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April, 2018

Uranium

Nuclear Energy Power Storage Rare Earths

Toward production of clean energy

commodities:

uranium & battery metals

A Green Resources Company

Vanadium, Nickel

& Phosphate

Yttrium &

NeodymiumTSX: UWE | OTCQB: UWEFF

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QP for Technical Disclosure – All scientific and technical disclosure contained herein has been prepared and approved by Dr.Richard Spencer, U3O8 Corp’s President and CEO and a “qualified person” within the meaning of NI 43-101.

Certain statements contained herein constitute forward-looking statements (“FLS”) that involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties. These FLS

are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond the control of U3O8 Corp., including, but not limited to, the impact of general economic

conditions, industry conditions, geopolitical risks, volatility of commodity prices, assumptions used in resource estimates, economic analysis and financial

projections, risks associated with the uncertainty of exploration results and estimates and that the resource potential will be achieved on exploration projects, timing

and outcome of the preliminary economic assessment (“PEA”) and that a mine will be achieved on the Laguna Salada Project or the Berlin Deposit, that a joint

venture will be formed with the Chubut provincial resource company, that the frac sand property will be developed as anticipated and silica potential is realized,

currency fluctuations, the uncertainty of obtaining additional financing and exploration risk, and dependence upon regulatory approvals. Readers are cautioned that

the assumptions used in the preparation of such information, although considered reasonable at the time of preparation, may prove to be imprecise and, as such,

undue reliance should not be placed on FLS. These FLS are made as of the date hereof and U3O8 Corp. assumes no obligation to update or revise them to reflect

new events or circumstances. Industry and peer information has been drawn from publicly available sources and have not been independently verified by U3O8

Corp. Comparisons of U3O8 Corp’s resource and exploration targets with other uranium deposits are conceptual in nature, and have not been independently

verified by U3O8 Corp. and information regarding these peer deposits are drawn from publicly available information.

Kurupung Project, Guyana – resource of 8.4Mlb indicated at 0.09% U3O8 and 7.7Mlb inferred at 0.08% U3O8. See June 26, 2012 – “Technical Review and MineralResource Estimates of the Aricheng C and Aricheng West Structures, Kurupung Uranium Project, Mazaruni District, Guyana for U3O8 Corp.” and January 14, 2009– “A Technical Review of the Aricheng North and Aricheng South Uranium Deposits in Western Guyana for U3O8 Corp. and Prometheus Resources (Guyana) Inc.”Scout drilling suggests that the Kurupung may contain an additional exploration target of 6-11Mt at a grade of 0.08% to 0.10% U3O8 (~14-19Mlb) – see pressreleases dated June 10, 2008, October 15, 2009, November 18, 2009, March 16, 2010, April 20, 2011 and June 8, 2011.

Laguna Salada Project, Argentina – resources of 6.3Mlb indicated at 60ppm U3O8 and 3.8Mlb inferred at 85ppm U3O8; and 57Mlb indicated at 550ppm V2O5 and27Mlb at 590ppm V2O5. See May 20, 2011 – “Laguna Salada Project, Chubut Province, Argentina, NI 43-101 Technical Report on Laguna Salada: Initial ResourceEstimate”. Based on exploration results on other mineralized areas, there is an additional exploration target of 56-113Mt at a grade of 50ppm to 60ppm U3O8 (~10-15Mlb) – see press releases dated December, 4, 2013 and November 12, 2013. For the Laguna Salada PEA, see the September 18, 2014 – “PreliminaryEconomic Assessment of Laguna Salada Uranium-Vanadium Deposit, Chubut Province, Argentina”.

Berlin Project, Colombia – resources of 1.5Mlb indicated at 0.11% U3O8 and 19.9Mlb inferred at 0.11% U3O8 ; plus a phosphate inferred resource of 0.8Mt at 9.3%P2O5 and vanadium inferred resource of 97mlb at 0.50% V2O5 defined on only the southern 3km of the 10.5km mineralized trend at Berlin. See March 2, 2012 –“Berlin Project, Colombia – National Instrument NI 43-101 Report”. Based on exploration on other mineralized areas, there is an additional exploration target of 20-27Mt at a grade of 0.09% to 0.11% U3O8 (~50-55Mlb) on the remaining 7.5km of the trend – see press release dated September 20, 2012. For the Berlin PEA seethe January 31, 2013 – “Berlin Project, Colombia - Preliminary Economic Assessment, NI 43-101 Report”.

