. These claims provide for all mineral rights including surface access rights for an indefinite period. Annual maintenance requirements include BLM claim fees of $165 per claim due yearly on September 1st. Our state mineral leases are registered with their respective states. These leases provide for all mineral rights, including surface access rights, subject to a production royalty of 4% in Wyoming and 5% to 6% in Arizona, ranging from a five-year term in Arizona to a ten-year term in Wyoming. Annual maintenance requirements include lease fees of $1 and $3 per acre and minimum exploration expenditure requirements of $10 and $20 per acre in Arizona. Our private mineral leases are negotiated directly with the owners of the land/mineral/surface rights with varying terms. These leases provide for uranium and certain other specified mineral rights only, including surface access rights, subject to production royalties, ranging from an initial term of five to seven years and renewal for a second five-year to seven-year term, and some of which have an initial term of 20 years.

 

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Under the mining laws of Saskatchewan, Canada, title to mineral rights for our Diabase Project is held through The Crown Minerals Act of the Province of Saskatchewan. In addition, The Mineral Resources Act, 1985 and The Mineral Tenure Registry Regulations affect the rights and administration of mineral tenure in Saskatchewan. Our Diabase Project lands are currently claimed as “Crown dispositions” or “mineral dispositions”. Subject to section 19 of The Crown Minerals Act, a claim grants to the holder the exclusive right to explore for any Crown minerals that are subject to these regulations within the claim lands. Claims are renewed annually and the claim holder is required to satisfy work expenditure requirements. Expenditure requirements are $nil for the first year, $15 per hectare for the second year to the tenth year of assessment work periods and $25 per hectare for the eleventh year and subsequent assessment work periods. For registering exploration expenditures, mineral dispositions may be grouped at the time of submission if the total mineral disposition area is not greater than 18,000 hectares. The holder may also submit a cash payment or cash deposit in lieu of a work assessment submission for not more than three consecutive work periods. A claim may be converted to a mineral lease upon application and payment of a registration fee.

 

Under the mining laws of the Republic of Paraguay, title to mineral rights for our Yuty Project is held through a “Mineral Concession Contract” approved by the National Congress and signed between the Government of the Republic of Paraguay and the company owner, and titles to mineral rights for our Oviedo Project and our Alto Paraná Titanium Project are held through “Exploration Mining Permits” granted by the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (the “MOPC”), the mining regulator in Paraguay. These mineral rights provide for the exploration of metallic and non-metallic minerals and precious and semi-precious gems within the territory of Paraguay for up to a six-year period, and for the exploitation of minerals for a minimum period of 20 years from the beginning of the production phase, extendable for an additional ten years.

 

Environmental Regulation

 

Our activities will be subject to existing federal, state and local laws and regulations governing environmental quality and pollution control. Our operations will be subject to stringent environmental regulation by state and federal authorities including the Railroad Commission of Texas (the “RCT”), the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (the “TCEQ”) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”).

 

In Texas surface extraction and exploration for uranium is regulated by the RCT, while ISR uranium extraction is regulated by the TCEQ. An exploration permit is the initial permit granted by the RCT that authorizes exploration drilling activities inside an approved area. This permit authorizes specific drilling and plugging activities requiring documentation for each borehole drilled. All documentation is submitted to the RCT on a monthly basis and each borehole drilled under the exploration permit is inspected by an RCT inspector to ensure compliance. As at July 31, 2021, we held one exploration permit in each of Bee, Duval and Goliad Counties in Texas.

 

Before ISR uranium extraction can begin in Texas, a number of permits must be granted by the TCEQ.

 

A Mine Area Permit (the “MAP”) application is required for submission to the TCEQ to establish a specific permit area boundary, aquifer exemption boundary and the mineral zones of interests or production zones. The application also includes a financial surety plan to ensure funding for all plugging and abandonment requirements. Funding for surety is in the form of cash or bonds, including an excess of 15% for contingencies and 10% for overhead, adjusted annually for inflation. As at July 31, 2021, we held MAPs for our Palangana Mine, Goliad Project and Burke Hollow Project.

 

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A Radioactive Material License (the “RML”) application is also required for submission to the TCEQ for authorization to operate a uranium recovery facility. The application includes baseline environmental data for soil, vegetation, surface water and groundwater along with operational sampling frequencies and locations. A Radiation Safety Manual is a key component of the application which defines the environmental health and safety programs and procedures to protect employees and the environment. Another important component of the application is a financial surety mechanism to ensure plant and wellfield decommissioning is properly funded and maintained. Surety funding is in the form of cash or bonds, and includes an excess of 15% for contingencies and 10% for overhead, adjusted annually for inflation. As at July 31, 2021, we held RMLs for our Palangana Mine, Burke Hollow Project, Goliad Project and Hobson Processing Facility.

 

PAA applications are also required for submission to the TCEQ to establish specific extraction areas inside the MAP boundary. These are typically 30 to 100-acre units that have been delineated and contain extractible quantities of uranium. The PAA application includes baseline water quality data that is characteristic of that individual unit, proposes upper control limits for monitor well analysis and establishes restoration values. The application will also include a financial security plan for wellfield restoration and reclamation which must be funded and in place prior to commencing uranium extraction. As at July 31, 2021, we held four PAA permits for our Palangana Mine and one for our Goliad Project.

 

A Class I disposal well permit application is also required for submission to the TCEQ for authorization for deep underground wastewater injection. It is the primary method for disposing of excess fluid from the extraction areas and for reverse osmosis concentrate during the restoration phase. This permit authorizes injection into a specific injection zone within a designated injection interval. The permit requires continuous monitoring of numerous parameters including injection flow rate, injection pressure, annulus pressure and injection/annulus differential pressure. Mechanical integrity testing is required initially and annually to ensure the well is mechanically sound. Surety funding for plugging and abandonment of each well is in the form of cash or bonds, including 15% for contingencies and 10% for overhead, adjusted annually for inflation. As at July 31, 2021, we held two Class I disposal well permits for each of our Hobson Processing Facility, our Palangana Satellite Facility, our Burke Hollow Project and our Goliad Project.

 

The federal Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”) creates a regulatory program to protect groundwater and is administered by the EPA.  The SDWA allows states to issue underground injection control (“UIC”) permits under two conditions: the state’s program must have been granted primacy; and the EPA must have granted an aquifer exemption upon the state’s request (an “Aquifer Exemption”).  Texas, being a primacy state, is therefore authorized to grant UIC permits and makes the official requests for an Aquifer Exemption to the EPA.  The Aquifer Exemption request is submitted by the Company to the TCEQ and, once approved, is then submitted by the TCEQ to the EPA for concurrence and final issuance.  As at July 31, 2021, we held an Aquifer Exemption for each of our Palangana Mine, our Goliad Project and our Burke Hollow Project.

 

Waste Disposal

 

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (the “RCRA”) and comparable state statutes affect mineral exploration and production activities by imposing regulations on the generation, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal and cleanup of “hazardous wastes” and on the disposal of non-hazardous wastes. Under the auspices of the EPA, the individual states administer some or all of the provisions of RCRA, sometimes in conjunction with their own, more stringent requirements.

 

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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

 

The federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (the “CERCLA”) imposes joint and several liability for costs of investigation and remediation and for natural resource damages, without regard to fault or the legality of the original conduct, on certain classes of persons with respect to the release into the environment of substances designated under CERCLA as hazardous substances (collectively, “Hazardous Substances”). These classes of persons or potentially responsible parties include the current and certain past owners and operators of a facility or property where there is or has been a release or threat of release of a Hazardous Substance and persons who disposed of or arranged for the disposal of the Hazardous Substances found at such a facility. CERCLA also authorizes the EPA and, in some cases, third parties, to take actions in response to threats to the public health or the environment and to seek to recover the costs of such action. We may also in the future become an owner of facilities on which Hazardous Substances have been released by previous owners or operators. We may in the future be responsible under CERCLA for all or part of the costs to clean up facilities or properties at which such substances have been released and for natural resource damages.

 

Air Emissions

 

Our operations are subject to local, state and federal regulations for the control of emissions of air pollution. Major sources of air pollutants are subject to more stringent, federally imposed permitting requirements. Administrative enforcement actions for failure to comply strictly with air pollution regulations or permits are generally resolved by payment of monetary fines and correction of any identified deficiencies. Alternatively, regulatory agencies could require us to forego construction, modification or operation of certain air emission sources. In Texas the TCEQ issues an exemption for those processes that meet the criteria for low to zero emission by issuing a Permit by Rule. Presently our Palangana Mine, our Hobson Processing Facility and our Goliad Project all have Permits by Rule covering air emissions.

 

Clean Water Act

 

The Clean Water Act (the “CWA”) imposes restrictions and strict controls regarding the discharge of wastes, including mineral processing wastes, into waters of the United States - a term broadly defined. Permits must be obtained to discharge pollutants into federal waters. The CWA provides for civil, criminal and administrative penalties for unauthorized discharges of hazardous substances and other pollutants. It imposes substantial potential liability for the costs of removal or remediation associated with discharges of oil or hazardous substances. State laws governing discharges to water also provide varying civil, criminal and administrative penalties and impose liabilities in the case of a discharge of petroleum or its derivatives, or other hazardous substances, into state waters. In addition, the EPA has promulgated regulations that may require us to obtain permits to discharge storm water runoff. In the event of an unauthorized discharge of wastes, we may be liable for penalties and costs. Management believes that we are in substantial compliance with current applicable environmental laws and regulations.

 

Competition

 

The uranium industry is highly competitive, and our competition includes larger, more established companies with longer operating histories that not only explore for and produce uranium but also market uranium and other products on a regional, national or worldwide basis. Due to their greater financial and technical resources, we may not be able to acquire additional uranium projects in a competitive bidding process involving such companies. Additionally, these larger companies have greater resources to continue with their operations during periods of depressed market conditions.

 

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The global titanium market is highly competitive, with the top six producers accounting for approximately 60% of the world’s production capacity according to TZ Minerals International Pty. Ltd. Competition is based on a number of factors, such as price, product quality and service. Among our competitors are companies that are vertically-integrated (those that have their own raw material resources).

 

Research and Development Activities

 

No research and development expenditures have been incurred, either on our account or sponsored by customers, for our three most recently completed fiscal years.

 

Employees

 

Amir Adnani is our President and Chief Executive Officer and, effective January 29, 2015, Pat Obara was appointed our Chief Financial Officer. These individuals are primarily responsible for all our day-to-day operations. Effective September 8, 2014, Scott Melbye was appointed our Executive Vice President. Other services are provided by outsourcing and consulting and special purpose contracts. As of October 31, 2021, we had 48 persons employed on a full-time basis and two individuals providing services on a contractual basis.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

As of the date of this Prospectus, other than as disclosed below, there are no material pending legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to our business, to which our Company or any of our subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their property is subject, and no director, officer, affiliate or record or beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock, or any associate or any such director, officer, affiliate or security holder, is: (i) a party adverse to us or any of our subsidiaries in any legal proceeding; or (ii) has an adverse interest to us or any of our subsidiaries in any legal proceeding. Other than as disclosed below, management is not aware of any other material legal proceedings pending or that have been threatened against us or our properties.

