Porter, LeVay & Rose Inc., as its investor relations advisor CENTENNIAL, Colo., June 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Westwater Resources, Inc. (“Westwater,” or the “Company”) (WWR), an energy materials development company, announced today that it has retained long-standing agency Porter, LeVay & Rose Inc., as its investor relations advisor of record, to lead the Company’s awareness efforts with the investment community.
Christopher M. Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “Porter, LeVay & Rose came highly recommended due to their unique and strategic approach to investor relations and proven track record of generating positive results for small-cap companies. Our continued work to diversify our green energy portfolio into battery materials has now resulted in the acquisition of Alabama Graphite Corp., giving us first mover advantage in a key component of electrical storage devices. Simply put, combining our experienced management team, our solid financial position, and our attractive assets – all with significant upside potential, we have a tremendous story to tell. With Porter, LeVay & Rose, we look forward to further expanding our investor base and communicating to potential investors, thanks to the experience and expertise of PLR. We are excited for what is yet to come.”
Michael Porter, President of Porter, LeVay & Rose, commented, “We are delighted to be working with Westwater Resources. The Company’s recent expansion of its green energy portfolio in America, places Westwater into an excellent strategic position within the market, as demand for various battery-powered technology continues to strengthen. We have seen the ambitious plans for Alabama Graphite over the next several months, and we are excited to be a part of telling the Company's story to Wall Street,” concluded Mr. Porter.
About Westwater Resources
WWR is focused on developing energy-related materials. The Company’s battery materials projects include lithium mineral properties in three prospective lithium brine basins in Nevada and Utah and now with the acquisition of AGC, the Coosa Graphite Project and the associated Coosa Graphite Mine located across 41,900 acres in east-central Alabama. WWR’s uranium projects are located in Texas, New Mexico and the Republic of Turkey. WWR remains focused on advancing the Temrezli in-situ recovery (ISR) uranium project in Central Turkey when uranium prices permit economic development of this project. In Texas, the Company has two licensed and currently idled uranium processing facilities and approximately 11,000 acres (4,400 ha) of prospective in-situ recovery uranium projects. In New Mexico, the Company controls mineral rights encompassing approximately 188,700 acres (76,394 ha) in the prolific Grants Mineral Belt, which is one of the largest concentrations of sandstone-hosted uranium deposits in the world. Incorporated in 1977 as Uranium Resources, Inc., WWR also owns an extensive uranium information database of historic drill hole logs, assay certificates, maps and technical reports for the Western United States. For more information, visit www.westwaterresources.net.
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