PEAs are preliminary in nature as they include inferred mineral resources that are considered too speculative geologically for economic consideration that wouldenable them to be classified as mineral reserves. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and have not demonstrated economic viability. There is no certaintythat the results of the PEAs will be realized. Potential quantity and grades are conceptual in nature. There has been insufficient exploration to define a mineralresource on the above exploration targets, and it is uncertain if further exploration will increase the mineral resources on the company’s projects in Guyana,Argentina and Colombia. Information on U3O8 Corp., its projects and technical reports in compliance with NI 43-101 are available on the company’s web site atwww.u3o8corp.com.

Forward-Looking Statements & DisclaimerA Green Resources Company

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U3O8 Corp:

Commodities for clean energy


1. UraniumTo fuel large nuclear

power plants

2. Battery

Commodities

3. Rare

Earths High-efficiency

generators &

motors


To fuel small modular

reactors (SMRs)

Nickel,

Vanadium,

Phosphate,

Zinc

U3O8 Corp. Core Components& Estimate of % Revenue that would be derived from each

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Note - PEA estimates are preliminary in nature, as is the revenue projected to be derived from each commodity. The PEAs

include resources that are not reserves that do not have demonstrated economic viability. There is no certainty of the results

of the PEA being realized - see slide 2


U3O8 Corp

Project UraniumBattery

Commodities

Rare Earth

Elements

Other

MetalsTotal

Laguna Salada,

Argentina86% Vanadium 14% 100%

Berlin,

Colombia35%

Vanadium 9%

7% 1% 100%

Nickel 15%

Phosphate 31%

Zinc 2%

Sub-total 57%

U3O8 Corp has a 39% holding in South American Silica


U3O8 Corp. Uranium Resource: 48 million pounds

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Note – Projected cash costs are based on PEAs that are preliminary in nature as they include resource

estimates that are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability – see slide 2

GuyanaColombia

Argentina

Estimated Cash

Cost of Uranium

Production

Estimated

Capital

Cost

Priority

BERLIN, Colombia

Resource TypeMillion

pounds

Indicated 1.5 US$0/pound of

uranium net of by-

products

US$441

million2

Inferred 19.9

LAGUNA SALADA, Argentina

Indicated 6.3 US$22/pound of

uranium, net of by-

product vanadium

US$136

million1

Inferred 3.8

KURUPUNG, Guyana

Indicated 8.3 Rough estimate:

US$45/pound

Not yet

estimated3

Inferred 7.9


Nuclear in ArgentinaWill generate 9% of electricity when

Embalse reactor is back on stream

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Reactor Atucha I Embalse Atucha II Atucha III “No 5”

Date of Commercial

Operation1974 1984 2015

Construction

starts 2018

Construction

starts 2020

Capacity (MWe net) 335 600635 692 800 1,150

Type Siemens Candu-6 Siemens Candu-6 Hualong One

Life extensions10-years to

2027

30-years to 2048

6% output increase

Construction contract signed

May, 2017

Large Nuclear Power Plants: 2 operating reactors, one being refurbished

Small Reactors:

5 Research reactors operating in Argentina

5 Research reactors built by Argentine reactor construction company INVAP elsewhere

in the world

CAREM Small Modular Reactor:

• 25MW prototype under construction, 100MW & 200MW units designed


Nuclear Energy in Argentina:

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ramps up to full production

Nuclear in Argentina – the opportunity

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Reactor Design Reactor

ConstructionEnrichment &

Fuel-Rod

Manufacture

Spent Fuel

Storage

CNEA/INVAP INVAP

Uranium

Production

DIOXITEC &

CONUARNA-SA1

CNEA2

INVAP to build medical isotope facility in

USA for Coqui Pharma

Spent fuel in dry storage in

concrete casks - CNEA

Nuclear fuel rod

cluster

1 Short-term storage at nuclear power

plants operated by NA-SA;

2 Long-term storage in dry casks by CNEA.

Nuclear energy industry overseen by ARN (Nuclear Regulatory Authority)

Australia’s only nuclear

reactor – the OPAL research

facility

Laguna Salada

Deposit –

U3O8 Corp.

