Exhibit 5.1

  Hogan Lovells US LLP 1601 Wewatta Street Suite 900 Denver, Colorado  80202 T  +1 303 899 7300 F  +1 303 899 7333 www.hoganlovells.com

November 23, 2020

Board of Directors

Westwater Resources, Inc.

6950 South Potomac Street, Suite 300

Centennial, Colorado 80112

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as counsel to Westwater Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with its registration statement on Form S‑8 (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the proposed offering of up to 464,903 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”) of the Company (the “Shares”), which includes (a) 416,000 shares of the Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Westwater Resources, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), (b) 23,997 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of a stock option award granted to the Vice President – Sales and Marketing of the Company as an inducement material to his acceptance of employment with the Company (the “Inducement Option”) and (c) 24,906 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the vesting of restricted stock units granted to the Vice President – Sales and Marketing of the Company as an inducement material to his acceptance of employment with the Company (the “Inducement RSUs” and together with the Inducement Option, the “Inducement Awards”). This opinion letter is furnished to you at your request to enable you to fulfill the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K, 17 C.F.R. § 229.601(b)(5), in connection with the Registration Statement.

For purposes of this opinion letter, we have examined copies of such agreements, instruments and documents as we have deemed an appropriate basis on which to render the opinions hereinafter expressed. In our examination of the aforesaid documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the accuracy and completeness of all documents submitted to us, the authenticity of all original documents, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies (including pdfs).  As to all matters of fact, we have relied on the representations and statements of fact made in the documents so reviewed, and we have not independently established the facts so relied on.  This opinion letter is given, and all statements herein are made, in the context of the foregoing.

This opinion letter is based as to matters of law solely on the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended.  We express no opinion herein as to any other statutes, rules or regulations.

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Based upon, subject to and limited by the foregoing, we are of the opinion that following (i) effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (ii) issuance of the Shares pursuant to the terms of the Plan or the Inducement Awards, as applicable, and (iii) receipt by the Company of the consideration for the Shares specified in the resolutions of the Board of Directors, or a duly authorized committee thereof, the Plan and the Inducement Awards agreements, as applicable, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.

This opinion letter has been prepared for use in connection with the Registration Statement.  We assume no obligation to advise of any changes in the foregoing subsequent to the effective date of the Registration Statement.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.  In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are an “expert” within the meaning of the Act.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Hogan Lovells US LLP