Slide 1: Low-Cost Fuel for Emission-Free Electricity
LOW-COST FUEL FOR EMISSION-FREE ELECTRICITY URANIUM ENERGY CORP | NYSE MKT: UEC | URANIUMENERGY.COM
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: Sharp Supply Cuts Rebalancing Market
Sharp Supply Cuts Rebalancing Market Kazatomprom & Cameco cut 44 MM lbs World’s largest uranium producers Removes low-cost tier one production Limits supply options for utilities Eliminates excess 2018 supply – 11 MM lbs deficit A wake up call for complacent utilities Cameco 15.6 MM + Ka
Slide 4: Our Mission
Our Mission TO EXPAND URANIUM PRODUCTION USING LOW COST IN-SITU RECOVERY(ISR) WHILE DEVELOPING A PIPELINE OF RESOURCES FOR MAJOR ONGOING GROWTH 4
Slide 5: Diversified Asset Portfolio
Diversified Asset Portfolio Low-Cost ISR & Production Ready Combined portfolio of 54Mlbs M&I and Reno Creek ISR Project (Fully Permitted) 45Mlbs Inferred U3O8 Project Name Stage Resources (M lbs) M&I Inferred Reno Creek (NT) 22.0 0.9 Infrastructure Hobson Processing Plant - Production Capacity Licen
Slide 6: UEC's Hobson ISR Processing Plant – South Texas
UEC’s Hobson ISR Processing Plant – South Texas 6
Slide 7: UEC at a Glance
UEC at a Glance Member of the Russell 3000® Index Cash ~$19 M* Share 156.0 M 31.0 M 14.0 M 201.0 M Structure Outstanding Warrants + Options Fully Diluted** Recent $1.74 1,176,700 Activity Price as of 12/11/17 Avg. Daily Vol. (3-mo) Enterprise $271 M $20 M*** ~$272 M Value Market Cap Long-Term Debt E
Slide 8: 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 33 years experience with uranium majors, founder and Chairman of Brazil Resources Secr
Slide 9: UEC's Three-Prong Strategy
UEC’s Three-Prong Strategy Keep 100% Un-Hedged Book Align with contrarian long-term capital Downturn Presents Acquisition Opportunities: Best time to acquire future development pipeline Resource Management and Production Readiness Develop low-cost and scalable operations (ISR Hub & Spoke
Slide 10: Strengthening ISR Portfolio with Accretive Consolidation of Reno Creek Project
Strengthening ISR Portfolio with Accretive Consolidation of Reno Creek Project Fully Permitted Construction Ready ISR Project Permitted to produce up to 2 million lbs U3O8 per year NI 43-101 Resource (2016): 22.0 MM lbs M&I 142% increase to UEC’s ISR M&I resource for ~ 9% dilution to UEC sha
Slide 11: Powder River Basin Uranium District
Powder River Basin Uranium District 11
Slide 12: Reno Creek: Project Summary
Reno Creek: Project Summary Strategic location within the heart Additional geologic potential to of the Powder River Basin, expand resources. Wyoming, which has produced over 10-12 miles of underexplored 85 MM lbs of uranium. ground, along four major fronts, on The project is fully permitted
Slide 13: Reno Creek: Project History
Reno Creek: Project History Significant Historic Expenditures: Nearly $60M invested in the project since 2010 including asset acquisitions, extensive development activities and royalty buybacks Fully Permitted: Reno Creek received its final permits to produce up to 2 Mlbs per year in Feb. 2017 J
Slide 14: Hub & Spoke Production Strategy
Hub & Spoke Production Strategy 14
Slide 15: Hobson is fully licensed and permitted
Hobson is fully licensed and permitted. The Processing Plant has a 2M lb. / year physical capacity 15
Slide 16: Palangana ISR Mine
Palangana ISR Mine First Producing Mine Proof of Concept $10 M 6 months construction timeline Initial CAPEX • Low cash-cost of $21.77/lb Production during operation Ready • Fully permitted including expanded mine permit Similar Costs • Goliad fully permitted • Burke Hollow final mine and for Future
Slide 17: Palangana Production Area (PA-1)
Palangana Production Area 1 (PA-1) Palangana Ion Exchange Facility 17
