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ENERGY FUELS INCCIK 0001385849 · SIC 1400 · Mining & Quarrying
Energy Fuels Inc. is an Ontario corporation with its corporate offices located in Lakewood, Colorado (a city in the Denver metropolitan area). It was incorporated on June 24, 1987 in the Province of Alberta under the name “368408 Alberta Inc.” In October 1987, 368408 Alberta Inc. changed its name… About this business →
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From 10-Q filed Aug 5, 2026 (period ending Jun 30, 2026). SEC XBRL (companyfacts) — not generated by the model.
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
| Description | Q2 ended Jun 30, 2026 | Q2 ended Jun 30, 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue: | ||
| Total revenue / net sales | 25.1 | 4.2 |
| Cost of revenue / cost of sales | 10.7 | 3.7 |
| Operating expenses: | ||
| Selling, general and administrative | 19.2 | 14.8 |
| Total operating expenses | 55.7 | 30.4 |
| Operating income | (30.6) | (26.2) |
| Equity-method income | (2.3) | (0.3) |
| Interest expense | 2.3 | 0.04 |
| Other income/(expense), net | (0.7) | 1.5 |
| Income before income taxes | (33.6) | (21.8) |
| Income tax expense/(benefit) | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Net income | (33.6) | (21.8) |
| Net income attributable to shareholders | (33.4) | (21.8) |
| Basic earnings per share | (0.13) | (0.10) |
| Diluted earnings per share | (0.13) | (0.10) |
Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
| Description | Jun 30, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Current assets: | ||
| Cash and equivalents | 58.4 | 64.7 |
| Accounts receivable, net | 15.1 | 18.0 |
| Other receivables, net | 1.9 | 2.0 |
| Inventories | 75.0 | 73.5 |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 6.2 | 5.3 |
| Other current assets | 876.4 | 795.1 |
| Total current assets | 1,033 | 958.7 |
| Investments | 35.4 | 27.5 |
| Marketable securities, noncurrent | 24.9 | 10.2 |
| Property, plant and equipment, net | 74.2 | 69.8 |
| Finite-lived intangible assets, net | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| Other assets | 6.5 | |
| Other long-term assets | 361.4 | 334.7 |
| TOTAL ASSETS | 1,533 | 1,412 |
| Current liabilities: | ||
| Accounts payable | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| Current portion of operating lease liabilities | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| Accrued liabilities | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| Deferred revenue, current | — | |
| Other current liabilities | 24.4 | 18.5 |
| Total current liabilities | 37.0 | 31.2 |
| Long-term debt | 677.7 | 675.7 |
| Operating lease liabilities | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| Deferred income taxes and other liabilities | 1.0 | |
| Other long-term liabilities | 21.0 | 20.5 |
| Total liabilities | 736.4 | 729.3 |
| Shareholders' equity: | ||
| Common stock | 1,326 | 1,171 |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | 0.2 | (2.9) |
| Retained earnings (deficit) | (533.9) | (489.7) |
| Total shareholders' equity | 792.6 | 678.4 |
| Noncontrolling interest | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | 1,533 | 1,412 |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
| Description | Six months ended Jun 30, 2026 | Six months ended Jun 30, 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating Activities: | ||
| Net cash from operating activities | (17.8) | (44.8) |
| Investing Activities: | ||
| Net cash from investing activities | (133.3) | (75.2) |
| Financing Activities: | ||
| Net cash from financing activities | 144.2 | 152.1 |
| Effect of exchange rate changes | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| Net increase/(decrease) in cash | (5.9) | 33.2 |
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About ENERGY FUELS INC
Source: Item 1 (Business) from the 10-K filed February 26, 2026. Description as filed by the company with the SEC.
ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
General Development of the Business
Corporate Structure
Energy Fuels Inc. is an Ontario corporation with its corporate offices located in Lakewood, Colorado (a city in the Denver metropolitan area). It was incorporated on June 24, 1987 in the Province of Alberta under the name “368408 Alberta Inc.” In October 1987, 368408 Alberta Inc. changed its name to “Trevco Oil & Gas Ltd.” In May 1990, Trevco Oil & Gas Ltd. changed its name to “Trev Corp.” In August 1994, Trev Corp. changed its name to “Orogrande Resources Inc.” In April 2001, Orogrande Resources Inc. changed its name to “Volcanic Metals Exploration Inc.” On September 2, 2005, the Company was continued under the OBCA. On March 26, 2006, Volcanic Metals Exploration Inc. acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of “Energy Fuels Resources Corporation.” On May 26, 2006, Volcanic Metals Exploration Inc. changed its name to “Energy Fuels Inc.” On November 5, 2013, the Company amended its Articles of Incorporation to consolidate its issued and outstanding, freely tradable Common Shares on the basis of one post-consolidation Common Share for every 50 pre-consolidation Common Shares.
The Company’s U.S.-based assets, which include uranium, vanadium and REE extraction, recovery, permitting, evaluation and exploration assets, are held directly and indirectly by the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries Energy Fuels Holdings Corp. (“EF Holdings”) and Strathmore Minerals Corp. (“Strathmore”). On August 16, 2024, the Company acquired RadTran LLC (“RadTran”), a private company specializing in the separation of critical radioisotopes, to further the Company’s plans for development and production of medical isotopes used in cancer treatments. All of the Company’s U.S.-based employees are employed by its subsidiary Energy Fuels Resources (USA) Inc. (“EFUSA”), a wholly owned subsidiary of EF Holdings, which also serves as operator of all the Company’s U.S. properties.
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In recent years, the Company has acquired international properties, which are expected to provide monazite feed for the White Mesa Mill in Utah.
On February 10, 2023, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary Energy Fuels Brazil Ltda., acquired the Bahia Project in the State of Bahia, Brazil.
On June 3, 2024, the Company executed binding agreements (collectively, the “JV Agreements”) with Astron Corporation Limited (“Astron”) for the creation of the Donald Project JV to jointly develop and operate the Donald Project. As of December 31, 2025, the Company owns 9.48% of the Donald Project JV.
On October 2, 2024, the Company acquired Base Resources, which owned the Kwale Project, which is now in reclamation, and the Vara Mada Project in Madagascar, which is currently in permitting and development, thereby further increasing its portfolio of HMS/monazite/REE projects to support a U.S.-controlled REE supply chain.
A diagram depicting the organizational structure of the Company and its subsidiaries, including the name, place of incorporation and proportion of ownership interest of each entity, is included as Exhibit 21.1 to this Annual Report. Energy Fuels owns a number of inactive subsidiaries that have no material assets or liabilities and that do not engage in any material business activities.
Each of the Company’s U.S. subsidiaries has its principal place of business and corporate office at 225 Union Blvd., Suite 600, Lakewood, Colorado 80228, USA, though additional support offices are located at a number of Company properties. The registered office of EFUSA and principal place of business for the Company is at 225 Union Blvd., Suite 600, Lakewood, Colorado 80228, USA, and the registered office of the Company is located at 82 Richmond Street East, Suite 308 Toronto, Ontario, M5C 1P1, Canada. The Company’s website address is www.energyfuels.com.
The primary trading market for Energy Fuels’ Common Shares is the NYSE American under the trading symbol “UUUU,” and the Company’s Common Shares are also listed on the TSX under the trading symbol “EFR.” Energy Fuels is a U.S. domestic issuer for SEC reporting purposes and, in addition, is a reporting issuer in all Canadian provinces. Options on Energy Fuels’ Common Shares are traded on The Chicago Board Options Exchange. The Designated Primary Market Maker for the Options is Group One Trading, LP. Citadel Securities is the Company’s Market Maker on the NYSE American.
Business Overview
Energy Fuels produces several of the critical minerals essential to the United States (“U.S.”), energy security and other advanced technologies, including uranium, vanadium, REEs (including NdPr, Dy and Tb) and HMS (including titanium and zirconium minerals), in an effort to strengthen domestic supply chains and reduce reliance on foreign-controlled sources. The Company owns conventional uranium, uranium/vanadium and REE/HMS properties and projects in various stages of operation, development, exploration and permitting, as well as fully permitted uranium and uranium/vanadium projects on standby. The Mill is the only licensed and operating uranium mill, and the only uranium mill capable of producing separated REEs, in the U.S. today.
The Mill is our key to building a critical minerals hub in the U.S. due to its notable ability to process uranium, vanadium, REE products, and, potentially, radioisotopes for medical applications. Uranium is the strategic fuel powering carbon-free, emission-free baseload nuclear energy, which is one of the most reliable forms of power supporting U.S. energy independence and decarbonization goals today. We produce vanadium as a co-product from certain of our uranium mines, as market conditions warrant. Vanadium is a metallic element that, when converted into ferrovanadium (“FeV”) (an alloy of vanadium and iron), is used primarily as an additive to strengthen and harden steel and make it anti-corrosive. In addition, vanadium is used in the aerospace and chemical industries and continues to see interest in energy storage technologies, including vanadium redox flow batteries. The REE products we produce are essential to manufacture permanent magnets for traction motors in electric vehicles (“EVs”), hybrid EVs, defense systems, robotics and other advanced technologies. The titanium and zirconium products derived from our HMS products are used in national security and other key industries. Titanium is used in aircraft engines and airframes, spacecraft components, medical devices and pigments, while zirconium is crucial for fuel rod cladding, reactor components, jet engine parts and advanced ceramics in a wide range of applications within the medical, aerospace and chemicals industries. The radioisotopes we are evaluating recovering from our REE and uranium processing streams have the potential to provide materials needed for emerging TAT cancer treatments.
In addition, Energy Fuels recovers uranium from third-party sourced other uranium-bearing materials not derived from natural or native ores at its Mill, known as “Alternate Feed Materials,” thereby recycling valuable resources that would otherwise be lost to direct disposal and returning them to the fuel cycle (without the need for new mining) to support U.S. nuclear energy and national security objectives. In processing Alternate Feed Materials, the Mill also helps reduce the quantity of industry materials permanently disposed of and, by extension, the overall tailings footprint of mining and milling operations.
The Company has secured its own sources of uranium- and REE-bearing monazite sands in furtherance of a fully integrated U.S. controlled REE supply chain, which include:
•the Vara Mada Project acquired through the Company’s 100% acquisition of Base Resources on October 2, 2024, see Part I, Item 2. Description of Properties - The Vara Mada Project (formerly the Toliara Project);
•the Donald Project through the Company’s Donald Project JV, which was created on June 3, 2024 when the Company executed JV Agreements with Astron to jointly develop and operate the Donald Project JV, see Part I, Item 2. Description of Properties - The Donald Project; and
•the Bahia Project acquired in February 2023, see Part I, Item 2. Description of Properties - The Bahia Project below.
On January 20, 2026, the Company entered into a Scheme Implementation Deed to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of ASM, a leading producer of REE metals and alloys and the owner of a REE project in Australia. ASM’s Korean Metals Plant (“KMP”) is one of the few facilities outside of China currently producing REE metals and alloys, including NdPr, Dy and Tb metals and neodymium-iron-boron (“NdFeB”) and dysprosium-iron (“DyFe”) alloys. Upon closing of this transaction, which is expected as early as June 2026, the Company believes it will be the largest, fully integrated REE “mine-to-metal and alloy” producer outside of China closing a critical strategic gap in global supply chains for magnet applications, including automotive, robotic, energy and defense technologies.
Segment Information
We have three reportable segments based on our operations and the financial information regularly reviewed by our Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”): (i) uranium, (ii) REE, and (iii) HMS.
The uranium segment engages in conventional and ISR uranium extraction, recovery and sales of uranium from mineral properties and the recycling of uranium-bearing materials generated by third parties (Alternate Feed Materials) along with the exploration, permitting and evaluation of uranium properties in the U.S. As part of these activities, the Company acquires, explores, evaluates and, if warranted, permits and develops uranium properties. The Company’s final uranium product is natural uranium concentrate, or U3O8, which is sold to customers for further processing into fuel for nuclear reactors. The Company also produces vanadium pentoxide, V2O5, as a co-product of uranium at the Mill within the uranium segment. In addition,
within the uranium segment, the Company is exploring opportunities to separate radium-226 (“Ra-226”) and radium-228 (“Ra-228”) as a byproduct of its existing uranium and REE process streams for potential use in the production of medical isotopes for emerging TAT cancer treatments.
The REE segment is engaged in the Company’s initiatives to progress towards full REE separation capabilities at the Mill to produce both “light” and “heavy” separated REE oxides. In 2024, Energy Fuels completed the modifications and enhancements of its infrastructure at the Mill to install the capacity to produce up to 850 to 1,000 metric tons (“tonnes”) of separated NdPr per year from monazite (the “Phase 1 Circuit”). The Company has the current capacity to produce separated REE products in its Phase 1 Circuit. The Company is planning further enhancements to expand its heavy REE production at its Phase 1 Circuit for the planned recovery of dysprosium (“Dy”), terbium (“Tb”), samarium (“Sm”), europium (“Eu”) and gadolinium (“Gd”), with the ability to separate other heavy REEs such as yttrium (“Y”) and lutetium (“Lu”) if market conditions warrant, subject to the receipt of regulatory approvals, financing, completion of engineering and the receipt of sufficient feed materials. The Company also plans to expand its NdPr, Dy and Tb production recovery and potentially other REE material production recovery in the future, subject to the receipt of regulatory approvals, completion of engineering, financing and the receipt of sufficient feed materials, through the development of its proposed stand-alone phase 2 REE production circuit (the “Phase 2 Circuit”) with a total planned production recovery (from the Phase 1 Circuit and Phase 2 Circuit) of up to approximately 6,000 tonnes of NdPr, 200 tonnes of Dy and 60 tonnes of Tb per year, along with other REEs, described in more detail below, from monazite concentrates, mixed rare earth carbonates (“MREC”) or similar feed materials. The monazite feedstock for the Company’s REE production is expected to be procured through Company-owned mines like the Vara Mada Project and Bahia Project, as well as its joint venture interest in the Donald Project, along with other potential acquisitions, joint ventures, open market offtake, and/or other collaborations, in each case upon successful completion of development of the projects and transactions. MREC and other similar feedstock would be obtained from third-party sources, as available. The following table summarizes the expected capacity of the planned Phase 1 Circuit and Phase 2 Circuit expansions:
Phase NdPr (tpa) Tb (tpa) Dy (tpa)
Phase 1: NdPr (Existing) 1,049 — —
Phase 1: Heavies (Planned) — 12 35
Phase 2: (Planned) 5,513 48 165
Total (Phase 1 + Phase 2)(1)
6,562 60 200
(1) Actual recoveries may differ.
The HMS segment engages in the exploration and development, and planned recovery, of HMS at the Vara Mada Project, Bahia Project and through the Company’s investment in the Donald Project JV. The HMS segment also includes the Kwale Project, which ceased mine operations on December 31, 2024 and is now in reclamation. The Company previously recovered HMS, with its stand-alone ilmenite, rutile and zircon products, which are used for the production of titanium (“TiO2”) and zirconium (“ZrO2”) by third parties, from the Kwale Project and plans to recover HMS with its ilmenite, rutile and zircon and monazite minerals from its Vara Mada Project, Bahia Project and interest in the Donald Project once all permitting and approvals are received and development is completed at those projects.
Uranium Segment
Our primary product, U3O8, is sold into the nuclear market for further processing and enrichment into nuclear fuel for the generation of carbon emission-free nuclear energy. According to the most recent data from the Nuclear Energy Institute, nuclear energy provides approximately 18% of the total electricity and nearly half of the of the clean, carbon-free electricity generated in the U.S. The Company generates uranium revenues from extracting and processing materials for the recovery of uranium (and vanadium) for our own account, as well as from purchasing and toll processing materials for others.
We are engaged in conventional and ISR uranium E&R, along with the exploration, permitting, development and evaluation of uranium properties in the U.S. We also extract and recover vanadium from certain of our uranium projects and the projects of others, as market conditions warrant. The Mill is the only conventional uranium mill, and the only uranium, vanadium and REE recovery facility, operating in the U.S. It has a licensed capacity to produce over 8 million pounds of U3O8 per year. As a part of the expanded processing capabilities at the Mill, we continue to evaluate the potential to recover radioisotopes from the Mill’s process streams needed for emerging TAT cancer treatments.
