Uranium Energy Corp Announces Receipt Of A Competing Offer To Acquire Uex Corporation

Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE American: UEC) (the "Company" or "UEC") announces that it has received a notice from UEX Corporation ("UEX") that Denison Mines Corp. ("Denison") has made an acquisition proposal for all of the issued and outstanding shares of UEX (the "Denison Proposal") pursuant to a plan of arrangement. UEX has further advised UEC that the board of directors of UEX has determined that the Denison Proposal constitutes a "Superior Proposal" as defined in the arrangement agreement (the "Arrangement Agreement") dated June 13, 2022, as amended June 23, 2022, among UEX, UEC and the UEC 2022 Acquisition Corp. and that UEX intends (subject to UEC's right to match the Denison Proposal) to enter into an agreement with Denison to implement the Denison Proposal.