Exhibit 99.1

   Uranium Resources, Inc. Announces Vasquez Decision and Approval of Increase
                             in Authorized Capital

    DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--xx--Uranium Resources, Inc. (the
"Company")(Pink Sheets:URIX) announced that the Court of Appeals for
the Fourth District in San Antonio, Texas has affirmed the decision of
the 229th Judicial District Court in Duval County, Texas that held
that the leases for the Company's Vasquez property are in full force
and effect and awarded the Company its attorney's fees.
    Paul K. Willmott, Chairman and President of the Company stated
that he was pleased with the decision. Because the lessors had
rejected the Company's tender of shut in royalties and had granted a
competing lease to a third party, the Company filed an action in
December 2001 against the lessors for the Vasquez property to declare
that the Company's leases remained in full force and effect. In
January 2003 the trial court granted the Company's motion for partial
summary judgment, holding that the Company's leases were valid and in
full force and effect. The trial court also awarded the Company its
attorney's fees and costs against the lessors and the third party. The
decision is subject to a motion for rehearing in the Court of Appeals
and a petition for review by the Texas Supreme Court.
    The Company also announced that it had received the required vote
of its stockholders approving an increase in the Company's authorized
Common Stock from 100 million to 200 million shares.
    Uranium Resources, Inc. is a Dallas area based uranium-mining
company whose shares are quoted on the Pink Sheets under the symbol
URIX. The Company specializes in in-situ solution mining and holds
substantial uranium mineralization in South Texas and New Mexico. The
Company's properties have been shut in since July 1999.


    CONTACT: Uranium Resources, Inc.
             Paul K. Willmott/Thomas H. Ehrlich, 972-219-3330