We have six long-term uranium contracts with major U.S. utilities, which include two new long-term contracts completed in Q4 2025. The Company expects to sell 740,000 to 880,000 pounds of U3O8 under these contracts during 2026, ramping up to 770,000 to 1,130,000 pounds of U3O8 sales in 2027. To deliver under these contracts, the Company continues mining at three of its conventional uranium mines: Pinyon Plain, La Sal and Pandora, located in Arizona and Utah. During the year ended
December 31, 2025, the Company mined mineralized material containing approximately 1,720,000 pounds of U3O8 from these three mines. See Part II, Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Guidance.
Conventional Operations
The Company conducts its conventional uranium, vanadium, and potential medical radioisotope processing and recovery activities (along with REE activities as discussed below) through the Mill located near Blanding, Utah USA, which is centrally located to conveniently and cost-effectively accept mineralized material from the Company’s uranium and uranium/vanadium projects in Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, as well as through ore purchase or toll milling arrangements with third parties in the region, as market conditions warrant.
The Mill is licensed to process 2,000 tons of uranium ore per day and process over 8 million pounds of U3O8 per year. It is primarily a uranium recovery facility, but can also recover REEs and vanadium from various uranium ores. The Mill also recycles other uranium-bearing materials not derived from natural or native ores, known as Alternate Feed Materials, for the recovery of uranium (alone or in combination with other metals). In addition, the Mill is also evaluating the potential to recover certain radioisotopes (Ra-226 and Ra-228) from its existing process streams that can be used for TAT medical treatments.
The Mill has historically operated on a campaign basis whereby mineral processing occurs according to the availability of feedstock for the Mill, contract fulfillment obligations and/or as market conditions warrant. Over the years, Company-owned and third-party owned conventional uranium properties in Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico have been both active and on standby in response to changing market conditions.
Over the last several years, Energy Fuels has been the largest uranium producer in the U.S. During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Mill produced approximately 1,015,000 pounds of U3O8.
The Company’s principal conventional uranium properties include the following:
•the Mill, which is an operating 2,000 ton-per-day uranium, vanadium and REE processing facility located in Utah and held through the Company’s subsidiary EFR White Mesa LLC. See Part I, Item 2. The White Mesa Mill;
•the Pinyon Plain Project, which is a fully permitted and operating uranium mine. See Part I, Item 2. The Pinyon Plain Project;
•the La Sal Complex of uranium and uranium/vanadium projects (the “La Sal Project”), see Part I, Item 2. The La Sal Project and the Whirlwind uranium/vanadium project (the “Whirlwind Project”), both of which are located near the Colorado/Utah border in the four-corners area of the U.S. (the “Colorado Plateau”) and, in addition to nearby exploration properties, are held by the Company’s subsidiary EFR Colorado Plateau LLC. See Part I, Item 2. Non-Material Mineral Properties – Other Conventional Projects – Colorado Plateau;
•the Roca Honda Uranium Project (the “Roca Honda Project”), which is located near the town of Grants, New Mexico, held by the Company’s subsidiaries Strathmore Resources (US), Ltd. and Roca Honda Resources LLC. See Part I, Item 2. The Roca Honda Project;
•the Sheep Mountain Project, which is a uranium project located near Jeffrey City, Wyoming, including pit and underground components, held by the Company’s subsidiary Energy Fuels Wyoming Inc. See Part I, Item 2. The Sheep Mountain Project;
•the Bullfrog Project (the “Bullfrog Project”), which is located in south central Utah near the town of Ticaboo, held by the Company’s subsidiary EFR Henry Mountains LLC. See Part I, Item 2. The Bullfrog Project;
•the Wate Project (the “Wate Project”), which is a uranium deposit in the permitting stage; the Arizona 1 Project, which is a fully permitted uranium project on standby; and the EZ properties, which are uranium deposits in the exploration and evaluation stage (together, the “Arizona Strip Projects”). The Arizona Strip Projects are all held by the Company’s subsidiary EFR Arizona Strip LLC, with the exception of the Wate Project, which is held by the Company’s subsidiary Wate Mining Company LLC. See Part I, Item 2. Non-Material Mineral Properties – Other Conventional Uranium Projects – Arizona Strip; and
•a number of non-core uranium properties, which are held in various of the Company’s subsidiaries. See Part I, Item 2. Non-Material Mineral Properties.
The Company expects to produce uranium of 2.0 to 2.5 million pounds of contained U3O8 from its three (3) conventional uranium mines in 2026: Pinyon Plain, La Sal and Pandora, located in Arizona and Utah.
Additionally, the Company is preparing one additional conventional mine in Colorado (Whirlwind) for expected production within one year from a “go” decision and is advancing several other large-scale U.S. mine projects in order to increase uranium production in the coming years in response to potentially strong uranium market conditions. With strong market conditions, the
Whirlwind and Nichols Ranch mines could potentially increase Energy Fuels’ uranium production by up to approximately 600,000 pounds per year as early as 2027. In 2026, the Company plans to continue to advance permitting and development on the Roca Honda and Bullfrog projects, which together with the Company’s Sheep Mountain Project, could expand the Company’s uranium production by over five million pounds of U3O8 per year in the coming years, as market conditions warrant. The Company may also purchase ore from third-party conventional miners, which could further increase the Company’s uranium production profile, as market conditions warrant. As the Company continues increasing its uranium production, it can rely on its uranium inventories and potential purchases of U.S. origin uranium on the spot market to supplement its uranium production if necessary to fulfill contract requirements.
The Company also owns the Sheep Mountain Project (the “Sheep Mountain Project”), which is a conventional uranium extraction project located in Wyoming. Due to its distance from the Mill, the Sheep Mountain Project is not expected to be a source of feed material for the Mill. The Sheep Mountain Project consists of permitted open pit and underground extraction components (the “Sheep Mountain Extraction Operation”) and a planned processing facility to process extracted mineralized material (the “Sheep Mountain Processing Operation”), which has not yet been permitted.
The Company expects to selectively sell its vanadium pentoxide (“V2O5”) inventory (approximately 905,000 pounds as of December 31, 2025) on the spot market, as market conditions warrant, but will otherwise continue to maintain it in inventory. While the Company is able to produce vanadium, no vanadium production is currently planned for 2026, though the Company continually monitors its inventory and vanadium markets to guide future potential vanadium production and recovery.
ISR Operations
The Company conducts its ISR activities through its Nichols Ranch Project in northeast Wyoming.
The Nichols Ranch Project includes: (i) a licensed and operating ISR processing facility (the “Nichols Ranch Plant”); (ii) licensed and operating ISR wellfields (the “Nichols Ranch Wellfields”); (iii) additional licensed ISR wellfields planned for future production (the “Jane Dough Property”); and (iv) a licensed satellite ISR uranium project (the “Hank Project”), which, if and when put into production, would include an ISR satellite processing plant (the “Hank Satellite Plant”) that, when constructed, would produce loaded-resin and associated planned wellfields (together, the “Hank Property”). The Company also owns the West North Butte property (the “West North Butte Property”) and the North Rolling Pin property (the “North Rolling Pin Property”), as well as an 81% interest in the Arkose Mining Venture (the “Arkose Mining Venture”), which is a joint venture of Wyoming ISR properties, with the other 19% held by United Nuclear, LLC. See Part I, Item 2. The Nichols Ranch ISR Project.
The Nichols Ranch Project is an ISR facility with production currently on standby. Nichols Ranch recovers uranium through a series of injection and recovery wells. ISR recovers uranium by fortifying groundwater with oxygen and sodium bicarbonate, which dissolves uranium within a deposit. The uranium-bearing groundwater is then collected in a series of recovery wells and pumped to the Nichols Ranch Plant where the uranium is extracted from the water. The Nichols Ranch Plant creates a yellowcake slurry that is transported by truck to the Mill, where it is dried and packaged into drums that are shipped to uranium conversion facilities. The Nichols Ranch Project is expected to ramp back up to commercial production levels with limited required capital within approximately twelve months of a decision to recommence production. While production at the Nichols Ranch Project is currently being maintained on standby, the Company is undertaking exploration and development activities to expand the resources at the Nichols Ranch Project and to further develop a wellfield to be ready for potential recommencement of production. See Part II, Item 7. ISR Uranium Extraction and Recovery Activities.
Mineral Exploration
Energy Fuels holds a number of exploration properties in the Colorado Plateau, Arizona Strip and Powder River Basin Districts. See Part I, Item 2. Non-Material Mineral Properties.
In 2025, the Company conducted delineation drilling at the Nichols Ranch Project to plan out future wellfields so as to be ready for potential recommencement of production in the future. See Part I, Item 2. The Nichols Ranch Project - The Company’s Planned Work.
The Company plans to continue delineation drilling of the high-grade Juniper Zone at the Company’s Pinyon Plain Project in 2026. See Part I, Item 2. The Pinyon Plain Project - The Company’s Planned Work.
Recovering Medical Isotopes for Advanced TAT Cancer Treatments
TAT is a method of targeted radionuclide therapy for various cancers now in development. It employs radioactive elements, which undergo alpha decay to treat diseased tissue at close proximity. It has the potential to provide highly targeted treatment,
including microscopic tumor cells. As in diagnostic nuclear medicine, appropriate alpha-emitting radionuclides can be chemically bound to a targeting biomolecule, such as a peptide, which carries the combined radiopharmaceutical to a specific treatment point (the cancerous cells). During the last decade, radiolabeled peptides that bind to different receptors on the tumors have been investigated as potential therapeutic agents both in preclinical and clinical settings. Peptides, such as octreotide, alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone analogues, arginine-glycine-aspartic acid-containing peptides, bombesin derivatives and others may all be feasible for use with alpha-emitters.
The primary advantage of alpha particle emitters over other types of radioactive sources is their very high linear energy transfer and relative biological effectiveness. By comparison, beta particle emitters such as yttrium-90 can travel considerable distances beyond the immediate tissue before depositing their energy, thereby causing damage to surrounding healthy tissues, while alpha particles deposit their energy in 70–100 μm long tracks, thereby causing significantly less harm to surrounding healthy tissues. Further, alpha particles are more likely than other types of radiation to cause double-strand breaks to DNA molecules, which is one of several effective causes of cell death. In other words, the high level of radiobiological effectiveness of alpha particles, in comparison with beta emissions, requires fewer particle tracks to induce cell death.
Though many alpha emitters exist, useful isotopes need to have sufficient energy to cause damage to cancer cells, while at the same time have a half-life that is long enough to provide a therapeutic dose without remaining long enough to damage surrounding healthy tissue. Clinically effective alpha particle-emitting isotopes for cancer therapy should therefore have a relatively short half-life, which will limit long-term radiation exposure and allow for the production, preparation, and administration of these isotopes for clinical use and application. Radium 223 dichloride is the first-in-class, commercially available TAT approved for the treatment of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with bone metastases. Given the established overall survival benefit conferred by radium 223 for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, several other TATs are being investigated in clinical trials across many tumor types.
Beginning in July 2021, Energy Fuels and RadTran worked under a Strategic Alliance Agreement to evaluate the feasibility of recovering Ra-226 and Ra-228 from existing uranium process streams at the Mill. On August 16, 2024, the Company acquired RadTran to further the development and production of medical isotopes used in cancer treatments. This strategic acquisition is expected to enhance Energy Fuels’ planned capabilities to address the global shortage of these essential isotopes used in emerging TAT cancer treatments. See Note 3 – Transactions to the consolidated financial statements for more information.
Assuming the Company is able to successfully develop its TAT program, as planned, recovered Ra-226 and Ra-228 would be made available to the pharmaceutical industry and others to enable the production of Ac-225, Pb-212 and potentially other leading medically attractive TAT isotopes. These isotopes are critical components in the development of TAT, which offer promising new treatments for various cancers. The global shortage of Ra-226 and Ra-228 currently presents a significant barrier to the advancement and commercialization of these therapies.
Energy Fuels received regulatory approval and licensing in 2023 for the concentration of R&D quantities of Ra-226 at the Mill and is currently completing test work and engineering on its R&D pilot facility for Ra-226 production. During 2026, Energy Fuels plans to continue test work and design and to commission and begin operating a pilot facility to produce R&D quantities of Ra-226 for testing by end-users of the product. Upon successful production of R&D quantities of Ra-226, Energy Fuels plans to develop capabilities at the Mill for the commercial-scale production of Ra-226 and potentially Ra-228 by as early as 2028, conditional on completion of engineering design, securing sufficient offtake agreements for final radium production and receipt of all required regulatory approvals. The Company’s current R&D activities are being conducted using existing Mill facilities without the need for capital improvements of material significance. Capital development for future commercial production capabilities, upon successful production at the R&D level, would be expected to be supported by future offtake agreements for radium production.
There are a number of risks inherent to the Company’s isotope activities. See Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Rare Earth Elements Segment
REEs are a group of 17 chemical elements (the 15 elements in the lanthanum series, plus yttrium and scandium) that are used in a variety of clean energy and advanced technologies, including, EVs, hybrid EVs, robotics, advanced wind turbines, cell phones, computers, flat panel displays, advanced optics, catalysts, medicine and national defense applications. See The Rare Earth Element Market below.
Current Capabilities — Existing Phase 1 Circuit
In 2020 it was apparent that China controlled REE production worldwide and that there was a need to develop an ex-China REE supply chain, from mines to magnets. The Company realized at that time that most REEs are associated with uranium and
other radionuclides in nature and that the Mill had the licensing and protections in place to process uranium-bearing REE ores at the Mill for the recovery of uranium and REEs the Mill had the licensed capability to process monazite sands for the recovery of uranium and REEs, and that the Mill could be a key link in an ex-China REE supply chain. The Mill had over 40 years of experience with solvent extraction (“SX”) recovery of uranium and vanadium, which is the primary method of separating REEs used in Chins and elsewhere in the world, and the Mill has had over 30 years of experience recovery uranium, along with other metals, from various different types of feed materials through its Alternate Feed Materials program.
As a first step in developing such an ex-China REE supply chain, the Company focused primarily on monazite concentrates as the best source of REE-bearing ores for processing at the Mill, for several important reasons: first, monazite sands naturally contain higher concentrations of “heavy” REEs, including dysprosium (“Dy”) and terbium (“Tb”), versus many other REE-bearing ores, mainly due to the presence of xenotime, which is another REE-bearing phosphate mineral that is often found with monazite. These REEs are used in the powerful neodymium-iron-boron (“NdFeB”) magnets that power the most efficient EVs and hybrid EVs, along with uses in other clean energy and defense technologies. Second, the uranium concentration contained in the monazite is generally comparable to typical Colorado Plateau uranium deposits and can be recovered at the Mill. Third, because monazite contains uranium and other radionuclides, which require special licensing in most western jurisdictions in order to process, few facilities outside of China have the capability to process monazite for the recovery of REEs and uranium. Fourth, monazite is a byproduct of heavy mineral sands operations, so generally has minimal incremental cost of mining, and in recent decades had been considered to be a waste product due to the inability of HMS miners to handle the uranium and other radionuclide content in the monazite. This meant that monazite sources should be available for processing at the Mill. Fifth, the Mill is fully licensed, with state-of-the-art protections to be able to safely process monazite for the recovery of uranium and REEs, to the highest world standards of protection of the environment, health and safety, so, while considered a nuisance to HMS miners, the monazite could be handled safely at the Mill for the recovery of valuable REEs, along with the contained uranium. Finally, as a result of these factors, the ability to process monazite at the Mill, which is a rich REE ore, under existing licensing, with minor capital modifications, places the Mill in a competitive advantage compared to most if not all western REE producers.
As a result, between 2021 and 2023, the Company reconfigured its existing uranium production circuits to be able to crack and leach monazite for the recovery of uranium, which was sold into the U.S. nuclear fuel cycle, and the recovery of MREC from monazite sands at the Mill. The MREC was then sold to Neo Performance Materials (“Neo”) for commercial separation by Neo into NdPr oxide and a mixed heavy rare earth carbonate at its REE separation facility in Silmet Estonia. This marked the first processing of monazite sands for the recovery of a commercial REE product in the U.S. in many years.
