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Uranium Resources (URRE) Stakes Placer Mining Claims in Columbus Salt Marsh Area; Acquires Nina Project

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Uranium Resources Develops Energy Metals Business and Acquires Its First Lithium Property in Nevada

August 23, 2016 4:15 PM EDT

CENTENNIAL, Colo., Aug. 23, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Uranium Resources, Inc. (URI)  (Nasdaq: URRE) (ASX: URI), announced today that it has staked approximately 4,600 acres (1,860 hectares) of placer mining claims covering a prospective target for lithium-enriched brines in the Columbus Salt Marsh area of west-central Nevada. The target area, known as the Nina Project, is situated within a region of known lithium mineralization and is approximately 27 miles (43 kilometers) northwest of the Clayton Valley/Silver Peak lithium brine mine of Albemarle Corporation, the only operating lithium brine recovery operation in the United States.

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