Uranium Energy Corp. · AMEX:UEC
Uranium Energy — Investor Presentation (April 2020)
38 slides from Uranium Energy's investor presentation, April 2020
Slide 1: Corporate Presentation – April 2020
Corporate Presentation – April 2020
Slide 2: Disclaimer
Disclaimer Statements contained in this presentation which are not historical facts are measured mineral resources, indicated mineral resources and inferred forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and other factors mineral resources, while recognized and required by Canadian reg
Slide 3: Licensed Low-Cost U.S. ISR Projects
Licensed Low-Cost U.S. ISR Projects Operational Infrastructure – Ready to Ramp Up U.S. Production Profile 4M lbs./yr Aggressively Expanded Project Portfolio Through Acquisitions During the Downturn Largest U.S. Resource Base of Fully Permitted ISR Projects in Texas and Wyoming of any U.S. Based Prod
Slide 4: Reactor Demand Significantly Exceeds Primary Production
Reactor Demand Significantly Exceeds Primary Production Spot Prices Below Production Costs and Hedges Falling Off 2020 Demand Expected = 182M lbs. 2020 Production Expected = 142M lbs., 12M lbs./mo 2020 + 2021 Primary Production is 85M lbs. Below Requirements Cumulative Gap is 510M lbs. by 2030 60% o
Slide 5: Uranium Spot Price Up ~25% Year-to-Date
Uranium Spot Price Up ~25% Year-to-Date $32.50/lb.; Highest Since March 2016 Daily Broker Average Price Spot Daily Long Term Spot U3O8 US$/lb $160 $138/lb $140 $120 $70/lb US $/lb U308 2011: $100 2005: Fukushima Major Mine Event Disruptions $80 (Cigar Lake, McArthur River) $60 $40 $32.50 Financial $
Slide 6: $1.5 Billion in U.S. Uranium Reserve in Trump's FY2021 Budget
$1.5 Billion in U.S. Uranium Reserve in Trump’s FY2021 Budget U.S. Is The World’s Largest Consumer of Uranium Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently said: "We need to fundamentally review our supply chains and make sure that we know those supply chains and have control over them for moments just li
Slide 7: Nuclear Fuel Working Group - Restoring America's Competitive Nuclear Energy Advantage
Nuclear Fuel Working Group - Restoring America’s Competitive Nuclear Energy Advantage Immediate & Bold Actions to Strengthen U.S. Uranium Mining • U.S. purchases of 17-19 million pounds of U3O8, beginning in 2020 • DOE will end the uranium bartering program • Streamline regulatory reform and land ac
Slide 8: Diversified Asset Portfolio Low-Cost ISR & Production Ready
Diversified Asset Portfolio Low-Cost ISR & Production Ready Canada - Athabasca Basin Resources (Mlbs) Project Name Stage 58 Mlbs Measured & Indicated Diabase (E) M&I NA Inferred NA 45 Mlbs Inferred U3O8 Paraguay ISR Uranium Portfolio Resources (Mlbs) Project Name Stage M&I Inferred Yuty (D) 8.9 2.2
Slide 9: U.S. Project Portfolio Infrastructure, Resources and Permits
U.S. Project Portfolio Infrastructure, Resources and Permits Uranium Stage: Hobson Processing Plant (E) Exploration Production Capacity of 2 Mlbs/year Texas Hub & Spoke ISR Portfolio Vanadium (D) In Development (NT) Near Term Production WY CO AZ NM TX U.S. Conventional Portfolio Wyoming Reno Creek I
Slide 10: Our Team
Our Team Amir Adnani Spencer Abraham Scott Melbye President, CEO, Director Chairman, Board of Directors Executive Vice President An entrepreneur, founding CEO of UEC, Served as a U.S. Senator from 1995 to 2001, as 35 years of experience in senior roles with founder and Chairman of GoldMining Inc., S
Slide 11: UEC At a Glance
UEC At a Glance Member of the Russell 3000® Index Cash(1) $10.3 M Securities(2) 14 M shares of URC with market value of $12.2 M 183.9 M 7.7 M 10 M 202.6 M Share Structure Outstanding Warrants + Options(3) Fully Diluted $1.05 1,285,112 Recent Activity As of April 23, 2020 Avg. Daily Vol. (3-mo) Marke
Slide 12: Hub & Spoke Production Strategy
Hub & Spoke Production Strategy South Texas 12
Slide 13: Hobson is fully licensed and permitted