Following its success in producing commercial grade MREC at the Mill and to further its REE initiatives, in late 2023 and early 2024, the Company constructed enhancements and modifications to its existing SX circuits at the Mill for commercial separation of NdPr at the Mill, while at the same time producing a “heavy” (Sm+) RE Concentrate. As the Mill has been using SX to produce uranium and vanadium since 1980, the Mill was able to leverage its over 40 years of experience with SX to separate REEs commercially at the Mill. The Company completed these modifications in late Q1 2024, fully commissioned the project in Q2 2024 and completed its initial run of separated NdPr commercial production in Q3 2024 under budget, with minimal capital expenditures, and ahead of schedule (the modifications made to the Mill leach circuits to crack and leach monazite together with the modifications to the Mill’s SX circuits to separate NdPr are referred to as the “Phase 1 Circuit.” The Phase 1 Circuit has the design capacity to process approximately 8,000 to 10,000 tonnes of monazite per year, producing approximately 4,000 to 6,000 tonnes of total rare earth oxides (“TREO”), containing approximately 850 to 1,000 tonnes of recoverable separated NdPr per year. Although the modifications to the Mill’s SX circuit comprised in the Phase 1 Circuit are stand-alone and dedicated to REE production and do not interfere with the Mill’s uranium and vanadium production, the Phase 1 Circuit’s crack and leach circuit shares certain circuits with the Mill’s uranium production and as a result, Phase 1 Circuit REE production and conventional uranium production cannot be run at the same time, as the Phase 1 Circuit is currently configured. It is therefore necessary at this time to switch back and forth between conventional uranium and uranium/vanadium production and Phase 1 Circuit REE production from monazite sands, which can be done with minimal cost.
With the commissioning of the Phase 1 Circuit, the Mill produces separated NdPr and a Sm+ mixed RE concentrate that contains only the heavy REEs (including Dy and Tb). With the commissioning of the Phase 1 Circuit and the planned development of the Phase 2 Circuit, the Company does not intend to continue production of an MREC that contains both light and heavy REEs. The Phase 1 Circuit as currently configured would allow for the processing of the first phase of the Donald Project monazite production, once that project is developed, for the recovery and separation of NdPr and an Sm+ mixed RE concentrate which could be sold on the market or stockpiled for separation of the heavies upon completion of later phases of the Phase 1 Circuit and/or the planned Phase 2 Circuit at the Mill.
A portion of the Company’s NdPr produced at its Phase 1 Circuit to date, has been manufactured into commercial-scale rare earth permanent magnets (“REPMs”) by South Korea's largest manufacturer of drive unit motor cores and has passed all
quality assurance and quality control (“QA/QC”) benchmarks for use in EV drive unit motors sold to major automotive manufacturers. This included the successful manufacture of Energy Fuels’ NdPr oxide into NdPr metal, NdFeB alloy sintered blocks (45H grade), and high-performance, high-temperature NdFeB REPMs.
In addition to its commercial separation of NdPr, the Mill has produced pilot-scale quantities of Dy in 2025 and is in the process of producing its first pilot-scale quantities of Tb, from its Phase 1 Circuit. The Company’s 99.9% purity of Dy oxide produced at the Mill has also passed initial purity and QA/QC processes of a major South Korean permanent magnet manufacturer and Korean OEM.
Planned Expansion of Phase 1 Circuit
The Company is planning further enhancements to expands its heavy REE production at its Phase 1 Circuit for the planned commercial-level recovery of Dy, Tb, Sm, Eu and Gd, with the ability to separate other heavy REEs such as Y and Lu if market conditions warrant. Subject to receipt of all required regulatory approvals, financing, the successful development of these enhancements and the receipt of sufficient quantities of monazite sand feedstock, the expanded Phase 1 Circuit is expected to be operational in 2027 with planned production recovery of up to approximately 35 tonnes of Dy, 12 tonnes of Tb per year and potentially other heavy REEs, in addition to the 850 – 1,000 tonnes of NdPr, from processing up to approximately 10,000 tonnes of monazite per year. The Company had previously announced its intention to start commercial production of Dy and Tb by the end of 2026, but has changed those plans in order to expand the enhancements to the Mill’s Phase 1 Circuit to allow for the additional production of Sm, Eu and Gd and to provide the ability to separate other heavy REEs in the 2027 time frame.
At the same time as these enhancements are being made to the Phase 1 Circuit, the Company plans to make further enhancements to the Phase 1 Circuit to allow for the processing of uranium- and REE-bearing MREC or similar intermediary REE products from third-party sources in the Phase 1 Circuit, subject to receipt of all regulatory approvals, financing and the successful development of these further enhancements. As MREC or similar intermediary REE products would not need to utilize the Phase 1 Circuit’s crack and leach circuits it is expected that such products could be separated into NdPr and heavy REEs separately from uranium production, thereby allowing such feedstocks to be separated into REE oxides through the Phase 1 Circuit’s SX circuits without interfering with normal Mill conventional uranium ore processing, which could be run simultaneously with the separation of such feedstocks. These enhancements are expected to be made and the Phase 1 Circuit operational to accept MREC and similar intermediary REE products in 2027.
Planned Phase 2 Circuit
The Company also plans to expand its NdPr, Dy and Tb production capability and potentially other REE material production capability through the development of its stand-alone Phase 2 Circuit, subject to the receipt of regulatory approvals, financing, completion of engineering and the receipt of sufficient feed materials.
In January 2026, the Company announced the results of a new AACE International Class 3 Bankable Feasibility Study (“BFS”) evaluating the planned Phase 2 Circuit expansion of REE processing capabilities at the Mill. The BFS evaluated the construction of a Phase 2 Circuit designed to materially expand the Mill’s ability to process monazite and other REE-bearing feedstocks into separated REE oxides. Upon commissioning, the Phase 2 Circuit is expected to increase the Mill’s REE oxide production capacity from approximately 850 to 1,000 tpa of NdPr oxide from the Phase 1 Circuit, to over 6,000 tpa of NdPr oxide, along with approximately 60 tpa of Tb and 200 tpa of Dy oxides from the combined Phase 1 Circuit and Phase 2 Circuit. This would provide the capability to produce sufficient NdPr up to approximately 7.0 million EVs/hybrid EVs per year. The Phase 2 Circuit would also add a dedicated monazite “crack-and-leach” circuit to the Mill’s existing leach circuits, which would allow the Phase 2 Circuit to be run completely independent of (and simultaneously with) the Mill’s conventional uranium and uranium/vanadium production.
The BFS estimates initial capital costs of approximately $410.0 million and indicates attractive projected economics, including significant expected annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) over the modeled project life. The Phase 2 Circuit expansion is intended to position the Company as a leading domestic processor of both light and heavy REE oxides, supporting the restoration of a secure U.S.-based REE supply chain. The BFS assumes feedstock supply from the Company’s existing HMS and monazite projects, as well as third-party sources including MREC and similar feedstocks, subject to permitting, development and market conditions.
The Company expects to complete Phase 2 in late 2028 or early 2029, subject to licensing, financing, and receipt of sufficient feedstock.
Feed Sources
The Company has focused primarily on monazite, as it has superior concentrations of the four critical “magnet” REEs (NdPr, Dy and Tb) compared to many other REE-bearing minerals. Monazite concentrates naturally contain higher concentrations of “heavy” REEs, including Dy and Tb, versus many other REE-bearing ores, mainly due to the presence of xenotime, which is another REE-bearing phosphate mineral that is often found with monazite. These REEs are used in the powerful NdFeB magnets that power the most efficient EVs and hybrid EVs, robotics, along with uses in other clean energy and defense technologies. The uranium contained in the monazite is generally comparable to typical Colorado Plateau uranium deposits and will also be recovered at the Mill.
The monazite feedstock for the Company’s REE production is expected to be procured through Company-owned mines like the Vara Mada Project and Bahia Project, as well as the Company’s joint venture interest in the Donald Project, along with other potential acquisitions, joint ventures, open market offtake (like the Company’s current arrangement with The Chemours Company), and/or other collaborations, in each case upon successful completion of development of the projects and transactions.
As mentioned above, the Company plans to expand its capability to accept uranium and REE-bearing MREC and other similar feedstock from third-party sources, as available. This will provide more flexibility to receive other types of feedstocks and to utilize the Phase 1 Circuit for REE production without interfering with conventional uranium and uranium/vanadium production at the Mill. To the extent this MREC and similar feedstock originates from the cracking and leaching of monazite sands at other facilities, the MREC will contain similar favorable distributions of heavy REEs as monazite sands themselves.
Planned Expansion into REE Metals and Alloys
The Company plans to expand its REE production to include metals and alloys.
To this end, on January 20, 2026, the Company entered into a Scheme Implementation Deed to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of ASM, a leading producer of REE metals and alloys and the owner of an REE project in Australia. ASM’s Korean Metals Plant (“KMP”) is one of the few facilities outside of China currently producing REE metals and alloys, including NdPr, Dy and Tb metals and NdFeB, dysprosium-iron (“DyFe”) alloys and developing production of ferro-dysprosium (“FeDy”). Upon closing of this transaction, which is expected as early as June 2026, the Company believes it will be the largest, fully integrated REE “mine-to-metal and alloy” producer outside of China closing a critical strategic gap in global supply chains for magnet applications, including automotive, robotic, energy and defense technologies.
See also The Rare Earth Element Market below for further details on the REE market and Part II, Item 7. Rare Earth Sales and Rare Earth Element Initiatives for further details on the above-referenced REE developments.
There are a number of risks inherent to the Company’s REE activities. See Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Heavy Mineral Sands Segment
HMS are typically old beach or dunal sands that contain concentrations of important titanium minerals (including rutile and ilmenite), zirconium minerals (zircon) and REE minerals (including monazite and xenotime). These minerals are physically heavy, therefore they are called ‘heavy minerals.’
Titanium and zirconium produced from HMS minerals can be used for a variety of industrial purposes and are found in a range of everyday consumer goods, such as pigment for paint, paper and plastics, as well as toothpaste, sun cream and homewares, such as ceramics. Monazite is a rich source of REEs prized for their use in REPMs, used in EV and hybrid EV traction motors, advanced robotics, defense technologies and direct drive wind turbines.
Because of their widespread use in industrial and consumer goods, demand for HMS minerals is strongly linked to global gross domestic product (“GDP”) growth and, in the case of monazite, the world’s green energy transition and deployment of advanced technologies. New housing construction, health of emerging economies, and the seasonal northern hemisphere painting season (dry and warm months) are all key drivers of demand for HMS minerals.
Since 2021, the Company has been purchasing monazite from The Chemours Company’s HMS operations in Florida and Georgia, USA, which it has used for the commercial production of RE Carbonate and separated NdPr, pilot-scale quantities of Dy and expected pilot-scale quantities of Tb in the near future, at the Mill.
As part of its strategy to procure monazite, the Company acquired the Vara Mada Project in Madagascar through its acquisition of Base Resources in 2024 and the acquisition of the Bahia Project in Brazil in 2023, and entered into a joint venture interest in the Donald Project in Australia in 2024, each of which the Company believes holds significant quantities of HMS, including
monazite. As part of the Company’s acquisition of Base Resources, the Company also acquired the Kwale Project in Kenya, which ceased production at the end of 2024 and is currently in reclamation.
The Vara Mada Project
The Vara Mada Project is an HMS and REE project located in southwestern Madagascar that is in the permitting and development phase. The Ranobe deposit, which forms the basis of the Vara Mada Project, is located some 18 km inland and 45 km north of the regional port town of Toliara, approximately 640 km southwest of Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. The Company is currently working with the Government of Madagascar to set certain fiscal and other terms applicable to the Vara Mada Project through an enforceable investment agreement, amendments to existing laws, or other mechanisms as appropriate, including terms clarifying the process for adding monazite to the exploitation permit. The Company is also progressing towards a final investment decision (“FID”), which is largely dependent upon:
•completion of certain land acquisitions;
•completion of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment updates, including collection of additional baseline data and completion of additional baseline studies;
•obtaining certain permit and permit update approvals;
•finalization of funding arrangements;
•the addition of monazite as a mineral for exploitation in the existing mineral exploitation permit (which currently permits the exploitation of ilmenite, rutile and zircon), Permis D'Exploitation 37242;
•the formalization of fiscal and stability terms with the Government of Madagascar; and
•completion of offtake agreements and major construction contracts.
The Company updated the 2021 Australian Joint Ore Reserves Committee (“JORC”)-compliant Toliara Definitive Feasibility Study (“DFS”) and 2024 JORC-compliant Toliara Pre-feasibility Study (“PFS”) into a combined S-K 1300 and NI 43-101-compliant FS, which was completed and filed as Exhibit 99.1 to our Form 8-K on January 13, 2026. See Part I, Item 2. The Vara Mada Project (formerly the Toliara Project).
The Donald Project
The Donald Project is an HMS and REE project in the pre-development phase located in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia. It is located approximately 300 km northwest of Melbourne. The Company has the right to earn up to a 49% interest in a joint venture on the project by investing AUD$183.00 million in the project and issuing $17.50 million in shares. As of December 31, 2025, the Company has earned a 9.48% interest in the joint venture. Under the JV agreement, the Company has the right to offtake all monazite and xenotime from the project.
The Company is currently funding a pre-FID budget to move the Donald Project to a FID. All material permits required to commence development activities have been received. The Company updated the 2023 Donald Project JORC-compliant DFS into an S-K 1300 and NI 43-101-compliant FS, which was furnished through a Form 8-K filing on February 26, 2026, and which is incorporated into this Form 10-K by reference as Exhibit 96.8. Remaining pre-FID work includes entering into suitable offtake agreements for the JV products and for the downstream REE products to be produced by the Company from the monazite/xenotime it expects to receive from the project, arranging financing for the project and maintaining crews and advancing certain development activities pending a positive FID. The Company plans to spend approximately AUD$22.3 million (approximately $14.9 million at December 31, 2025 exchange rates) for Pre-FID activities in 2026. A FID is expected as early as Q1 2026. See Part I, Item 2. The Donald Project.
The Bahia Project
The Bahia Project is an HMS and REE project in the exploration/permitting phase comprised of 19 HMS concessions covering 41,951 acres or 65.5 square miles located in Brazil. The Company recommenced its drilling program in December 2025 following issuance of an exploration license from the state environmental agency in Bahia State (INEMA, see Glossary of Regulatory Agencies and Exchanges). During 2026, the Company expects to drill the southern half of the Bahia Project using both its own sonic drill rig, and a contract hollow stem auger rig. See Part I, Item 2. The Bahia Project - The Company’s Planned Work.
The Kwale Project
The Company also acquired the Kwale Project as part of its acquisition of Base Resources. Mining at the Kwale Project commenced in 2013 and concluded at the end of December 2024 following depletion of the remaining ore reserves. Processing activities concluded in early January 2025, and the sale of all remaining product stockpiles was completed in April 2025.
Reclamation has been ongoing throughout the life of the Kwale Project. As of December 31, 2025, all disturbed areas had been reclaimed, with the exception of the processing facility platform. Monitoring of these areas will continue until the National Environment Management Authority (“NEMA”) signs-off the areas as rehabilitated and they are relinquished to the Government of Kenya. The processing plant is being dismantled and reclamation of the site is expected to be completed in 2026. Reclamation of the tailings storage facility onsite is also complete, with the planting of over 250,000 water hungry eucalyptus trees. Ongoing post-closure monitoring is expected to be maintained until 2038 when the desired average moisture content is expected to be attained. See Part I, Item 2. Non-Material Mineral Properties – Kwale Project.
Mineral Exploration
As described above, the Company restarted its drilling program at the Bahia Project in Q4 2025 with the goal of compiling sufficient data and information to declare an S-K 1300-compliant Initial Assessment and NI 43-101-compliant technical report in 2026. See Part I, Item 2. The Bahia Project - The Company’s Planned Work.
The monazite concentrates produced from the Vara Mada, Donald and Bahia Projects are expected to be shipped to the Company’s White Mesa Mill in Utah for processing into separated REE products.
All margins associated with monazite/xenotime production and sales, including margins from the production and sale of REE products produced from such monazite/xenotime production, are expected to be accounted for as part of the Company’s REE segment, not its HMS segment.