Slide 18: Resin Hauling Truck And Trailer
Resin Hauling Truck And Trailer 18
Slide 19: Burke Hollow ISR Project Growth Ahead
Burke Hollow ISR Project Growth Ahead Discovery of five trends since 2012 7.09 million pounds in 4.06 MT grading 0.088% U3O8 Leach amenability testing indicates recovery greater than 90% 20,000 acres located ~50 miles from Hobson Processing Plant. 55% of the property unexplored 19
Slide 20: Burke Hollow ISR Project Advancing with Drilling and Permitting
Burke Hollow ISR Project Advancing with Drilling and Permitting The following final permits have been issued: Mine Production Area. Two Class I disposal wells. Drilling at Burke Hollow Aquifer Exemption. Radioactive Material License (RML) application is under technical review. 20
Slide 21: Goliad ISR Project
Goliad ISR Project Fully licensed and permitted NI 43-101 compliant resource*: Measured & Indicated Resource: 5,475,200 lbs in 3.8 MT grading 0.05% U3O8 Inferred Resource: 1,501,400 lbs in 1.5 MT grading 0.05% U3O8 *NI 43-101 Technical Report completed and available on SEDAR and see disclaim
Slide 22: Paraguay
Paraguay South America’s second fastest growing economy Government policy focused on attracting Foreign Direct Investment Recently modernized mining code to incentivize exploration and development Corporate tax rate of 10% Paraguay’s Itaipu Hydroelectric Dam 2nd largest in the world with
Slide 23: 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 7.8 MT grading 0.052% Ca
Slide 24: Titanium Feedstock Market
Titanium Feedstock Market Over 90% of TiO2 feedstocks, such as ilmenite, Price of TiO2 feedstock - Ilmenite (USD) used for pigment manufacturing. $175 $175 Strong 2017 price growth for ilmenite, driven UEC signed option to by: $150 acquire $150 Alto Paraná Strong demand recovery Chinese pigm
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 exploration claim of 70,498 hectares 6.0 7.41 23.58 13.
Slide 26: Alto Paraná Project Overview
Alto Paraná Project Overview Approximately $25 million invested in the project Excellent infrastructure and proximity to hydroelectric source Mining, processing and restoration successfully pilot- tested Potential for high quality TiO2 slag and pig iron Alto Parana - long-life, low cost, c
Slide 27: Anderson Project Overview
Anderson Project Overview NI 43-101 compliant resource*: Indicated Resource: 26.8 M tons, 17 M lbs. avg. grade A Large US of 0.029% Resource Inferred Resource: 13 M tons, 12 M lbs. with avg. grade of 0.046% 9,852 Project located ~75 miles northwest of Phoenix, AZ Acres Historic Between 1955-1958
Slide 28: Anderson Project Preliminary Economic Assessment
Anderson Project Preliminary Economic Assessment Projected post-tax IRR of 50% and an NPV of Overview $101.1 million, based on a uranium price of $65 per pound CAPEX is estimated at $8 million for pre-production Low costs and $43.9 million for initial capital CAPEX / OPEX Average life of mine di
Slide 29: Slick Rock Project US Project Portfolio Highlight
Slick Rock Project US Project Portfolio Highlight NI 43-101 compliant resource*: Inferred Resource: 2.5 M tons, 11.6 M lbs. avg. Technical grade of 0.228% Report Inferred Resource: 2.5 M tons, 69.6 M lbs. vanadium with avg. grade of 1.37% 33% pre- tax Internal Rate of Return $43.8 million pr
Slide 30: Climate Change Requires Nuclear Energy Involvement
Climate Change Requires Nuclear Energy Involvement “There’s really only one technology that we know of that supplies carbon-free power at the scale modern civilization requires, and that is nuclear power” - Ken Caldeira of Stanford University’s Department of Global Ecology 30
Slide 31: Recent Challenges for Nuclear Energy – All Have Turned Positive