 

On or about March 9, 2011, the TCEQ granted our Company’s applications for a Class III Injection Well Permit, PAA and AE for our Goliad Project.  On or about December 4, 2012, the EPA concurred with the TCEQ issuance of the AE permit.  With the receipt of this concurrence, the final authorization required for uranium extraction, our Goliad Project achieved fully-permitted status.  On or about May 24, 2011, a group of petitioners, inclusive of Goliad County, appealed the TCEQ action to the 250th District Court in Travis County, Texas.  A motion filed by our Company to intervene in this matter was granted. The petitioners’ appeal lay dormant until on or about June 14, 2013, when the petitioners filed their initial brief in support of their position.  On or about January 18, 2013, a different group of petitioners, exclusive of Goliad County, filed a petition for review with the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to appeal the EPA’s decision.  On or about March 5, 2013, a motion filed by our Company to intervene in this matter was granted.  The parties attempted to resolve both appeals, to facilitate discussions and avoid further legal costs. The parties jointly agreed, through mediation initially conducted through the Fifth Circuit on or about August 8, 2013, to abate the proceedings in the State District Court. On or about August 21, 2013, the State District Court agreed to abate the proceedings.  The EPA subsequently filed a motion to remand without vacatur with the Fifth Circuit wherein the EPA’s stated purpose was to elicit additional public input and further explain its rationale for the approval.  In requesting the remand without vacatur, which would allow the AE to remain in place during the review period, the EPA denied the existence of legal error and stated that it was unaware of any additional information that would merit reversal of the AE.  We and the TCEQ filed a request to the Fifth Circuit for the motion to remand without vacatur, and if granted, to be limited to a 60-day review period.  On December 9, 2013, by way of a procedural order from a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit, the Court granted the remand without vacatur and initially limited the review period to 60 days. In March of 2014, at the EPA’s request, the Fifth Circuit extended the EPA’s time period for review and additionally, during that same period, our Company conducted a joint groundwater survey of the site, the result of which reaffirmed our previously filed groundwater direction studies. On or about June 17, 2014, the EPA reaffirmed its earlier decision to uphold the granting of our existing AE, with the exception of a northwestern portion containing less than 10% of the uranium resource which was withdrawn, but not denied, from the AE area until additional information is provided in the normal course of mine development. On or about September 9, 2014, the petitioners filed a status report with the State District Court which included a request to remove the stay agreed to in August 2013 and to set a briefing schedule. In that Status Report the petitioners also stated that they had decided not to pursue their appeal at the Fifth Circuit. We continue to believe that the pending appeal is without merit and is continuing as planned towards uranium extraction at its fully-permitted Goliad Project.

 

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The Company has had communications and filings with the MOPC, the mining regulator in Paraguay, whereby the MOPC is taking the position that certain concessions forming part of the Company’s Yuty and Alto Parana Projects are not eligible for extension as to exploration or continuation to exploitation in their current stages. While we remain fully committed to our development path forward in Paraguay, we have filed certain applications and appeals in Paraguay to reverse the MOPC’s position in order to protect the Company’s continuing rights in those concessions.

 

Dividend Policy

 

No dividends have been declared or paid on our common stock. We have incurred recurring losses and do not currently intend to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.

 

RISK FACTORS

 

Prospective investors should carefully consider the following risks, as well as the other information contained in this Prospectus and in the documents incorporated by reference herein, including the risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, before investing in our securities. We have identified the following material risks and uncertainties which reflect our outlook and conditions known to us as of the date of this Prospectus. These material risks and uncertainties should be carefully reviewed by our stockholders and any potential investors in evaluating the Company, our business and the market value of our common stock. Furthermore, any one of these material risks and uncertainties has the potential to cause actual results, performance, achievements or events to be materially different from any future results, performance, achievements or events implied, suggested or expressed by any forward-looking statements made by us or by persons acting on our behalf. Refer to Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements herein.

 

There is no assurance that we will be successful in preventing the material adverse effects that any one or more of the following material risks and uncertainties may cause on our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results, which may result in a significant decrease in the market price of our common stock. Furthermore, there is no assurance that these material risks and uncertainties represent a complete list of the material risks and uncertainties facing us. There may be additional risks and uncertainties of a material nature that, as of the date of this Prospectus, we are unaware of or that we consider immaterial that may become material in the future, any one or more of which may result in a material adverse effect on us. You could lose all or a significant portion of your investment due to any one of these material risks and uncertainties.

 

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Risks Related to Our Company and Business

 

Evaluating our future performance may be difficult since we have a limited financial and operating history, with significant negative cash flow and an accumulated deficit to date. Our long-term success will depend ultimately on our ability to achieve and maintain profitability and to develop positive cash flow from our mining activities.

 

As more fully described under Item 1. Business in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for Fiscal 2021, Uranium Energy Corp. was incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada on May 16, 2003 and, since 2004, we have been engaged in uranium mining and related activities, including exploration, pre-extraction, extraction and processing, on projects located in the United States, Canada and the Republic of Paraguay. In November 2010, we commenced uranium extraction for the first time at our Palangana Mine utilizing ISR methods and processed those materials at our Hobson Processing Facility into drums of U3O8, our only sales product and source of revenue. We also hold uranium projects in various stages of exploration and pre-extraction in the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas and Wyoming, in Canada and the Republic of Paraguay. Since we completed the acquisition of our Alto Paraná Project located in the Republic of Paraguay in July 2017, we are also involved in mining and related activities, including exploration, pre-extraction, extraction and processing, of titanium minerals.

 

As more fully described under “Liquidity and Capital Resources” of Item 2, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Result of Operations in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended October 31, 2021, we have a history of significant negative cash flow and net losses, with an accumulated deficit balance of $293.7 million as at October 31, 2021. Historically, we have been reliant primarily on equity financings from the sale of our common stock and on debt financing in order to fund our operations. Although we generated revenues from sales of U3O8 during Fiscal 2015, Fiscal 2013 and Fiscal 2012 of $3.1 million, $9.0 million and $13.8 million, respectively, with no revenues from sales of U3O8 generated during any other fiscal years, we have yet to achieve profitability or develop positive cash flow from our operations, and we do not expect to achieve profitability or develop positive cash flow from operations in the near term. As a result of our limited financial and operating history, including our significant negative cash flow from operations and net losses to date, it may be difficult to evaluate our future performance.

 

As at October 31, 2021, we had a working capital of $121.4 million, including cash and cash equivalents of $96.3 million, and uranium inventory holdings of approximately $36.0 million. Subsequent to October 31, 2021 and sold 300,000 pounds of uranium inventories for total proceeds of $13.1 million. As of the date of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on December 15, 2021, we have uranium purchase commitments of $28.8 million that will become due in the next 12 months from December 15, 2021.  In addition, as of October 31, 2021, we had $10 million of term debt with a maturity date of January 31, 2022.  Subsequent to October 31, 2021, we entered into a definitive share purchase agreement with Uranium One Investments Inc. and acquired all the issued and outstanding shares of U1A for total consideration of $112 million in cash together with an additional $2.9 million in estimated working capital and the assumption of $19 million in reclamation bonding. We believe our existing cash resources and, if necessary, cash generated from the sale of the Company’s uranium inventories, will provide sufficient funds to fulfill our uranium inventory purchase commitments, repay the $10 million principal amount of our term debt, and carry out our planned operations for 12 months from December 15, 2021.  Our continuation as a going concern beyond those 12 months will be dependent upon our ability to obtain adequate additional financing as our operations are capital intensive and future capital expenditures are expected to be substantial.  Our continued operations, including the recoverability of the carrying values of our assets, are dependent ultimately on our ability to achieve and maintain profitability and positive cash flow from our operations.

 

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Our reliance on equity and debt financings is expected to continue for the foreseeable future, and their availability whenever such additional financing is required will be dependent on many factors beyond our control including, but not limited to, the market price of uranium, the continuing public support of nuclear power as a viable source of electrical generation, the volatility in the global financial markets affecting our stock price and the status of the worldwide economy, any one of which may cause significant challenges in our ability to access additional financing, including access to the equity and credit markets. We may also be required to seek other forms of financing, such as asset divestitures or joint venture arrangements, to continue advancing our projects which would depend entirely on finding a suitable third party willing to enter into such an arrangement, typically involving an assignment of a percentage interest in the mineral project.

 

Our long-term success, including the recoverability of the carrying values of our assets and our ability to acquire additional uranium projects and continue with exploration and pre-extraction activities and mining activities on our existing uranium projects, will depend ultimately on our ability to achieve and maintain profitability and positive cash flow from our operations by establishing ore bodies that contain commercially recoverable uranium and to develop these into profitable mining activities. The economic viability of our mining activities, including the expected duration and profitability of our Palangana Mine and of any future satellite ISR mines, such as our Burke Hollow and Goliad Projects, located within the South Texas Uranium Belt, our Reno Creek Project located in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, and our projects in Canada and in the Republic of Paraguay, have many risks and uncertainties. These include, but are not limited to: (i) a significant, prolonged decrease in the market price of uranium and titanium minerals; (ii) difficulty in marketing and/or selling uranium concentrates; (iii) significantly higher than expected capital costs to construct a mine and/or processing plant; (iv) significantly higher than expected extraction costs; (v) significantly lower than expected mineral extraction; (vi) significant delays, reductions or stoppages of uranium extraction activities; and (vii) the introduction of significantly more stringent regulatory laws and regulations. Our mining activities may change as a result of any one or more of these risks and uncertainties and there is no assurance that any ore body that we extract mineralized materials from will result in achieving and maintaining profitability and developing positive cash flow.

 

Our operations are capital intensive, and we will require significant additional financing to acquire additional mineral projects and continue with our exploration and pre-extraction activities on our existing projects.

 

Our operations are capital intensive and future capital expenditures are expected to be substantial. We will require significant additional financing to fund our operations, including acquiring additional mineral projects and continuing with our exploration and pre-extraction activities which include assaying, drilling, geological and geochemical analysis and mine construction costs. In the absence of such additional financing we would not be able to fund our operations or continue with our exploration and pre-extraction activities, which may result in delays, curtailment or abandonment of any one or all of our projects.

 

If we are unable to service our indebtedness, we may be faced with accelerated repayments or lose the assets securing our indebtedness. Furthermore, restrictive covenants governing our indebtedness may restrict our ability to pursue our business strategies.

