CASPER, WY — May 1, 2026 — USA Uranium Corp. (NYSE-DEMO: USAU), one of the nation's leading domestic uranium producers, today announced a significant expansion of its Sweetwater Basin operations, including the development of a new in-situ recovery (ISR) processing facility expected to come online in Q3 2027. The expansion is supported by a newly closed $215 million senior secured credit facility led by Continental Heritage Bank.
The new facility, dubbed Project Bighorn, will increase the company's annual production capacity from approximately 2.1 million pounds of U₃O₈ to an estimated 2.95 million pounds — a 40% jump that the company says will help meet rising demand from utility partners and the U.S. Strategic Uranium Reserve.
"This is a defining moment for USA Uranium and for the domestic nuclear fuel cycle," said Daniel R. Whitfield, Chief Executive Officer of USA Uranium Corp. "With reactor restarts accelerating across the country and new small modular reactor projects breaking ground, the United States can no longer afford to depend on foreign sources for the fuel that powers nearly 20% of our electricity. Project Bighorn is our answer to that challenge."
The expansion includes the construction of a 60,000-square-foot central processing plant, the development of twelve new wellfields across previously permitted acreage, and the addition of roughly 140 full-time positions in Natrona and Sweetwater counties. The company has also signed a long-term offtake agreement with a consortium of three U.S. utility partners, covering approximately 65% of projected production through 2034.
USA Uranium has partnered with Sierra Nuclear Engineering on the facility design, which will incorporate closed-loop water recycling and a fully electrified well-field network powered in part by an on-site 8 MW solar array.
The company has completed its federal NRC source material license amendment process and received final approval from the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality in April 2026. USA Uranium will host a series of community information sessions in Casper, Rawlins, and Rock Springs throughout June.
"We've worked closely with local stakeholders, tribal representatives, and state regulators for more than three years to make sure we're doing this the right way," said Linda Chen-Boateng, Senior Vice President of Sustainability and External Affairs. "Responsible uranium production and good-neighbor practices are not mutually exclusive — they're the foundation of how we operate."
USA Uranium Corp. is a Wyoming-headquartered uranium exploration, mining, and processing company with assets across the western United States. Founded in 2008, the company operates the Sweetwater Basin ISR project and holds exploration rights to approximately 184,000 acres across Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico. USA Uranium is committed to safe, environmentally responsible production of nuclear fuel for the U.S. civilian power sector.
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