Cerro Solo

Deposit – State

through CNEA


Ivana Deposit –

Blue Sky

Uranium Corp.

Laguna SaladaSimple mining - real-time environmental restoration

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Migrating Trench Advances

Mined area

restored to

original landscape

Excavation up to

3m/10’ deep


Gravel – averages 8m thick

Gravel that’s been mined,

washed & replaced

Removing the Gravel Cover

Mining Uranium-Vanadium – bearing gravel

Gravel – averages 8m thick

Impermeable shale


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Gravel is sievedWashed

Only fine

material

sent for

processing

No blasting, no crushing



Laguna SaladaOperational Simplicity

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Only 9% of the gravel

is processed for

uranium & vanadium

extraction.

Extraction of Uranium &

Vanadium is with household

products -

Baking powder & baking soda



Laguna SaladaSimple Processing

Laguna Salada Project:Resource growth potential

U3O8’s Concession

Block Outlined in

Green

10MlbCurrent NI

43-101

uranium

resource

>25Mlb potential in

gravel plain

(grey area)

➢ 10Mlb NI 43-101 Uranium

Resource

➢ 20-25Mlb potential in in La

Susana, La Rosada discoveries

➢ >25Mlb - potential in rest of

land package

> 55Mlb potential20km

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Location of

exploration

results reported

in Jan, 201720-25Mlb potential in La

Susana, La

Rosada(1)

discoveries &

anomalous

radon area


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Average life of mine cash cost of production US$21.62/lb of U3O8

Laguna Salada Project:Higher Grades lead to lower Production Cost Estimates

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Year 1

Year 10

Objective of current exploration - to find

additional higher-grade uranium-vanadium


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Uranium Commodity Price

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Source: of data Ux Consulting Company LLC, Cantor Fitzgerald


Fukushima

Uranium Market Summary

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Producers making deep

production cuts – led by

Cameco and Kazatomprom.

Total U3O8 supply in 2017 was

~200Mlbs so:

• 2018: supply cut to ~

169Mlbs (15.5% from 2017)

• 2019: further cut to ~

167Mlbs (1%);

• 2020: further cut to ~

165Mlbs (1%)-6

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lbs

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-33M

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-35M

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Uranium Market Summary

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Source: Cantor Fitzgerald

Global Uranium Demand Scenarios vs. Global Total Supply

Supply cuts put market into deficit in 2018

Primary Supply

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Secondary Supply


Laguna Salada DepositTimeline & budget to mine decision

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BUDGET TOWARDS

POTENTIAL PRODUCTION(US$)

Resource expansion &

upgrade to Measured &

Indicated

$3.0M

Metallurgy & pilot plant $1.5M

Social, environmental &

permitting$1.0M

Feasibility study (FS) $1.5M

Budget to Construction

Decision$7.0M

CAPEX (in 2014 US$)

CAPEX after forex

adjustment (in 2015 US$)

$136M

/

$117M

Next Steps:

1. Trial mining & pilot plant test work to produce yellowcake as proof of concept;

2. Reduce production cost estimates by finding additional higher grade gravel and

optimizing metallurgy.

Recommended work program, timing & budget based on PEA that is preliminary in nature.

Includes resources that are not reserves & do not have demonstrated economic viability.

No certainty of the PEA being realized – see slide 2

Conceptual Timeline Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

Resource expansion & upgrade

Environmental (EIA)

Metallurgy & pilot plant

Mining & Environ. permit

Permit to produce yellowcake

Feasibility study (FS)

Construction


• Projected 2 years to construction decision

• Projected additional 1 year for construction


Battery Commodities

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Note – Projected cash costs are based on PEAs that are preliminary in nature as

they include resource estimates that are not mineral reserves and do not have

demonstrated economic viability – see slide 2

Colombia

Argentina

BERLIN, Colombia

NI 43-101

Resource

category

Vanadium Nickel Phosphate Zinc

Million

pounds

Million

pounds

Million

Tonnes

Million

Pounds

Indicated 6 3.1 0.05 4.4

Inferred 91 42.1 0.8 45

LAGUNA SALADA,

Argentina

NI 43-101

Resource

Vanadium

(Mlb)

Indicated 57

Inferred 27


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Lithium Ion Battery Commodities

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Metal content per kWh in various Lithium-Ion batteries (kg/kWh)

Li-ion Battery Type Chemistry Abrev.

