Uranium Resources Plc Regulatory News (URA)

Uranium Resources plc / Market: AIM / Epic: URA / Sector: Exploration

6 March 2015

Uranium Resources plc

("Uranium Resources" or "the Company")

Directorate Change

Uranium Resources plc, the AIM listed uranium exploration and development company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Mark Purits as Non-executive Chairman of the Company.

Mr Mark Purits (aged 47) is an independent businessman with over 20 years of experience in management and finance. Mr Purits has worked for a number of manufacturing, metallurgical, and oil companies since 1994 and currently works as an independent investor and financial consultant. Mr Purits studied economics at the Stockholm School of Economics.

Uranium Resources Managing Director Alex Gostevskikh said, "We are pleased to welcome Mark Purits to the board as Chairman and we are confident that his experience in capital markets and resources industry will be a valuable addition to ourteam as we progress with the development of the Company".

Mark Purits said: "I am looking forward to working with the Board of Uranium Resources plc and its executive team in leading the company towards unlocking the full potential of the Mtonya uranium project."

Additional information on Mark Purits

The following information is provided in accordance with paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies. 

Mark Purits currently holds, and has held (including all appointments during the five years preceding the date of this announcement), the following directorships and partnerships, other than of the Company:

Mr Purits does not currently hold any shares with voting rights in the Company, nor has he been granted any options over the share capital of the Company.

No further information relating to Mark Purits is required to be disclosed pursuant to Schedule 2 paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules. 

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Notes to editors

Uranium Resources plc is an AIM listed exploration and development company. It is the Company's strategy to advance its existing assets and strengthen its portfolio via opportunistic acquisition. Uranium Resources has uranium licences in the highly prospective Karoo Basin in Southern Tanzania.