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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-036806"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UEC"
cik: "0001334933"
company_name: "URANIUM ENERGY CORP"
filed_at: "2024-12-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T07:08:57.951421+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UEC restarts Christensen Ranch mine, expands capacity to 4M lbs, signs Rio Tinto deal

## Summary
- Restarted Christensen Ranch ISR mine; resin transport to Irigaray plant begun; drummed concentrate expected early 2025.
- Expanded Irigaray Plant licensed capacity to 4.0M lbs U3O8/year; construction started at Burke Hollow Ion Exchange Facility.
- Roughrider IEA shows post-tax NPV $946M, 40% IRR, 1.4-year payback, 6.8M lbs/year average production.
- Agreed to acquire 100% of Rio Tinto's Sweetwater Plant and Wyoming projects with ~175M lbs historic resources.
- Sold 210k lbs U3O8 at $81.37/lb; gross profit $6.3M. Inventory 1.256M lbs valued at $100.5M. Liquid assets >$350M, no debt.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-036806
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UEC
- cik: 0001334933
- company_name: URANIUM ENERGY CORP
- filed_at: 2024-12-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- 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/1334933/000143774924036806/0001437749-24-036806-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1334933/000143774924036806/uec20241205_8k.htm

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