 

During Fiscal 2019, we entered into the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”) with our lenders (the “Lenders”) under which we had previously drawn down the maximum of $20 million in principal under our credit facility (the “Credit Facility”). During Fiscal 2021, we made voluntary payments totaling $10 million to certain Lenders, reducing the principal amount outstanding to $10 million. The Credit Facility requires monthly interest payments calculated at 8% per annum and other periodic fees. Our ability to continue making these scheduled payments will be dependent on and may change as a result of our financial condition and operating results. Failure to make any of these scheduled payments will put us in default with the Credit Facility which, if not addressed or waived, could require accelerated repayment of our indebtedness and/or enforcement by the Lenders against our assets. Enforcement against our assets would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and operating results.

 

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Furthermore, our Credit Facility includes restrictive covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to sell our assets or to incur additional indebtedness other than permitted indebtedness, which may restrict our ability to pursue certain business strategies from time to time. If we do not comply with these restrictive covenants, we could be in default which, if not addressed or waived, could require accelerated repayment of our indebtedness and/or enforcement by the Lenders against our assets.

 

Our uranium extraction and sales history is limited, with our uranium extraction to date originating from a single uranium mine. Our ability to continue generating revenue is subject to a number of factors, any one or more of which may adversely affect our financial condition and operating results.

 

We have a limited history of uranium extraction and generating revenue. In November 2010 we commenced uranium extraction at our Palangana Mine, which has been our sole source of revenues from the sales of produced U3O8 during Fiscal 2015, Fiscal 2013 and Fiscal 2012, with no revenues from sales of produced U3O8 during the three months ended October 31, 2021, and any other fiscal years.

 

During the three months ended October 31, 2021, we continued to operate our Palangana Mine at a reduced pace since implementing our strategic plan in September 2013 to align our operations to a weak uranium commodity market in a challenging post-Fukushima environment. This strategy has included the deferral of major pre-extraction expenditures and remaining in a state of operational readiness in anticipation of a recovery in uranium prices.  Our ability to continue generating revenue from the Palangana Mine is subject to a number of factors which include, but are not limited to: (i) a significant, prolonged decrease in the market price of uranium; (ii) difficulty in marketing and/or selling uranium concentrates; (iii) significantly higher than expected extraction costs; (iv) significantly lower than expected uranium extraction; (v) significant delays, reductions or stoppages of uranium extraction activities; and (vi) the introduction of significantly more stringent regulatory laws and regulations. Furthermore, continued mining activities at the Palangana Mine will eventually deplete the Palangana Mine or cause such activities to become uneconomical, and if we are unable to directly acquire or develop existing uranium projects, such as our Reno Creek, Burke Hollow and Goliad Projects, into additional uranium mines from which we can commence uranium extraction, it will negatively impact our ability to generate revenues. Any one or more of these occurrences may adversely affect our financial condition and operating results.

 

Exploration and pre-extraction programs and mining activities are inherently subject to numerous significant risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ significantly from expectations or anticipated amounts. Furthermore, exploration programs conducted on our projects may not result in the establishment of ore bodies that contain commercially recoverable uranium.

 

Exploration and pre-extraction programs and mining activities are inherently subject to numerous significant risks and uncertainties, with many beyond our control and including, but not limited to: (i) unanticipated ground and water conditions and adverse claims to water rights; (ii) unusual or unexpected geological formations; (iii) metallurgical and other processing problems; (iv) the occurrence of unusual weather or operating conditions and other force majeure events; (v) lower than expected ore grades; (vi) industrial accidents; (vii) delays in the receipt of or failure to receive necessary government permits; (viii) delays in transportation; (ix) availability of contractors and labor; (x) government permit restrictions and regulation restrictions; (xi) unavailability of materials and equipment; and (xii) the failure of equipment or processes to operate in accordance with specifications or expectations. These risks and uncertainties could result in: (i) delays, reductions or stoppages in our mining activities; (ii) increased capital and/or extraction costs; (iii) damage to, or destruction of, our mineral projects, extraction facilities or other properties; (iv) personal injuries; (v) environmental damage; (vi) monetary losses; and (vii) legal claims.

 

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Success in mineral exploration is dependent on many factors, including, without limitation, the experience and capabilities of a company’s management, the availability of geological expertise and the availability of sufficient funds to conduct the exploration program. Even if an exploration program is successful and commercially recoverable material is established, it may take a number of years from the initial phases of drilling and identification of the mineralization until extraction is possible, during which time the economic feasibility of extraction may change such that the material ceases to be economically recoverable. Exploration is frequently non-productive due, for example, to poor exploration results or the inability to establish ore bodies that contain commercially recoverable material, in which case the project may be abandoned and written-off. Furthermore, we will not be able to benefit from our exploration efforts and recover the expenditures that we incur on our exploration programs if we do not establish ore bodies that contain commercially recoverable material and develop these projects into profitable mining activities, and there is no assurance that we will be successful in doing so for any of our projects.

 

Whether an ore body contains commercially recoverable material depends on many factors including, without limitation: (i) the particular attributes, including material changes to those attributes, of the ore body such as size, grade, recovery rates and proximity to infrastructure; (ii) the market price of uranium, which may be volatile; and (iii) government regulations and regulatory requirements including, without limitation, those relating to environmental protection, permitting and land use, taxes, land tenure and transportation.

 

We have not established proven or probable reserves through the completion of a final or bankable feasibility study for any of our projects, including the Palangana Mine. Furthermore, we have no plans to establish proven or probable reserves for any of our uranium projects for which we plan on utilizing ISR mining, such as the Palangana Mine. Since we commenced extraction of mineralized materials from the Palangana Mine without having established proven or probable reserves, it may result in our mining activities at the Palangana Mine, and at any future projects for which proven or probable reserves are not established, being inherently riskier than other mining activities for which proven or probable reserves have been established.

 

We have established the existence of mineralized materials for certain of our projects, including the Palangana Mine. We have not established proven or probable reserves, as defined by the SEC, through the completion of a “final” or “bankable” feasibility study for any of our projects, including the Palangana Mine. Furthermore, we have no plans to establish proven or probable reserves for any of our projects for which we plan on utilizing ISR mining, such as the Palangana Mine. Since we commenced uranium extraction at the Palangana Mine without having established proven or probable reserves, there may be greater inherent uncertainty as to whether or not any mineralized material can be economically extracted as originally planned and anticipated. Any mineralized materials established or extracted from the Palangana Mine should not in any way be associated with having established or produced from proven or probable reserves.

 

On October 31, 2018, the SEC adopted the Modernization of Property Disclosures for Mining Registrants (the “New Rule”), introducing significant changes to the existing mining disclosure framework to better align it with international industry and regulatory practice, including National Instrument 43-101 – Standards for Disclosure of Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”). The New Rule became effective as of February 25, 2019, and issuers are required to comply with the New Rule as of the annual report for their first fiscal year beginning on or after January 1, 2021, and earlier in certain circumstances. The Company does not anticipate needing to comply with the New Rule until the filing of our annual report for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2022 and, at this time, the Company does not know the full effect of the New Rule on its mineral resources and, therefore, the disclosure related to the Company’s mineral resources may be significantly different when computed using the requirements set forth in the New Rule.

 

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Since we are in the Exploration Stage, pre-production expenditures including those related to pre-extraction activities are expensed as incurred, the effects of which may result in our consolidated financial statements not being directly comparable to the financial statements of companies in the Production Stage.

 

Despite the fact that we commenced uranium extraction at the Palangana Mine in November 2010, we remain in the Exploration Stage, as defined by the SEC, and will continue to remain in the Exploration Stage until such time proven or probable reserves have been established, which may never occur. We prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) under which acquisition costs of mineral rights are initially capitalized as incurred while pre-production expenditures are expensed as incurred until such time we exit the Exploration Stage.  Expenditures relating to exploration activities are expensed as incurred and expenditures relating to pre-extraction activities are expensed as incurred until such time proven or probable reserves are established for that uranium project, after which subsequent expenditures relating to mine development activities for that particular project are capitalized as incurred.

 

We have neither established nor have any plans to establish proven or probable reserves for our uranium projects for which we plan on utilizing ISR mining, such as the Palangana Mine. Companies in the Production Stage as defined by the SEC, having established proven and probable reserves and exited the Exploration Stage, typically capitalize expenditures relating to ongoing development activities, with corresponding depletion calculated over proven and probable reserves using the units-of-production method and allocated to inventory and, as that inventory is sold, to cost of goods sold. As we are in the Exploration Stage it has resulted in us reporting larger losses than if we had been in the Production Stage due to the expensing, instead of capitalization, of expenditures relating to ongoing processing facility and mine pre-extraction activities. Additionally, there would be no corresponding amortization allocated to our future reporting periods since those costs would have been expensed previously, resulting in both lower inventory costs and cost of goods sold and results of operations with higher gross profits and lower losses than if we had been in the Production Stage. Any capitalized costs, such as acquisition costs of mineral rights, are depleted over the estimated extraction life using the straight-line method. As a result, our consolidated financial statements may not be directly comparable to the financial statements of companies in the Production Stage.

 

Estimated costs of future reclamation obligations may be significantly exceeded by actual costs incurred in the future. Furthermore, only a portion of the financial assurance required for the future reclamation obligations has been funded.

 

We are responsible for certain remediation and decommissioning activities in the future primarily for our Hobson Processing Facility, our Palangana Mine, our Reno Creek Project and our Alto Paraná Project and have recorded a liability of $4.0 million on our balance sheets as at October 31, 2021 to recognize the present value of the estimated costs of such reclamation obligations.  Should the actual costs to fulfill these future reclamation obligations materially exceed these estimated costs, it may have an adverse effect on our financial condition and operating results, including not having the financial resources required to fulfill such obligations when required to do so.

 

During Fiscal 2015 we secured $5.6 million of surety bonds as an alternate source of financial assurance for the estimated costs of the reclamation obligations of our Hobson Processing Facility and Palangana Mine, of which we have $1.7 million funded and held as restricted cash for collateral purposes as required by the surety. We may be required at any time to fund the remaining $4.0 million or any portion thereof for a number of reasons including, but not limited to, the following: (i) the terms of the surety bonds are amended, such as an increase in collateral requirements; (ii) we are in default with the terms of the surety bonds; (iii) the surety bonds are no longer acceptable as an alternate source of financial assurance by the regulatory authorities; or (iv) the surety encounters financial difficulties. Should any one or more of these events occur in the future, we may not have the financial resources to fund the remaining amount or any portion thereof when required to do so.

 

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We cannot provide any assurance that our Uranium Initiative Program involving the strategic acquisition of physical uranium will be successful, which may have an adverse effect on our results of operations.

 

We have used or allocated a large portion of our cash on hand in order to fund the acquisition of drummed uranium. This strategy will be subject to a number of risks and there is no assurance that the strategy will be successful. Future deliveries are subject to performance by other parties and there is a possibility of default by those parties, thus depriving us of potential benefits.