Hobson is fully licensed and permitted. The Processing Plant has a 2Mlbs / year physical capacity 13
Slide 14: Palangana ISR Mine First Producing Mine Proof of Concept
Palangana ISR Mine First Producing Mine Proof of Concept $10M 6 months construction Initial CAPEX timeline • Low cash-cost of $21.77/lb during operation Production • Fully permitted including Ready expanded mine permit • Received 10-year renewal permits in 2019 Similar Costs • The major permits for
Slide 15: Palangana Production Area (PA-1)
Palangana Production Area 1 (PA-1) In-Situ Recovery (ISR) Technology Low Cost & Environmentally Friendly Palangana Ion Exchange Facility 15
Slide 16: Resin Hauling Truck And Trailer
Resin Hauling Truck And Trailer 16
Slide 17: Burke Hollow ISR Project Growth Ahead
Burke Hollow ISR Project Growth Ahead ▪ Discovery of six trends since 2012 ▪ 7.09Mlbs in 4.06Mt grading 0.088% U3O8 ▪ Leach amenability testing indicates recovery greater than 90% ▪ ~20,000 acres located ~50 miles from Hobson Processing Plant. ▪ 50% of the property unexplored South Texas *See news r
Slide 18: Burke Hollow Advancing Towards Uranium Extraction
Burke Hollow 2019 Drilling Discovers Advancing Towards Additional Mineralization in Production Area 1 Uranium Extraction ✓ 72 monitor wells installed The following final permits have been issued: ✓ Enlarged the Production Area 1 ✓ Mine Production Area (PA-1) zone ✓ Two Class I disposal wells ✓ Aquif
Slide 19: Reno Creek ISR Project
Reno Creek ISR Project The largest permitted, pre-construction ISR uranium project in the U.S. Strategic Location within the Heart of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming Received a modified Permit to Construct in 2019, allowing the construction of the Central Processing Plant (CPP) and ISR wellfields 19
Slide 20: Reno Creek ISR Project Pre-Feasibility Study Underway
M & I Resource 26Mlbs Reno Creek ISR Project of U3O8 grading 0.041% within 32Mt* Pre-Feasibility Study Inferred Resource 1.49Mlbs Underway of U3O8 grading 0.039% within 1.92Mt* First time since 1980 that the major mineralized trends have been consolidated Considerable ISR exploration and expansion p
Slide 21: Reno Creek: Project Timeline
Reno Creek: Project Timeline Aug 2017: Sept. 2016: UEC Closes July 2013: Updated June 2012: Acquisition May 2018: Repurchase of resource Exploration of the Fully UEC 5% Gross July 2015: to current June 2011: success Licensed Completes the Production Permit to 22Mlbs 350-hole resource discovers new R
Slide 22: Anderson Project - Arizona
Anderson Project - Arizona NI 43-101 compliant resource*: A Large U.S. ▪ Indicated Resource: 29.5Mt, 17Mlbs avg. grade of 0.029% Resource ▪ Inferred Resource: 14.3Mt, 12Mlbs with avg. grade of 0.046% 9,852 Acres Project located ~75 miles northwest of Phoenix, AZ Between 1955-1958 with ~$40M spent by
Slide 23: Slick Rock Project - Colorado
Slick Rock Project - Colorado NI 43-101 Compliant Resource*: Technical ▪ Inferred Resource: 2.5Mt, 11.6Mlbs avg. grade of 0.228% Report ▪ Inferred Resource: 2.5Mt, 69.6Mlbs vanadium with avg. grade of 1.37% Low ▪ $21M initial CAPEX with an annual production CAPEX of 438,000 pounds U3O8 + vanadium in
Slide 24: ISR District Opportunity in Paraguay
ISR District Opportunity in Paraguay Similar geology as South Texas and leveraging ~$50M of historic exploration work by Anschutz and Cameco, including new work completed by UEC. Project Historic Operator Stage Resource (M lbs) Yuty Cue Resources / Exploration / 8.9Mlbs in 7.8Mt grading 0.052% Camec
Slide 25: Alto Paraná Titanium Project
Alto Paraná Titanium Project Project Overview ▪ One of the highest-grade and largest-known Cut-Off % % % Ilmenite Tonnes Thickness Ferro-Titanium deposits in the world % TiO2 Fe2O3 calc Billions (m) ▪ NI 43-101 compliant resource with a mineral 6.0 7.41 23.58 13.95 4.94 6.61 exploration claim of 70,
Slide 26: Titanium Feedstock Market
