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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-031486"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UEC"
cik: "0001334933"
company_name: "URANIUM ENERGY CORP"
filed_at: "2024-10-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T13:10:24.128095+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UEC receives Wyoming approval to boost Irigaray plant capacity to 4M lbs U3O8 annually

## Summary
- Wyoming DEQ approved capacity increase to 4.0M lbs U3O8/yr at Irigaray central processing plant.
- UEC engaged Stantec for engineering, process optimization, capital cost estimates for Powder River Basin expansion.
- Upon closing Rio Tinto acquisition, UEC will have 12.1M lbs combined U.S. licensed capacity across three hub-and-spoke platforms.
- Irigaray supports four permitted ISR projects; Powder River Basin estimated resources: 62.3M lbs M&I, 10.7M lbs inferred.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-031486
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UEC
- cik: 0001334933
- company_name: URANIUM ENERGY CORP
- filed_at: 2024-10-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334933/000143774924031486/0001437749-24-031486-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334933/000143774924031486/uec20241017_8k.htm

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