Fission Uranium Starts Trading on OTCQX(R) as FCUUF
KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 06/27/13 -- FISSION URANIUM CORP. ("Fission" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE: FCU)(OTCQX: FCUUF)(FRANKFURT: 2FU) is pleased to announce it is now trading on OTCQX® under the symbol FCUUF. The company has chosen to trade on this US marketplace to provide its growing number of US-based investors with home country disclosure, current financial disclosures and Real-Time Level 2 quotes on www.otcmarkets.com.
Dev Randhawa, CEO and Chairman of Fission Uranium, commented,
"We are excited to be joining OTCQX. The uranium discovery that our team made at PLS recently has drawn considerable international attention and action. It's important for us that we provide our U.S. investors with all of the information and tools they need to analyze and trade Fission securities."
Fission is the Operator of the major high-grade uranium discovery at Patterson Lake South (PLS) in Canada's Athabasca Basin, home to the world's richest source of high-grade uranium. The company's technical team, under the leadership of President, COO and Chief Geologist, Ross McElroy, has made two major uranium discoveries in the last three years. In addition to the PLS discovery, Fission holds a portfolio of highly prospective properties on the Western side of the Athabasca Basin as well as in the emerging uranium district of Macusani in Peru.
Fission's founding CEO, Dev Randhawa, also founded Fission Energy Corp. which became a top 50 TSX-V company before selling the majority of its assets - as part of a deal arranged by Dev Randhawa - to Denison Mines.
Euro Pacific Capital will serve as Fission Uranium's Principal American Liaison ("PAL") on OTCQX, responsible for providing professional guidance on OTCQX requirements.
Further to the Company's news release on May 31, 2013, the price of the incentive stock options granted to Directors, Officers, employees and consultants, entitling them to purchase an aggregate of 9.265 million shares in the capital of the Company is set at C$ 0.73 per share and are exercisable until June 1, 2016 in accordance with the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange.
About Fission Uranium Corp.
Fission Uranium Corp. is a Canadian-based resource company specializing in the strategic acquisition, exploration and development of uranium properties and is headquartered in Kelowna, British Columbia. Common Shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "FCU" and trade on the OTCQX marketplace in the U.S. under the symbol "FCUUF."
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Dev Randhawa, Chairman and CEO
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Contacts:
Fission Uranium Corp.
Rich Matthews
Investor Relations
TF: 877-868-8140
rich@fissionuranium.com
www.fissionuranium.com