San Juan County Clean Energy Foundation
On September 16, 2021, the Company announced its establishment of the San Juan County Clean Energy Foundation (the “Foundation”), a fund specifically designed to contribute to the communities surrounding the Mill in southeastern Utah. Energy Fuels deposited an initial $1 million into the Foundation at the time of formation and now provides ongoing funding equal to 1% of the Mill’s revenues, thereby providing an ongoing source of funding to support local priorities. The Foundation focuses on supporting education, the environment, health/wellness, and local economic development in the City of Blanding, San Juan County, the White Mesa Ute Community, the Navajo Nation and other area communities.
An Advisory Board, comprised of local citizens from San Juan County, evaluates grant applications on a quarterly basis and makes recommendations to the Foundation’s Managers for final review and approval. Through December 31, 2025, the Foundation has awarded 45 grants totaling $0.79 million, of which $0.29 million was committed to Native American initiatives. The Foundation’s website address is: https://sanjuancountycleanenergy.org/. The Foundation’s website and the contents thereof should not be considered incorporated by reference into this Annual Report.
Material Transactions and Corporate Developments
Agreement with Navajo Nation
On January 29, 2025, the Company and the Navajo Nation, the largest indigenous tribe in the U.S., jointly announced the signing of a landmark agreement governing the transport of uranium ore along federal and state highways crossing the Navajo Nation. Following this announcement, ore transport from Energy Fuels' Pinyon Plain Mine to the Company's White Mesa Mill, which had been voluntarily suspended by the Company since mid-2024, resumed in February 2025.
Under the agreement, Energy Fuels agreed to add additional protections and accommodations over and above the existing, strict U.S. Department of Transportation (“USDOT”) requirements to reassure the Navajo Nation that uranium ore transportation through the Navajo Nation will be done safely and respectfully. Additionally, the Company committed to accepting and transporting, at no cost to the Nation, up to 10,000 tons of uranium-bearing cleanup materials from abandoned uranium mines within the Navajo Nation. The Company also committed to make further contributions to support the Nation's transportation safety programs, education, the environment, public health and welfare, and local economic development on the Navajo Nation relating to uranium matters.
The Company is proud to be a part of this historic agreement with the Navajo Nation, which also covers ore transport from the Roca Honda mine upon development of that mine.
Uranium Production
The Company produces uranium from its Pinyon Plain Project and its La Sal and Pandora mines (the latter two of which comprise portions of the La Sal Project). During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company mined approximately 1,720,000 pounds of U3O8 from these mines, which was processed into finished U3O8 at the Mill or contained in uranium
mineralized material inventory stockpiles at the mines and Mill. In addition, during the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company processed approximately 1,015,000 pounds of finished U3O8 from mined mineralized material, stockpiled mineralized material and Alternate Feed Materials at the Mill.
Vara Mada Project
The Vara Mada Project offers ilmenite, rutile and zircon production capability, and also contains large quantities of monazite, which, upon development, would be shipped to the Mill for the recovery of REEs and uranium. Although the Vara Mada Project holds a mining permit that allows production of ilmenite, rutile and zircon, development at the Project was suspended by the Government of Madagascar in November 2019 pending negotiation of fiscal terms applying to the Project.
The Government lifted the suspension in November 2024 shortly after the Company acquired the Project. The lifting of the suspension by the Malagasy Government was a very significant step in the development of the Project as it reauthorized the Company to re-commence development and other technical activities on the ground after a five-year hiatus.
On December 5, 2024, the Company and the Government entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“Madagascar MOU”) outlining key fiscal terms applicable to the Project, including development, community, and social project funding, subject to final agreement on long-term fiscal and stability arrangements, along with the addition of monazite to the existing mining permit. In the MOU, the Company and the Government agreed to implement a “Stability Mechanism” consisting of one or a combination of the following: (a) submission of an investment agreement to the Madagascar Parliament for approval as law and certification of the Vara Mada Project (“Project Certification”) under existing law establishing a special regime for large-scale investments in the Malagasy mining sector (the “LGIM”); (b) promulgation of amendments and revisions to the existing LGIM (the “LGIM Amendment”) in a form that provides the necessary certainty of financial and legal terms, and reasonable financial, operational and legal requirements for large-scale projects, together with Project Certification under the amended LGIM and, if reasonably required, an investment agreement for submission to Parliament for approval as law; and/or (c) another agreed-upon mechanism that achieves the necessary certainty of financial and legal terms and reasonable financial, operational and legal requirements applicable to large-scale mining projects.
Consistent with the MOU, the Company and the Government have been negotiating the terms of an investment agreement to be submitted to the Madagascar Parliament for approval and promulgation as a law. The investment agreement is intended to provide the key pillars for a bankable large-scale project, including mechanisms for ensuring long-term legal and fiscal stability, select tax and customs benefits, adjustments to foreign exchange rules, protections from expropriation and access to international arbitration for dispute resolution. While recent discussions have focused on an investment agreement as the Stability Mechanism, it is possible that other means of achieving stability will be considered and/or pursued as discussions progress.
The Company has also been focusing on re-establishing critical programs supporting the Project, including re-establishing meaningful community engagement and social programs aimed at securing a firm social license to operate to support safe, secure and reliable surface access to collect baseline, technical and other data necessary to update permit conditions, as well as performing additional mine planning and engineering work, expanding the critical mineral resource base, and progressing other activities necessary to progress the Project and achieve a positive FID.
On October 17, 2025, a new President of Madagascar was sworn in by the Country's High Constitutional Court following a period of social unrest and political instability that resulted in the removal of the Country's prior President. On October 20, 2025, a new Prime Minister was appointed, and, on October 28, 2025, a new cabinet was announced. Energy Fuels is working with the new administration to reaffirm the previously negotiated concepts with the prior administration, which had substantially finalized the core Investment Agreement terms. The Company continues constructive engagement with the new administration, with the highest levels of government in the new administration having expressed support for Vara Mada and the Investment Agreement mechanism for achieving stability.
The Company updated the 2021 JORC-compliant Toliara DFS and 2024 JORC-compliant Toliara PFS into a combined S-K 1300 and NI 43-101-compliant FS, which was completed and filed as Exhibit 99.1 to our Form 8-K on January 13, 2026. See Part I, Item 2. The Vara Mada Project (formerly the Toliara Project).
At this time, it is too early to determine whether and to what extent these recent social and political developments in Madagascar may impact the Vara Mada Project, whether positively or negatively, including with respect to the Project's development prospects or timelines, the ability to achieve suitable fiscal or other terms applicable to the Project or the ability to achieve a positive FID. If a Stability Mechanism and necessary approvals to support the Vara Mada Project are not obtained, or are obtained on terms less favorable than expected, this could delay any FID in relation to the Project or prevent or otherwise
have a significant effect on the development of the Project or the Company’s ability to recover monazite from the Project. See Part I, Item 2. The Vara Mada Project (formerly the Toliara Project).
Joint Venture with Astron on the Donald Project
The Company entered into a joint venture agreement with Astron to jointly develop and operate the Donald Project in Australia, which is a well-known HMS and REE deposit that the Company expects will provide a near-term, low-cost, and large-scale source of monazite sand that, upon development, would be transported to the Mill for the recovery of separated REE products. Under the JV Agreement, the Company has the right to earn up to a 49% interest in the Donald Project JV. As of December 31, 2025, the Company had earned a 9.48% interest in the joint venture. See Note 3 – Transactions for more information.
In June 2025, the Government of Victoria, Australia approved a Mine Work Plan for the construction and operation of the Donald Project within its mining license (the “Work Plan”). This was the final major regulatory approval required to construct and operate the Donald Project. It enables the finalization of critical activities, including arrangements for debt and equity financing, before a FID can be made. The Donald Project has all licenses and permits in place for ilmenite, rutile, zircon production and monazite. See Part I, Item 2. The Donald Project.
The Company updated the 2023 Donald Project JORC-compliant DFS into an S-K 1300 and NI 43-101-compliant FS, which was furnished through a Form 8-K filing on February 26, 2026, and which is incorporated into this Form 10-K by reference as Exhibit 96.8. See Part I, Item 2. The Donald Project.
Phase 2 Circuit Bankable Feasibility Study
On January 15, 2026, the Company released the results of a new BFS for its planned Phase 2 Circuit expansion of REE processing at the Mill. The BFS confirmed the expansion’s strong economics, competitive cost structure and ability to supply a significant share of U.S. REE demand. The Mill’s currently installed Phase 1 Circuit has the capacity to process approximately 850 to 1,000 tonnes per annum (“tpa”) of separated NdPr. The proposed Phase 2 Circuit will increase total production capability (the combined Phase 1 Circuit and Phase 2 Circuit) to over 6,000 tpa of NdPr, along with approximately 60 tpa of Tb and 200 tpa of Dy. According to the BFS, the initial Phase 2 Circuit capital costs are expected to total approximately $410 million.
Regulatory approval for the Phase 2 Circuit is expected by mid-2027, allowing planned construction and commissioning of the Phase 2 Circuit by Q1 2029, which is on schedule to accommodate expected monazite deliveries from the Company’s Vara Mada Project (expected as early as Q1 2029, subject to completion of permitting, the receipt of all necessary Government of Madagascar approvals, and a positive FID) and Bahia Project (expected in 2030, subject to completion of permitting and a positive FID), in each case subject to the successful development and commissioning of those Projects. Monazite from the permitted Donald Project (expected as early as Q1 2028) could be processed through the existing Phase 1 Circuit and/or stockpiled for processing through the Phase 2 Circuit when developed and operational.
Sales
For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company sold 650,000 pounds of U3O8 to a diversified group of nuclear utilities and intermediaries in the U.S. and internationally under its long-term contract portfolio and on the spot market for total revenue of $48.23 million at a weighted average sales price of $74.21 per pound. These sales were split across our long-term contracts and the spot market as follows:
•Spot market sales: The Company sold 350,000 pounds of U3O8 on the spot market for revenue of $26.92 million at a weighted average realized price of $76.90 per pound.
•Long-term contract sales: The Company sold 300,000 pounds of U3O8 under its long-term contracts for proceeds of $21.32 million at a weighted average realized price of $71.06 per pound.
During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company sold the final HMS products from the Kwale Project, which ceased mining activities on December 31, 2024 and is now in reclamation. HMS sales during the year ended December 31, 2025 consisted of 12,852 tonnes of ilmenite, 7,038 tonnes of rutile and 1,429 tonnes of zircon and low-grade products for total revenues of $15.82 million.
Entering into Scheme Implementation Deed with Australian Strategic Materials
As discussed above, on January 20, 2026, the Company entered into a Scheme Implementation Deed to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of ASM, a leading producer of REE metals and alloys and the owner of an REE project in Australia. ASM’s KMP is one of the few facilities outside of China currently producing REE metals and alloys, including NdPr, Dy and Tb
metals and NdFeB alloys. Upon successful closing of this transaction, which is expected as early as June 2026, the Company believes it will be the largest, fully integrated REE “mine-to-metal and alloy” producer outside of China closing a critical strategic gap in global supply chains for magnet applications, including automotive, robotic, energy and defense technologies. See Part II, Item 7, Proposed Acquisition of Australia Strategic Materials Limited and Note 21 - Subsequent Events for more information.
Directors
Effective October 15, 2025, longtime director Robert W. Kirkwood stepped down from his position with the Company, for personal reasons. Mr. Kirkwood served on the Board of Directors of Energy Fuels (the “Board”) for over eight years, during which time he served in a number of capacities, including as Chair of the Compensation Committee.
Effective October 29, 2025, director Ivy V. Estabrooke stepped down from her position with the Company, for personal reasons. Ms. Estabrooke served on the Board for nearly four years.
Company Strategy
We are now, or intending to, engage in the following activities in 2026:
•Work towards the completion of our proposed acquisition of ASM, subject to receipt of ASM shareholder, court and regulatory approvals, which is expected as early as June 2026, and which would make the Company a fully integrated REE “mine-to-metal and alloy” producer outside of China, thereby providing the Company with the potential for additional cashflow, margin, and product line offerings in REE metals and alloys;
•Continue mining at our Pinyon Plain, La Sal and Pandora mines, collectively mining approximately 2,000,000 to 2,500,000 pounds of contained U3O8, depending on mining rates, contract requirements and market conditions. Mined uranium-bearing mineralized material is expected to be stockpiled at the mines and Mill for processing in 2026 or at a future date, subject to market conditions, contract requirements and the Mill’s schedule. As the Company currently has sufficient finished U3O8 inventory to meet its 2026 contract delivery requirements and may elect not to sell uranium into the spot market at current prices, the Company may decide to defer processing all or a portion of such stockpiled uranium mineralized material inventories until a later date, thereby freeing up Mill capacity for an REE processing run or other uses during the second half of 2026. Stockpiled mineralized material available at the Mill, which can be processed into finished U3O8 product on relatively short notice, gives the Company more flexibility in securing long-term sales contracts on favorable terms rather than having to accept contracts at current prices when the fundamentals suggest higher expected future prices;
•the Company expects to process between 1,500,000 and 2,500,000 pounds of finished U3O8 during 2026 from existing mined conventional mineralized material, conventional mineralized material inventories and Alternate Feed Materials;
•the Company expects to sell between 1,500,000 and 2,000,000 pounds of uranium during 2026 under the Company’s existing long-term contracts with utilities and on the spot market, subject to market conditions;
•Continue performing exploration activities at the Nichols Ranch Project to increase our uranium resource base;
•Prepare two additional uranium mines (Nichols Ranch and Whirlwind Projects) to be ready to resume mining within 12 months of a “go” decision, though the exact timing for resumption of production from each of these projects will be subject to current and future uranium market conditions and/or procurement of additional long-term contracts;
•Continue advancing each of the Donald and Vara Mada Projects to a positive FID expected as early as Q1 2026 and 2027, respectively, including seeking to secure financing for those projects;
•Drill the southern half of the Bahia Project with the goal of compiling enough data and information to declare an S-K 1300 compliant Initial Assessment and NI 43-101 compliant technical report by the end of 2026 while advancing permitting efforts at the Project to include baseline and other necessary studies;
•Advance the Company’s plans to expand its heavy REE production at its Phase 1 Circuit for the commercial-level recovery of Dy, Tb, Sm, Eu and Gd, with the ability to separate other heavy REEs such as Y and Lu if market conditions warrant;
•Advance the Company’s plans to allow for the processing of uranium- and REE-bearing MREC or similar intermediary REE products from third-party sources in the Phase 1 Circuit, subject to receipt of all regulatory approvals, financing and the successful development of these further enhancements;
•Advance the permitting and design of the proposed Phase 2 Circuit REE expansion at the Mill to enable the total production (from the Phase 1 Circuit and Phase 2 Circuit) of up to 6,000 tonnes of separated NdPr, along with separated Dy, Tb and other REE materials, and seek to secure financing for the Phase 2 Circuit;
•Continue to pursue additional Alternate Feed Materials, third-party processing, ore purchases and other sources of feed for the Mill (including potential material recovered from AUM and other land cleanup work) and, when market conditions warrant, pursue the recovery of uranium and/or vanadium dissolved in the Mill’s tailings pond solutions;
•Continue to maintain selected projects and facilities in a state of readiness for the purpose of restarting mining activities on an expedited basis, as contract obligations and market conditions may warrant;
•Advance permitting and evaluation activities for the Roca Honda and Bullfrog Projects; and
•Continue to evaluate the potential for recovering and selling Ra-226 and Ra-228 from the Mill’s existing process streams for use in making medical isotopes for emerging TAT cancer treatments.
Uranium Sales
As of December 31, 2025, the Company has six long-term uranium sales contracts with major U.S. nuclear utilities. The Company expects to sell between 740,000 and 880,000 pounds of uranium during 2026 under its long-term contract portfolio. Additionally, the Company holds uncommitted inventory to evaluate additional spot and/or long-term uranium sales opportunities, as market conditions warrant. The Company may also evaluate the purchase of uranium on the spot market, subject to market conditions and contract requirements. The Company believes its existing inventories, purchases and new production will be sufficient to meet contractual requirements through 2026 and over the life of the supply contracts, along with discretionary spot sales in 2026 and beyond, as market conditions may warrant. See Part II. Item 7. Outlook for 2026 - Guidance.
