TORONTO, ONTARIO and NUCLA, COLORADO--(Marketwired - Oct. 24, 2016) - Western Uranium Corporation (CSE:WUC)
(OTCQX:WSTRF) ("Western" or the "Company") announces the appointment of Michael Rutter as vice-president operations of the
Company effective immediately.
Mr. Rutter has specific experience in the oversight of the construction, mechanics, PLCs electrical and operation of the
Ablation production units. Previously, Mr. Rutter was superintendent for Energy Fuels' Utah, Colorado and Arizona uranium
production.
Mr. George Glasier, President & CEO commented "We are pleased that Mike has formally joined Western's operations' team. Mike
has been supporting me as a consultant on a part-time basis since our acquisition of the Company's core assets from Energy Fuels
Inc. in 2014 and will now provide day-to-day support.
Mike is a highly regarded uranium and vanadium operations professional in the Western United States and is uniquely qualified
to join the team as the Company prepares to advance its low cost Ablation production from existing stockpiles, initially at the
Sunday Mine Complex and then at stockpiles located throughout Colorado and Utah."
About Western Uranium Corporation
Western Uranium Corporation is a Colorado based uranium and vanadium conventional mining company focused on low cost near-term
production of uranium and vanadium in the western United States.
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future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to control or predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and
results may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements and readers should not place undue
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