Titanium Feedstock Market – TiO2 prices hitting 3-year highs Price of TiO2 Feedstock - ilmenite (USD per tonne) $200 ▪ 90% of TiO2 feedstocks (ilmenite) used UEC signed $175 for pigment manufacturing option to acquire ▪ Strong price recovery for ilmenite since $150 Alto Paraná 2017, with positive ou
Slide 27: Investment Summary
Investment Summary ▪ Fully permitted and state of the art infrastructure advantage with Hobson Processing Plant ▪ Pipeline of fully licensed, low-cost ISR projects – potential production profile of 4Mlbs/year in Texas and Wyoming ▪ U.S. projects can provide supply under Trump’s NFWG strategy, includ
Slide 28: Nuclear Energy Saves Lives
Nuclear Energy Saves Lives – Improves Quality of Life Nuclear is the safest way to make reliable electricity and has saved over 3 million lives that would have been lost prematurely to deadly air pollution from energy alternatives. https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2019/01/nuclear-power-has-saved-3-4-mi
Slide 29: Germany's "Energiewende" Failed Energy Policy
Germany’s “Energiewende” France Gets 72% of its “Failed Energy Policy” Electricity from Nuclear Power THEY ENJOY: 160 Billion Euro Investment in “Green Energy” has resulted in: ✓ Per kW carbon emissions 1/10 that of Germany ✓ Electricity rates 1/2 that of Germany ▪ Zero Progress in Reducing Carbon E
Slide 30: Nuclear Power Growth Remains Robust
Nuclear Power Growth Remains Robust 30 47 Reactors Connected in 7 Years 54 Units Under Construction ▪ China announced that it is likely to triple nuclear power capacity by 2030 ▪ India plans for 21 new nuclear reactors by 2031 ▪ U.A.E. completing construction on 4 units ▪ U.K. upgrading nuclear flee
Slide 31: Small Modular Reactor (SMR) An Important Emerging Market
Small Modular Reactor (SMR) An Important Emerging Market ▪ SMR global market: 65-85 GWe by 2035 – small scalable reactors: ▪ Size: 5 up to 300 MWe ▪ Simpler design - lower capital and operating cost ▪ Cost competitive with natural gas ▪ Western U.S. utilities planning for 12 of the NuScale Power SMR
Slide 32: Need for New Production – Beyond Existing Mines
Need for New Production – Beyond Existing Mines Trade Tech’s “Market Appetite” for New Production Inventory Overhang Appetite for New Production Secondary Supply Established Production Base (Weighted) Reactor Requirements Drawing Down Uranium Price Too Low to Stimulate New Production Within the Perm
Slide 33: Utility Procurement Cycle: Old Contracts Rolling Off
Utility Procurement Cycle: Old Contracts Rolling Off…New Contracts Need to be Signed Utility Uncommitted Demand Historic Long Term Contracting Source: UxC Market Outlook Q1 2020 33
Slide 34: Global Cost Curve – Most U.S. Production is ISR
Global Cost Curve – Most U.S. Production is ISR Source: TradeTech 34
Slide 35: Overdependence on Foreign Supplies
Overdependence on Foreign Supplies U.S. Uranium Imports vs. Production: 1970-2018 Source: EIA Report 2018, UxC, LLC 35
Slide 36: Bottom Line - Positive Market Outlook
Bottom Line - Positive Market Outlook ✓ Demand Growth – 47 reactors added to grid in past 7 years. Global nuclear energy generation has recovered to pre-Fukushima levels ✓ Underinvestment and Supply Cutbacks – Kazakhs, Cameco, Orano, and others, resulting in significant primary supply deficit ✓ Lead
Slide 37: Combined Resource Summary
Combined Resource Summary(1) Projects Measured & Indicated Inferred Hub & Spoke ISR Portfolio Tons Grade Lbs U3O8 Tons Grade Lbs U3O8 Texas ISR (‘000) (% U3O8) (‘000) (‘000) (% U3O8) (‘000) Palangana 393 0.14 1,057 328 0.18 1,154 Burke Hollow - - - 4,064 0.088 7,093 Goliad 3,790 0.05 5,475 1,547 0.0
Slide 38: Uranium Energy Corp UEC: NYSE American
URANIUM ENERGY CORP Toll Free: (866) 748-1030 info@uraniumenergy.com www.uraniumenergy.com Corporate Office 500 North Shoreline Ste. 800N Corpus Christi, TX 78401 Tel: (361) 888-8235 Fax: (361) 888-5041 Investor Relations: Bruce J. Nicholson President and CEO: Amir Adnani Executive Vice President Sc