Overview of Uranium Market
Uranium is primarily used as fuel for nuclear power plants for the reliable generation of carbon emission-free electricity.
According to the World Nuclear Association (“WNA”), as of January 2026, there were approximately 440 operable nuclear reactors world-wide, which required approximately 179 million pounds of U3O8 in 2025 at full operation. Worldwide, there are currently 74 new reactors under construction with an additional 116 reactors on order or in the planning stage and an additional 318 proposed.
According to data from TradeTech LLC (“TradeTech”), global demand for uranium outpaces production through primary extraction. The gap between demand and primary supply is being filled by stockpiled inventories and secondary supplies, which the Company believes have dwindled significantly in recent years.
According to the WNA, the U.S. currently has 94 operating reactors and another 25 reactors proposed. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (“EIA”), in 2024 (most recently published data), the U.S. produced approximately 18.6% of its electricity from nuclear technology, while, according to the Nuclear Energy Institute (“NEI”), the U.S. achieved an average capacity factor of 93%, leading all other (net) carbon-free sources by a wide margin. According to the EIA, U.S. utilities purchased approximately 55.9 million pounds of U3O8 in 2024 (the last year reported).
In 2025, interest in the uranium and nuclear sectors continued to grow substantially, which the Company believes was driven by: (i) global efforts to reduce carbon emissions and a growing focus on electrification; (ii) geopolitical tensions, particularly regarding Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine; (iii) expected increased future energy demand from data centers and artificial intelligence (“AI”) and (iv) speculation based on supply and demand fundamentals. The Company believes that nuclear energy is essential to the global economy and addressing climate change, as it reliably and affordably provides electricity 24/7 and 365 days per year while generating lower life-cycle carbon emissions than other baseload energy sources (NREL, September 2021).
The Company continues to believe that certain uranium supply and demand fundamentals point to higher sustained uranium prices in the future, including significant production cuts in recent years, along with significant increased demand from utilities, financial entities, traders and producers. Recently, large technology companies including Google, Microsoft and Amazon have announced their interest in using nuclear energy to meet growing demand for energy needed for data centers to support AI initiatives. Globally, the Company believes that nuclear energy is seeing greater acceptance by governments and policymakers as a solution to addressing the issues of climate change, increased energy demand and energy security. The Company believes that financial entities purchasing uranium on the spot market for long-term investment continue to represent a fundamental shift in the uranium market, while removing readily available material from the market that would otherwise serve as supply to utilities, traders and others. Further, the Company believes that Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine has sparked a widespread trend away from Russian-sourced nuclear fuel supply. On May 13, 2024, President Joe Biden signed the Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act (the “Act”), which bans the import of Russian uranium products into the U.S. Under the ban, which commences 90 days after enactment and terminates in 2040, all imports of uranium products from Russia will be banned, subject to waivers in the event “no alternative viable source of low-enriched uranium (“LEU”) is available to sustain the continued operation of a nuclear reactor or U.S. nuclear energy company.” Under the Act, the ability of the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) to grant waivers to the ban will expire in less than two years on January 1, 2028.
The Company also continues to believe that a large degree of uncertainty exists in the market primarily due to trade issues, the life of existing uranium mines, uncertainty on the timing and success of the commissioning of new mines, conversion and enrichment bottlenecks, the opaque nature of inventories and secondary supplies, unfilled utility demand, future demand due to data centers and AI, the deployment of small modular reactors (“SMRs”), geopolitical risks (including but not limited to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine), transportation issues and the market activity of state-owned uranium and nuclear companies.
According to weekly and monthly price data from TradeTech LLC (“TradeTech”), the following table sets forth uranium spot prices (dollars per pound) for the year ended December 31, 2025 and fluctuation during the year:
December 31, December 31, Percent Annual Annual February 20,
Price 2024 2025 Change Low High 2026
Weekly Spot $ 73.50 $ 81.00 10 % $ 63.00 $ 82.75 $ 89.50
Monthly Long-Term $ 82.00 $ 87.00 6 % $ 80.00 $ 87.00 $ 90.00
Uranium is not traded on an open market or organized commodity exchange, although the CME Group provides financially settled uranium futures contracts. Typically, buyers and sellers negotiate transactions privately, either directly or through brokers and intermediaries. Spot uranium transactions typically involve deliveries that occur immediately and up to 12 months in the future. Term uranium transactions typically involve deliveries that occur more than 12 months in the future with long-term transactions involving delivery terms of at least three years. Uranium prices, both spot and term, are primarily published by two independent market consulting firms, TradeTech and UxC, LLC, on a weekly and monthly basis along with daily price indicators. Other brokers, including Uranium Markets LLC, Evolution Markets Inc. and Numerco Ltd., also publish daily average uranium prices.
Historically, most nuclear utilities have sought to purchase most of their uranium needs through mid- and long-term supply contracts, while other portions are bought on the spot market. According to EIA data, in 2024, U.S. utilities purchased 9% of their uranium on the spot market with the remaining 91% purchased under mid- and long-term contracts; through 2034, U.S. utilities have approximately 184.2 million pounds of unfilled uranium requirements (EIA, Uranium Marketing Annual Report, 2024). Buyers seek to balance the security of supply with the opportunity to take advantage of lower prices. For this reason, both buyers and sellers track current spot and term prices for uranium carefully, make considered projections as to future prices and negotiate with one another on transactions which each deems favorable to their respective interests.
The graph, below, shows the monthly spot (blue line) and long-term (red line) uranium price from August 1969 up to December 2025 as reported by TradeTech (not adjusted for inflation):
U3O8 Prices: Spot Prices Compared to Long-Term Prices
(August 1969 to December 2025)
To give a more recent perspective over the last five years, the graph below shows the monthly spot (blue line) and long-term (red line) uranium price from January 2020 up to January 2026, as reported by TradeTech (not adjusted for inflation):
U3O8 Prices: Spot Prices Compared to Long-Term Prices
(December 31, 2021 to December 31, 2025)
Uranium Market Outlook and Uranium Marketing Strategy
The Company believes that world demand for clean, carbon-free, reliable, and affordable baseload electricity, including nuclear energy. At the same time demand is increasing, the nuclear fuel market remains in deficit, existing uranium mines and inventories are depleting, and geopolitics are putting security of supply into greater focus. In addition, trade issues are injecting uncertainty into U.S. and global markets. The Company believes the current- and long-term fundamentals of the uranium industry remain positive. Uranium spot prices rose modestly during 2025, due to several factors, including continued western bans on Russian uranium and nuclear fuel, accelerated nuclear plant restarts, life extensions, and new builds, uranium mine supply tightness, and entities such as the Sprott Physical Uranium Trust (“SPUT”) speculatively purchasing and sequestering material. The Company continues to believe that uranium prices will continue to rise to higher levels to support the additional primary production that will be required. We continue to expect to see more nuclear units constructed around the world, along with existing capacity to be extended and protected, while primary mine production drops due to depletion of resources, reduced production, commissioning challenges, logistic issues, and insufficiently high prices. Long-term uranium prices also increased during 2025 (currently $90 per pound according to TradeTech).
“The uranium market is in the midst of a historic revolution where the supply side is under great pressure to fuel a rise in demand for nuclear power not seen in decades. This emergent demand is supported by a wide array of energy policies and is driven by specific economic interests, mainly those promoting and building information technology infrastructure. And the needs of this economic sector are staggering – EPRI and Larence Berkeley National Lab estimate that 10% of U.S. energy production will go to powering data centers by 2030. And, for many the preferred means of powering those facilities is with nuclear power.” TradeTech, Uranium Market Study, 2025: Issue 4.
According to TradeTech, world uranium requirements continue to exceed primary mine production, with the gap being bridged by dwindling secondary supplies and excess uranium inventories in various forms that have already been mined. At the same time, a large portion of global uranium production remains state-owned and state-subsidized, and therefore not subject to normal market fundamentals, which the Company believes present risks to current and future markets. However, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the upcoming halt of waivers under the U.S. uranium ban, has increased demand for non-Russian uranium. At the same time, geopolitical tensions continue to increase with China, and Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan maintain
close commercial and political ties with Russia, which the Company believes places future uranium and nuclear supplies from those nations at some risk. As a result, the Company has observed significantly more interest in both spot transactions and long-term contracts for U3O8 from utilities.
The Company believes that certain uranium supply and demand fundamentals point to sustained market strength and potentially higher prices in the future, increased demand from utilities and end-users (including the technology sector), financial entities, traders, and producers. However, the Company also believes that while uranium market conditions have improved significantly since 2021, they still could be vulnerable, primarily due to secondary uranium supplies, excess inventories, and non-market activities of state-owned enterprises. While U.S. and European utilities are reducing their exposure to Russian supply, the Company believes that Russia, and increasingly China, maintains significant capabilities across the nuclear fuel cycle, which could re-enter the global market in the future upon resolution of the conflict in Ukraine, circumvention of trade restrictions, or other factors.
The Company’s marketing strategy seeks a base of earnings, margins and cash flow through sales of a portion of its uranium into term contracts, to the extent such contracts are available at satisfactory prices. To gain exposure to increasing uranium prices, the Company seeks to sell a portion of its planned uranium extraction into contracts with market-related formulas, if available at satisfactory prices, and through future spot and term sales. Further exposure to increasing uranium prices can be generated through the Company’s ability to bring additional uranium extraction online in the future in response to increasing prices, which can be sold on a market-related or fixed basis at then prevailing prices. As of December 31, 2025, the Company has six long-term uranium contracts with current deliveries into the early 2030s. The Company’s portfolio of contracts contains fixed prices (fully indexed to inflation) and/or spot market prices, along with floor and ceiling prices (fully indexed to inflation). The Company has filled deliveries during the early years of these contracts from produced inventories and expects to fill future deliveries through new production.
The Company’s uranium inventories, along with expected uranium production in 2026 and subsequent years, are expected to provide the Company with the flexibility to complete spot sales in 2026 in response to improved market conditions, should the Company desire to do so. The Company will also continue to evaluate the potential to complete opportunistic purchases of uranium during 2026.
The Vanadium Market
Vanadium is a metallic element that, when converted into FeV (an alloy of vanadium and iron), is used primarily as an additive to strengthen and harden steel and make it anti-corrosive. According to market consultant FastMarkets, over 90% of FeV is used in the steel industry. In addition, vanadium is used in the aerospace and chemical industries and continues to see interest in energy storage technologies, including vanadium redox flow batteries. China is the largest global producer of vanadium, with additional production coming from Russia, South Africa and Brazil (U.S. Geological Survey).
The Company believes one of the main drivers of V2O5 prices is demand for steel, including global prospects for economic growth, construction, infrastructure and auto manufacturing. According to Fastmarkets: “The imposition of tariffs and counter-tariffs has slowed down trade between the US and China, which are two of the large markets for steel and ferro-alloys. This has led to reduced demand for ferro-alloys in some sectors, particularly in industries such as automotive and appliances, which are sensitive to trade policies, sources said” (Fastmarkets, US-China trade war - What’s next for Asia’s ferro-alloys sector? - Part March 28, 2025.) The Company believes that V2O5 prices will increase once confidence in the Chinese and global economy returns.
During the year ended December 31, 2025, the mid-point price (dollars per pound) of vanadium in Europe had the following activity:
December 31, December 31, Percent Annual Annual February 20,
Price 2024 2025 Change Low High 2026
Midpoint $ 5.37 $ 5.89 10 % $ 4.88 $ 5.89 $ 5.53
The Company expects to continue to sell vanadium from its inventory into rising markets if they continue, failing which the Company plans to maintain its vanadium inventory for future sales at opportune times. The Company currently has 905,000 pounds of V2O5 in finished goods inventory and an estimated 1.0 to 3.0 million pounds of V2O5 in its tailings solutions, which are available for future recovery, as market conditions warrant.
The Rare Earth Elements Market
REEs are a group of 17 chemical elements (the 15 elements in the lanthanum series, plus yttrium and scandium) that are used in a variety of clean energy and advanced technologies, including wind turbines, EVs/Hybrid EVs, advanced robotics, cell phones, computers, flat panel displays, advanced optics, catalysts, medicine and national defense applications. Monazite, the source of REEs currently utilized by the Company, also contains significant recoverable quantities of uranium, which fuels the production of carbon-emission free electricity using nuclear technology. According to industry analyst Wood-Mackenzie, most demand for REEs is in the form of separated REEs, “as most end-use applications require only one or two separated rare earth compounds or products.” (Wood Mackenzie, Rare Earths, Outlook to 2030, 20th Edition). The main uses for REEs include: (i) battery alloys; (ii) catalysts; (iii) ceramics, pigments and glazes; (iv) glass polishing powders and additives; (v) metallurgy and alloys; (vi) permanent magnets; (vii) phosphors; and (viii) others (Adamas Intelligence). By volume, REEs used for permanent magnets (NdPr, Dy and TB and catalysts Ce and La) comprised 60% of total consumption yet over 90% of the value consumed.
Typical natural monazite sand concentrates from the southeast U.S. average approximately 55% TREO and 0.20% uranium, which is the typical grade of uranium found in uranium mines that have historically fed the Mill. Of the 55% TREO typically found in the monazite sands, the NdPr comprises approximately 22% of the TREO. NdPr is among the most valuable of the REEs, as it is the key ingredient in the manufacture of high-strength permanent magnets, which are essential to the lightweight and powerful motors required in EVs/hybrid EVs and permanent magnet wind turbines used for renewable energy generation, as well as in an array of other modern technologies, including advanced robotics, mobile devices and defense applications. Monazite concentrates also contain higher concentrations of “heavy” REEs, including Dy and Tb used in high performance permanent magnets, relative to other common REE ores.
The Company is currently primarily focused on NdPr, Tb and Dy, but has the capability to separate other REEs such as Sm, Gd, Lu and Y should market conditions and/or government demand support such activities. REEs are mined both as a primary target and as a co-product of HMS mining where the natural monazite sands are physically separated from the other mined sands. The ore then goes through a process of cracking and cleaning at the Mill that may include acids or caustic solutions, elevated temperature and pressure to recover the uranium and free the REEs from the mineral matrix. After removal of the uranium, this solution is cleaned of any remaining deleterious elements (including remaining radioactive elements) and sent to SX circuits that have the primary role to separate the REEs into separate individual REs by extraction, scrubbing, stripping and washing. SX facilities then use solvents and a series of mixer-settlers for the separation of the REEs from each other and to create the desired purified REE products (often as oxides) for the market or particular end user. Separated REE products are typically sold to various markets, depending on the use. Separated REE products can be made into REE metals and metal-alloys, which are used to produce permanent magnets and other applications.
REEs are commercially transacted in a number of forms and purities. Therefore, there is no single price for REEs collectively but numerous prices for various REE compounds and materials. The primary value that the Company expects to generate in the short- to medium-term will come from NdPr oxide, Dy, and Tb, as those are the REEs the Company plans to target for high purity separation. In addition, as discussed above, the Company commenced production of separated NdPr in 2024. The following table sets forth certain REE compounds and materials mid-point prices in RMB¥/kg and their approximate value in $/kg, according to data from Asian Metal:
December 31, 2024 December 31, 2025 Percent February 19, 2026
Product (RMB¥/kg) ($/kg) (RMB¥/kg) ($/kg) Change (RMB¥/kg) ($/kg)
NdPr Oxide
(Pr6O11: 25%;
Nd2O3): 75%)
399 55 610 87 53 % 833 121
Dy Oxide 1,600 219 1,330 190 (17) % 1,430 207
Tb Oxide 5,570 763 5,950 851 7 % 6,200 898
Benchmark Mineral Intelligence (“Benchmark”) published the first X-China rare earth pricing estimates as of July 31, 2025. Benchmark’s February 19, 2026 published European NdPr, Dy, and Tb prices of $130.00/kg, $1,125/kg and $4,500/kg exceed the published Chinese prices of $120.51/kg, $207/kg and $898/kg, respectively, by 8%, 443% and 401%, reflecting the scarcity of these REE oxides outside of China and their importance to markets in the U.S. and Europe. Benchmark has also recently begun publishing North American NdPr pricing, reflecting increased market transparency for REE pricing in the Company’s key end markets. As of February 19, 2026, Benchmark’s published North American NdPr midpoint price was $135.00/kg which exceed the $130.00/kg price in Europe by 4%.
