Uranium Energy Corp Receives Final State Authorization for Start of Construction at the Goliad ISR Project in South Texas

NYSE Amex Equities Exchange Symbol - UEC

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, Dec. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE-AMEX: UEC, the 'Company') is pleased to announce that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has issued a Radioactive Material License (RML) to UEC for the Company's South Texas Goliad ISR Project. The issuance of the RML marks the conclusion of the state-level permitting. The Company now has all of the required permits to begin construction at the site, and the procurement of materials and initial wellfield development will commence shortly.

President and CEO Amir Adnani stated, 'Management is pleased to report the completion of this major milestone, and to initiate the early steps in the construction process. When operational, the Goliad project is anticipated to increase the Company's production in South Texas substantially. We are grateful to TCEQ for its thorough review and issuance of this final authorization.'

As announced in previous press releases, an aquifer exemption is required before uranium recovery activities can be initiated. Aquifer exemptions are issued jointly by the regional EPA and the State (TCEQ). TCEQ granted UEC an aquifer exemption earlier this year and filed a request for EPA's concurrence on May 27, 2011. With the regional EPA's concurrence, UEC can initiate uranium recovery operations at the site.

About the Goliad In-Situ Recovery (ISR) Project

The Goliad ISR project is one of the Company's four uranium projects (also referred to as satellite projects) in South Texas and is located 40 miles east of the Company's Hobson ISR processing facility. The facility at Hobson forms the basis of the Company's regional operating strategy in the South Texas Uranium Belt and processes uranium-loaded resins from satellite projects into a final product commonly known as yellowcake or U(3)O(8).

About Uranium Energy Corp

Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE-AMEX: UEC) is a U.S.-based uranium production, development and exploration company operating North America's newest emerging uranium mine. The Company's fully licensed and permitted Hobson processing facility is central to all of its projects in South Texas, including the Palangana in-situ recovery project, which is ramping up initial production, and the Goliad in-situ recovery project which has been granted its Mine Permit and is in the final stages of mine permitting for production. The Company's operations are managed by professionals with a recognized profile for excellence in their industry, a profile based on many decades of hands-on experience in the key facets of uranium exploration, development and mining.

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Important Additional Information Will Be Filed With the SEC

In connection with the previously announced proposed merger (the 'Merger') between the Company and Concentric Energy Corp. ('Concentric'), the Company intends to file relevant materials with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'SEC'), including a registration statement on Form S-4 (the 'Registration Statement'), which will include a preliminary prospectus and related materials to register the securities of the Company to be issued in exchange for securities of Concentric. The Registration Statement will incorporate a proxy statement (the 'Proxy Statement') that Concentric plans to mail to its stockholders in connection with obtaining stockholder approval of the Merger. The Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement will contain important information about the Company, Concentric, the Merger and related matters. Investors and security holders are urged to read the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement carefully when they are available. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement when they become available, and other documents filed with the SEC by the Company, through the web site maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Documents filed by the Company with the SEC may be obtained free of charge by contacting the Company at: Uranium Energy Corp.; attention: Mr. Mark Katsumata, CFO; 500 North Shoreline, Suite 800N, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78401; Tel: (866) 748-1030.

Concentric, and its directors and executive officers, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from Concentric's stockholders in connection with the Merger. Information regarding any special interests of these directors and executive officers in the Merger will be included in the Proxy Statement.

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NYSE-AMEX: UEC

Frankfurt Stock Exchange Symbol: U6Z

WKN: AOJDRR

ISN: US916896103