Lithium Iron

PhosphateLiFePO4 LFP

Lithium Vanadium

PhosphateLi3V2(PO4)3 LVP

Lithium Manganese

OxideLiMn2O4 LMO

Lithium Cobalt

OxideLiCoO2 LCO

Lithium Nickel

Cobalt Aluminium

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Lithium Nickel

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Comparison of Specific Energy or Capacity of Battery Types

Lithium-Ion Batteries

Nissan Leaf,

GM,

Chevy Volt,

BMW i3

BYD e-

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Tesla,

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Benchmark Mineral Intelligence & Avicienne, Albrecht, 2016

Demand Estimate vs Supply Ramp-up from Megafactories

Current Supply

LG Chem

Foxcom

Tesla-Panasonic

BYD

Boston Power


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Battery CommoditiesVanadium Redox Flow Batteries (“VRB”)



Flow Batteries

Lithium

Ion Lead Acid

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10MW

10kW

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Battery CommoditiesVanadium Redox Batteries – Industrial e-Storage


600kW & 2.2MWh

DC AC

UniEnergy System

Cost Guidance

• US$500/kWh (UniEnergy Technologies)

= US$0.10/kWh over 15,000 cycles;

• US$300/kWh with recycled Vanadium

(Imery)

= US$0.07/kWh over 15,000 cycles

• Footprint: 20MW/acre or 50MW/hectare

• UET system cost estimate: US$0.05c/kWh


VRB

=Typical large

reactor (1,000MW)

Only 5 of these

VRBs would be

needed to store

the entire

electricity output of

a typical large

reactor

Largest battery in world is a VRB:

• 200MW / 800MWh;

• Sufficient to power 100,000 typical western

homes for 8 hours;

VRB selected for:

• Reliability – no significant loss of capacity

over battery life;

• >20 year life;

• Electrolyte is fully recyclable at end of the

battery’s life.

VRB

VRB

VRB

VRB

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Battery CommoditiesVanadium


Vanadium Pentoxide (V2O5) Price

Source of data: www.assetmacro.com, Camelot

Ferroalloys Inc., VanitecTSX: UWE | OTCQB: UWEFF

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Battery CommoditiesZinc-Air Batteries



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Specific Energy: Li-Ion vs Zinc-Air

Zinc + Air → Zinc Oxide & Energy (1.6 volts)

Reverse to refuel: Zinc Oxide + Energy → Zinc + Air

• Simple

• Inexpensive

• Safe

• Refillable, but not

rechargeable

• Breakthrough (Aug

2017) on recharging

using iron-nickel-

cobalt catalyst

Strategically Located in Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina

San Jorge

Shale

In

Shale

Nascent Need for Local Frac Sand

Supply

• Oil & gas production from the Vaca

Muerta is just starting

• Foreign oil majors investing >$9B so far

to develop the giant Vaca Muerta shale

in Argentina

• Frac sand / proppant market expected to

be 800,000 tonnes per year in 2017.

Current local production only 6,000t per

year

• Almost all of Argentina’s frac sand

imported from Brazil, China & USA

Our properties near key shale basins

& infrastructure (road, rail & ports)

Rail

Brazil Properties

Uruguay Properties

Argentine

Properties

Vaca Muerta

San Antonio

Port

Comodoro

Port

Rio

Grande

Port

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Favoured

route to the

Vaca Muerta

Director Experience & Key Areas of Expertise Role on the Board

Dr. Keith

Barron

• Founded Aurelian Resources & discovered the 13 million ounce (“Moz”) Fruta del Norte

(FDN) gold deposit in Ecuador. FDN was sold to Kinross Gold for $1.3B

• Recipient of PDAC’s Thayer Lindsley International Discovery Award – 2008

• Northern Miner’s Mining Man of the Year – 2008

• Founder of U3O8 Corp.