The REE magnet market is expected to see significant growth through 2040 per Adamas Intelligence, driven by increasing demand for NdFeB magnets in robotics, advanced air mobility, and electric vehicles. While demand for didymium, dysprosium,
and terbium is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”) of 8.7%, global production will rise at a slower rate of 5.1%, leading to potential supply constraints. The total market for magnet rare earth oxides is forecasted to increase five-fold, from $7.8 billion in 2024 to $44.1 billion by 2040, with prices rising at CAGRs of 4.3% to 5.2%. Robotics is expected to become the largest demand driver for NdFeB magnets by 2040, followed by advanced air mobility, which will expand with the production of electric vertical takeoff and landing (“eVTOL”) aircraft. However, supply chain challenges may emerge between 2030 and 2040, as limited availability of rare earth feedstocks could constrain NdFeB magnet production, impacting key industries reliant on these materials.
While China consumes the most REEs in its manufacturing industries, much of it is consumed in the manufacture of end-use goods for export and by non-Chinese companies operating within China. REE separation facilities are additionally located in Vietnam, India, as well as Neo’s Silmet facility in Estonia, and use a variety of feedstocks and sources with small-scale or experimental operational facilities located elsewhere (Russia included).
The Company views its prior commercial production of MREC, commercial production of separated NdPr in 2024, and pilot production of separated Dy in 2025 and upcoming Tb in 2026, as the first steps in an effort to restore the REE supply chain controlled by the U.S. where one currently does not exist. By acquiring the Vara Mada Project, Bahia Project, and the right to earn into a 49% interest in the Donald Project, the Company has secured what it believes will be low-cost feedstock that can be processed in the U.S. into competitive separated REE products available for sale to U.S. and allied customers. Upon successful development of those projects, expected to be in the 2028 to 2030 time frame, the Company will have secured monazite sources capable of producing up to approximately 4,500 tonnes per year of separated NdPr along with 200 to 300 tonnes per year of separated Dy and Tb.
To further restore a U.S.-controlled REE supply chain, the Company expects to develop the Mill’s planned Phase 2 Circuit (expected in the 2028 to 2029 time frame), which would have the capacity to allow the Mill to produce in total (from the Phase 1 Circuit and the Phase 2 Circuit) up to 6,000 tonnes per year of separated NdPr along with 200 to 300 tonnes per year of separated Dy and Tb, which would utilize all the monazite expected to be mined from the Company’s Vara Mada, Bahia, and Donald Projects and any additional monazite expected to be sourced from Chemours’ mines on the U.S. East Coast and others. Multiple potential domestic sources of mined HMS, including monazite, exist in North America and are potential feedstocks for the Mill. On a global level, there is a potential to acquire natural monazite sands from the following locations: Australia, South Africa, Madagascar, New Zealand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Brazil, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Russia and others.
Upon the successful acquisition of ASM, which is expected to occur as soon as July 2026, the Company will combine ASM’s KMP and its planned American Metals Plant with REE oxide production at the Mill. This transaction is expected to create what the Company believes would be the largest fully integrated REE “mine-to-metal and alloy” producer outside of China to close a critical strategic gap in the global supply chains for magnet applications, including automotive, robotic, energy and defense technologies. As demand for these advanced technologies increases in the coming years, the Company expects demand and prices for REEs to increase. Increases in supply sources for REEs are expected in conjunction with this anticipated rising demand.
Heavy Mineral Sands Market
General
HMS is typically categorized into titanium dioxide-bearing minerals such as ilmenite and rutile (but also including leucoxene and upgraded products, such as slag and synthetic rutile), zircon and monazite.
Titanium Dioxide Minerals
Ilmenite and rutile are primarily used as feedstock for the production of titanium (“TiO2”) pigment with a small percentage also used in the production of titanium metal and fluxes for welding rods and wire. TiO2 is the most widely used white pigment because of its nontoxicity, brightness and very high refractive index. It is an essential component of consumer products such as paint, plastics and paper. Pigment demand is therefore the major driver of ilmenite and rutile pricing.
Weak conditions persisted for the global pigment market through all of 2025 due to economic weakness and uncertainty across major pigment consuming regions. As a consequence, declining demand and price erosion has persisted for both ilmenite and rutile.
Chinese pigment producers experienced challenges from a subdued domestic market and steep tariffs that have been applied to Chinese pigment imports into some key global markets - particularly Europe and Brazil. Chinese pigment prices have been under pressure as Chinese producers compete to maintain market share. As pigment production in China is the major global
source of demand for sulfate ilmenite, declining pigment output maintained pressure on prices for sulfate ilmenite. However, cost pressures on sulfate pigment production, particularly from significant increases in sulfuric acid input costs, appears to be slowing the downward movement of pigment prices in recent months, which may begin to support stabilization of sulfate ilmenite prices through 2026.
Western pigment producers are the main source of demand for chloride ilmenite and high-grade feedstocks including rutile. Major western pigment producers have experienced challenging conditions from the weak and uncertain economic conditions in their major markets and have modified their production rates to reduce pressure from growing inventory levels. Several western pigment plants have been placed on care and maintenance in recent months. The tariffs imposed on Chinese pigment in some key markets have not yet resulted in a significant shift of demand from Chinese pigment producers to western pigment producers, which would otherwise support demand for rutile and chloride ilmenite. The expected switch from Chinese pigment to western pigment has been limited due to the overall weakness in those key markets and aggressive competition from Chinese producers in these and other, alternative export, markets. This has maintained downward pressure on high-grade feedstock, including rutile, prices through 2025. The now extended suspension of production of synthetic rutile by a major producer from late 2025 may help to alleviate pressure on the high-grade feedstock market through 2026. Chloride ilmenite, regarded as a niche feedstock for western pigment production with a high relative economic value, is typically purchased under long-term offtake arrangements and generally experiences limited short-term price fluctuations.
Demand for rutile into the welding and titanium metal sectors was firm through 2025. The main drivers of demand have been the shipbuilding and aerospace industries combined with sanctions on Russian-supply of raw materials. However, the extent of the rutile price premium into these sectors (above pigment sector pricing) is being eroded due to an excess of global supply including a significant increase in production of premium rutile in China from concentrates being imported into China from Africa in 2025.
The Company believes that longer-term fundamentals for rutile and all grades of ilmenite are positive. Pigment demand, driving consumption of rutile and ilmenite, should recover from 2025 levels with general economic recovery and, specifically, growth in housing and building sectors across major markets. Reductions in pigment supply capacity through late 2025 will assist with the market recovery as pigment demand returns and pigment inventories are run down. Supply of TiO2 feedstock to meet future demand from all sectors is dependent on a significant amount of new supply entering the market from new projects.
Zircon
Zircon has a range of end-uses, the predominant of which is in the production of ceramic tiles, accounting for more than 50% of global zircon consumption. Milled zircon enables ceramic tile manufacturers to achieve brilliant opacity, whiteness and brightness in their products. Zircon’s unique properties include heat and wear resistance, stability, opacity, hardness and strength, making it sought after for other applications such as refractories, foundries and specialty chemicals.
Demand growth for zircon is closely linked to growth in global construction and increasing urbanization in the developing world.
Underlying zircon demand was sluggish through 2025 due to weak and uncertain economic conditions in all major markets. Zircon demand in China, the largest global consumer of zircon, has been weak on the back of a sluggish economy - in particular, a subdued housing and construction market. Zircon prices have, therefore, trended downward. Reduction of zircon supply from the suspension of production at one of the mines of a major Australian producer from late 2025 may help to relieve the pressure on the zircon market through 2026.
The Company believes that the longer-term fundamentals for zircon are positive. Zircon demand growth is expected to closely follow GDP and to be driven by recoveries in demand for ceramics in housing and building, as well as growth in industrial manufacturing including foundries for steel products and refractories for glass production (including solar panels). Supply of zircon to meet future demand is also highly dependent on a significant amount of new supply entering the market from new projects.
Monazite
Monazite is a source of REEs, uranium and thorium. REEs are used in a wide variety of applications including, but not limited to, clean energy applications, permanent magnets, EVs, robotics, electronics, glass polishing, catalysts and defense applications. Recently, REEs, specifically the magnetic REEs NdPr, Tb and Dy, have received significant attention for their applications in permanent magnets for EVs and other green technologies and robotics. Monazite is particularly rich in magnetic REEs when compared to other REE-bearing minerals. The uranium in monazite can be used for nuclear power, and thorium can be used for thorium salt reactors and medical isotope production.
Most monazite produced from HMS is in the form of either a separated monazite concentrate or as monazite contained in HMC. Currently, most monazite produced globally is shipped to China.
Current demand growth for monazite is closely linked to the growing push for clean energy technologies, such as EVs and wind turbines.
After a sluggish period, monazite prices have been on an upward trend through late 2025 into the start of 2026 due to an improvement in REE pricing linked to Chinese government-imposed restrictions on REE exports from China.
The following table sets forth certain HMS prices in $/t, according to TZ Minerals International Pty Ltd’s (“TZMI’s”) estimated market prices published in December 2025:
December 31, Percent
Product 2025 2024 Change
Zircon (Premium) 1,600 1,840 (13) %
Rutile (Premium, bulk) 1,200 1,140 5 %
Chloride Ilmenite (60 % TiO2)
280 305 (8) %
Sulfate Ilmenite (50 % TiO2)
235 270 (13) %
Competition
The uranium industry is highly competitive. The Company competes with mining and exploration companies for uranium sales, the acquisition of uranium mineral properties, and the procurement of equipment, materials and personnel necessary to explore, develop, and extract uranium from such properties. There is competition for a limited number of uranium acquisition opportunities. As a result, the Company may encounter challenges in acquiring attractive properties and exploring and advancing properties currently in the Company’s portfolio. In addition, Energy Fuels competes with other uranium recovery companies, along with traders, brokers, financial institutions, converters, enrichers, and other market actors, including some that are state-owned and state-subsidized, for uranium sales. The Company may be at a competitive disadvantage compared to some other companies with regard to exploration and, if warranted, development of and production from mining properties and securing uranium sales. The Company believes that competition for acquiring mineral prospects and completing uranium sales will continue to be intense in the future.
The REE industry is also highly competitive, particularly to the extent it is dominated by China, which produces nearly 90% of refined REE products according to the International Energy Agency. Chinese companies bid aggressively to acquire monazite and other minerals to feed this production. The Company competes with Chinese companies and companies from other countries that are in or trying to break into the REE market, for sources of monazite and will be expected to compete with Chinese companies and companies from other countries as they develop production capacity at the RE Carbonate crack and leach, REE separation, REE metal and alloy making, REE magnet making, and REE product marketing and sales stages of the REE supply chain, as well as for the acquisition of monazite and other mineral properties, for mining and exploration on such properties, and for the procurement of equipment, materials and personnel necessary to explore, develop, and extract monazite from such properties. There is competition for a limited number of monazite acquisition opportunities, including competition with other companies having substantially greater financial resources, staff and facilities than the Company. As a result, the Company may encounter challenges in acquiring attractive properties and exploring and advancing properties currently in the Company’s portfolio. In addition, Energy Fuels will compete with other REE companies, along with traders, brokers, financial institutions, and other market actors, including some that are state-owned or state-supported or subsidized, for REE oxide sales. The Company may be at a competitive disadvantage compared to some other companies with regard to the acquisition, exploration and, if warranted, development of and production from mining properties, production of REE products and securing REE product sales. The Company believes that competition for acquiring monazite prospects, production of REE products and completing REE product sales will continue to be intense in the future. To the extent many Chinese companies are state-subsidized or otherwise supported, the Company expects to continue to face tough competition in the REE space.
The HMS market is highly competitive. The industry is primarily concentrated in Australia, though South Africa, India and China are also major producers. Other countries with significant HMS deposits include the U.S., Brazil and Mozambique. The key industry participants include Iluka Resources, Rio Tinto, Kenmare Resources and Tronox, which are among the largest producers of HMS in the world. The market for HMS products is driven by a wide range of factors, including global economic growth, industrial demand and technological innovation. In recent years, the market has faced a number of challenges in line with general economic conditions, including declining demand for certain products, increased competition from alternative materials and the general environmental concerns related to all mining and processing.
Despite these challenges, the HMS market is expected to continue to grow in coming years on the back of forecasted economic growth fueling demand in pigments, ceramics and other mature end-use applications. With this growth, the industry will also need to monitor that its sustainability objectives keep pace, including the need to continue to reduce environmental impacts and improve social and economic outcomes for local communities.
The availability of funds for the acquisition, exploration, evaluation, permitting and construction of HMS and monazite projects and the development of REE separation, metal and metal alloy making and magnet making is limited, and the Company may find it difficult to compete on an international scale with larger and more established and/or subsidized companies for capital. The Company’s inability to continue exploration, advancement, the acquisition of new properties and the development of REE separation, metal and metal alloy making and magnet making, due to lack of funding, could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s future operations and/or financial position.
However, the Company believes it has a competitive advantage over many of its peers in the U.S. domestic uranium space and in the world REE space, outside of China, to the extent it has diversified business opportunities, including its ability to produce uranium, its ability to recover RE Carbonate and separate REEs, from monazite sand ores, its ability to recover vanadium as market conditions may warrant, and its potential ability to recover certain radioisotopes for use in TAT medical therapeutics.
Government Regulation
The Company’s properties and facilities are subject to extensive laws and regulations which are overseen and enforced by multiple federal, state, local, and foreign authorities. These laws govern exploration, construction, extraction, recovery, processing, exports, various taxes, labor standards, occupational health and safety, waste disposal, protection and remediation of the environment, protection of endangered and protected species, toxic and hazardous substances, and other matters. Uranium minerals exploration, extraction, recovery, and processing are also subject to risks and liabilities associated with the perceived potential for impacts to the environment and disposal of waste products occurring as a result of such activities.
Compliance with these laws and regulations may impose substantial costs on the Company and may subject the Company to significant potential liabilities. Changes in these regulations or changes in regulatory attitudes or interpretations could require the Company to expend significant resources to comply with new laws or regulations, attitudes or interpretations relating thereto, or changes to current requirements and could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business operations. However, compliance with government regulations generally, including but not limited to environmental regulations, is an integral part of the Company’s day-to-day business and impacts virtually all the Company’s capital expenditure and operating decisions at its facilities, as the Company’s facilities and operations must comply with this extensive array of environmental, health and safety laws and regulations. The costs of compliance with these laws and regulations are therefore well understood and assumed by the Company in all its capital budgeting decisions, project analyses and cost and earnings projections. As all the Company’s competitors in the uranium mining industry in the U.S. face the same or similar regulatory requirements, the Company does not believe its need to comply with this extensive array of laws and regulations materially affects the Company’s competitive position within the U.S. uranium mining industry.
As monazite is a uranium-bearing ore and is processed through the White Mesa Mill for the recovery of uranium and REEs, and all separation activities are expected to take place at the Mill, all the regulations applicable to uranium recovery and processing at the Mill apply to the processing of monazite at the Mill, the production of RE Carbonate and the separation of REEs at the Mill.
Environmental Regulations
The Company’s projects, exploration, and development activities, and mining and processing operations are subject to the federal, state, regional and local environmental laws and regulations of the jurisdictions in which the Company’s activities and facilities are located. For example, in the U.S., the Company is subject to a number of such laws and regulations including, without limitation: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; the Atomic Energy Act; the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act; the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act; the Endangered Species Act; the Federal Land Policy and Management Act; the National Environmental Policy Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; and related state laws. The Company is subject to similar laws in other jurisdictions in which it operates. In all jurisdictions in which the Company operates, environmental licenses, permits and other regulatory approvals are required to engage in projects, exploration, mining and processing, and mine closure and reclamation activities. Regulatory approval of a detailed plan of operations and an environmental impact assessment (or equivalent) is required prior to initiating mining or processing activities or for any substantive change to previously approved plans. In all jurisdictions in which the Company operates, specific statutory and regulatory requirements must be met throughout the life of the mining or processing operations regarding air quality, water quality, fisheries, wildlife and biodiversity protection, archaeological and cultural resources, solid and hazardous waste management and disposal, the management and transportation of hazardous chemicals, toxic substances,
noise, community right-to-know, land use and reclamation. Such laws and regulations, which may change over time, increase the costs of these activities and may prevent or delay the commencement or continuance of a given operation. Compliance with these laws and regulations has not had a material effect on our operations or financial condition to date, compared to industry norms.
