WESTWATER RESOURCES, INC.
64 story beats from 2008 to 2026
The story so far
The events that changed the company's story, in plain English, each written against everything known about the company at the time. The dot shows whether it was good, bad or neutral for shareholders.
shares on issue market cap (log scale)
2026125m shares · US$81.5m market cap
- 1 Apr
SK On also terminated its graphite procurement agreement, the second of Westwater's three anchor offtake customers to walk away within five months, though SK On left the door open to a future deal on new terms; construction continues at Kellyton under new CEO Frank Bakker.
material agreement termination
125m shUS$81.5m
202591.9m shares · US$127m market cap
- 7 Nov
Stellantis's FCA US unexpectedly terminated its graphite offtake agreement, pausing the debt syndication that its deal with SK On, FCA and a third customer, Hiller Carbon, had supported; Westwater disputes FCA's right to cancel and says it has raised roughly $55 million since mid-2025 to keep advancing Kellyton while rescoping Phase I smaller.
material agreement termination
91.9m shUS$127m - 6 June
Auditor Moss Adams merged into Baker Tilly, which took over as Westwater's auditor in a routine, disagreement-free transition; however, Moss Adams's audit report again flagged going-concern doubt, echoing the same warning from a decade earlier.
auditor change
72.1m shUS$34.1m - 28 Jan
Westwater gave an update on financing talks for Kellyton Phase I construction debt and completed a feasibility study for a Phase II expansion of the plant.
resource reserve update
64.8m shUS$45.9m
202458.2m shares · US$31.1m market cap
- 30 Aug
Westwater replaced its 2020 Lincoln Park equity facility with a larger one, committing Lincoln Park Capital to buy up to $30 million of stock over the next two years as needed to help fund Kellyton Graphite Plant construction.
capital raising announcement
58.2m shUS$31.1m - 18 July
Westwater signed a second binding offtake agreement, with FCA US (Stellantis's US arm), for graphite anode material from the Kellyton plant, adding a second major automotive customer alongside SK On.
material agreement
57.8m shUS$27.9m - 5 Feb
Westwater landed its first named offtake customer, signing a multi-year products procurement agreement with Korean battery maker SK On for graphite from the Kellyton plant, ramping to 10,000 metric tons a year by the deal's final year -- likely the 'Tier 1' customer teased in March 2023.
material agreement
55.4m shUS$27.2m
202349.9m shares · US$45.8m market cap
- 7 Mar
Westwater signed an agreement with an unnamed Tier 1 electric-vehicle battery maker to qualify its graphite for EV batteries, said an optimized feasibility study more than doubled expected Kellyton output and nearly tripled the project's estimated value, and outlined a non-binding $150 million private-debt term sheet to help fund construction.
asset acquisition disposition
49.9m shUS$45.8m - 20 Jan
President and CEO Chad Potter resigned after less than a year in the role and signed a severance agreement covering a year's salary and partial vesting of his stock awards.
material agreement
48.4m shUS$38.2m
202235.4m shares · US$71.1m market cap
- 10 Feb
As part of its CEO transition, Chairman Terence Cryan took on a paid Executive Chairman role at $12,500/month rather than stepping back from day-to-day involvement.
material agreement
35.4m shUS$71.1m
202134.6m shares · US$124m market cap
- 12 Oct
The feasibility study for the Kellyton graphite plant was completed, pegging Phase I construction costs at about $202 million, and the board approved spending to begin construction and buy supporting industrial space.
resource reserve update
34.6m shUS$124m - 18 Mar
WESTWATER RESOURCES, INC.'s securities were notified for removal from listing and registration on its exchange.
listing compliance notice
29.4m shUS$181m - 8 Mar
the exchange certified WESTWATER RESOURCES, INC.'s securities for listing, clearing them to begin trading.
listing compliance notice
29.4m shUS$181m - 8 Feb
Westwater hired Samuel Engineering to run the definitive feasibility study for its Coosa Graphite Project processing plant in Kellyton, Alabama, the next step in developing its now-sole focus asset.
material agreement
19.2m shUS$122m
202019.2m shares · US$94.5m market cap
- 31 Dec
Westwater sold its remaining uranium subsidiaries in Texas and New Mexico to enCore Energy for cash, stock and royalty interests, completing its exit from uranium to focus entirely on battery-grade graphite.