Recent Challenges for Nuclear Energy – All Have Turned Positive in Recent Months! Slow pace of Japanese recovery – Abe election victory, more reactor restarts New anti-nuclear South Korean president – Overruled by strong public support for nuclear power growth French policy to cut nuclear to 5
Slide 32: Nuclear Power - Growth Industry By Any Measure
Nuclear Power - Growth Industry By Any Measure 447 operable reactors in 30 different countries 57 reactors under construction 159 reactors on order or planned 2015/2016 - the best two years in the past 25 for nuclear capacity additions 32
Slide 33: China and India Accelerating Nuclear Growth
China and India Accelerating Nuclear Growth China: India: - 37 reactors operating - 22 reactors operating - 183 reactors planned and proposed - 65 reactors planned and proposed - 20 under construction - 6 under construction Air quality imperative –moratorium on new coal plants 33
Slide 34: Japanese Recovery Progressing Well in 2017
Japanese Recovery Progressing Well in 2017 12 reactors have passed NRA Safety Review 5 reactors have started* A total of 8 reactors plan to be operating by summer 2018 Government approved plans are for 20%-22% from nuclear power Recent Development – PM Shinzo Abe wins landslide victory. Nu
Slide 35: Nuclear Power in the United States
Nuclear Power in the United States Continued Strong Reliance on Nuclear Power 99 operating reactors 20% of the nations electrical energy 60% of the nation’s carbon-free electricity 2 new reactors under construction 14 New Reactor Licenses issued or under review Department of Energy pus
Slide 36: Uranium Price History
Uranium Price History (at $25/lb – up over $5.00/lb and 25% since Cameco Nov. 8 News) $137/lb $70/lb Nov 2016 $17.75/lb 12 year low Source: Ux Consulting 36
Slide 37: Uranium Prices at Current Levels are Unsustainable
Uranium Prices at Current Levels are Unsustainable Global production costs not covered at $25/lb spot price* Even lowest-cost Kazakh production under pressure Producer contracts ending will not be replaced at previous pricing More production is likely to be shuttered with current prices 7
Slide 38: Production Estimates for 2018
Production Estimates for 2018 - Past 24 months have dropped about 42 million lbs! Kazakhstan, US, Canada Niger and Namibia UxC 2015 Q4 UMO vs 2017 Q4 UMO + Kazakh Dec 2017 cut 38
Slide 39: Supplies Declining in Coming Years Beyond Production Cuts
Good News - Supplies Declining in Coming Years Beyond Production Cuts Secondary Supplies – 29% decline by 2025 (-13 million lbs) DOE Inventories – Trending downward from domestic industry pressure (”clean” UF6 almost gone) Resource Depletion – 16 million lbs per year (mine closures): Ranger
Slide 40: Bottom Line – Positive Market Dynamics
Bottom Line – Positive Market Dynamics News Flow turns Positive – Japan, S. Korea, France, ILL, NY,CT, FERC Resiliency Rule Best demand growth in 25 years Underinvestment and big supply cutbacks – Kazaks, Cameco Lead time to advance large new mines can be 7 to 10 years (or longer) - $60/lb+
Slide 41: Investment Summary
Investment Summary Strengthening ISR portfolio with acquisition of fully licensed Reno Creek Project Infrastructure advantage with Hobson Plant Proof of concept with low-cost ISR production 5 ISR projects in Texas, with two fully permitted and a third (Burke Hollow) advanced stage permitting
Slide 42: Pro-Forma Resource Summary
Pro-Forma Resource Summary(1) Project Measured & Indicated Inferred Tonnage (‘000) Grade (% U3O8) Lbs U3O8) (‘000) Tonnage (‘000) Grade (% U3O8) Lbs U3O8) (‘000) Texas Hub & Spoke ISR Portfolio Palangana 393 0.14 1,057 328 0.18 1,154 Burke Hollow - - - 4,065 0.09 7,093 Goliad 3,790 0.05 5,475 1,547
Slide 43: Uranium Energy Corp
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 Mehran Bagherzadeh President and CEO: Amir Adnani