 

Due to the fluctuation of uranium prices, the price of uranium will fluctuate and we will be subject to losses should we ultimately determine to sell the uranium at prices lower than the acquisition cost. The primary risks associated with physical uranium will be the normal risks associated with supply and demand fundamentals affecting price movements.

 

We may be required to sell a portion or all of the physical uranium accumulated to fund our operations should other forms of financing not be available to meet our capital requirements.

 

Since there is no public market for uranium, selling the uranium may take extended periods of time and suitable purchasers may be difficult to find, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and may have a material adverse effect on our securities.

 

There is no public market for the sale of uranium, although there are several trading and brokerage houses that serve the industry with bid and ask data as well as locations and quantities. The uranium futures market on the New York Mercantile Exchange does not provide for physical delivery of uranium, only cash on settlement, and that trading forum does not offer a formal market but rather facilitates the introduction of buyers to sellers.

 

The pool of potential purchasers and sellers is limited, and each transaction may require the negotiation of specific provisions. Accordingly, a sale may take several weeks or months to complete. If we determine to sell any physical uranium that we have acquired, we may likewise experience difficulties in finding purchasers that are able to accept a material quantity of physical uranium at a price and at a location that is compatible with our interests. The inability to sell on a timely basis in sufficient quantities and at a desired price and location could have a material adverse effect on our securities.

 

As part of our Physical Uranium Initiative Program, we have entered into commitments to purchase U3O8 and may purchase additional quantities. There is no certainty that any future purchases contemplated by us will be completed.

 

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Storage arrangements, including the extension of storage arrangements, along with credit and operational risks of uranium storage facilities, may result in the loss or damage of our physical uranium which may not be covered by insurance or indemnity provisions and could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.

 

Currently, the uranium we purchased will be stored at the licensed uranium conversion facility of ConverDyn owned by Honeywell. There can be no assurance that storage arrangements that have been negotiated will be extended indefinitely, forcing actions or costs not currently contemplated. Failure to negotiate commercially reasonable storage terms for a subsequent storage period with ConverDyn may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.

 

By holding our uranium inventories at the ConverDyn conversion facility we are exposed to the credit and operational risks of the facility. There is no guarantee that we can fully recover all of our investment in uranium held with the facility in the event of a disruptive event. Failure to recover all uranium holdings could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition. Any loss or damage of the uranium may not be fully covered or absolved by contractual arrangements with ConverDyn or our insurance arrangements, and we may be financially and legally responsible for losses and/or damages not covered by indemnity provisions or insurance. Such responsibility could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.

 

The uranium industry is subject to influential political and regulatory factors which could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.

 

The international uranium industry, including the supply of uranium concentrates, is relatively small, competitive and heavily regulated. Worldwide demand for uranium is directly tied to the demand for electricity produced by the nuclear power industry, which is also subject to extensive government regulation and policies. In addition, the international marketing and trade of uranium is subject to political changes in governmental policies, regulatory requirements, and international trade restrictions (including trade agreements, customs, duties and/or taxes). International agreements, governmental policies and trade restrictions are beyond our control. Changes in regulatory requirements, customs, duties or taxes may affect the availability of uranium, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.

 

We do not insure against all of the risks we face in our operations.

 

In general, where coverage is available and not prohibitively expensive relative to the perceived risk, we will maintain insurance against such risk, subject to exclusions and limitations. We currently maintain insurance against certain risks including securities and general commercial liability claims and certain physical assets used in our operations, subject to exclusions and limitations, however, we do not maintain insurance to cover all of the potential risks and hazards associated with our operations.  We may be subject to liability for environmental, pollution or other hazards associated with our exploration, pre-extraction and extraction activities, which we may not be insured against, which may exceed the limits of our insurance coverage or which we may elect not to insure against because of high premiums or other reasons. Furthermore, we cannot provide assurance that any insurance coverage we currently have will continue to be available at reasonable premiums or that such insurance will adequately cover any resulting liability.

 

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Acquisitions that we may make from time to time could have an adverse impact on us.

 

From time to time we examine opportunities to acquire additional mining assets and businesses. Any acquisition that we may choose to complete may be of a significant size, may change the scale of our business and operations, and may expose us to new geographic, political, operating, financial and geological risks. Our success in our acquisition activities depends on our ability to identify suitable acquisition candidates, negotiate acceptable terms for any such acquisition, and integrate the acquired operations successfully with those of our Company. Any acquisitions would be accompanied by risks which could have a material adverse effect on our business. For example: (i) there may be a significant change in commodity prices after we have committed to complete the transaction and established the purchase price or exchange ratio; (ii) a material ore body may prove to be below expectations; (iii) we may have difficulty integrating and assimilating the operations and personnel of any acquired companies, realizing anticipated synergies and maximizing the financial and strategic position of the combined enterprise, and maintaining uniform standards, policies and controls across the organization; (iv) the integration of the acquired business or assets may disrupt our ongoing business and our relationships with employees, customers, suppliers and contractors; and (v) the acquired business or assets may have unknown liabilities which may be significant. In the event that we choose to raise debt capital to finance any such acquisition, our leverage will be increased. If we choose to use equity as consideration for such acquisition, existing shareholders may suffer dilution. Alternatively, we may choose to finance any such acquisition with our existing resources. There can be no assurance that we would be successful in overcoming these risks or any other problems encountered in connection with such acquisitions.

 

The uranium and titanium industries are subject to numerous stringent laws, regulations and standards, including environmental protection laws and regulations. If any changes occur that would make these laws, regulations and standards more stringent, it may require capital outlays in excess of those anticipated or cause substantial delays, which would have a material adverse effect on our operations.

 

Uranium and titanium exploration and pre-extraction programs and mining activities are subject to numerous stringent laws, regulations and standards at the federal, state and local levels governing permitting, pre-extraction, extraction, exports, taxes, labor standards, occupational health, waste disposal, protection and reclamation of the environment, protection of endangered and protected species, mine safety, hazardous substances and other matters. Our compliance with these requirements requires significant financial and personnel resources.

 

The laws, regulations, policies or current administrative practices of any government body, organization or regulatory agency in the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction, may change or be applied or interpreted in a manner which may also have a material adverse effect on our operations. The actions, policies or regulations, or changes thereto, of any government body or regulatory agency or special interest group, may also have a material adverse effect on our operations.

 

Uranium and titanium exploration and pre-extraction programs and mining activities are subject to stringent environmental protection laws and regulations at the federal, state and local levels. These laws and regulations include permitting and reclamation requirements, regulate emissions, water storage and discharges and disposal of hazardous wastes. Uranium mining activities are also subject to laws and regulations which seek to maintain health and safety standards by regulating the design and use of mining methods. Various permits from governmental and regulatory bodies are required for mining to commence or continue, and no assurance can be provided that required permits will be received in a timely manner.

 

Our compliance costs, including the posting of surety bonds associated with environmental protection laws and regulations and health and safety standards have been significant to date and are expected to increase in scale and scope as we expand our operations in the future. Furthermore, environmental protection laws and regulations may become more stringent in the future, and compliance with such changes may require capital outlays in excess of those anticipated or cause substantial delays, which would have a material adverse effect on our operations.

 

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While the very heart of our business – uranium extraction, which is the fuel for carbon-free, emission-free baseload nuclear power – and our recycling programs, help address global climate change and reduce air pollution, the world’s focus on addressing climate change will require the Company to continue to conduct all of its operations in a manner that minimizes the use of resources, including the unnecessary use of energy resources, in order to continue to minimize air emissions at our facilities, which can also increase mine and facility, construction, development and operating costs. Regulatory and environmental standards may also change over time to address global climate change, which could further increase these costs.

 

To the best of our knowledge, our operations are in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws, regulations and standards. If we become subject to liability for any violations, we may not be able or may elect not to insure against such risk due to high insurance premiums or other reasons. Where coverage is available and not prohibitively expensive relative to the perceived risk, we will maintain insurance against such risk, subject to exclusions and limitations. However, we cannot provide any assurance that such insurance will continue to be available at reasonable premiums or that such insurance will be adequate to cover any resulting liability.

 

We may not be able to obtain, maintain or amend rights, authorizations, licenses, permits or consents required for our operations.

 

Our exploration and mining activities are dependent upon the grant of appropriate rights, authorizations, licences, permits and consents, as well as continuation and amendment of these rights, authorizations, licences, permits and consents already granted, which may be granted for a defined period of time, or may not be granted or may be withdrawn or made subject to limitations. There can be no assurance that all necessary rights, authorizations, licences, permits and consents will be granted to us, or that authorizations, licences, permits and consents already granted will not be withdrawn or made subject to limitations.

 

Major nuclear and global market incidents may have adverse effects on the nuclear and uranium industries.

 

The nuclear incident that occurred in Japan in March 2011 had significant and adverse effects on both the nuclear and uranium industries. If another nuclear incident were to occur, it may have further adverse effects for both industries. Public opinion of nuclear power as a source of electrical generation may be adversely affected, which may cause governments of certain countries to further increase regulation for the nuclear industry, reduce or abandon current reliance on nuclear power or reduce or abandon existing plans for nuclear power expansion. Any one of these occurrences has the potential to reduce current and/or future demand for nuclear power, resulting in lower demand for uranium and lower market prices for uranium, adversely affecting the operations and prospects of our Company. Furthermore, the growth of the nuclear and uranium industries is dependent on continuing and growing public support of nuclear power as a viable source of electrical generation.

 

In March 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a black swan event impacting about 50% of the world’s uranium production and has accelerated the market rebalancing. In 2020 significant production cuts were announced in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, including uranium facilities in Canada, Kazakhstan, and Namibia. In 2021, although most production impacted by COVID-19 has returned to an operating status, some production has continued to be affected.   It is unknown at this time exactly how long all the impacts will last or how much uranium production will ultimately be removed from the market as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Company also believes that a large degree of uncertainty exists in the market, primarily due to the size of mobile uranium inventories, transportation issues, premature reactor shutdowns in the U.S. and the length of time of any uranium mine, conversion or enrichment facility shutdowns.

 

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The marketability of uranium concentrates will be affected by numerous factors beyond our control which may result in our inability to receive an adequate return on our invested capital.

 

The marketability of uranium concentrates extracted by us will be affected by numerous factors beyond our control. These factors include: (i) macroeconomic factors; (ii) fluctuations in the market price of uranium; (iii) governmental regulations; (iv) land tenure and use; (v) regulations concerning the importing and exporting of uranium; and (vi) environmental protection regulations. The future effects of these factors cannot be accurately predicted, but any one or a combination of these factors may result in our inability to receive an adequate return on our invested capital.

 

The titanium industry is affected by global economic factors, including risks associated with volatile economic conditions, and the market for many titanium products is cyclical and volatile, and we may experience depressed market conditions for such products.

