Energy Fuel Restored U.S. Rare Supply Chains

LAKEWOOD, CO - Mark S. Chalmers, Energy Fuels' President and CEO, said, "Energy Fuels achieved another significant milestone in restoring U.S. rare earth supply chains when we recently announced the successful production of rare earth carbonate from U.S.-sourced natural monazite sand at our White Mesa Mill. We are also very excited about our recently announced Strategic Alliance with RadTran, which has the potential to help produce isotopes from our existing RE Carbonate and uranium process streams for use in cancer therapeutics that can improve human health and ultimately save lives. These two initiatives, which are complementary to our core uranium business, are examples of the unique and valuable capabilities of the White Mesa Mill. We also announced the sale of several non-core conventional uranium assets to International Consolidated Uranium. These are licensed uranium assets, with excellent production track-records. But we don't think markets value these assets appropriately within our portfolio. With this accretive disposition, we hope to unlock value in these excellent assets for our shareholders.

The outlook for uranium also continues to improve, vanadium markets are strengthening and REE prices continue to exhibit strength. With three fully licensed uranium processing centers -- the White Mesa Mill and the Nichols Ranch and Alta Mesa in situ recovery facilities -- the largest NI 43-101 resource portfolio among U.S. uranium producers, and almost 700,000 pounds of U.S.-produced U3O8 in inventory, the Company remains well-positioned to benefit from a strengthening uranium market and the proposed U.S. Uranium Reserve once it is established by the U.S. government. But what I find most exciting about all this is that not only do we have excellent optionality and exposure to improved uranium markets, we are also leveraging our existing uranium assets to give the Company and our shareholders exposure to vanadium, REEs and potentially medical isotope markets, all as complements to our primary uranium business. Each of these complementary businesses could develop into a significant business for the Company in its own right and bodes well for our quickly developing "Critical Minerals Hub" in the U.S."