Uranium Energy Corp. · AMEX:UEC
Uranium Energy — Investor Presentation (May 2021)
38 slides from Uranium Energy's investor presentation, May 2021
Slide 1: Corporate Presentation – May 2021
Corporate Presentation – May 2021
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: Leading Pure Play, American Uranium Producer
Production ready, licensed, low-cost In-Situ Recovery (ISR) mining in Texas and Wyoming Largest resource base of fully permitted ISR projects of any U.S. based producer Leading Pure Play, American Uranium Newly established U.S. warehoused Producer inventory of 2.1 M lbs. U308 Strong balance sheet wi
Slide 4: Nuclear Power is Critical to U.S. Energy
Nuclear Power is Critical to U.S. Energy Bi-Partisan Support – First Time in 48 years Democratic Party Supports Nuclear Energy White House Clean Energy Mandate – Nuclear Energy Welcomed & Included in the Plan 2nd Largest Source of Electricity – Largest Source of Carbon-Free Power Generation No U.S.
Slide 5: Uranium Spot Price is around $30.00/lb. May 3, 2021
Uranium Spot Price is around $30.00/lb. May 3, 2021 66% Increase Over November 2016 Low ($17.75/lb) Spot Daily Long Term $160 $140 $138.00 2005: Major Mine $120 Disruptions (Cigar Lake, McArthur River) $70.00 US $/lb U308 $100 2011: Fukushima event $80 $60 $35.00 $29.50 $40 Financial Crisis $20 Nov
Slide 6: Diversified Asset Portfolio Low-Cost ISR & Production Ready
Diversified Asset Portfolio Low-Cost ISR & Production Ready Canada - Athabasca Basin 58 M lbs. Measured & Indicated Project Name Stage Resources (M lbs.) M&I Inferred 45 M lbs. Inferred U3O8 Diabase (E) NA NA Paraguay ISR Uranium Portfolio Resources (M lbs.) Contracted physical inventory of U.S. Pro
Slide 7: U.S. Physical Uranium Initiative
U.S. Physical Uranium Initiative Purchasing drummed uranium at prevailing spot prices below most global industry mining costs: ✓ Bolsters UEC ✓ Provides strategic ✓ Increases the availability of balance sheet inventory to support our Texas and Wyoming as uranium future marketing and production capac
Slide 8: U.S. Infrastructure, Resources and Permits
U.S. Infrastructure, Resources and Permits Uranium Stage: Hobson Processing Plant Production Capacity of 2 M lbs./year Texas Hub & Spoke ISR Portfolio Vanadium (E) Exploration (D) In Development (NT) Near Term Production WY CO AZ NM TX U.S. Conventional Portfolio Wyoming Reno Creek ISR Project South
Slide 9: UEC At a Glance
UEC At a Glance Member of the Russell 3000® Index Cash, Equity and ~$110 million Inventory Holdings(1,2) 230.7 M 6.7 M 13.1 M 250.5 M Share Structure Outstanding Warrants + Options & Stock Awards(3) Fully Diluted(1) $3.32 6,088,948 Recent Activity As of May 3, 2021 Avg. Daily Vol. (3-mo) $766 M $10
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 36 years of experience in senior roles with founder and Chairman of GoldMining Inc., S
Slide 11: Hub & Spoke Production Strategy
Hub & Spoke Production Strategy South Texas 11
Slide 12: Hobson is fully licensed and permitted
Hobson is fully licensed and permitted. The Processing Plant has a 2M lbs. / year physical capacity 12
Slide 13: Palangana ISR Mine
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 14: Palangana Production Area (PA-1)
Palangana Production Area 1 (PA-1) In-Situ Recovery (ISR) Technology Low Cost & Environmentally Friendly Palangana Ion Exchange Facility 14
Slide 15: Resin Hauling Truck And Trailer
Resin Hauling Truck And Trailer 15
Slide 16: Burke Hollow ISR Project
Burke Hollow ISR Project ▪ Discovery of six trends since 2012 ▪ 7.09M lbs. in 4.06Mt grading 0.088% U308 ▪ 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 releases dated
Slide 17: Burke Hollow ISR Project
Burke Hollow ISR Project Advancing Towards Uranium Extraction The following final permits have been issued: ✓ Mine Production Area ✓ Two Class I disposal wells ✓ Aquifer Exemption ✓ Radioactive Materials License Cased monitor wells in the proposed Production Area 1 at Burke Hollow Project See news r
Slide 18: Burke Hollow ISR Project, South Texas
Burke Hollow ISR Project, South Texas The Newest & Largest ISR Wellfield Being Developed in the U.S. 2021 Production Area Development ✓ Plan to complete all exterior and interior wells, including installation of ~45 additional monitor wells ✓ Permitting activities to include sampling and pumping tes
