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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-22-016131"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "URG"
cik: "0001375205"
company_name: "UR-ENERGY INC"
filed_at: "2022-12-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T08:44:30.106317+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ur-Energy completes Phase 1 well tech tests; 75% less rig time, $2.50-$3.50/lb savings

## Summary
- Phase 1 field tests at Lost Creek show 75% reduction in drill rig time and 85% reduction in casing cost per injection well.
- Estimated cost savings of $2.50-$3.50 per pound of U3O8, up to 49% savings per injection well.
- Injection wells are ~65% of wells in traditional five-spot patterns; company to test seven-spot geometry for higher recovery.
- Next steps: Phase 2 testing, hydrologic modeling, and final permitting from Wyoming DEQ LQD.
- Company plans to license patent to other in-situ recovery industries (copper, lithium, soda ash, potash).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-22-016131
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: URG
- cik: 0001375205
- company_name: UR-ENERGY INC
- filed_at: 2022-12-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1375205/000165495422016131/0001654954-22-016131-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1375205/000165495422016131/urg_8k.htm

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