asset acquisition disposition
19.2m shUS$94.5m - 4 Dec
Westwater replaced its equity line with a much larger $100 million, three-year purchase agreement with Lincoln Park Capital, a sign of dramatically improved capital-markets access compared to its earlier, smaller facilities.
material agreement
19.0m shUS$126m - 4 Sept
Alongside a routine expansion of its Cantor Fitzgerald at-the-market program, Westwater disclosed a letter of intent to sell its remaining New Mexico/Texas uranium assets for about $1.95 million in the buyer's stock plus royalties, and returned its Nevada/Utah lithium claims to the government - completing the pivot away from uranium and lithium toward graphite.
capital raising announcement
7.6m shUS$14.4m - 22 May
Westwater signed a committed equity facility letting it sell Lincoln Park Capital up to $12 million of stock over two years as needed, drawing an initial $250,000 immediately.
capital raising announcement
5.6m shUS$7.7m
20191.5m shares · US$10.5m market cap
- 9 May
Westwater regained Nasdaq compliance and the hearings panel closed its delisting review, ending a listing-compliance saga that had run on and off since 2010.
listing compliance notice
1.5m shUS$10.5m - 15 Mar
Nasdaq staff determined to delist Westwater's stock over the persistent minimum-bid-price failure; the company appealed to a hearings panel.
listing compliance notice
1.4m shUS$207k - 7 Mar
Westwater agreed to sell its remaining uranium royalty portfolio -- covering Church Rock/Laramide, Dewey-Burdock, Lance and Roca Honda -- plus the Laramide promissory note, to Uranium Royalty Corp for $2.75 million, continuing to shed its legacy uranium interests.
material agreement
1.4m shUS$207k
201852.0m shares · US$11.5m market cap
- 13 Sept
Nasdaq granted Westwater a second 180-day extension, to March 2019, to fix its stock-price compliance problem.
listing compliance notice
52.0m shUS$11.5m - 23 Apr
The Alabama Graphite acquisition closed, issuing 11.6 million new shares; CEO Chris Jones called it a transformational pivot into battery-ready graphite, with pilot-scale production planned for 2019.
asset acquisition disposition
28.8m shUS$16.5m - 13 Mar
Nasdaq again warned Westwater it had traded below $1 for 30 days, restarting the minimum-bid-price compliance clock.
listing compliance notice
27.9m shUS$20.9m
201727.6m shares · US$27.9m market cap
- 14 Dec
Westwater Resources agreed to acquire Alabama Graphite Corp in an all-stock deal, its first move into battery materials via the Coosa Graphite Project in Alabama.
business combination
27.6m shUS$27.9m - 17 Apr
The company set up a $30 million at-the-market stock sale facility with Cantor Fitzgerald, a much larger standing financing option than its prior facilities.
material agreement
24.5m shUS$46.0m - 27 Mar
Uranium Resources took a one-year option on mining claims in Nevada's Columbus Salt Marsh, its first move into lithium exploration alongside its uranium business.
farm in farm out agreement
24.5m shUS$49.0m - 10 Feb
After a special shareholder meeting failed to convene, the company scrapped its Esousa debt-exchange arrangement and paid off Resource Capital Fund's loan facility entirely for $5.5 million cash, ending RCF's five-year run as its primary secured lender.
material agreement termination
16.7m shUS$35.7m - 19 Jan
The company raised about $9.7 million in a public offering led by a long-only family office, its largest raise in years, to fund operations and pay down debt.
material agreement
16.7m shUS$22.8m - 10 Jan
The Laramide sale of Hydro Resources closed on revised, smaller terms -- $2.5 million cash plus stock and a $5 million note, versus the larger deal first announced in 2016 -- while the company kept a royalty and options on two more Laramide properties.
asset acquisition disposition
16.7m shUS$22.8m
201613.4m shares · US$21.1m market cap
- 14 Dec
Days later the company raised the new creditor's conversion-price floor from $0.10 to $0.30/share, softening the prior week's dilutive terms, and separately amended its pending Hydro Resources sale to Laramide Resources to drop the requirement that Laramide line up financing first, in exchange for a $250,000 break fee.