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 26M lbs. Reno Creek ISR Project of U3O8 grading 0.041% Pre-Feasibility Study within 32Mt* Underway Inferred Resource 1.49M lbs. of U3O8 grading 0.039% within 1.92Mt* First time since 1980 that the major mineralized trends have been consolidated Considerable ISR exploration and expansi
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 22M lbs. 350-hole resource discovers new
Slide 22: Anderson Project - Arizona
Anderson Project - Arizona NI 43-101 compliant resource*: A Large U.S. ▪ Indicated Resource: 29.5Mt, 17M lbs. avg. grade of 0.029% Resource ▪ Inferred Resource: 14.3Mt, 12M lbs. with avg. grade of 0.046% 9,852 Acres Project located ~75 miles northwest of Phoenix, AZ Between 1955-1958 with ~$40M spen
Slide 23: Slick Rock Project - Colorado
Slick Rock Project - Colorado NI 43-101 Compliant Resource*: Technical ▪ Inferred Resource: 2.5Mt, 11.6M lbs. avg. grade of 0.228% Report ▪ Inferred Resource: 2.5Mt, 69.6M lbs. vanadium with avg. grade of 1.37% Low ▪ $21M initial CAPEX with an annual production CAPEX of 438,000 pounds U3O8 + vanadiu
Slide 24: Anderson Project - Arizona
Anderson Project - Arizona NI 43-101 compliant resource*: A Large U.S. ▪ Indicated Resource: 29.5Mt, 17M lbs. avg. grade of 0.029% Resource ▪ Inferred Resource: 14.3Mt, 12M lbs. with avg. grade of 0.046% 9,852 Acres Project located ~75 miles northwest of Phoenix, AZ Between 1955-1958 with ~$40M spen
Slide 25: Slick Rock Project - Colorado
Slick Rock Project - Colorado NI 43-101 Compliant Resource*: Technical ▪ Inferred Resource: 2.5Mt, 11.6M lbs. avg. grade of 0.228% Report ▪ Inferred Resource: 2.5Mt, 69.6M lbs. vanadium with avg. grade of 1.37% Low ▪ $21M initial CAPEX with an annual production CAPEX of 438,000 pounds U3O8 + vanadiu
Slide 26: 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 / 8.9M lbs. in 7.8Mt grading 0.052% Cam
Slide 27: 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 28: Titanium Feedstock Market – TiO2 prices hitting 3-year highs
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 for pigment manufacturing $175 option to acquire ▪ Strong price recovery for ilmenite since $150 Alto Paraná 2017, with positive ou
Slide 29: Investment Summary
Investment Summary ▪ Strong balance sheet with ~$110 million in cash, equity and physical holdings upon closing of recent offering ▪ Fully permitted and state of the art infrastructure advantage with Hobson Processing Plant ▪ Pipeline of fully licensed, low-cost ISR projects – potential production p
Slide 30: Nuclear Energy
Nuclear Energy Clean, Safe, and Reliable Perfect Compliment to Renewable Wind and Solar Saves Lives and Improves Quality of Life 30
Slide 31: 2021 Polar Vortex – Nuclear Reliability at 95%
2021 Polar Vortex – Nuclear Reliability at 95% Resilient 24/7 carbon-free energy Reminder that over- reliance on any single energy source brings risks 31
Slide 32: Robust Nuclear Power Growth
Robust Nuclear Power Growth 32 CHINA announced that it is likely to triple nuclear power capacity by 2030 444 INDIA plans for 21 new nuclear reactors by 2031 Operable Reactors Worldwide U.A.E. completed 1 reactor; 3 units under construction, 4 more reactors under consideration 52 U.K. upgrading nucl
Slide 33: Small Modular Reactor (SMR)
Small Modular Reactor (SMR) An Important Emerging Market Small Modular Reactors (SMR’s) Scalable, factory-built, smaller footprint, flexible operations, manageable investments, cost competitive, unique applications Advanced Reactors Leverages pros/cons of previous designs, takes advantage of technol
Slide 34: Need for New Production – Beyond Existing Mines
Need for New Production – Beyond Existing Mines TradeTech’s “Market Appetite” for New Production ▪ Inventory Overhang Drawing Down ▪ Uranium Price Too Low to Stimulate New Production ▪ Within the Permitting and Development Lead Times to Bring On New Mines © 2019 • All assumptions are consistent with
Slide 35: Utility Procurement Cycle
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 2021 35
Slide 36: Bottom Line - Positive Market Outlook
Bottom Line - Positive Market Outlook ✓ Demand Growth – 55 reactors added to grid in past 8 years; 52 reactors under construction – nuclear generation has recovered to pre-Fukushima levels ✓ Strategic Interest in Physical Inventory – Producers, Developers, Financial buyers ✓ The Department of Energy
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