DESIGNATED NEWS RELEASE
VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 6, 2023
/CNW/ - Uranium Royalty Corp. (NASDAQ: UROY) (TSXV:
URC) ("URC" or the "Company") is pleased to
announce the completion of its previously announced acquisition
from Anfield Energy Inc. ("Anfield") of a portfolio of royalties on
U.S. projects consisting of:
- U.S. Conventional Mining Royalty Portfolio:
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- a 2% net smelter return royalty on portions of the San Rafael
Project, located in Utah, USA and
operated by Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp.;
- a 2 – 4% sliding scale gross value royalty on portions of the
Whirlwind Project, located in Colorado and Utah,
USA and operated by Energy Fuels Inc. ("Energy
Fuels"); and
- a 1% gross value royalty (applicable to uranium and vanadium
sales) on portions of the Energy Queen Project, located in
Utah, USA and operated by Energy
Fuels.
- U.S. In-Situ Recovery (ISR) Royalty:
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- a 2 – 4% sliding scale royalty on portions of the Dewey Burdock
Project located in South Dakota,
USA and operated by enCore Energy Corp.
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Cash consideration of US$1.5
million was paid by the Company at closing.
Physical Uranium
Holdings
The Company further announces that it has made additional
uranium concentrate purchase commitments totaling 200,000 pounds
U3O8 at an average cost of US$51.00 per pound. Deliveries will be made
in February 2023 to URC's storage
account with Cameco Corporation in Ontario, Canada. At the time of delivery, the
purchase will be funded with cash on hand and available credit.
With these additions, URC will hold physical uranium inventories
of 1,748,068 pounds, acquired at a weighted average cost of
US$43.32 per pound. Based on the
daily spot price published by TradeTech LLC on February 6, 2023 of US$50.50, the value of such holdings was
US$88 million (C$118 million), representing an increase of 17%
since the acquisition dates.
As previously disclosed, URC has also contracted future purchase
commitments of 500,000 pounds U3O8 through
2025 at a weighted average price of US$47.71 per pound.
Quarterly Update
As at January 31, 2023, the
Company had approximately C$147
million in cash, marketable securities and physical uranium
holdings. During the three months ended January 31, 2023, the Company distributed
1,962,702 common shares pursuant to its previously announced
at-the-market equity program through the facilities of the TSX
Venture Exchange and NASDAQ for gross proceeds of approximately
C$7.0 million.
The Company plans to file its unaudited financial statements and
related management's discussion and analysis for the three and nine
months ended January 31, 2023 on or
about March 16, 2023.
About Uranium Royalty
Corp.
Uranium Royalty Corp. (URC) is the world's only uranium-focused
royalty and streaming company and the only pure-play uranium listed
company on the NASDAQ. URC provides investors with uranium
commodity price exposure through strategic acquisitions in uranium
interests, including royalties, streams, debt and equity in uranium
companies, as well as through holdings of physical uranium. The
Company is well positioned as a capital provider to an industry
needing massive investments in global productive capacity to meet
the growing need for uranium as fuel for carbon-free nuclear
energy. URC has deep industry knowledge and expertise to identify
and evaluate investment opportunities in the uranium industry. The
Company's management and the Board include individuals with decades
of combined experience in the uranium and nuclear energy sectors,
including specific expertise in mine finance, project
identification and evaluation, mine development and uranium sales
and trading.
Forward Looking
Statements
Certain statements in this news release may constitute
"forward-looking information" and "forward looking statements", as
defined under applicable securities laws, including statements
regarding expected filing of financial statements and contracted
future uranium deliveries. Forward-looking information includes
statements that address or discuss activities, events, or
developments that the Company expects or anticipates may occur in
the future. When used in this news release, words such as
"estimates", "expects", "plans", "anticipates", "will", "believes",
"intends" "should", "could", "may" and other similar terminology
are intended to identify such forward-looking information.
Statements constituting forward-looking information reflect the
current expectations and beliefs of the Company's management. These
statements involve significant uncertainties, known and unknown
risks, uncertainties, and other factors and, therefore, actual
results, performance or achievements of the Company and its
industry may be materially different from those implied by such
forward-looking statements. They should not be read as a guarantee
of future performance or results and will not necessarily be an
accurate indication of whether or not such results will be
achieved. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ
materially from such forward-looking information, including,
without limitation, any counterparty risks and other risks
described in filings with Canadian securities regulators and the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These risks, as well as
others, could cause actual results and events to vary
significantly. Accordingly, readers should exercise caution in
relying upon forward-looking information and the Company undertakes
no obligation to publicly revise them to reflect subsequent events
or circumstances, except as required by law.
Neither the TSX-V nor its Regulation Services Provider (as
that term is defined in policies of the TSX-V) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
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