capital raising announcement
13.4m shUS$21.1m - 6 Dec
With its RCF loan about to come due, the company pushed the maturity to March 2017 at a steep 15% interest rate and brought in a new creditor who bought $2.5 million of that debt and committed to buy $5.5 million more, convertible into stock at a discount as low as $0.10/share - much more dilutive terms than its original RCF debt.
capital raising announcement
13.4m shUS$21.1m - 11 Apr
The company replaced Aspire Capital's $10 million standby option with a firm $12 million common-stock purchase agreement, again paying Aspire in stock (240,000 shares) to secure the facility.
material agreement
5.2m shUS$13.4m - 8 Apr
Uranium Resources agreed to sell Hydro Resources -- the subsidiary holding its original Crownpoint and Church Rock uranium properties in New Mexico -- to Laramide Resources for $5.25 million cash, a $7.25 million note and options on two Laramide properties, exiting its founding New Mexico project.
material agreement
5.2m shUS$13.4m - 4 Feb
Uranium Resources set up an option for Aspire Capital to buy up to $10 million of stock on demand over the next year, paying Aspire 900,000 shares just for agreeing to the standby facility.
material agreement
4.5m shUS$1.8m
201530.0m shares · US$22.3m market cap
- 9 Nov
The Anatolia Energy merger closed: former Anatolia shareholders received about 20.5 million new shares and ended up owning roughly 41% of the combined company, which began dual-trading on the ASX as CHESS Depositary Interests.
business combination
30.0m shUS$22.3m - 17 Aug
Nasdaq again flagged the stock for trading below $1 for 30 days, restarting the compliance clock less than three years after the last reverse split.
listing compliance notice
30.0m shUS$26.4m - 6 Aug
The company sold its Roca Honda uranium project in New Mexico to Energy Fuels for $2.5 million cash, $375,000 in Energy Fuels stock, royalty interests and Church Rock-adjacent claims, raising capital to help fund the pending Anatolia merger.
asset acquisition disposition
29.8m shUS$26.3m - 26 June
Ahead of the Anatolia merger closing, Uranium Resources agreed to lend Anatolia up to A$2 million as bridge financing, convertible into Anatolia shares if the deal falls through.
material agreement
29.6m shUS$36.2m - 4 June
Uranium Resources agreed to acquire Australia's Anatolia Energy in an all-stock merger, gaining the high-grade Temrezli in-situ uranium project in Turkey and adding a planned dual listing on the ASX.
business combination
29.6m shUS$36.2m
201425.2m shares · US$39.6m market cap
- 12 Nov
The Rio Grande Resources land swap closed, and the company said it plans a 2015 drilling program at its newly acquired Alta Mesa Este project.
asset acquisition disposition
25.2m shUS$39.6m - 9 Sept
The company agreed to swap two New Mexico mineral properties and some royalty interests for Rio Grande Resources' South Texas uranium ground -- the Alta Mesa Este, Sejita Dome and Butler Ranch projects covering about 8,800 acres -- re-entering South Texas with different assets than the ones it had just walked away from.
material agreement
25.0m shUS$76.7m - 30 Apr
Lender RCF cut the size of its 2013 convertible loan facility from $15 million to $8 million but then advanced the full remaining $8 million immediately, convertible into stock at $2.60/share; the company separately settled a lawsuit with its former CFO by issuing him stock.
capital raising announcement
24.4m shUS$65.7m - 5 Mar
With Cameco already gone, Uranium Resources itself terminated the underlying lease option covering the Kenedy County ground, closing out its South Texas exploration push entirely.
material agreement termination
19.8m shUS$63.6m
201319.8m shares · US$65.6m market cap
- 5 Dec
Cameco walked away from its South Texas exploration joint venture in Kenedy County after the ground failed to produce significant uranium finds, ending the earn-in it had expanded just a year earlier.
material agreement termination
19.8m shUS$65.6m - 19 Nov
The company said it would restate three years of financials (2010-2012) plus 2013 quarters after the SEC challenged its practice of capitalizing mine-development costs before proven reserves were declared, cutting reported plant and equipment value by about $9 million.
financial restatement
19.8m shUS$46.8m - 19 Nov
Resource Capital Fund extended a new $15 million secured convertible loan facility, with $3 million drawn immediately, deepening the company's reliance on RCF as both lender and major shareholder.
