{"id":31249,"date":"2012-07-25T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/ur-energy-urg-enters-into-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-pathfinder-mines-corporation\/31249\/"},"modified":"2012-07-25T12:40:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T12:40:00","slug":"ur-energy-urg-enters-into-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-pathfinder-mines-corporation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/ur-energy-urg-enters-into-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-pathfinder-mines-corporation\/31249\/","title":{"rendered":"Ur-Energy &#8211; URG &#8211; Enters into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Pathfinder Mines Corporation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - News Links *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3490797620\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--Ad Injection mfunc mode ad include code--><!--mfunc include_once('\/mnt\/Target01\/327806\/www.thestockmarketwatch.com\/web\/content\/stock-market-news\/wp-content\/plugins\/ad-injection\/adshow.php') --><!--\/mfunc--><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/UR-Energy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-31259\" title=\"UR Energy\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/smw-news-wp\/2012\/07\/UR-Energy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"89\"><\/a>Ur-Energy Inc. (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=URG\">NYSE:URG<\/a>)<\/strong>\u00a0is pleased to announce the execution of a Share Purchase Agreement to acquire, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Ur-Energy USA Inc., Pathfinder Mines Corporation.<\/p>\n<p>Pathfinder owns the Shirley Basin and Lucky Mc mine sites in the Shirley Basin and Gas Hills mining districts of Wyoming, respectively, from which it historically produced more than seventy-one million pounds of uranium, primarily from the 1960s through the 1990s.\u00a0 Internal historic reports prepared by Pathfinder estimate the presence of remaining resources at the two projects totalling approximately 15 million pounds U<sub>3<\/sub>O<sub>8<\/sub>.\u00a0 These historic reports estimate that the Shirley Basin project holds over 10 million pounds U<sub>3<\/sub>O<sub>8<\/sub> at a GT (grade-thickness) cut off of 0.25 ft%.\u00a0 The average grade reported for the property is 0.21% U<sub>3<\/sub>O<sub>8.<\/sub>\u00a0 Lucky Mc holds an additional 4.7 million pounds U<sub>3<\/sub>O<sub>8<\/sub> at similar grade.\u00a0 These historic resource calculations were reviewed by Ur-Energy during a due diligence investigation but a qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify the historical estimates as current mineral resources or mineral reserves under\u00a0 National Instrument 43-101 and Ur-Energy is not treating the historic estimate as current mineral resources or mineral reserves.\u00a0 The tailings facility at the Shirley Basin site is one of the few remaining facilities in the U.S. that is licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (\u201cNRC\u201d) to receive and dispose of byproduct waste material from other in-situ uranium mines.<\/p>\n<p>Wayne W. Heili, President and CEO of the Company stated, \u201cI am extremely pleased to announce this acquisition.\u00a0 Adding the Shirley Basin and Lucky Mc properties to our flagship Lost Creek Property and other exploration projects provides Ur-Energy excellent prospects for the expansion of our operations over coming years.\u00a0 This transaction brings a highly accretive set of assets and historic mineral resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--Ad Injection mfunc mode ad code--><!--mfunc adshow_display_ad_file_v2(array('ad_random_1.txt'), array(100), array('align' => 'float right', 'clear' => '', 'margin_top' => '', 'margin_bottom' => '', 'padding_top' => '', 'padding_bottom' => ''), array(), array()) --><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin-left:5px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - in News 300 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"5684630733\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p><!--\/mfunc--><\/p>\n<p>The transaction calls for the purchase of all issued and outstanding shares of Pathfinder from its sole shareholder, COGEMA Resources, Inc., an AREVA Mining affiliate, for US$13,250,000.\u00a0 The initial payment of US$1,325,000 was made upon execution of the Share Purchase Agreement and will be held in escrow pending the approval by the NRC for the change of control of the NRC License for the Shirley Basin mine site.\u00a0 Subject to that and other regulatory and governmental approvals, together with customary closing conditions, closing of the transaction is anticipated in 6 \u2013 12 months.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Ur-Energy &#8211; 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