Uranium milling in the U.S. is primarily regulated by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the “NRC”) pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. Its primary function is to ensure the protection of employees, the public, and the environment from radioactive materials, and it also regulates most aspects of the uranium recovery process. The NRC regulations pertaining to uranium recovery facilities are codified in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
On August 16, 2004, the State of Utah became an Agreement State for the regulation of uranium mills. This means that the primary regulator for the Mill is now the State of Utah Department of Environmental Quality (“UDEQ”) rather than the NRC. At that time, the Mill’s NRC Source Material License was transferred to the State of Utah and became Radioactive Materials License Number UT 1900479 (the “Radioactive Materials License”), which was renewed in January 2018 as Amendment #8 (Renewal), then reissued as a Revised Renewal on February 16, 2018, by UDEQ’s Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (“DWMRC”). The Radioactive Materials License is up for renewal in February 2028. The State of Utah incorporates, through its own regulations or by reference, all aspects of Title 10 pertaining to uranium recovery facilities. When the State of Utah became an Agreement State, it required that a Groundwater Discharge Permit (“GWDP”) be put in place for the Mill. The GWDP is required for all similar facilities in the State of Utah, and specifically tailors the implementation of the state groundwater regulations to the Mill site. The State of Utah requires that every operating uranium mill have a GWDP, regardless of whether the facility discharges to groundwater. The GWDP for the Mill was finalized and implemented in March 2005, then renewed in January 2018. Most recently, the GWDP renewal application was submitted in July 2022 and remains under consideration with DWMRC. The Mill also maintains a permit approval for air emissions with the UDEQ, Division of Air Quality.
Conventional uranium extraction is subject to regulation by a number of agencies including: (i) local county and municipal government agencies; (ii) the applicable state divisions responsible for mining and protecting the environment within Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming; (iii) the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (the “BLM”) and the United States Forest Service (the “USFS”) on public lands under their jurisdiction; (iv) the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (“MSHA”); (v) the United States Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) for radon emissions from underground mines and conventional and nonconventional tailings impoundments; and (vi) other federal agencies, including without limitation the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE”) and the DOE, where certain conditions exist. In addition, a uranium processing facility at the Sheep Mountain Project, if and when constructed, will be subject to regulation under the State of Wyoming, as an NRC Agreement State, as a uranium processing facility and for permanent disposal of the resulting tailings.
The provisions of the Atomic Energy Act and its regulations that are applicable to uranium milling also apply to our ISR facilities in Wyoming. The Nichols Ranch Project has a Source Material License. The Nichols Ranch Source Material License was originally issued by the NRC; however, the State of Wyoming became an NRC Agreement State on September 30, 2018 and the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (“WDEQ”) - Land Quality Division (“WDEQ-LQD”) subsequently assumed all management and oversight functions. The Nichols Ranch Source Material License was most recently renewed by the WDEQ-LQD for a 20-year term on July 24, 2025. Nichols Ranch is also regulated by the State of Wyoming and the EPA under the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. In addition, ISR wellfields require an Underground Injection Control (“UIC”) Permit under the Safe Drinking Water Act, as administered by the State and/or EPA. ISR operations are subject to regulations by the U.S. Occupational, Safety and Health Administration, rather than MSHA.
Because monazite sands are a naturally occurring uranium ore, which also contain REEs, monazite sands are processed at the Mill under the Mill's existing Radioactive Materials License, GWDP and other permits as a uranium ore, and the resulting RE Carbonate and separated REE oxides are also recovered under those existing licenses and permits. The Company is evaluating whether any additional licenses or permits or amendments to existing licenses or permits may be required for its planned expansion of its existing Phase 1 Circuit, including for the processing of MREC and similar intermediate REE-bearing feeds at the Mill. The Company has submitted a license amendment application to DWMRC for the modifications and enhancements to existing Mill facilities required for and the operation of its planned Phase 2 Circuit REE separation circuit at the Mill.
The Company currently has an R&D license for the recovery of R&D quantities of Ra-226 at the Mill, issued by DWMRC in 2023. The Company applied for an R&D license for the recovery and concentration of R&D quantities of Th-232, Ra-228 and/or Th-228 from monazite process streams in 2023, which is currently under review by DWMRC. The Company will also require licenses from DWMRC for the potential recovery and concentration of commercial quantities of Th-232, Ra-228, Th-228 and/or Ra-226 at the Mill.
Reclamation bonds or the equivalent have been posted for each of the Company’s material properties in the U.S. that have structures or facilities. Energy Fuels is required to have export licenses issued by the NRC for its uranium exports, unless otherwise permissible pursuant to the Mill’s existing Radioactive Materials License due to the nature of the material in question. Such licenses are obtained by the Company as required.
The Company is required to comply with applicable environmental and regulatory laws and regulations in the other countries in which it operates and also applies international standards where appropriate.
Land and Mineral Tenure
U.S. Land Tenure
The Company’s land holdings in the U.S. are held either by leases from the fee simple owners (private parties or the State) or unpatented mining claims located on property owned and managed by the U.S. Federal Government. Annual fees must be paid to maintain unpatented mining claims, but work expenditures are not required. Holders of unpatented mining claims are generally granted surface access to conduct mineral exploration and extraction activities. However, additional permits and plans are generally required prior to conducting exploration or mining activities on such claims.
On July 9, 2009, BLM issued a Notice of Proposed Withdrawal (“2009 Notice”) under which it proposed that a total of approximately one million acres of public lands around the Grand Canyon National Park be withdrawn from location and entry under the Mining Law of 1872 (the “Mining Law”), subject to valid existing rights. In the 2009 Notice, BLM stated that the purpose of the withdrawal, if determined to be appropriate, would be to protect the Grand Canyon watershed from any adverse effects of locatable hardrock mineral exploration and mining. The 2009 Notice segregated the lands from location and entry under the mining laws for up to two years to allow time for various studies and analyses, including appropriate National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) analysis. In order to allow more time for BLM to complete its NEPA analysis, the U.S. Department of the Interior (the “DOI”) published Public Land Order 7773 on June 21, 2011, which effected a six-month emergency withdrawal of the area. The emergency withdrawal prevented the lands from being open to location and entry under the Mining Law upon expiration of the two-year segregation while the DOI completed the decision–making process on the proposed withdrawal. The emergency withdrawal was effective from July 21, 2011 to January 20, 2012. During the two-year segregation and six-month emergency withdrawal, the BLM, along with its cooperating agencies, completed various studies and analyses of resources in the withdrawal area, including an Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) under NEPA. These studies and analyses were undertaken to provide the basis for the final decision regarding whether to proceed with the proposed withdrawal or to select an alternative action. Based on this analysis, on January 9, 2012, the DOI announced its final decision to withdraw from location and entry under the Mining Law, subject to valid existing rights, the total of approximately one million acres of lands originally proposed in the 2009 Notice (the “Withdrawn Lands”), for a 20-year period. Lawsuits challenging this decision were filed by various industry groups and interested parties. In addition, legislation has been proposed in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, which would make the withdrawal permanent, subject to preexisting rights. The Company will continue to track the progress of this and any other relevant legislation.
Then, on August 8, 2023, President Biden designated the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument, which comprised approximately one million acres of previously Withdrawn Lands in three distinct areas to the south, northeast and northwest of Grand Canyon National Park. As stated in the fact sheet for the national monument designation, “The national monument designation recognizes and respects valid existing rights. The proclamation specifies that maintenance and upgrades to water infrastructure for flood control, utilities, water district facilities, wildlife water catchments, and other similar uses may continue; and that utility lines, pipelines, and roads can continue to be maintained, upgraded, and built consistent with proper care and management of the monument objects. Existing mining claims – predating a 20-year mineral withdraw initiated in 2012 – will remain in place, and the two approved mining operations within the boundaries of the monument would be able to operate.”
As a result of the 2012 withdrawal from location and entry and the 2023 national monument designation, no new mining claims may be staked on the Withdrawn Lands or within the boundaries of the national monument, and no new Plans of Operations may be approved, other than Plans of Operations on mining claims that were valid at the time of the segregation, withdrawal or national monument designation, as applicable, and that remain valid at the time of plan approval. Case law indicates that a miner establishes valid Congressionally provided rights under the Mining Law through certain unilateral acts, and that such acts are presumptively recognized as valid claims in which the holder has valid existing rights unless and until the DOI or U.S. Federal Courts declare otherwise. However, the BLM and USFS, each at their discretion, may perform a mineral examination and Mineral Report, which involves an economic evaluation of a project, in order to reflect an agency’s belief about certain mining claims that may be used in support of a future mining claim contest on the validity of existing rights. All the Company’s properties located on the Arizona Strip, with the exception of its Wate Project and certain exploration properties held by the Company’s subsidiary, Arizona Strip Partners LLC, are located within the Withdrawn Lands and boundaries of the Grand
Canyon National Monument. A mineral examination on the Company’s EZ Project will need to be completed by BLM, in conjunction with its review of the Company’s proposed Plan of Operations for that project. Mineral examinations were not required for the Company’s Arizona 1 and Pinenut projects, which had previously approved Plans of Operations and were previously active. Although the Company’s Pinyon Plain Project also has an approved Plan of Operations, and a mineral examination is not required, the USFS voluntarily performed a mineral examination on that project in 2012 in order to clarify the agency’s own position on the underlying claims and concluded that the Pinyon Plain Project’s claims constituted valid existing rights (“VERs”). The USFS also concluded that no additional approvals were required on the Pinyon Plain Project that would trigger any further NEPA analysis as a major federal action.
The Company believes that all its material projects within the Withdrawn Lands and boundaries of Grand Canyon National Monument are on valid mining claims that will withstand a mineral examination. However, market conditions may postpone or prevent the performance of mineral examinations on certain properties and, if a mineral examination is performed on a property, there can be no guarantee that the mineral examination would not result in one of more of the Company’s mining claims being deemed invalid and/or that ongoing litigation challenging the validity of a VER determination would not result in the overturn of such determination, either of which could prevent a project from proceeding.
Former President Obama additionally designated the Bears Ears National Monument by executive order in December of 2016, which comprised 1.35 million acres of land in San Juan County, Utah. The designated land included a portion of County Road 258, and a property boundary that abutted the boundary of the Mill and encompassed two water sampling sites the Company monitors for the Mill. In December 2017, President Trump in his first term issued a Proclamation that amended former President Obama’s 2016 Proclamation and reduced the monument to two parcels encompassing a total of 201,876 acres, releasing 1.15 million acres. That Proclamation was later challenged in Federal Court. On December 23, 2017, the Company issued a press release reiterating its past and present support of Bears Ears National Monument, and clarifying that the Company sought only minor adjustments to the original boundaries of the monument to prevent the boundary from directly abutting some of its existing operations, which were very minor adjustments, insignificant compared to the original size of the monument and not a reflection of President Trump’s nearly 85% reduction. Then, on October 8, 2021, President Biden issued a new proclamation restoring the original borders of Bears Ears National Monument, which consists “of those lands reserved as part of the Bears Ears National Monument as of December 3, 2017, and the approximately 11,200 acres added by Proclamation 9681, encompassing approximately 1.36 million acres.” In doing so, all such lands and interests contained within the monument were “appropriated and withdrawn from all forms of entry, location, selection, sale, or other disposition under the public land laws or laws applicable to the USFS, from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and from disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing, other than by exchange that furthers the protective purposes of the monument” (see A Proclamation on Bears Ears National Monument, dated October 8, 2021). As a result, it is possible that the Mill could become subject to additional requirements, restrictions and costs if the reversion to the original designation is upheld in Court, pending any legal challenges by the State of Utah or otherwise.
Brazilian Land Tenure
Mineral tenure is guaranteed by the Federal Constitution in Brazil. Mineral resources are separate from the surface owners (i.e. split estate), and the Republic of Brazil is the owner of all mineral resources. The federal government can grant mineral rights for exploration and production to Brazilian companies (or foreign companies with established Brazilian entities). Brazilian entities that are granted mining rights have the ownership of the product they are mining. Mineral rights can be assigned, transferred or subject to encumbrance, provided that legal requirements are fulfilled and that the transaction is registered with and approved by the Brazilian National Mining Agency (“ANM”).
Mineral rights do not grant the land where the mineral deposits are located, but do provide the possibility of creating a mineral easement that allows holders of the mineral rights the ability to explore or mine the mineral and take ownership of the product. This right of access also includes neighboring lands, as long as ANM recognizes that such lands are needed for exploration and production. The surface owners are entitled to a royalty and damages caused by exploration, mining and ancillary activities. A maximum royalty is set at half the federal government royalty. If the company and the surface owner are unable to reach an agreement the matter will be settled by the local court based on criteria provided in applicable laws.
The granting of mineral rights in Brazil is performed in four steps:
1.Exploration Authorization: A 1-3 year authorization that is renewable for an additional 1-3 years. Exceptions can be made for additional renewals following the first authorization. The purpose of this authorization is to allow a company to explore for a mineral of interest. The company must then submit an exploration report to ANM. ANM will approve or deny the report based on the economic and technical feasibility of exploiting the mineral explored for under the report.
2.Right to Request a Mining Concession: Following approval of the exploration report the company has 1 year to apply for a mining concession. This request period can be renewed, upon request and justification, based on ANM’s criteria. If ANM does not agree with the justification, ANM may request the holder of the mineral right to proceed with the request for a mining concession stage. Eventually, ANM can forfeit the request right if there is clear and strong evidence of procrastination.
3.Mining Concession Request: The request for a mining concession has to include a mine development plan. Furthermore, the mining concession will only be granted once an environmental construction permit is obtained. Extensions can be granted if the environmental permitting process is delayed. The holder must use best efforts to obtain the environmental permit and report to ANM. Eventually, ANM can deny the request if there is clear and strong evidence of procrastination.
4.Mining Concession: This is the approval to mine. Once this is granted the company has six months to start mining and is required to provide an annual report to ANM. The mining concession is valid for the life of the mine.
Kenya Land Tenure
In Kenya, mining rights are separate from ownership of land surface rights. Under the Kenyan Constitution, all minerals vest in and are held by the national government in trust for the people of Kenya. The Constitutional provisions relating to mineral resources are implemented by the Mining Act No. 12 of 2016 (“Mining Act”).
A person shall not search for, prospect or mine any mineral, mineral deposit or tailings in Kenya unless that person has been granted a permit or license under the Mining Act. A mineral right may be granted to, among others, individuals or companies which are registered and established in Kenya that demonstrate the required technical capacity, expertise, experience and financial capacity.
A mineral right means a prospecting license, retention license, mining license, prospecting permit, mining permit or artisanal permit. Practically, of most relevance for large-scale operations are the following:
1.Prospecting license: a license relating to large-scale operations that authorizes the holder to exclusively carry out prospecting operations pursuant to an approved program for those prospecting operations, the procurement of local goods and services, a plan to employ and train Kenyan citizens and an approved environmental impact assessment report, social heritage impact assessment and environmental management plan. A prospecting license is granted for a maximum term of three years and the area must not exceed 1,500 contiguous blocks. It may be renewed twice for three years each, subject to the area of the license being reduced by not less than one-half each renewal.
2.Mining license: a license relating to large-scale operations that authorizes the holder to exclusively carry out mining operations pursuant to an approved program and a feasibility study demonstrating the feasibility of the project (including evidence of the financial and technical resources available to the applicant), a plan with respect to the employment and training of Kenyan citizens, a plan for the procurement of local goods and services, an applicable environmental impact assessment license, a social heritage impact assessment and environmental management plan, and a plan with respect to socially responsible investments for the local community. A mining license must not exceed 300 contiguous blocks and has a maximum term of 25 years, with a renewal period of 15 years.