• Minefinder

• Entrepenuer

• Major shareholder

Mr. David

Constable

• Was VP- Investor Relations (IR) with Australia’s Normandy Mining until it was acquired by

Newmont;

• VP-IR at FNX during the discovery in Sudbury that took the company from junior explorer

to a producer with a multi-billion dollar market cap;

• Served on the board of Aquiline Resources until it was sold to Pan American Silver;

• Holds a ICD.D designation from Institute of Canadian Directors

• Chairman

• Corporate governance

Mr. David

Franklin

• Co-founder & MD of WoodsWater Capital LP, a resource-focused private equity firm

• Formerly CEO of Sprott Private Wealth;

• Was market strategist at Sprott where he co-wrote the widely-followed monthly note

“Markets at a Glance” with Eric Sprott

• Investment banking

• Corporate strategy

Mr. Pablo

Marcet

• Member of Board of Directors of Barrick Gold;

• Participated in start-up of the giant Escondida copper mine in Chile;

• As president of Northern Orion, oversaw project development of the Agua Rica gold-copper

deposit & its subsequent sale to Yamana Gold for $1.6B;

• Was president of Waymar Resources, which merged with Orosur Mining that operates a

gold mine in Uruguay

• Entrepeneur

• Mine developer

• LatAm perspective – has

first-hand knowledge - lives

in Argentina

Mr. David

Marsh

• Extensively experienced metallurgist – was instrumental in installation of Paladin Energy’s

alkaline leach uranium plant at Langer Heinrich and acid leach uranium plant at Kayelekera;

• Expertise in metal extraction from multi-commodity deposits

• Technical expertise

• Corporate strategy

Dr. Richard

SpencerSee “Management” slide

• Minefinder

• Deep LatAm experience

U3O8 Corp. Board

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Name Experience & Key Areas of ExpertiseManagement

Role

Dr. Richard

Spencer

Led the exploration teams that:

• Discovered the 3.3 million ounce Quimsacocha / Loma Larga gold deposit in Ecuador (+23Moz silver);

• Increased gold reserves at Las Cristinas in Venezuela by 65% from 10Moz to 17Moz;

• Grass roots discoveries of copper porphyries in Ecuador – resources are:

23 billion pounds of copper + 4 Moz gold in Mirador, Panantza & San Carlos porphyries

President &

CEO

Mr. John

Ross

• As CFO of IAMGOLD Corp., was the first to introduce the gold “money policy” – converted the

company’s cash to gold at an average price of US$287/oz as an ultracontrarian when the majors were

still hedged and when the Bank of England was selling the country’s goldCFO

Dr. Hugo

Bastias

• Instrumental in the discovery of the 7.5Moz Veladero gold deposit – now a Barrick mine in Argentina;

• Instrumental in U3O8 Corp.’s uranium discoveries in Colombia & Argentina.

Executive VP

– based in

Argentina

Mr. Elpidio

Reis

• M.Sc in Mineral Exploration from Queens University, Ontario & an MBA

• Business Development Director of Rio Tinto – Brazil (1988-2001);

• Was General Manager of Braziron Ltd;

• Instrumental in the development of the 10Moz Morro do Ouro mine – developing processing

techniques for very low grade ore.

Chief Operating

Officer

– based in

Brazil

Mr. Gabriel

Bastias

• Completed MSc in Mineral Exploration at Queens University, Ontario

• Led the team that discovered U3O8 Corp.’s Laguna Salada uranium-vanadium project in Argentina.

VP Exploration

– based in

Argentina

U3O8 Corp. Management

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U3O8 Corp. Capital Structure

8%

Insiders



Share Capital after Consolidation

Market cap(at $0.47)

C$9M

Average daily volume (3-mth): 39K

Basic shares o/s 19,851,095

Warrants o/s 6,644,387

Options o/s 829,750

Fully diluted 27,325,232

U3O8 Corp. Shareholder Base

Largest Shareholders:Dr Keith Barron – founder & director;

Delaware Street Capital;

Extract Capital;

JMM Partners;

Alpha North Asset Management.