debt financing
19.8m shUS$46.8m - 18 July
Under new CEO Christopher Jones, the company replaced its decade-old uranium supply contract with ITOCHU with better pricing terms, a step toward restarting production in Texas.
material agreement termination
19.8m shUS$52.1m - 7 Mar
Lender Resource Capital Fund V exercised rights to buy about $5 million more stock at $2.55/share, paying for it by offsetting its existing bridge loan, which pushed RCF's ownership stake from 28% to almost 33%.
capital raising announcement
16.1m shUS$43.5m - 22 Jan
The company executed a 1-for-10 reverse stock split, mandated by its RCF bridge loan, to fix its Nasdaq minimum-price problem, but Nasdaq still moved to delist it and the company had to appeal to a hearing panel.
listing compliance notice
16.1m shUS$5.2m - 7 Jan
Cameco expanded its South Texas exploration joint venture with Uranium Resources, committing $4.3 million for a 70% stake and adding the 22,700-acre Tecolote tract to the program.
material agreement
16.2m shUS$5.2m - 3 Jan
A feasibility study confirmed the Church Rock Section 8 uranium deposit in New Mexico could be mined economically using in-situ recovery, a positive technical read despite the ongoing Navajo Nation access dispute.
resource reserve update
16.2m shUS$5.2m
2012161m shares · US$55.5m market cap
- 19 Dec
Resource Capital Fund provided a $5 million secured bridge loan, conditioned on the company holding a reverse stock split and completing a rights offering by early 2013 to fix its Nasdaq minimum-price problem.
debt financing
161m shUS$55.5m - 3 Oct
CEO Don Ewigleben resigned and board member Terence Cryan stepped in as interim President and CEO; because Cryan is no longer independent, the board and audit committee fell out of Nasdaq's independence rules, with a year to fix it.
listing compliance notice
159m shUS$81.0m - 30 Aug
Uranium Resources' shareholders approved issuing the 37 million shares needed for the Neutron Energy merger, with the deal expected to close within days.
business combination
109m shUS$87.3m - 24 Aug
Neutron Energy's own shareholders approved the merger with 99.9% of votes cast in favor, clearing one of the two votes needed to close the deal.
business combination
109m shUS$87.3m - 31 July
The company's Church Rock subsidiary settled a trespass dispute with the Navajo Nation, gaining temporary site access for permitting work in exchange for agreeing to remediate existing radioactive contamination before mining could start.
material agreement
106m shUS$85.1m - 7 Mar
The formal Neutron Energy merger agreement and financing package were filed: 37 million new shares in total, a $20 million equity investment from Resource Capital Fund, and a credit facility to keep Neutron funded until closing.
business combination
9.4m shUS$9.0m - 2 Mar
Uranium Resources agreed to acquire Neutron Energy in an all-stock deal, gaining Neutron's Cebolleta and Juan Tafoya uranium properties in New Mexico's Grants Mineral Belt, with Resource Capital Fund putting in $20 million to help retire Neutron's debt.
business combination
9.4m shUS$9.0m
201192.4m shares · US$168m market cap
- 13 May
Cameco Texas formalized the South Texas earn-in floated in January, agreeing to fund exploration on the Kenedy County acreage for up to a 70% stake, while the company also reported first-quarter results and a new state drilling permit.
farm in farm out agreement
92.4m shUS$168m - 3 Jan
Uranium Resources locked up a three-year option to explore 53,500 acres in Kenedy County, South Texas, paying $1 million upfront, and said it was working toward a joint exploration deal with Cameco on the same ground.
farm in farm out agreement
92.4m shUS$314m
2010
- 2 July
Nasdaq approved moving the company's stock to its lower-tier Capital Market after shares traded below $1 for 30 days, giving it another 180 days to get the price back up.
listing compliance notice
- 24 June
Uranium Resources raised roughly $27 million selling 23.8 million new shares through an underwritten stock offering, adding cash while diluting existing holders.
material agreement
2008
- 27 June
Uranium Resources called off its planned $110 million purchase of Rio Algom Mining after it couldn't raise the financing to fund the deal, while also reporting ongoing production at its Rosita wellfield in Texas.
material agreement termination