Applications for a mineral right are to be considered, processed and determined on a first-come first-served basis. The holder of a mineral right must pay royalties to the State at the prescribed rate. Where a mineral right is granted for a large-scale mining operation, the State will acquire a 10% free carried interest. A holder of a mining license whose planned capital expenditure exceeds the prescribed limit must list at least 20% of its equity on a local stock exchange within three years of commencing production (subject to market conditions).
The Cabinet Secretary for Mining (“Cabinet Secretary”), on the recommendation of the Mineral Rights Board, may grant, deny or revoke a mineral right. Mineral rights applications are made to the Cabinet Secretary. Upon receipt, the Cabinet Secretary is required to give notice to the landowner or lawful occupier of the land where the mineral is located, the community and the relevant county Government and to publish notice of the pending application in a newspaper of wide circulation. A person or community may object to the grant of the license within 21 days (in the case of an application for a prospecting license) and within 42 days (in the case of a mining license). The Cabinet Secretary hears and determines any objection to an application through the Mineral Rights Board.
Prospecting and other mining rights may not be granted with respect to private land without the express consent of the registered owner, and such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Consent is deemed to be given where the owner of the private land has entered into a legally binding arrangement with the applicant or with the Government which allows for the conduct of prospecting or mining operations, or an agreement with the applicant providing for payment of adequate compensation.
Prospecting and other mining rights may not be granted with respect to community land without the consent of the authority obligated by the law relating to administration and management of community land, or the National Land Commission in relation to land that is unregistered. Consent is deemed to be given where the registered owners of community land have entered into a legally binding arrangement with the applicant or with the Government which allows for the conduct of prospecting or mining operations, or an agreement with the applicant providing for payment of adequate compensation.
The Cabinet Secretary may take steps under the law relating to compulsory acquisition to vest the land or area in the Government or on behalf of Government, where consent is unreasonably withheld or where the Cabinet Secretary considers that withholding of consent is contrary to the national interest.
A mineral right may not be assigned, transferred, mortgaged or traded without the consent of the Cabinet Secretary (not to be unreasonably withheld) on recommendation of the Mineral Rights Board.
The Kwale Project formerly operated pursuant to the terms of Special Mining Lease 23 (“SML 23”), issued by the Mines and Geological Department on July 6, 2004 under the former Mining Act CAP 306 (now repealed). SML 23 provided the Company’s subsidiary, Base Titanium, with the full and exclusive right, liberty and license to carry out mining operations for ilmenite, rutile and zircon within the defined area of SML 23. Base Titanium's rights under SML 23 were preserved under the transitional provisions of the Mining Act. SML 23 expired on June 30, 2025 and was not renewable. As Base Titanium required continued access to portions of the SML 23 area following its expiry to complete its decommissioning and rehabilitation plan, Base Titanium obtained a license for temporary purposes under Kenya’s Land Act from the Government of Kenya. The license has a term of three years but is terminable by either party without cause after nine months on three month’s notice.
Australian Land Tenure
The Company has an indirect interest in mineral tenements in Australia through its ownership interest in Donald Project Pty Ltd and the Donald (Heavy Minerals Sands and Rare Earths) Project based in Victoria, Australia.
In Australia, mining rights are separated from the ownership of the land surface rights and are held by the state. Rights to access the land surface area are regulated both by legislation and by private access and compensation contracts with landholders. Mining rights are obtained by applying to the relevant state or territory government on a first-come, first-served basis, or in some instances, by a tender-based process. Mining rights may also be acquired by entering into a contractual arrangement with the existing holder of the mining right (by way of purchase or farm-in).
Each tenement delineates its area and duration. A holder must comply with the various terms and conditions of the permit, which include: the payment of annual rents, the payment of royalties once the mineral is extracted, meeting minimum annual expenditure obligations, agreeing to future mine rehabilitation plans and annual reporting requirements, as well as the provision of any environmental bond requirements.
Each state's mining legislation governs the grant of exploration licenses and mining leases, with some states also issuing a retention lease which allows an entity to maintain possession of a right to a mineral rich area pending improvement in economic conditions.
Once granted, tenements may be transferred or used as security. Tenements may be cancelled if the holder fails to meet the terms of their issue.
In the State of Victoria, Australia, the types of mineral license for HMS and rare earths include exploration licenses, retention licenses and mining leases.
1.Exploration licenses: gives the license holder exclusive rights to explore for specific minerals within the specified license area. However, an exploration license is not an exclusive right to occupy the surface area. It is a right of access only for approved exploration activities, and subject to negotiated land compensation and access arrangements. Holders of an exploration license have a priority right to apply for a mining lease. Exploration licenses may be renewed for new terms, depending on the state legislation.
2.Retention license: is suitable where a mineral resource is identified but the resource is not yet determined to be commercially viable to mine but may become so in the future or the resource is required to support an existing mining operation in the future. It is a license between the exploration and mining stages, providing the license holder with tenure over the land as they transition toward obtaining a mining lease.
3.Mining lease: gives the holder the sole right to mine and explore for specific minerals and construct mining facilities related to the mining operation in the land covered by the lease. Mining leases may be subject to existing competing rights such as coal seam gas rights or infrastructure rights.
The Donald project holds retention license RL2002, which progresses to a mining lease. In order to advance this retention license to mining lease, the applicant must satisfy the relevant minister that the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a license, intends to comply with relevant legislation, genuinely intends to do work, has an appropriate program of work (with a defined mineral resource), and is likely to be able to finance the proposed work and any rehabilitation.
Madagascar Land Tenure
Tenure for mining in Madagascar is governed by Law 2023-007 of July 27, 2023 relating to the New Mining Code (the “New Mining Code”), which has been in force since October 2, 2023 and replaced the former Mining Code, the Law 2005-021 of October 17, 2005 amending Law No. 99-022 of August 19, 1999 (the “Former Mining Code”). Like the Former Mining Code, the New Mining Code provides that all mineralization on the surface and in the subsoil, waters and seabed of the territory of Madagascar, are the property of the Malagasy State.
The New Mining Code covers all aspects of mining, including tenure. Under the New Mining Code, Madagascar is divided into squares of 625 meters a side. Grant of mining permits occurs on the basis of these squares and only one mining permit can exist per square.
Mining permits are administered by the Bureau de Cadastre Minier de Madagascar (“BCMM”), the Madagascar Mining Registry. The BCMM is in charge of the management of mining permits from the filing of the permit application to the expiration of the mining permits. It is a public entity under the supervision of the Ministry in charge of mines. The BCMM processes every mining permit application; however, grant of a mining permit requires issuance of an order duly signed by the Minister in charge of mines.
Like the Former Mining Code, there remain two key mining permits available under the New Mining Code:
1.Permis De Recherche (or Research Permit), which confers on its holder the exclusive right to carry out prospecting and research within the permit area. A Research Permit is valid for an initial period of five years, renewable twice for a further three years (a total of eleven years).
2.Permis D'Exploitation (or Exploitation Permit), which confers on its holder the exclusive right to undertake mining as well as prospecting and research within the permit area. An Exploitation Permit granted under the New Mining Code is valid for twenty-five (25) years and is renewable once for a period of fifteen (15) years. Further renewals (of fifteen (15) years) are possible provided certain conditions are met.
Both Research and Exploitation Permits are real property rights that can be bought, sold, pledged and mortgaged. An environmental authorization is required before exploration activities may be carried out on an area the subject of a Research Permit. This is issued by the Ministry in charge of Mines after completion of an Environmental Commitment Program. Research Permit holders are required to undertake an Environmental Impact Assessment and be issued an environmental permit before their Research Permit is able to be transformed into an Exploitation Permit. The environmental permit is issued by the National Office for Environment (Office National pour l'Environnement or “ONE”).
A mining permit holder is granted certain rights to occupy the relevant land under the New Mining Code and must inform the rightful claimants of such rights of occupation. However, the exercise of occupation rights is subject to the conclusion of a written agreement with the rightful claimants. In the case of an Exploitation Permit, the agreement must take the form of a lease agreement, specifying the parties' respective rights and obligations. In addition to registered legal title, Madagascar has a system of customary title, giving land rights to traditional occupiers of land even though they do not have a registered title. The holder of a mining permit must also reach a written agreement with (as applicable) any traditional occupiers or usufructuaries (beneficial occupants) of the land within the permit area.
Base Toliara SARL's Exploitation Permit, Permis D'Exploitation 37242 (“PE 37242”), was granted under the Former Mining Code. The validity and continuation of Exploration and Exploitation Permits issued under the Former Mining Code, like PE 37242, is presently not affected by the New Mining Code, subject to payment of prescribed administrative fees and compliance with provisions relating to the transition of the Former Mining Code to the New Mining Code. The initial term of PE 37242 remains forty (40) years, notwithstanding that the New Mining Code provides that Exploitation Permits have a term of twenty-five (25) years. However, with the introduction of the New Mining Code, the term of any renewal of PE 37242 has been reduced to fifteen (15) years (from twenty (20) years).
Environmental and Social Efforts and Impacts
Uranium is the fuel for carbon-free, emission-free baseload nuclear power and is a key factor in successfully combating global climate change. In addition to producing uranium from our mines, we recycle other companies’ uranium-bearing tailings or
wastes (Alternate Feed Materials) at the Mill for the extraction of uranium that would otherwise have been permanently disposed of, thereby reducing the need for new mining by maximizing extraction of existing sources and limiting the number of constituents ultimately disposed of. We also recover previously disposed of uranium and vanadium by recycling the Mill’s tailings solutions. Furthermore, our production of a commercially salable RE Carbonate and separated REEs through the recycling of natural monazite sands, which have until recently been considered wastes at many HMS mines due to their radioactive content, allow us to provide crucial links in a commercially viable U.S. REE supply chain for use in key green energy technologies, such as solar panels, wind turbines, and electric and hybrid car batteries. In addition, our program for the potential recovery of radioisotopes for use in the production of TAT therapeutics for cancer treatments involves recycling the Mill’s existing process streams for the recovery of valuable radioisotopes that have traditionally been considered wastes and have been permanently disposed of.
Through these operations and initiatives, we remain diligent in our efforts to minimize impacts to public health, safety and the environment, including any impacts to water, air, wildlife, soil, cultural resources, the occupational health and safety of our workers and any impacts to members of the public. Our Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability (“EHSS”) Committee has been delegated authority by the Board to monitor and guide the Company in developing and implementing its core EHSS principles, including maintaining radiation exposures not only within regulatory limits but as low as reasonably achievable through an extensive internal audit program, as well as authority for monitoring programs to identify and mitigate risks in ensuring the highest standards of environmental protection and human health and safety across the Company’s operations. The EHSS Committee also monitors the Company’s sustainability programs, including its efforts to pro-actively evaluate its programs and activities to meet the Company’s sustainability goals and objectives. Our Sustainability Report, which was first released in 2020 and is in the process of being updated, is available on the Company’s website at www.energyfuels.com.
Our U.S. operations are located primarily in rural and underserved areas and support the local economies, not only through the taxes we pay to local authorities and the salaries and wages we pay to our employees and to numerous third-party contractors, such as transportation companies, equipment rental companies, equipment vendors and service providers, but also indirectly through the “multiplier effect” to the communities as a whole. That is, the money we pay directly to our employees, contractors, vendors and providers is spent by them in the communities, thereby providing income to local businesses and wages and salaries to employees and owners of those business, who in turn spend their income, salaries and wages on other businesses in the community. Indeed, as the largest private employer in San Juan County, Utah, the Mill is a very significant factor in the local economy.
In furtherance of our sustainability objectives, the Company’s Foundation contributes to the communities surrounding the Mill in Southeastern, Utah by providing funding to support local priorities. The Foundation focuses on supporting education, the environment, health/wellness, and local economic development in the City of Blanding, San Juan County, Indigenous and other area communities. See San Juan County Clean Energy Foundation.
Kwale Project and Vara Mada Project
Both the Kwale Project in Kenya and Vara Mada Project in Madagascar are located in regions of high conservation value and recognized for their biodiversity richness. They are also areas facing significant anthropogenic pressures, such as deforestation and wide scale land clearing. To support conservation and biodiversity efforts in these areas, a range of programs have been established, including propagation research programs to grow endemic plants, including rare and endangered species.
The Kwale Project's indigenous tree and plant nursery has achieved success since being established in 2012, having successful propagated over 300 different species. To date, over 400,000 trees, either propagated in the nursery or purchased from local suppliers, have been planted as part of the rehabilitation program. The use of locally sourced indigenous grass seed and endemic trees has provided the opportunity to restore mined out and disturbed areas to ecologically functioning habitats that can support Kenya's broader conservation and biodiversity efforts. In Madagascar, an endemic indigenous tree and plant nursery has also been established and is in readiness for development of the Vara Mada Project. Despite limited opportunities to extend our seed collection efforts and collaborate with conservation organizations because of Vara Mada’s suspension of activities, the Company has managed to propagate over 80,000 trees and plants from over 250 species, including four of Madagascar's iconic baobab species. The nursery in Madagascar is rapidly establishing itself as a center of excellence for research and propagation of endemic Madagascar Spiny Thicket species.
Employees
As of December 31, 2025, the Company and its subsidiaries have approximately 1,069 full-time employees, 252 of whom are employed through the Company’s wholly owned, indirectly held subsidiary EFUSA and 817 of whom are employed through the Company’s wholly owned, indirectly held subsidiary Base Resources. The Company’s operations in the U.S. are located in established mining areas where sufficient qualified personnel are available to support the Company’s business plans. In Kenya
and Madagascar, where mining and development activities are conducted through Base Resources, the Company has recruited and trained sufficient personnel to execute its business plans.
Energy Fuels is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to making employment decisions based on valid job requirements, without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status. The Company also provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals in the U.S. with known disabilities and for employees whose religious beliefs require accommodation, unless doing so would result in undue hardship to the Company or pose a direct threat to health or safety, and is evaluating the extent to which these policies can be applied to its non-U.S. employees.
The Company actively engages with the Board to continually improve diversity, equity and inclusion. Pursuant to the Company’s Diversity Policy, Energy Fuels’ Governance and Nominating Committee (the “GN Committee”) is required to monitor, on an ongoing basis, the implementation and effectiveness of the Diversity Policy and to, at least annually, assess: (i) the mix of diversity, skill and expertise on the Board and the executive team; (ii) the measurable objectives set pursuant to the policy; and (iii) progress in achieving such objectives, including any targets, if set. As part of its annual assessment, the GN Committee reviews the Diversity Policy for relevance and effectiveness, as well as any new shareholder advisory guidelines, TSX and NYSE American corporate governance guidelines and changes in legal requirements, and provides recommendations to the Board for approval and disclosure.
Available Information
Detailed information about Energy Fuels is, and will continue to be, included in our annual reports on Form 10-K, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements on Schedules 14A and other reports, and amendments to those reports that we file with or furnish to the SEC and, for Canadian purposes, the OSC. The Company is a U.S. domestic issuer for SEC reporting purposes, most of its shareholders are U.S. residents, the Company is required to report its financial results under U.S. GAAP and its primary trading market is the NYSE American. However, prior to January 1, 2016, we were a foreign private issuer subject to limited periodic disclosure and current reporting requirements of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), so we did not file Forms 10-K or 10-Q prior to January 2016. All such Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, including any amendments to such reports, filed after January 1, 2016 are available free of charge on our website at www.energyfuels.com as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such reports with, or furnish such reports to, the SEC. However, our website and any contents thereof should not be considered to be incorporated by reference into this Annual Report. In addition, all public filings, including Insider Reports, of the Company can be found on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval Next (“EDGAR Next”) platform, and on the OSC’s System for Electronic Data Analysis and Retrieval + (“SEDAR+”) and System of Electronic Disclosure by Insiders (“SEDI”). We will furnish copies of such reports free of charge upon written request to our Investor Relations department. You can contact our Investor Relations department at:
Energy Fuels Inc.
225 Union Blvd., Suite 600
Lakewood, Colorado 80228 USA
Tel: 303.974.2140
Fax: 303.974.2141
Toll Free: 1.888.864.2125
E-mail: investorinfo@energyfuels.com
Additionally, our Articles of Incorporation and By-laws, Charters of the Audit, Compensation, GN and EHSS Committees, Sustainability Report, and the majority of our Company policies are available on our website. We will furnish copies of such information free of charge upon written request to our Investor Relations department.