History
A Texas and New Mexico uranium producer that shed its founding assets, pivoted to Alabama graphite, and by April 2026 had lost two of three anchor customers.
2008-2011: Early setbacks and a Texas exploration deal
Uranium Resources set out as a uranium producer, and its record opens with a setback. In June 2008 it called off a planned $110 million purchase of Rio Algom Mining because it could not raise the financing, while reporting ongoing production at its Rosita wellfield in Texas. In June 2010 it agreed to sell 23.8 million new shares through an underwriter, which diluted existing holders. A few days later Nasdaq moved the stock to its lower-tier Capital Market after it traded below $1 for 30 days, the first of many such notices. In 2011 the company took a three-year option on 53,500 acres in Kenedy County, South Texas, paying $1 million, and Cameco Texas agreed to fund exploration there for up to a 70% stake.
2012-2014: Neutron, rescue loans and a restatement
In March 2012 the company agreed to buy Neutron Energy in an all-stock deal, adding the Cebolleta and Juan Tafoya properties in New Mexico. The deal meant issuing 37 million new shares, and Resource Capital Fund (RCF) put in $20 million. Shareholders approved it in August. In October CEO Don Ewigleben resigned and director Terence Cryan became interim CEO. By December RCF provided a $5 million bridge loan, conditioned on a reverse split and a rights offering to fix the stock-price problem. The 1-for-10 reverse split came in January 2013, yet Nasdaq still moved to delist and the company had to appeal. RCF then bought about $5 million more stock at $2.55 a share by offsetting its loan, lifting its stake from 28% to almost 33%.
A feasibility study in January 2013 confirmed Church Rock Section 8 could be mined economically. Under new CEO Christopher Jones the company replaced its ITOCHU supply contract with a new one. In November 2013 RCF extended a $15 million convertible loan facility, and the company said it would restate 2010-2012 results after the SEC challenged its capitalizing of mine-development costs, cutting reported plant and equipment by about $9 million. Cameco left the South Texas venture in December 2013, and the company ended the underlying option in March 2014. In April 2014 RCF cut the facility to $8 million and advanced the final $3 million. In late 2014 the company swapped two New Mexico properties and some royalties for Rio Grande Resources' South Texas ground.
2015-2016: Anatolia and the sale of the founding assets
In June 2015 the company agreed to buy Australia's Anatolia Energy in an all-stock deal, gaining the Temrezli project in Turkey. It sold its Roca Honda project to Energy Fuels for $2.5 million cash plus shares and royalties to help fund the deal, and lent Anatolia up to A$2 million. Nasdaq flagged the sub-$1 share price again in August. The merger closed in November 2015, with former Anatolia holders receiving about 20.5 million new shares and owning roughly 41% of the combined company, which began trading on the ASX.
In 2016 the company set up standby share-purchase facilities with Aspire Capital, first $10 million and then a firm $12 million, paying Aspire in shares each time. In April it agreed to sell Hydro Resources, holding its Crownpoint and Church Rock properties, to Laramide Resources. In December, with the RCF loan due, it extended maturity to March 2017 at 15% interest and brought in a new creditor whose notes could convert at as low as $0.10 a share, later raised to a $0.30 floor.
2017: Clearing the debt and a new name
The Laramide sale closed in January 2017 on smaller terms: $2.5 million cash plus stock and a $5 million note. The company raised about $9.7 million in a public offering, its largest in years. In February it scrapped the debt-exchange arrangement and paid off RCF's loan facility for $5.5 million cash, ending RCF's five-year run as primary lender. In March it took a one-year option on Nevada lithium claims, and in April set up a $30 million at-the-market sale facility with Cantor Fitzgerald. Renamed Westwater Resources, it agreed in December to buy Alabama Graphite Corp in an all-stock deal.
2018-2020: The graphite pivot and the last of uranium
Shareholders were to vote on issuing up to 14,133,593 shares for Alabama Graphite on April 19, 2018, and the deal closed that month with 11.6 million new shares issued. Jones called it a transformational pivot into battery-ready graphite. Nasdaq warned again in March 2018, extended the deadline in September, and in March 2019 moved to delist the stock. Westwater appealed and regained compliance in May 2019, ending a saga that had run on and off since 2010. The 2018 share count of 1,436,394 is not explained in the record.
It kept selling uranium interests: its royalty portfolio went to Uranium Royalty Corp for $2.75 million in March 2019. In 2020 it signed a $12 million equity facility with Lincoln Park Capital, followed in December by a $100 million three-year agreement. It returned its lithium claims in September and, on December 31, sold its remaining Texas and New Mexico uranium subsidiaries to enCore Energy, completing its exit from uranium.
2021-2023: Designing Kellyton
In 2021 Westwater hired Samuel Engineering for a feasibility study of the Kellyton, Alabama processing plant. The study, completed in October 2021, put Phase I construction at about $202 million, and the board approved spending to begin construction. In February 2022 Cryan became paid Executive Chairman at $12,500 a month during a CEO transition, and CEO Chad Potter resigned in January 2023 after less than a year. In March 2023 the company announced an agreement with an unnamed EV battery maker, an optimized study that more than doubled expected output, and a non-binding $150 million private-debt term sheet.
2024-2026: Offtake deals and their unraveling
In February 2024 Westwater signed its first named customer, SK On, and in July a second, FCA US. In August 2024 it replaced the 2020 Lincoln Park facility with a $30 million one to fund construction. In January 2025 it completed a Phase II expansion study. In June 2025 Baker Tilly took over as auditor after Moss Adams merged into it, and the audit report again flagged going-concern doubt. In November 2025 FCA US terminated its agreement, which Westwater disputes, pausing debt syndication; the company said it had raised roughly $55 million since mid-2025 and was rescoping Phase I smaller. On April 1, 2026, SK On also terminated, though it left the door open to a future deal. Construction continued at Kellyton under new CEO Frank Bakker, with Hiller Carbon's offtake agreement the only one of the three still active.
Written from the 68 story beats below (2008 to 1 Apr 2026), which come from the company's own announcements and filings.