Ur-Energy Announces the Appointment of Wayne Heili as President and COO

Ur-Energy Inc. URG today announced that the Company's Vice President of Mining and Engineering, Wayne W. Heili, has been promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer and appointed as a Director of the Company. Mr. Heili will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer on August 1, 2011, succeeding its current Chief Executive Officer, W. William Boberg, who will remain as a Director of the Company.