Uranium Resources to Present at Upcoming Conferences

CENTENNIAL, Colo., March 03, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Uranium Resources, Inc. URRE; URI, a leading exploration, development, and uranium production company, today announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Christopher M. Jones will be presenting at the following upcoming conferences; PDAC2016 - Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada, in Toronto, Canada on Monday, March 7^th and at ROTH Capital Partners 28^th Annual Conference on Monday, March 14, 2016 in Dana Point, CA.

Uranium Resources, Inc.'s presentation at PDAC2016 is scheduled for 4:40 PM local time on March 7^th, and ROTH conference presentation is scheduled to begin at 3:30 pm local time on March 14^th.  A live webcast of the ROTH presentation, along with presentation materials, will be available on Uranium Resource's website at http://uraniumresources.com.

The ROTH conference is by invitation only and organized by ROTH Capital Partners, LLC.

About Uranium Resources

Uranium Resources, Inc. (URI) is focused on advancing to near-term production the Temrezli in-situ recovery (ISR) project in Central Turkey.  URI controls extensive exploration properties under nine exploration and operating licenses covering approximately 32,000 acres (over 13,000 ha) with numerous exploration targets, including the potential satellite Sefaatli Project, which is 30 miles (48 km) southwest of the Temrezli Project. In Texas, the Company has two licensed and currently idled processing facilities and approximately 14,000 acres (5,700 ha) of prospective ISR projects. In New Mexico, the Company controls mineral rights encompassing approximately 190,000 acres (76,900 ha) in the prolific Grants Mineral Belt, which is one of the largest concentrations of sandstone-hosted uranium deposits in the world. Incorporated in 1977, URI also owns an extensive uranium information database of historic drill hole logs, assay certificates, maps and technical reports for the Western United States.