Energy Fuels Closes Acquisition Of Australia's Base Resources

DENVER, CO - Denver-based Energy Fuels Inc. has completed the acquisition of Base Resources Limited in Perth, Australia.

"With Energy Fuels' acquisition of Base Resources and its Toliara Project in Madagascar, we have now acquired the raw materials that, when developed, will enable us to become one of the world's leading suppliers of advanced rare earth products and titanium and zirconium minerals, while also maintaining our current position as a leading producer of uranium in the United States," said Mark Chalmers, President and CEO of Energy Fuels Inc.

"We have been putting together the missing pieces of the REE supply chain over the past two years, as we create a large-scale and low-cost critical mineral company based in the United States that produces uranium, rare earth elements, vanadium and soon medical isotopes on American soil, along with titanium and zirconium minerals at our mines in the Southern Hemishere. The 'common thread' connecting these products is that they are produced from, or associated with, ores that contain uranium, an integral part of our story over many years. We are able to process these ores at our facility in Utah and recover these elements in addition to the contained uranium.

The Base acquisition is one of the most important pieces in Energy Fuels' REE plan, as the development of the Toliara Project is expected to greatly increase Energy Fuels' supply of raw materials and help the Company control its internal supply chain and costs. "We are working to bring rare earth processing capabilities back to the United States, while also mining and processing to the highest global standards for protection of human health, human rights and the environment. This is great news for America's clean energy, economic, and national security."