 

Titanium is used in many "quality of life" products for which demand historically has been linked to global, regional and local GDP and discretionary spending, which can be negatively impacted by regional and world events or economic conditions. Such events are likely to cause a decrease in demand for products and, as a result, may have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. The timing and extent of any changes to currently prevailing market conditions is uncertain, and supply and demand may be unbalanced at any time. Uncertain economic conditions and market instability make it particularly difficult for us to forecast demand trends. As a consequence, we may not be able to accurately predict future economic conditions or the effect of such conditions on our financial condition or results of operations. We can give no assurances as to the timing, extent or duration of the current or future economic cycles impacting the industries in which we operate.

 

Historically, the market for large volume titanium applications, including coatings, paper and plastics, has experienced alternating periods of tight supply, causing prices and margins to increase, followed by periods of lower capacity utilization resulting in declining prices and margins. The volatility this market experiences occurs as a result of significant changes in the demand for products as a consequence of global economic activity and changes in customers’ requirements. The supply-demand balance is also impacted by capacity additions or reductions that result in changes of utilization rates. In addition, titanium margins are impacted by significant changes in major input costs such as energy and feedstock. Demand for titanium depends in part on the housing and construction industries. These industries are cyclical in nature and have historically been impacted by downturns in the economy. In addition, pricing may affect customer inventory levels as customers may from time to time accelerate purchases of titanium in advance of anticipated price increases or defer purchases of titanium in advance of anticipated price decreases. The cyclicality and volatility of the titanium industry results in significant fluctuations in profits and cash flow from period to period and over the business cycle.

 

The uranium industry is highly competitive and we may not be successful in acquiring additional projects.

 

The uranium industry is highly competitive, and our competition includes larger, more established companies with longer operating histories that not only explore for and produce uranium, but also market uranium and other products on a regional, national or worldwide basis. Due to their greater financial and technical resources, we may not be able to acquire additional uranium projects in a competitive bidding process involving such companies. Additionally, these larger companies have greater resources to continue with their operations during periods of depressed market conditions.

 

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The titanium industry is concentrated and highly competitive, and we may not be able to compete effectively with our competitors that have greater financial resources or those that are vertically integrated, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

The global titanium market is highly competitive, with the top six producers accounting for approximately 60% of the world’s production capacity. Competition is based on a number of factors, such as price, product quality and service. Among our competitors are companies that are vertically-integrated (those that have their own raw material resources). Changes in the competitive landscape could make it difficult for us to retain our competitive position in various products and markets throughout the world. Our competitors with their own raw material resources may have a competitive advantage during periods of higher raw material prices. In addition, some of the companies with whom we compete may be able to produce products more economically than we can. Furthermore, some of our competitors have greater financial resources, which may enable them to invest significant capital into their businesses, including expenditures for research and development.

 

We hold mineral rights in foreign jurisdictions which could be subject to additional risks due to political, taxation, economic and cultural factors.

 

We hold certain mineral rights located in the Republic of Paraguay through Piedra Rica Mining S.A., Transandes Paraguay S.A., Trier S.A. and Metalicos Y No Metalicos S.R.L., which are incorporated in Paraguay. Operations in foreign jurisdictions outside of the United States and Canada, especially in developing countries, may be subject to additional risks as they may have different political, regulatory, taxation, economic and cultural environments that may adversely affect the value or continued viability of our rights. These additional risks include, but are not limited to: (i) changes in governments or senior government officials; (ii) changes to existing laws or policies on foreign investments, environmental protection, mining and ownership of mineral interests; (iii) renegotiation, cancellation, expropriation and nationalization of existing permits or contracts; (iv) foreign currency controls and fluctuations; and (v) civil disturbances, terrorism and war.

 

In the event of a dispute arising at our foreign operations in Paraguay, we may be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of foreign courts or may not be successful in subjecting foreign persons to the jurisdiction of the courts in the United States or Canada. We may also be hindered or prevented from enforcing our rights with respect to a government entity or instrumentality because of the doctrine of sovereign immunity. Any adverse or arbitrary decision of a foreign court may have a material and adverse impact on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

 

The title to our mineral property interests may be challenged.

 

Although we have taken reasonable measures to ensure proper title to our interests in mineral properties and other assets, there is no guarantee that the title to any of such interests will not be challenged. No assurance can be given that we will be able to secure the grant or the renewal of existing mineral rights and tenures on terms satisfactory to us, or that governments in the jurisdictions in which we operate will not revoke or significantly alter such rights or tenures or that such rights or tenures will not be challenged or impugned by third parties, including local governments, aboriginal peoples or other claimants. The Company has had communications and filings with the MOPC, the mining regulator in Paraguay, whereby the MOPC is taking the position that certain concessions forming part of the Company’s Yuty Project and Alto Paraná Project are not eligible for extension as to exploration or continuation to exploitation in their current stages. While we remain fully committed to our development path forward in Paraguay, we have filed certain applications and appeals in Paraguay to reverse the MOPC’s position in order to protect the Company’s continuing rights in those concessions. Our mineral properties may be subject to prior unregistered agreements, transfers or claims, and title may be affected by, among other things, undetected defects. A successful challenge to the precise area and location of our claims could result in us being unable to operate on our properties as permitted or being unable to enforce our rights with respect to our properties.

 

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Due to the nature of our business, we may be subject to legal proceedings which may divert managements time and attention from our business and result in substantial damage awards.

 

Due to the nature of our business, we may be subject to numerous regulatory investigations, securities claims, civil claims, lawsuits and other proceedings in the ordinary course of our business including those described under Item 1, Legal Proceedings. The outcome of these lawsuits is uncertain and subject to inherent uncertainties, and the actual costs to be incurred will depend upon many unknown factors. We may be forced to expend significant resources in the defense of these suits, and we may not prevail. Defending against these and other lawsuits in the future may not only require us to incur significant legal fees and expenses, but may become time-consuming for us and detract from our ability to fully focus our internal resources on our business activities. The results of any legal proceeding cannot be predicted with certainty due to the uncertainty inherent in litigation, the difficulty of predicting decisions of regulators, judges and juries and the possibility that decisions may be reversed on appeal. There can be no assurances that these matters will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position or operating results.

 

We depend on certain key personnel, and our success will depend on our continued ability to retain and attract such qualified personnel.

 

Our success is dependent on the efforts, abilities and continued service of certain senior officers and key employees and consultants. A number of our key employees and consultants have significant experience in the uranium industry. A loss of service from any one of these individuals may adversely affect our operations, and we may have difficulty or may not be able to locate and hire a suitable replacement.

 

Certain directors and officers may be subject to conflicts of interest.

 

The majority of our directors and officers are involved in other business ventures including similar capacities with other private or publicly-traded companies. Such individuals may have significant responsibilities to these other business ventures, including consulting relationships, which may require significant amounts of their available time. Conflicts of interest may include decisions on how much time to devote to our business affairs and what business opportunities should be presented to us. Our Code of Conduct and Ethics provides for guidance on conflicts of interest.

 

The laws of the State of Nevada and our Articles of Incorporation may protect our directors and officers from certain types of lawsuits.

 

The laws of the State of Nevada provide that our directors and officers will not be liable to our Company or to our stockholders for monetary damages for all but certain types of conduct as directors and officers. Our Bylaws provide for broad indemnification powers to all persons against all damages incurred in connection with our business to the fullest extent provided or allowed by law. These indemnification provisions may require us to use our limited assets to defend our directors and officers against claims, and may have the effect of preventing stockholders from recovering damages against our directors and officers caused by their negligence, poor judgment or other circumstances.

 

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Several of our directors and officers are residents outside of the United States, and it may be difficult for stockholders to enforce within the United States any judgments obtained against such directors or officers.

 

Several of our directors and officers are nationals and/or residents of countries other than the United States, and all or a substantial portion of such persons’ assets are located outside of the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process on such directors and officers, or enforce within the United States any judgments obtained against such directors and officers, including judgments predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof. Consequently, stockholders may be effectively prevented from pursuing remedies against such directors and officers under United States federal securities laws. In addition, stockholders may not be able to commence an action in a Canadian court predicated upon the civil liability provisions under United States federal securities laws. The foregoing risks also apply to those experts identified in this document that are not residents of the United States.

 

Disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting, no matter how well designed and operated, are designed to obtain reasonable, and not absolute, assurance as to its reliability and effectiveness.

 

Management’s evaluation on the effectiveness of disclosure controls and procedures is designed to ensure that information required for disclosure in our public filings is recorded, processed, summarized and reported on a timely basis to our senior management, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Management’s report on internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance that transactions are properly authorized, assets are safeguarded against unauthorized or improper use and transactions are properly recorded and reported. However, any system of controls, no matter how well designed and operated, is based in part upon certain assumptions designed to obtain reasonable, and not absolute, assurance as to its reliability and effectiveness. Any failure to maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures in the future may result in our inability to continue meeting our reporting obligations in a timely manner, qualified audit opinions or restatements of our financial reports, any one of which may affect the market price for our common stock and our ability to access the capital markets.

 

Risks Related to Our Common Stock

 

Historically, the market price of our common stock has been and may continue to fluctuate significantly.

 

On September 28, 2007 our common stock commenced trading on the NYSE American (formerly known as the American Stock Exchange, the NYSE Amex Equities Exchange and the NYSE MKT) and prior to that, traded on the OTC Bulletin Board.

 

The global markets have experienced significant and increased volatility in the past and have been impacted by the effects of mass sub-prime mortgage defaults and liquidity problems of the asset-backed commercial paper market, resulting in a number of large financial institutions requiring government bailouts or filing for bankruptcy. The effects of these past events and any similar events in the future may continue to or further affect the global markets, which may directly affect the market price of our common stock and our accessibility for additional financing. Although this volatility may be unrelated to specific company performance, it can have an adverse effect on the market price of our shares which, historically, has fluctuated significantly and may continue to do so in the future.

 

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In addition to the volatility associated with general economic trends and market conditions, the market price of our common stock could decline significantly due to the impact of any one or more events, including, but not limited to, the following: (i) volatility in the uranium market; (ii) occurrence of a major nuclear incident such as the events in Fukushima in March 2011; (iii) changes in the outlook for the nuclear power and uranium industries; (iv) failure to meet market expectations on our exploration, pre-extraction or extraction activities, including abandonment of key uranium projects; (v) sales of a large number of our shares held by certain stockholders including institutions and insiders; (vi) downward revisions to previous estimates on us by analysts; (vii) removal from market indices; (viii) legal claims brought forth against us; and (ix) introduction of technological innovations by competitors or in competing technologies.

 

A prolonged decline in the market price of our common stock could affect our ability to obtain additional financing which would adversely affect our operations.

 

Historically we have relied on equity financing and, more recently, on debt financing, as primary sources of financing. A prolonged decline in the market price of our common stock or a reduction in our accessibility to the global markets may result in our inability to secure additional financing which would have an adverse effect on our operations.

