8-K

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

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 5, 2006


                             URANIUM RESOURCES, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                 0-17171                75-2212772
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  (State or other jurisdiction     (Commission           (I.R.S. Employer
        of incorporation)          File Number)         Identification No.)



       650 South Edmonds, Suite 108, Lewisville, TX            75067
         (Address of principal executive offices)             Zip Code


                                 (972) 219-3330
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)




          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01. Other Events

     On October 5, 2006 the Registrant issued a press release announcing the
appointment of David N. Clark as President and Chief Operating Officer and
Terence J. Cryan to its Board of Directors.

     A copy of the press release dated October 5, 2006 is attached hereto as
Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

     Exhibit 99.1 Press Release dated October 5, 2006.







                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                      URANIUM RESOURCES, INC.




Date:  October 5, 2006                /s/ Thomas H. Ehrlich
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                                      Thomas H. Ehrlich
                                      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer







Exhibit Index


Exhibit Number           Description
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Exhibit 99.1             Press Release dated October 5, 2006

EX-99.1

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

   Uranium Resources, Inc. Announces Appointment of a New President
                       and Independent Director


    LEWISVILLE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 2006--Mr. Paul K.
Willmott, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Uranium
Resources, Inc. (OTCBB: URRE) is pleased to announce the appointment
of Mr. David N. Clark to the position of President and Chief Operating
Officer. Mr. Clark currently serves as a Director of the Company and
Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee of the Board of
Directors. He will continue to serve in these roles.

    Mr. Clark is the principal owner of the Ux Consulting Company LLC
("UxC"). UxC publishes the Ux Weekly and the UxC Market Outlook
Reports, which cover the complete nuclear fuel cycle including
uranium, conversion, and enrichment. Mr. Clark co-founded UxC in March
1994 as an affiliate of The Uranium Exchange Company ("Ux"), a uranium
brokerage and consulting company he founded in 1987. Mr. Clark has
also held marketing positions with other entities in the nuclear fuel
business. He began his career as a Field Geologist and Market Analyst
for the uranium division of the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company. Mr.
Clark holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology (1978) from the
University of Akron.

    Mr. Clark will be based in the Company's Corpus Christi office
location.

    The Company is also pleased to announce that it has expanded its
Board of Directors from four to five members. Mr. Terence J. Cryan was
appointed to fill the vacancy.

    Mr. Cryan is the Managing Director of Concert Energy Partners LLC,
a New York based investment banking and private equity investment firm
specializing in the energy and natural resources industries. Mr. Cryan
was previously Senior Managing Director of Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. Mr.
Cryan holds degrees from Tufts University and the London School of
Economics.

    Uranium Resources, Inc. is a Dallas area based uranium-mining
company whose shares are quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the
symbol URRE. The Company specializes in in-situ solution mining and
holds mineralized uranium materials in South Texas and New Mexico.

    CONTACT: Uranium Resources, Inc.
             David N. Clark, President and Chief Operating Officer,
             361-883-3990
             or
             Thomas H. Ehrlich, Vice President - CFO,
             972-219-3330