- 10,704-acre property is the sixth addition to the Company's South Texas
hub-and-spoke production strategy.
- Property lies on-trend with the Company's recently acquired Burke Hollow
Project in Bee County, and on-trend with several historic and two
active in-situ recovery mines.
- Company plans to launch near-term drilling program.
NYSE MKT Equities Exchange Symbol - UEC
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, May 15, 2012 /CNW/ - Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE MKT:
UEC, the "Company" or "UEC") is pleased to announce that it has
acquired the rights to explore for uranium on the Channen Project, a
10,704-acre property located in southern Goliad County, Texas (the
"Project"). The project is situated on the Goliad trend within the
prolific South Texas Uranium Belt, and is located approximately 50
miles to the southeast of the Company's Hobson uranium processing
facility.
The Channen Project lies on-trend with and approximately 20 miles
northeast of the recently acquired Burke Hollow Project in Bee County,
and approximately 25 miles to the south of the Company's Goliad
Project. The new property was initially identified after analyzing a
group of logs exhibiting gamma-ray anomalies displaying uranium
roll-front deposit type characteristics in several sandstone formations
with information derived from the Company's extensive exploration
database.
Company geologists are currently planning an aggressive exploration
program to include a drilling campaign that will be initiated upon
receipt of exploration permits from the Railroad Commission of Texas.
It is anticipated that the drill program will initially consist of a
statistical grid covering the entire 10,704-acre property.
Click through here to view a map that shows the Company's hub-and-spoke
production plan in South Texas, including the location of the Channen
Project in relation to the Company's processing facility and other
projects: South Texas Projects.
The technical information in this news release has been reported in
accordance with the Canadian regulatory requirements set out in
National Instrument 43-101 and has been approved by Andrew Kurrus,
P.G., Chief Geologist, Texas, for UEC, a qualified person under NI
43-101.
About Uranium Energy Corp.
Uranium Energy Corp. is a U.S.-based uranium production, development and
exploration company operating North America's newest emerging uranium
mine. The Company's fully licensed and permitted Hobson processing
facility is central to all of its projects in South Texas, including
the Palangana in-situ recovery project, which is ramping up initial
production, and the Goliad in-situ recovery project which has been
granted its Mine Permit and is in the initial stages of mine
construction. The Company's operations are managed by professionals
with a recognized profile for excellence in their industry, a profile
based on many decades of hands-on experience in the key facets of
uranium exploration, development and mining.
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of exploration activities, variations in the underlying assumptions
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labor disputes and other risks of the mining industry including,
without limitation, those associated with the environment, delays in
obtaining governmental approvals, permits or financing or in the
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from time to time by representatives of the Company may constitute
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Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the Federal securities laws. Although
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forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it
can give no assurance that its expectations will be achieved.
Forward-looking information is subject to certain risks, trends and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
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<p> <b>Contact North America: Investor Relations, Uranium Energy Corp.:</b><br/> Toll Free: <b>(866) 748-1030</b><br/> Fax: <b>(361) 888-5041</b><br/> E-mail: <a href="mailto:info@uraniumenergy.com">info@uraniumenergy.com</a> </p> <p> <b>Stock Exchange Information:</b><br/> NYSE-MKT: <b>UEC</b><br/> Frankfurt Stock Exchange Symbol: <b>U6Z</b><br/> WKN: <b>AØJDRR</b><br/> ISN: <b>US916896103</b> </p>