 

Additional issuances of our common stock may result in significant dilution to our existing shareholders and reduce the market value of their investment.

 

We are authorized to issue 750,000,000 shares of common stock of which 277,654,453 shares were issued and outstanding as of January 13, 2022. Future issuances for financings, mergers and acquisitions, exercise of stock options and share purchase warrants and for other reasons may result in significant dilution to and be issued at prices substantially below the price paid for our shares held by our existing stockholders. Significant dilution would reduce the proportionate ownership and voting power held by our existing stockholders and may result in a decrease in the market price of our shares.

 

We are subject to the Continued Listing Criteria of the NYSE American and our failure to satisfy these criteria may result in delisting of our common stock.

 

Our common stock is currently listed on the NYSE American.  In order to maintain this listing, we must maintain certain share prices, financial and share distribution targets, including maintaining a minimum amount of shareholders’ equity and a minimum number of public shareholders.  In addition to these objective standards, the NYSE American may delist the securities of any issuer if: (i) in its opinion, the issuer’s financial condition and/or operating results appear unsatisfactory; (ii) it appears that the extent of public distribution or the aggregate market value of the security has become so reduced as to make continued listing on the NYSE American inadvisable; (iii) the issuer sells or disposes of principal operating assets or ceases to be an operating company; (iv) an issuer fails to comply with the NYSE American’s listing requirements; (v) an issuer’s common stock sells at what the NYSE American considers a “low selling price” and the issuer fails to correct this via a reverse split of shares after notification by the NYSE American; or (vi) any other event occurs or any condition exists which makes continued listing on the NYSE American, in its opinion, inadvisable.

 

If the NYSE American delists our common stock, investors may face material adverse consequences, including, but not limited to, a lack of trading market for our securities, reduced liquidity, decreased analyst coverage of our securities and an inability for us to obtain additional financing to fund our operations.

 

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Prospectus, including the documents that are and will be incorporated by reference into this Prospectus, include statements and information about our strategy, objectives, plans and expectations for the future that are not statements or information of historical fact. These statements and information are considered to be forward-looking statements, or forward-looking information, within the meaning of and under the protection provided by the safe harbor provision for forward-looking statements as contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and similar Canadian securities laws.

 

Forward-looking statements, and any estimates and assumptions upon which they are based, are made in good faith and reflect our views and expectations for the future as of the date of such statements, which can change significantly. Furthermore, forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause actual results, performance, achievements or events to be materially different from any future results, performance, achievements or events implied, suggested or expressed by such forward-looking statements. Accordingly, forward-looking statements in this Prospectus or in any documents incorporated by reference into this Prospectus should not be unduly relied upon.

 

Forward-looking statements may be based on a number of material estimates and assumptions, of which any one or more may prove to be incorrect. Forward-looking statements may be identifiable by terminology concerning the future, such as “anticipate”, “believe”, “continue”, “could”, “estimate”, “expect”, “forecast”, “intend”, “goal”, “likely”, “may”, “might”, “outlook”, “plan”, “predict”, “potential”, “project”, “should”, “schedule”, “strategy”, “target”, “will” or “would”, and similar expressions or variations thereof including the negative use of such terminology. Examples in this Prospectus or in any documents incorporated by reference into this Prospectus include, but are not limited to, such forward-looking statements reflecting or pertaining to:

 

 

our overall strategy, objectives, plans and expectations for Fiscal 2022 and beyond;

 

 

our expectations for worldwide nuclear power generation and future uranium supply and demand, including long-term market prices for U3O8;

 

 

our belief and expectations of ISR mining for our uranium projects, where applicable;

 

 

our estimation of mineralized materials, which are based on certain estimates and assumptions, and the economics of future production for our uranium projects including our Palangana Mine;

 

 

our plans and expectations including anticipated expenditures relating to exploration, pre-extraction, extraction and reclamation activities for our uranium projects including our Palangana Mine;

 

 

our ability to obtain, maintain and amend, within a reasonable period of time, required rights, permits and licenses from landowners, governments and regulatory authorities;

 

 

our ability to obtain adequate additional financing including access to the equity and credit markets;

 

 

our ability to remain in compliance with the terms of our indebtedness; and

 

 

our belief and expectations including the possible impact of any legal proceedings or regulatory actions against the Company.

 

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Forward-looking statements, and any estimates and assumptions upon which they are based, are made as of the date of this Prospectus or the date of any documents incorporated by reference into this Prospectus, as applicable, and we do not intend or undertake to revise, update or supplement any forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, future events or changes in estimates and assumptions or other factors affecting such forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable securities laws. Should one or more forward-looking statements be revised, updated or supplemented, no inference should be made that we will revise, update or supplement any other forward-looking statements.

 

Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties. As discussed in more detail under “Risk Factors” in this Prospectus, we have identified a number of material risks and uncertainties which reflect our outlook and conditions known to us as of the date of this Prospectus, including but not limited to the following:

 

 

our limited financial and operating history;

 

 

our need for additional financing;

 

 

our ability to service our indebtedness;

 

 

our limited uranium extraction and sales history;

 

 

our operations are inherently subject to numerous significant risks and uncertainties, many are beyond our control;

 

 

our exploration activities on our mineral properties may not result in commercially recoverable quantities of uranium;

 

 

limits to our insurance coverage;

 

 

the level of government regulation, including environmental regulation;

 

 

changes in governmental regulation and administrative practices;

 

 

nuclear incidents;

 

 

the marketability of uranium concentrates;

 

 

the competitive environment in which we operate;

 

 

our dependence on key personnel; and

 

 

conflicts of interest of our directors and officers.

 

Any one of the foregoing material risks and uncertainties has the potential to cause actual results, performance, achievements or events to be materially different from any future results, performance, achievements or events implied, suggested or expressed by any forward-looking statements made by us or by persons acting on our behalf. Furthermore, there is no assurance that we will be successful in preventing the material adverse effects that any one or more of these material risks and uncertainties may cause on our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results, or that the foregoing list represents a complete list of the material risks and uncertainties facing us. There may be additional risks and uncertainties of a material nature that, as of the date of this Prospectus, we are unaware of or that we consider immaterial that may become material in the future, any one or more of which may result in a material adverse effect on us.

 

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Forward-looking statements made by us or by persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary information.

 

INFORMATION ABOUT THE OFFERING

 

This reoffer Prospectus relates to 26,017,523 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share, that may be offered and resold from time to time by certain Eligible Participants under our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan for their own account. Eligible Participants in our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan consist of employees, directors, officers and consultants of our Company or its related entities. Selling stockholders will consist of those Eligible Participants who are “affiliates” of our company, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

DETERMINATION OF OFFERING PRICE

 

The selling stockholders may sell the common shares issued to them from time-to-time at prices and at terms then prevailing or at prices related to the then current market price, or in negotiated transactions.

 

USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of common shares by the selling stockholders pursuant to this Prospectus. All of the 26,017,523 common shares which may be offered pursuant to this reoffer Prospectus underlie awards that have been or may be granted under our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan. We will receive proceeds from the exercise of any stock options that may be granted under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan. The exercise or purchase price per share, if any, of each award may not be less than the Fair Market Value (as defined in the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan) of our Company’s common stock on the date of the grant. All proceeds, if any, from the exercise of these future options will be added to our working capital.

 

The selling stockholders will receive all proceeds from the sales of these shares, and they will pay any and all expenses incurred by them for brokerage, accounting or tax services (or any other expenses incurred by them in disposing of their shares).

 

DILUTION

 

Because the selling stockholders who offer and sell shares of common stock covered by this reoffer Prospectus may do so at various times, at prices and at terms then prevailing or at prices related to the then current market price, or in negotiated transactions, we have not included in this reoffer Prospectus information about the dilution (if any) to the public arising from these sales.

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

 

On June 3, 2021, our Board of Directors authorized and approved the adoption of the Company’s 2021 Stock Incentive Plan, under which an aggregate of 26,017,523 of our shares may be issued. The 2021 Stock Incentive Plan supersedes and replaces the Company’s 2020 Stock Incentive Plan, dated as originally ratified by the Board of Directors on June 5, 2020, as ratified by the shareholders of the Company at the Company’s annual general meeting held last year on July 30, 2020.

 

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The 2021 Stock Incentive Plan was ratified by the shareholders of the Company at the Company’s annual general meeting held on July 30, 2021.

 

The purpose of the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan is to enhance our long-term stockholder value by offering opportunities to our directors, officers, employees and eligible consultants to acquire and maintain stock ownership in order to give these persons the opportunity to participate in our growth and success, and to encourage them to remain in our service.

 

The 2021 Stock Incentive Plan is to be administered by our Compensation Committee which shall determine, among other things: (i) the persons to be granted Awards under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan; (ii) the number of shares or amount of other Awards to be granted; and (iii) the terms and conditions of the Awards granted. The Company may issue restricted shares, options, stock appreciation rights, deferred stock rights and dividend equivalent rights, among others, under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan. As indicated above, an aggregate of 26,017,523 of our shares may be issued pursuant to the grant of Awards under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan. 20,017,523 of such 26,017,523 shares are registered pursuant to prior Form S-8 registration statements filed by the Company.

 

The selling stockholders named in this Prospectus in the table below are “affiliates” of our company (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act). Such selling stockholders are offering an aggregate of 11,367,795 shares offered through this Prospectus, of which 1,547,048 shares are held by certain selling stockholders from the exercise of previously granted stock options, 704,205 shares are held by certain selling stockholders from the settlement of RSUs, 4,622,488 shares are underlying stock options that we have granted to the selling stockholders, 2,245,991 shares are held by the selling stockholders from the grant of shares, 997,612 shares are underlying RSUs granted to certain selling stockholders and 1,250,451 shares are underlying PRSUs granted to certain selling stockholders, all pursuant to our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan as well as our prior stock incentive plans, which have been subsumed under our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan.

 

If, subsequent to the date of this reoffer Prospectus, we grant any further Awards under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan to any Eligible Participants who are “affiliates” of our company (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), Instruction C of Form S-8 requires that we supplement this reoffer Prospectus with the names of such affiliates and the amounts of securities to be reoffered by them as selling stockholders.

 

The following table provides, as of the date of this Prospectus, information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common shares held by each of the selling stockholders, including:

 

 

1.

the number of common shares owned by each selling stockholder prior to this offering;

 

 

2.

the total number of common shares that are to be offered by each selling stockholder;

 

 

3.

the total number of common shares that will be owned by each selling stockholder upon completion of the offering;

 

 

4.

the percentage owned by each selling stockholder; and

 

 

5.

the identity of the beneficial holder of any entity that owns the common shares.

 

Information with respect to beneficial ownership is based upon information obtained from the selling stockholders. Information with respect to “Shares Beneficially Owned Prior to the Offering” includes the shares issuable upon exercise of the stock options held by the selling stockholders as these options are exercisable within 60 days of the date hereof.