9%

19%

72%

Insiders

Institutions

OtherShareholders

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Laguna Salada, Argentina~3 years to potential production

Berlin Project, Colombia~4 to 5 years to potential production

Corporate Strategy:Sequential Project Development

Immediate goal – double uranium

resource to 20Mlb & upgrade to

Measured & Indicated

$3.0M

Metallurgy & pilot plant $1.5M

Social, environmental & permitting $1.0M

Feasibility study $1.5M

TOTAL to reach mine decision in 2 yrs $7.0M

Capex

Capex (forex-adjusted)

$136M

$117M

Development strategy: Project is

sufficiently simple for U3O8 Corp. to put into

production or JV with producer & keep

minority stake to receive cash flow

Development strategies:

• JV with producer & keep minority stake

• Streaming agreements or royalties on by-

products (phosphate, vanadium, nickel, rare

earths)

Met tests & refine flowsheet $1.0M

Double resource to 50Mlb target &

show 70-75Mlb potential$23M

Resource upgrade, environmental,

permitting, feasibility study$20M

TOTAL to reach mine decision $44M

Capex $441M

Recommended work & budgets based on PEAs that are preliminary in nature. Resources are not reserves & do not have demonstrated economic viability. No

certainty of the PEAs being realized . Conceptual cumulative targets based on mineral resources & exploration results: Colombia – potential 32-34Mt at 0.09% to

0.11% U3O8 (~70-75Mlb) & Argentina – potential150-225Mt at 50ppm to 60ppm U3O8 (~20-25Mlb). Potential quantity & grades are conceptual in nature. There

has been insufficient exploration to define mineral resources on the targets. It is uncertain if further exploration will increase the mineral resources on the

company’s projects.– see slide 2.



Richard Spencer, President & CEO

[email protected]

(416) 868-1491

www.u3o8corp.com

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APPENDIX FOLLOWS



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Uranium Market DriversUnprecedented Nuclear Reactor Build

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Projected Supply

China 43%

449518

Reactors by 2024

Operable Reactors

today, up from 439

at Dec 2015

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Pre-Fukushima 443 62 156 661

March 2018 449 61 176 674 159 28

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News, Dundee Securities, Timeless Uranium 32



Uranium Market DriversChinese & Indian Nuclear – long-term growth

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• Air polution non-carbon power sources;

• Water polution symbiosis between nuclear

& water purification / desalination.

• India - world’s 7th largest economy;

• 7% average GDP growth rate in last 20 years;

• 1/3 of popluation doesn’t have electricity;

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Laguna Salada Project, Argentina:Project status & pathway to production

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Landmark agreement with Provincial govt

Discovery

Initial (10Mlb) NI43-101 uranium resource

Increase resource to 20-25Mlbs

Trial Mining Pilot processing plant

Feasibility Study

Construction decision

PEA – focus on projected cash cost

Next

Steps

$22/lb Low cash cost

of production



Laguna Salada DepositOverview

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Argentina’s only NI 43-101 uranium

resource on which a PEA has been

completed

Simple Geology

Simple Mining

Simple Processing

In-country uranium-enrichment

facility

Continuous real-time

environmental restoration

Clear resource-growth potential

10Mlb uranium resource,

Vanadium by-product,

10 year mine life

Flat-lying in soft gravel

Exploration has defined extensions

to the deposit

Free-digging “migrating trench”

Screening to remove pebbles &

concentrate uranium – followed by

standard alkaline leach

Shrubs moved from leading edge of

the trench replanted on trailing edge

Pilcaniyeu located ~450km from

Laguna Salada



PEA shows potential for low-cost, near-term production

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Increasing resource size & production rate has been modelled and shows a very significant improvement to

the project’s economics. (This analysis was done internally by U3O8 Corp. and can’t be shown because it

has not been verified by an external NI43-101 - compliant study.)

