Those rumours turned out to be false ..."... and these seem impossible to be true. The spot market price for uranium is currently just over
$56 a pound, well under what the Nigerien junta reportedly wants to charge."
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/uranium-prices-fuel-anti-french-protest-in-niger/
and "... sufficient inventories to last for three years ..."
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/uranium-price-ticks-up-after-niger-coup-more-gains-expected-2023-08-01/