Uranium Resources Announces 3Q 2016 Results and Energy Metals Business Update Conference Call

CENTENNIAL, Colo., Nov. 07, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Uranium Resources, Inc. URRE will hold a conference call to discuss its 3Q 2016 financial results and recent developments on Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (11:00 a.m. Mountain Time).

The conference call and presentation will also be available via a live webcast through the Company's website, www.uraniumresources.com.

Hosting the call will be Christopher M. Jones, President and Chief Executive Officer of Uranium Resources, who will be joined by Jeffrey L. Vigil, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Dean T. Wilton, Chief Geologist and Vice President of Uranium Resources, will be available for any questions.

Mr. Jones will present an overview of the Company's financial position and discuss the Company's new lithium business and lithium brine exploration projects Sal Rica in Utah and Columbia Basin in Nevada.

A replay of the call will be available on the Company's website for a limited time and also available by phone using the details below.

About Uranium Resources
URI is focused on developing energy-related metals.  The Company has developed a dominant land position in two prospective lithium brine projects in Nevada and Utah in preparation for exploration and potential development of any resources that may be discovered there. URI remains focused on advancing the Temrezli in-situ recovery (ISR) uranium project in Central Turkey when uranium prices permit. 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 11,000 acres (4,400 ha) of prospective ISR uranium 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.