Uranium Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: URRE) (URI), today announced that Mark
K. Wheatley was appointed as an independent director of URI, effective
January 16, 2013.
Mr. Wheatley has more than 25 years of global metals and mining
exploration and development experience and has served on the boards of a
number of listed companies over the last 10 years. He is currently a
director of Xanadu Mines and Goliath Gold and was a director of Gold One
International until the end of 2012. Mr. Wheatley was a director of
Uranium One Inc from 2005 through 2010. He was CEO of Southern Cross
Resources from 2003, and Chairman of the Board beginning in 2004, until
the company merged to create Uranium One in 2005. His executive
management experience also includes Managing Director and CEO of BMA
Gold Ltd and General Manager of Corporate Development for Aurion Gold.
He also was Senior Vice President within the global mining team of
Bankers Trust Australia. Mr. Wheatley started his career at BHP Billiton
in 1979 and worked in a number of technical and commercial roles.
Paul K. Willmott, Executive Chairman of the Board of URI, commented,
“Mark adds a wealth of experience and a solid knowledge of the industry
to the URI board. He has successfully led companies in all aspects and
phases of a project, including finance, operations, exploration,
production and ultimately closure. His experience will prove invaluable
as we work to develop our asset base in South Texas and New Mexico.”
With Mr. Wheatley's appointment, the Company's Board of Directors now
consists of five directors, including three independent directors. Mr.
Wheatley will also serve on the Company’s Audit Committee, increasing
the number of members to three. Following Mr. Wheatley’s appointment,
the Company expects to regain compliance with NASDAQ rules requiring the
Board of Directors to be comprised of a majority of independent
directors and the Audit Committee to be comprised of at least three
independent members.
The Company also announced that, effective February 1, 2013, Paul K.
Willmott, who has been an executive officer of the Company since 1995
and Executive Chairman since 2007, is now non-executive Chairman of the
Board. Paul joined URI in 1994 as a director and was Chief Executive
Officer from 1995 to August 2007.
About Uranium Resources, Inc.
Uranium Resources Inc. explores for, develops and mines uranium. Since
its incorporation in 1977, URI has produced over 8 million pounds of
uranium by in-situ recovery (ISR) methods in the state of Texas. URI has
over 206,600 acres of uranium mineral holdings and 152.9 million pounds
of in-place mineralized uranium material in New Mexico and an NRC
license to produce up to 1 million pounds of uranium per year. URI has
an additional 1.3 million pounds of in-place mineralized uranium
material in Texas and South Dakota. The Company acquired these
properties over the past 20 years along with an extensive information
database of historic drill hole logs, assay certificates, maps and
technical reports.
Uranium Resources routinely posts news and other information about the
Company on its website at www.uraniumresources.com.
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that the Company expects or anticipates will occur in the future,
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estimated mineralized uranium material, expected compliance with NASDAQ
rules, development of the Company’s asset base, and the strategy of the
Company are forward-looking statements. Because they are
forward-looking, they should be evaluated in light of important risk
factors and uncertainties. These risk factors and uncertainties include,
but are not limited to, the spot price and long-term contract price of
uranium, the outcome of negotiations with the Navajo Nation, the
Company’s ability to reach agreements with current royalty holders,
weather conditions, operating conditions at the Company’s mining
projects, government and tribal regulation of the mining industry and
the nuclear power industry, world-wide uranium supply and demand,
availability of capital, timely receipt of mining and other permits from
regulatory agents and other factors which are more fully described in
the Company’s documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties
materialize, or should any of the Company’s underlying assumptions prove
incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those currently
anticipated. In addition, undue reliance should not be placed on the
Company’s forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, the
Company disclaims any obligation to update or publicly announce any
revisions to any of the forward-looking statements contained in this
news release.
