CASPER, WY --(Marketwired - September 03, 2014) - Uranerz Energy Corporation ("Uranerz" or the "Company") (
Uranerz signed its first long-term uranium sales agreement in 2009 with Exelon Generation Company, LLC, and signed its second sales agreement with another major U.S. utility later that same year. This delivery will satisfy a portion of Uranerz' existing long-term sales contracts and the Company expects to make its next shipment of uranium later this quarter.
"This shipment takes the Company one step closer to completing its first recorded sales transaction," stated Glenn Catchpole, Uranerz Chief Executive Officer. "We look forward to reporting production and revenue figures in the next quarter."
The Nichols Ranch production facility is the newest uranium mine in North America. Commissioning of the Nichols Ranch ISR Uranium Project began on April 15, 2014 with the start of chemical addition to the circulating groundwater. The in-situ recovery process utilizes oxidized groundwater, fortified with baking soda, which is distributed through the underground uranium deposit by means of injection wells. The uranium-bearing water is recovered using production wells. Uranium is loaded on ion exchange resin at Nichols Ranch, and the resin is then transported to Cameco Resources' Smith Ranch uranium production facilities for final processing into dried and drummed uranium concentrates. As the operations at Nichols Ranch have begun to transition from commissioning to commercial production, we are continuing to observe the expected improvements in the uranium recovery parameters.
About Uranerz Uranerz Energy Corporation is a U.S.-domiciled uranium company. The Company's Nichols Ranch unit is its first ISR uranium mine. Uranerz controls a large strategic land position in the central Powder River Basin. The Company's management team has specialized expertise in the ISR uranium mining method and a record of licensing, constructing and operating ISR uranium projects. The Company has entered into three long-term uranium sales contracts with Exelon and one other large nuclear utility for a portion of its planned production.
Further Information For further information, please contact Derek Iwanaka, Manager of Investor Relations at 1-800-689-1659 or by email at investor@uranerz.com . Alternatively, please refer to the Company's website at www.uranerz.com , review the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov , or visit the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com .
Forward-looking Statements This press release may contain or refer to "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable United States and Canadian securities laws, which may include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the Company's expectation that it will make its next shipment of uranium later this quarter, that this first shipment takes the Company one step closer towards completing its first recorded sales transaction, that the Company looks forward to reporting production and revenue figures in the next quarter, and all other statements which are in the future tense or which describe future activities or express intentions or expectations. Such forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, the risks and uncertainties outlined in our most recent financial statements and reports and registration statement filed with the SEC (available at www.sec.gov ) and with Canadian securities administrators (available at www.sedar.com ). Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. We do not undertake to update forward-looking statements, except as required by law.
For further information, please contact: Derek Iwanaka Manager of Investor Relations 1-800-689-1659 investor@uranerz.com www.uranerz.com
