Uranium Resources Receives Confirmation of its Discharge Plan in Timely Renewal Status from NMED

Uranium Resources, Inc. URRE announced today that the New Mexico Environment Department has confirmed that its discharge plan (New Mexico's terminology for an Underground Injection Control Permit under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act), is in timely renewal and that the NMED is currently conducting technical review of its renewal application. Don Ewigleben, President and CEO of URI, commented, “The fact that the NMED would confirm our discharge plan supports our belief that we followed proper procedures and abided by all rules and regulations of the NMED. The State of New Mexico recognizes the significant value that can be generated for the people of the state through the development of its natural resources and we applaud that position. New Mexico has the largest identified uranium resource base in the U.S. and our 101.4 million pounds of in-place mineralized uranium material is among the largest quantities owned by any one company in the state.”