Cash cost of production, capex, mine life & payback period

Mine life 10 years

Life of Mine average uranium cash cost of production1 $21.62/lb

Average uranium cash cost of production over 2½ year payback1 $16.14/lb

Total capital (incl. sustaining & 20% contingency) $136M

1 Projected uranium cash cost, net of vanadium credit & incl. 3% NSR to the Provincial

Government.. Laguna Salada PEA – see cautionary statements on slide 2

Laguna Salada Project

PEA Highlights

PEA Highlights (base case, in US$ at US$60/lb U3O8)

Annual productionUranium Vanadium

0.6Mlb 0.96Mlb

Revenue $223M $53M

Principal Financial Metrics Pre-Tax After-Tax

NPV discount rate 7.5% 10% 7.5% 10%

NPV (incl royalties due to State) $55M $43M $31M $22M

IRR 24% 18%



Laguna Salada DepositPEA Summary

➢ 1st independent PEA completed on a uranium deposit in Argentina;

➢ Study completed by Tenova (Bateman) >100 years of experience;

➢ Resource:

➢ 10Mlbs uranium (6.4Mlbs recoverable);

➢ 84Mlbs vanadium (10Mlbs recoverable);

➢ Projected average annual production 0.6Mlb uranium over 10 year mine life:

Argentina requires 0.4Mlbs per year to operate its three reactors – currently

imports 100% of its fuel requirement potential for off-take agreement;

➢ 1Mlb/annum vanadium production;

➢ Focus of the PEA was cash-cost of production:

➢ US$21.62/lb average over the life of the mine;

➢ US$16.14/lb during the 2½ year payback period;

➢ Demonstrates potential for production cost that is competitive with in situ

leach and Athabasca Basin deposits.

➢ Capex: $136M incl 20% contingency. US$ strength against currencies in which

plant equipment was quoted could reduce Capex by ~15%.

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1 Projected uranium cash cost, net of vanadium credit & includes a 3% NSR to the Provincial Government. The PEA is preliminary in nature.

Includes resources that are not reserves & do not have demonstrated economic viability. No certainty of the PEA being realized. – see slide 2



Berlin Project, Colombia:Project status & pathway to production

Highest-value project in U3O8 Corp’s portfolio with one of the lowest

projected uranium extraction costs in the industry

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Built on discovery by Cogema (Areva)

Initial (21Mlb) NI43-101 uranium resource

Having confirmed low potential production cost in PEA

Increase resource to 50Mlb threshold

Pilot processing plant

Feasibility Study

Construction decision

PEA – focus on projected cash cost

Next

StepTest alternative extraction techniques



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Berlin:Introduction

Berlin:

➢ A uranium-bearing phosphate layer in

sedimentary rocks - contains a rare mix of

nickel, vanadium, rare earths and other metals;

➢ The current 21 million pound uranium

resource is from 3km of a 10.5km uranium-

phosphate – bearing trend there is room for

resource growth to 70-75 million pounds of

uranium;

➢ Extensive metallurgical test work has shown

that this mix of commodities can be cost-

effectively extracted from the rock;

➢ Good infrastructure:

• located 12km from a hydroelectric plant;

• 60km from the Magdalena river that is

navigable by barge to the Caribbean Sea;

• 60km from principal paved highway and a

railway that it being refurbished;

➢ Local community is supportive of the project;

➢ Mining would be by underground methods and

the uranium-phosphate rock would be processed

on site to remove the contained metals.

COLOMBIA



Berlin DepositCross Section

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Sandstone

Mineralized layer

Shale

➢ Mineralization in 3m thick

layer;

➢ Remarkable continuity;

➢ Underground mining

operation;

➢ Minimal mine

footprint;

➢ Waste would be

replaced in backfill of

underground

excavations;

➢ Cut and fill mining in

the steep areas

combined with room

and pillar in the flat

areas.

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Berlin Project, ColombiaMulti-commodity Resource

Current resources defined in compliance with NI 43-101 (0.04% U3O8 cut-off grade)

on southern 3km of a 10.5km mineralized trend

Tonnes

(million)

Uranium Phosphate Vanadium Yttrium

Grade (Mlb) Grade (Mt) Grade (Mlb) Grade (t)

0.6 0.11% 1.5 8.4% 0.05 0.4% 6.0 461ppm 294

8.1 0.11% 19.9 9.4% 0.8 0.5% 91.0 500ppm 4,066

Tonnes

(million)

Neodymium Nickel Molybdenum Rhenium

Grade (t) Grade (Mlb) Grade (Mlb) Grade (t)

0.6 110ppm 70 0.2% 3.1 570ppm 0.8 6ppm 4

8.1 100ppm 813 0.2% 42.1 620ppm 11.0 7ppm 55

Tonnes

(million)