 

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The “Number of Shares Being Offered” includes the common shares that have been or may be acquired by the selling stockholders pursuant to the exercise of stock options and the vesting of RSUs and PRSUs granted to the selling stockholders pursuant to our 2021 Stock Incentive Plan. Information with respect to “Shares Beneficially Owned Upon Completion of the Offering” assumes the sale of all of the common shares offered by this Prospectus and no other purchases or sales of our common shares by the selling stockholders. Except as described below and to our knowledge, the named selling stockholder beneficially owns and has sole voting and investment power over all common shares or rights to these common shares.

 

   

Shares Beneficially Owned Prior

to the Offering(1)

   

Number

of Shares

Being

Offered(2)

   

Shares Beneficially Owned

Upon Completion of the

Offering(1)

 

Name of Selling Stockholder

 

Number

   

Percent

           

Number

   

Percent

 

Directors and Executive Officers:

                                 

Amir Adnani
President, Chief Executive Officer and a director

    4,820,910 (3)      1.7%       5,548,647       1,092,515     *  

Spencer Abraham
Chairman and a director

    510,769 (4)      *       758,437    

Nil

   

Nil

 

Vincent Della Volpe
A director

    477,615 (5)      *       530,317    

Nil

   

Nil

 

David Kong
A director

    287,944 (6)      *       446,729    

Nil

   

Nil

 

Ganpat Mani
A director

    384,831 (7)      *       405,522       30,534     *  

Gloria Ballesta
A director

    293,227 (8)      *       379,724    

Nil

   

Nil

 

Pat Obara
Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

    1,130,966 (9)      *       1,863,457    

Nil

   

Nil

 

Scott Melbye
Executive Vice President

    1,065,226 (10)      *       1,434,962       84,801     *  

Directors and Executive Officers as a group (8 persons):

    8,971,488 (11)      3.2%       11,376,795       1,207,850     *  

 

Notes:

*

Less than one percent.

(1)

Under Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act, a beneficial owner of a security includes any person who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares: (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of such security; and (ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose or direct the disposition of the security. Certain shares of common stock may be deemed to be beneficially owned by more than one person (if, for example, persons share the power to vote or the power to dispose of the shares). In addition, shares of common stock are deemed to be beneficially owned by a person if the person has the right to acquire the shares (for example, upon exercise of an option) within 60 days of the date as of which the information is provided. In computing the percentage ownership of any person, the amount of shares of common stock outstanding is deemed to include the amount of shares beneficially owned by such person (and only such person) by reason of these acquisition rights. As a result, the percentage of outstanding shares of common stock of any person as shown in this table does not necessarily reflect the person’s actual ownership or voting power with respect to the number of shares of common stock actually outstanding as of the date hereof. As of January 13, 2022, there were 277,654,453 shares of common stock of the Company issued and outstanding.

 

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(2)

Includes common stock underlying stock options, RSUs and PRSUs that will vest more than 60 days after the date hereof.

(3)

This figure represents (i) 3,096,402 shares of common stock, (ii) 3,000 shares of common stock held of record by Mr. Adnani’s wife, (iii) stock options to purchase 1,510,833 shares of our common stock, which have vested or will vest within 60 days of the date hereof, and (iv) PRSUs to receive 210,675 shares of our common stock on settlement, which have vested.

(4)

This figure represents (i) 444,729 shares of common stock and (ii) stock options to purchase 66,040 shares of our common stock, which have vested or will vest within 60 days of the date hereof.

(5)

This figure represents (i) 285,047 shares of common stock and (ii) stock options to purchase 192,568 shares of our common stock, which have vested or will vest within 60 days of the date hereof.

(6)

This figure represents (i) 130,586 shares of common stock and (ii) stock options to purchase 157,358 shares of our common stock, which have vested or will vest within 60 days of the date hereof.

(7)

This figure represents (i) 192,756 shares of common stock and (ii) stock options to purchase 192,075 shares of our common stock, which have vested or will vest within 60 days of the date hereof.

(8)

This figure represents (i) 74,394 shares of common stock and (ii) stock options to purchase 218,833 shares of our common stock, which have vested or will vest within 60 days of the date hereof.

(9)

This figure represents (i) 503,658 shares of common stock, (ii) stock options to purchase 557,083 shares of our common stock, which have vested or will vest within 60 days of the date hereof and (iii) PRSUs to receive 70,225 shares of our common stock on settlement, which have vested.

(10)

This figure represents (i) 599,875 shares of common stock, (ii) stock options to purchase 433,750 shares of our common stock, which have vested or will vest within 60 days of the date hereof and (iii) PRSUs to receive 31,601 shares of our common stock on settlement, which have vested.

(11)

This figure represents (i) 5,330,447 shares of common stock, (ii) stock options to purchase 3,328,540 shares of our common stock, which have vested or will vest within 60 days of the date hereof and (iii) PRSUs to receive 312,501 shares of our common stock on settlement, which have vested.

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

2021 Stock Incentive Plan

 

On June 3, 2021, our Board of Directors authorized and approved the adoption of the Company’s 2021 Stock Incentive Plan, under which an aggregate of 26,017,523 of our shares may be issued. The 2021 Stock Incentive Plan supersedes and replaces the Company’s 2020 Stock Incentive Plan, dated as originally ratified by the Board of Directors on June 5, 2020, as ratified by the shareholders of the Company at the Company’s annual general meeting held last year on July 30, 2020.

 

The 2021 Stock Incentive Plan was ratified by the shareholders of the Company at the Company’s annual general meeting held on July 30, 2021.

 

The purpose of the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan is to enhance our long-term stockholder value by offering opportunities to our directors, officers, employees and eligible consultants to acquire and maintain stock ownership in order to give these persons the opportunity to participate in our growth and success, and to encourage them to remain in our service.

 

The 2021 Stock Incentive Plan is to be administered by our Compensation Committee which shall determine, among other things: (i) the persons to be granted Awards under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan; (ii) the number of shares or amount of other Awards to be granted; and (iii) the terms and conditions of the Awards granted. The Company may issue restricted shares, options, stock appreciation rights, deferred stock rights and dividend equivalent rights, among others, under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan. As indicated above, an aggregate of 26,017,523 of our shares may be issued pursuant to the grant of Awards under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan. 20,017,523 of such 26,017,523 shares are registered pursuant to prior Form S-8 registration statements filed by the Company.

 

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An Award may not be exercised after the termination date of the Award and may be exercised following the termination of an Eligible Participant’s continuous service only to the extent provided by the Administrator under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan. If the Administrator under the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan permits an Eligible Participant to exercise an Award following the termination of continuous service for a specified period, the Award terminates to the extent not exercised on the last day of the specified period or the last day of the original term of the award, whichever occurs first. In the event an Eligible Participant’s service has been terminated for “cause”, he or she shall immediately forfeit all rights to any of the Awards outstanding.

 

The foregoing summary of the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the 2021 Stock Incentive Plan.

 

Timing of Sales

 

Subject to the foregoing, the selling stockholders may offer and sell the shares covered by this Prospectus at various times. The selling stockholders will act independently of us in making decisions with respect to the timing, manner and size of each sale.

 

No Known Agreements to Resell the Shares

 

To our knowledge, no selling stockholder has any agreement or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any person to resell the shares covered by this Prospectus.

 

Offering Price

 

The sales price offered by the selling stockholders to the public may be:

 

 

1.

the market price prevailing at the time of sale;

 

 

2.

a price related to such prevailing market price; or

 

 

3.

such other price as the selling stockholders determine from time to time.

 

The sales price to the public will vary according to the selling decisions of each selling stockholder and the market for our stock at the time of resale.

 

Manner of Sale

 

The shares may be sold by means of one or more of the following methods:

 

 

1.

a block trade in which the broker-dealer so engaged will attempt to sell the shares as agent, but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction;

 

 

2.

purchases by a broker-dealer as principal and resale by that broker-dealer for its account pursuant to this Prospectus;

 

 

3.

ordinary brokerage transactions in which the broker solicits purchasers;

 

 

4.

through options, swaps or derivatives;

 

 

5.

privately negotiated transactions; or

 

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6.

in a combination of any of the above methods.

 

The selling stockholders may sell their shares directly to purchasers or may use brokers, dealers, underwriters or agents to sell their shares. Brokers or dealers engaged by the selling stockholders may arrange for other brokers or dealers to participate. Brokers or dealers may receive commissions, discounts or concessions from the selling stockholders, or, if any such broker-dealer acts as agent for the purchaser of shares, from the purchaser in amounts to be negotiated immediately prior to the sale. The compensation received by brokers or dealers may, but is not expected to, exceed that which is customary for the types of transactions involved.

 

Broker-dealers may agree with a selling stockholder to sell a specified number of shares at a stipulated price per share, and, to the extent the broker-dealer is unable to do so acting as agent for a selling stockholder, to purchase as principal any unsold shares at the price required to fulfill the broker-dealer commitment to the selling stockholder.

 

Broker-dealers who acquire shares as principal may thereafter resell the shares from time to time in transactions, which may involve block transactions and sales to and through other broker-dealers, including transactions of the nature described above, in the over-the-counter market or otherwise at prices and on terms then prevailing at the time of sale, at prices then related to the then-current market price or in negotiated transactions. In connection with resales of the shares, broker-dealers may pay to or receive from the purchasers of shares commissions as described above.

 

If our selling stockholders enter into arrangements with brokers or dealers, as described above, we are obligated to file a post-effective amendment to this registration statement disclosing such arrangements, including the names of any broker-dealers acting as underwriters.

 

The selling stockholders and any broker-dealers or agents that participate with the selling stockholders in the sale of the shares may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act. In that event, any commissions received by broker-dealers or agents and any profit on the resale of the shares purchased by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions or discounts under the Securities Act.

 

Sales Pursuant to Rule 144

 

Any common shares covered by this Prospectus which qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be sold under Rule 144 rather than pursuant to this Prospectus.

 

Regulation M

 

The selling stockholders must comply with the requirements of the Securities Act and the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) in the offer and sale of the common stock. In particular, we will advise the selling stockholders that the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Exchange Act may apply to sales of shares in the market and to the activities of the selling stockholders and their affiliates. Regulation M under the Exchange Act prohibits, with certain exceptions, participants in a distribution from bidding for, or purchasing for an account in which the participant has a beneficial interest, any of the securities that are the subject of the distribution.

 

Accordingly, during such times as a selling stockholder may be deemed to be engaged in a distribution of the common stock, and therefore be considered to be an underwriter, the selling stockholder must comply with applicable law and, among other things:

 

 

1.

may not engage in any stabilization activities in connection with our common stock;

 

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2.

may not cover short sales by purchasing shares while the distribution is taking place; and

 

 

3.

may not bid for or purchase any of our securities or attempt to induce any person to purchase any of our securities other than as permitted under the Exchange Act.

 

In addition, we will make copies of this Prospectus available to the selling stockholders for the purpose of satisfying the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

 

State Securities Laws

 

Under the securities laws of some states, the common shares may be sold in such states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. In addition, in some states the common shares may not be sold unless the shares have been registered or qualified for sale in the state or an exemption from registration or qualification is available and is complied with.

 

Expenses of Registration

 

We are bearing all costs relating to the registration of the common stock. These expenses include, but are not limited to, legal, accounting, printing and mailing fees. The selling stockholders, however, will pay any commissions or other fees payable to brokers or dealers in connection with any sale of the common stock.

 

INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

 

Except as disclosed herein, no expert or counsel named in this Prospectus as having prepared or certified any part of this Prospectus or having given an opinion upon the validity of the securities being registered or upon other legal matters in connection with the registration or offering of the common stock offered hereby was employed on a contingency basis, or had, or is to receive, in connection with such offering, a substantial interest, direct or indirect, in the Company, nor was any such person connected with the Company as a promoter, managing or principal underwriter, voting trustee, director, officer or employee.

 

McMillan LLP, our independent legal counsel, has provided an opinion on the validity of the shares of our common stock that are the subject of this Prospectus.

 

The consolidated financial statements of Uranium Energy Corp. appearing in Uranium Energy Corp.’s Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended July 31, 2021 have been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants, an independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon. Such consolidated financial statements are incorporated herein by reference in reliance upon such reports given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

MATERIAL CHANGES

 

There have been no material changes in our affairs since the end of our last fiscal year on July 31, 2021 to the date of this Prospectus, other than those changes that have been described in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for our fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2021 that we filed with the SEC on December 15, 2021, and in our Current Reports on Form 8-K that we furnished to the SEC on October 28, 2021, November 9, 2021, November 26, 2021 and December 21, 2021.

 

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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

 

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” information into this Prospectus, which means that we can disclose important information to you be referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be a part of this Prospectus, except for any information superseded by information in this Prospectus.

 

The following documents filed by our Company with the SEC are incorporated herein by reference:

 

 

(a)

our Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2021 that we filed with the SEC on October 28, 2021;

 

 

(b)

our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for our fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2021 that we filed with the SEC on December 15, 2021;

 

 

(c)

our Current Report on Form 8-K that we filed with the SEC on October 28, 2021;

 

 

(d)

our Current Report on Form 8-K that we filed with the SEC on November 9, 2021;

 

 

(e)

our Current Report on Form 8-K that we filed with the SEC on November 26, 2021;

 

 

(f)

our Current Report on Form 8-K that we filed with the SEC on December 21, 2021; and

 

 

(g)

the description of our common stock contained in the registration statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the SEC on December 12, 2005, as updated in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on February 9, 2006, which disclosed the increase in the Company’s authorized share capital to 750,000,000 shares of common stock.

 

All reports and other documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in this registration statement or in any subsequently filed document that is also incorporated by reference in this registration statement modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.

 

We will provide to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a Prospectus is delivered, a copy of any of all of the information that has been incorporated by reference in this Prospectus but not delivered with this Prospectus. We will provide this information upon oral or written request at no expense to the requester. Any request for this information shall be directed to Amir Adnani, our President and Chief Executive Officer, at the following address and phone number:

 

Amir Adnani, President and Chief Executive Officer

1030 West Georgia Street, Suite 1830, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6E 2Y3

Tel: (604) 682-9775

 

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You should rely only on the information contained in this Prospectus, including information incorporated by reference as described above, or any supplement that we have referred you to. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information. You should not assume that the information in this Prospectus or any supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of those documents or that any document incorporated by reference is accurate as of any date other than its filing date. You should not consider this Prospectus to be an offer or solicitation relating to the securities in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or solicitation relating to the securities is not authorized. Furthermore, you should not consider this Prospectus to be an offer or solicitation relating to the securities if the person making the offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so, or if it is unlawful for you to receive such an offer or solicitation.

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

 

We are a reporting company under the Exchange Act and we file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any material that we file with the SEC at the Public Reference Section, at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the public reference room. The SEC also maintains a web site at http://www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy statements and information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. This Prospectus is part of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 that we filed with the SEC. The Registration Statement contains more information than this Prospectus regarding us and the securities offered, including certain exhibits. You can obtain a copy of the Registration Statement from the SEC at any address listed above or from the SEC’s Internet site.

 

DISCLOSURE OF SEC POSITION ON INDEMNIFICATION FOR SECURITIES ACT LIABILITIES

 

Our directors and officers are indemnified as provided by the Nevada Revised Statutes, our Articles of Incorporation and our Bylaws.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act might be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling our Company under the provisions described above, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 


 

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URANIUM ENERGY CORP.

 

 

26,017,523 Shares of Common Stock
to be Offered and Sold by Selling Stockholders

 

 

January 14, 2022

 

 


 

REOFFER PROSPECTUS

 


 

 

 

No dealer, salesman or other person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations other than those contained in this reoffer Prospectus. Any information or representations not herein contained, if given or made, must not be relied upon as having been authorized by Uranium Energy Corp. (the “Company”). This reoffer Prospectus does not constitute an offer or solicitation in respect to these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation would be unlawful. The delivery of this reoffer Prospectus shall not, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in the affairs of the Company or that the information contained herein is correct as of any time subsequent to the date of this reoffer Prospectus. However, in the event of a material change, this reoffer Prospectus will be amended or supplemented accordingly.

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 3.

Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

 

The following documents filed by our Company with the SEC are incorporated herein by reference:

 

 

(a)

our Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2021 that we filed with the SEC on October 28, 2021;

 

 

(b)

our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for our fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2021 that we filed with the SEC on December 15, 2021;

 

 

(c)

our Current Report on Form 8-K that we filed with the SEC on October 28, 2021;

 

 

(d)

our Current Report on Form 8-K that we filed with the SEC on November 9, 2021;

 

 

(e)

our Current Report on Form 8-K that we filed with the SEC on November 26, 2021;

 

 

(f)

our Current Report on Form 8-K that we filed with the SEC on December 21, 2021; and

 

 

(g)

the description of our common stock contained in the registration statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the SEC on December 12, 2005, as updated in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on February 9, 2006, which disclosed the increase in the Company’s authorized share capital to 750,000,000 shares of common stock.

 

All reports and other documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.

 

Any statement contained in an incorporated document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed incorporated document modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

 

We will provide to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a Prospectus is delivered, a copy of any of all of the information that has been incorporated by reference in this Prospectus but not delivered with this Prospectus. We will provide this information upon oral or written request at no expense to the requester. Any request for this information shall be directed to Amir Adnani, our President and Chief Executive Officer, at the following address and phone number:

 

Amir Adnani, President and Chief Executive Officer

1030 West Georgia Street, Suite 1830, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6E 2Y3

 

Tel: (604) 682-9775

 

You may read and copy any reports, statements or other information we have filed at the Public Reference Section of the SEC, at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the public reference rooms. Our filings are also available on the Internet at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

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Item 4.

Description of Securities.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5.

Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

 

No expert or counsel named in this Registration Statement as having prepared or certified any part of this Registration Statement or having given an opinion upon the validity of the securities being registered or upon other legal matters in connection with the registration or offering of such securities was employed on a contingency basis, or had, or is to receive, in connection with the offering, a substantial interest, direct or indirect, in our Company, nor was any such person connected with us as a promoter, managing or principal underwriter, voting trustee, director, officer, or employee.

 

Item 6.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

Our officers and directors are indemnified as provided by the Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”), our Articles of Incorporation and our Bylaws.

 

NRS Section 78.7502 provides that:

 

 

1.

a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, except an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful;

 

 

2.

a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys’ fees actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. Indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which such a person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper; and

 

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3.

to the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify him against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense.

 

NRS Section 78.751 provides that we may make any discretionary indemnification only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances. The determination must be made:

 

 

(a)

by our stockholders;

 

 

(b)

by our Board of Directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding;

 

 

(c)

if a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding so orders, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion;

 

 

(d)

if a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding cannot be obtained, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or

 

 

(e)

by court order.

 

Our Certificate of Incorporation and Articles provide that no director or officer shall be personally liable to our company, any of our stockholders or any other for damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer involving any act or omission of such director or officer unless such acts or omissions involve intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law, or the payment of dividends in violation of the General Corporate Law of Nevada.

 

Further, our Bylaws provide that we shall, to the fullest and broadest extent permitted by law, indemnify all persons whom we may indemnify pursuant thereto. We may, but shall not be obligated to, maintain insurance, at our expense, to protect ourselves and any other person against any liability, cost or expense. We shall not indemnify persons seeking indemnity in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding voluntarily brought or threatened by such person unless such action, suit or proceeding has been authorized by a majority of the entire Board of Directors.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act might be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling our Company under the provisions described above, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

Item 7.

Exemption from Registration Claimed.

 

Not applicable.

 

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Item 8.

Exhibits.

 

The following is a complete list of exhibits filed as a part of this Registration Statement, which Exhibits are incorporated herein.

 

Exhibit Number

Description of Exhibit

4.1

2021 Stock Incentive Plan(1)

5.1

Legal Opinion of McMillan LLP(1)

23.1

Consent of McMillan LLP(2)

23.2

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP(1)

24.1

Power of Attorney (Included in Signature Page)

 

Notes:

(1)

Filed as an exhibit to this Registration Statement on Form S-8.

(2)

Included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement on Form S-8.

 

Item 9.

Undertakings.

 

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

 

1.

To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

 

(a)

to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

 

 

(b)

to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events which, individually or together, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement; provided that any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in the volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

 

 

(c)

to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution.

 

provided, however, that paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 14(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this registration statement.

 

2.

That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

3.

To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered hereby which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 


 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing a Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia on the 14th day of January, 2022.

 

 

URANIUM ENERGY CORP.

 

By: /s/ Amir Adnani

Amir Adnani

President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive

Officer) and a director

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Amir Adnani as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Signature

Title

Date

     

/s/ Amir Adnani
Amir Adnani

President, Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer) and a director

January 14, 2022

     

/s/ Pat Obara 
Pat Obara

Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial

Officer (Principal Financial Officer and

Principal Accounting Officer)

January 14, 2022

     

/s/ Spencer Abraham
Spencer Abraham

Chairman and a director

January 14, 2022

     

/s/ Vincent Della Volpe
Vincent Della Volpe

Director

January 14, 2022

     

/s/ David Kong
David Kong

Director

January 14, 2022

     

/s/ Ganpat Mani
Ganpat Mani

Director

January 14, 2022

     

/s/ Gloria Ballesta
Gloria Ballesta

Director

January 14, 2022