Zinc Silver

Grade (Mlbs) Grade (Moz)

0.6 0.30% 4.4 2.8ppm 0.1

8.1 0.30% 45 3.4ppm% 0.9

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Berlin ProjectPEA: commodities produced,

% of revenue generated by each commodity

1 PEA estimates are preliminary in nature. Includes resources that are not reserves & do not have demonstrated economic

viability. No certainty of the PEA being realized. INTERNAL DISCUSSION PURPOSES – see slide 2

Uranium: Nuclear energy

Vanadium: Steel alloys, batteries

Main uses of commodities:

Phosphate: Fertilizer, batteries

Yttrium: Lazers, electronics, monitors

Neodymium: Magnets, high-efficiency motors

Nickel: Stainless steel, batteries, fertilizer

Base metals: Steel alloys, fertilizer, Zn-Ce

flow batteries, galvanizing, alloys

Uranium35%

Phosphate31%

Nickel15%

Vanadium9%

Yttrium6%

Neodymium1%

Moly, Zinc3%

Metals & Phosphate extracted in a single metallurgical process

– iron sulphate leach – was the principal process used at Elliot Lake



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Berlin Project’s Other Commodities:

“Clean Energy & Agriculture Commodities”

Battery Commodities: Nickel,

Vanadium, Phosphate

Phosphate for fertilizer

Berlin contains 3

micronutrients used in

speciality fertilizers

Ni

Zn

Mo

Rare Earth Elements:• Neodymium for

supermagnets in motors &

generators;

• Yttrium for red phosphors

in screens an lazer

technology



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Potential to be a large, very low-cost uranium producer

Projected Base Case – PEA Highlights (US$60/lb U3O8), reported in US$

Annual uranium production 1.2Mlb

Mine life 15 years

Cumulative free cash flow $982M

Pay-back period 4.6 years

Initial capex $360M

Sustaining capital $40M

Contingency $41M

Total capex (incl. 10% contingency) $441M

Berlin Deposit:PEA Highlights

1. Projections based on Berlin PEA – see cautionary statements on slide 2

Principal Financial Metrics Pre-Tax After-Tax

NPV discount rate 7.5% 10% 7.5% 10%

NPV (incl royalties due to State) $338M $223M $198M $112M

IRR 19% 15%

$1.8Billion of by-product revenues would cover the $1.6Billion

operating cost (cost of mining & extraction)1



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Berlin ProjectDrilling has shown Resource Growth Potential

1Target based on mineral resources & exploration

results for potential 32-34Mt at 0.09% to 0.11%

U3O8 (~70-75Mlb) Potential quantity & grades are

conceptual in nature. There has been insufficient

exploration to define a mineral resource on these

targets & it is uncertain if further exploration will

increase the current deposit – see slide 2.

Green unit contains uranium &

other minerals

4km

25-30Mlb resource

potential

already

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drilling

>25Mlbpotential

identified

by

trenching

➢ 21Mlb NI 43-101

Uranium Resource

➢ 25-30Mlb potential

exploration-drilled area

➢ >25Mlb – northern area –

potential indicated by

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> 70-75Mlb potential

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Berlin DepositPotential to Improve Project’s Economics

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➢ Potential to reduce operating (Opex) and capital costs (Capex):

➢ Test work on the effectiveness of alternative techniques for the

extraction of metals and phosphate (eg. Use of membrane systems

to separate the metals);

➢ Potential to increase revenue:

➢ Removal of carbonate to reduce reagent consumption (lower

operating costs);

➢ Current PEA only considers revenue stream from two Rare Earth

Elements (Neodymium & Yttrium). Include other REEs such as

Dysprosium & Europium in revenue stream;

➢ Reduce electricity cost by capturing excess heat generated by the

processing plant.

➢ Increase the uranium resource – the target is 70-75Mlbs1. Economics of

the deposit are strongly geared to deposit size.

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1Target based on mineral resources & exploration results for potential 32-34Mt at 0.09% to 0.11% U3O8 (~70-75Mlb)

Potential quantity & grades are conceptual in nature. There has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral

resource on these targets & it is uncertain if further exploration will increase the current deposit – see slide 2.


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