Uranium USA Junior Explorer
TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV): PUR

Premier American Uranium Inc.

$30.9M
Last updated: 08/17/2025

Overview

Premier American Uranium Inc. is a junior uranium exploration company headquartered in Toronto, Canada, operating primarily in USA. The company's portfolio consists of 3 advanced exploration projects. Key assets include Cebolleta. The business model is centered on the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties, with a focus on revitalizing domestic production. The operational approach involves leveraging historical exploration data to guide modern drilling programs aimed at confirming and expanding upon previously identified mineralization. The company is structured as a growth-oriented junior entity, building its asset base through the advancement of exploration properties, the development of new mines, and the pursuit of consolidation opportunities. A key operational characteristic is the systematic technical review of historical data, which informs first-pass drilling campaigns designed to test and validate prior findings. This process supports the preparation of updated mineral resource estimates compliant with current industry standards. The company's activities encompass both conventional rotary and core drilling to assess mineralization. The operational focus includes evaluating properties with potential for specific, less-invasive recovery methods, indicating a strategy geared towards potentially lower-impact development pathways. This integrated approach of combining historical data with modern exploration techniques is a core element of its operational identity.

Strategy

The corporate strategy is centered on aggressive growth through a combination of targeted acquisitions and systematic exploration. A primary strategic pillar is the consolidation of properties, executed via transactions involving the acquisition of both private entities and assets from other publicly-traded companies. This approach is designed to build a substantial portfolio of development opportunities. The organization's capital allocation philosophy is geared towards funding these acquisitions and subsequent exploration activities, utilizing financing mechanisms such as subscription receipt offerings to secure necessary funds. Near-term objectives involve advancing newly acquired properties through phased exploration programs, which include drilling designed to confirm historical data and test the extent of mineralization. Long-term strategy aims to develop new mines from this expanded asset base. Management's approach involves a continuous cycle of asset review, acquisition, and exploration, positioning the entity to capitalize on consolidation opportunities within its sector. Future exploration plans are guided by the results of initial drilling campaigns, demonstrating a disciplined, data-driven approach to resource development and portfolio advancement.

Management

Executive and board remuneration is heavily weighted towards equity, with significant share-based compensation awarded to directors and key management personnel to align their interests with long-term performance. The compensation structure includes management fees, director fees, and substantial stock option grants. These options feature multi-year vesting schedules, typically vesting in tranches over 18 months to 1 year, designed to foster sustained commitment. Governance and management philosophy are further evidenced by significant related-party transactions. A primary shareholder provides capital through debt instruments, such as interest-bearing notes payable, and actively participates in equity financings, including major subscriptions to receipt offerings. This demonstrates a deep financial alignment and reliance on key capital partners. Further, an entity linked by common management has also participated in financings. The board of directors provides oversight, including the review and approval of financial statements and public disclosure documents. The company also engages directors for professional services, such as legal counsel, as evidenced by specific payments disclosed for such work.

Structure

The corporate structure has been shaped by a series of transformative transactions aimed at consolidation. In June 2024, the organization completed a significant acquisition of American Future Fuel Corp. through an all-share transaction, issuing over 15.5 million common shares and resulting in former AFF shareholders holding approximately 35.8% of the pro forma entity. This followed a reverse takeover transaction in November 2023, where Premier Uranium, Inc. acquired the company, becoming a wholly owned subsidiary and establishing the current public listing. A key transaction in May 2023 involved an arrangement with Consolidated Uranium Inc., through which the company acquired several indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries in exchange for over 7.7 million Class A common shares. The ownership base is distributed among several key groups, with post-RTO holdings split between the shareholders of the acquiring entity, the shareholders of the divesting entity, and the original public company shareholders. A notable institutional investor, Sachem Cove Special Opportunities Fund, is identified as a primary shareholder and has provided significant capital through both debt financing and direct participation in equity offerings. The company holds numerous subsidiaries, including entities acquired through these major transactions, which form the operational framework of the consolidated enterprise.

Source

Premier American Uranium Inc. - Management’s Discussion And Analysis - 2024

Cebolleta
100.00%
🇺🇸 New Mexico, USA
exploration, open pit and underground
Annual production: N/A
Resource base: 15 - 40 mlb U3O8 (low)
Average Grade 0.15 - 0.25 % eU3O8 (medium)
Cyclone
100.00%
🇺🇸 Wyoming, USA
exploration, isr
Annual production: N/A
Resource base: N/A
Average Grade 0.15 - 0.25 % eU3O8 (medium)
Uravan Mineral Belt
100.00%
🇺🇸 Colorado, USA
exploration, underground
Annual production: N/A
Resource base: N/A
Average Grade N/A
Annual production: N/A
Resource base: N/A
Average Grade N/A
Last update: 07/04/2025
  1. Project should be interpreted as a single, group or complex of mines, deposits or other mineral assets. Name of the project should be identical to the official company naming convention.
  2. The ranges of values provided are indicative and should not be regarded as exact figures.
  3. Figures for exploration and development projects are based on available data and are indicative only; actual values may vary substantially.
  4. Royalties frequently apply to specific mineralized areas that may not coincide exactly with the boundaries of the overall project. As a result, even if a mine is currently in operation, the portion subject to the royalty may not be included in extraction activities until future years.
  5. Commodities are listed from most dominant to least dominant. Only selected commodities are shown.
  6. Table might not include all projects that are currently owned by the company. Displayed data are snapshots of the company's projects in time and might not be up to date.
  7. Exploration projects are partially represented in the table. Only projects with mineralization or strategic importance are shown.
  8. Companies might own processing facilities that are not included in the table. Those facilities play important role especially for companies operating in uranium, nickel and lithium sectors.
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  1. Presented values are denominated in currency of the country where the company is headquartered. Values like market capitalization might differ from the values visible in other parts of the page, where the currency is always USD.
Commodity Units
  1. koz au: Thousand ounces of gold (production volume)
  2. moz au: Million ounces of gold (resource base or production volume)
  3. g/t: Grams per tonne (grade of gold or silver in ore)
  4. usd/oz au: US dollars per ounce of gold (cost metric)
  5. moz ag: Million ounces of silver (resource base or production volume)
  6. g/t ag: Grams per tonne of silver in ore (grade)
  7. usd/oz ag: US dollars per ounce of silver (cost metric)
  8. kt cu: Thousand tonnes of copper (production volume)
  9. mt ore: Million tonnes of ore (resource base for copper)
  10. %: Percent copper or uranium in ore (grade)
  11. usd/lb cu: US dollars per pound of copper (cost metric)
  12. mlb U3O8: Million pounds of uranium oxide (U3O8) (production or resource base)
  13. % eU3O8: Percent equivalent uranium oxide in ore (grade)
  14. usd/lb u3o8: US dollars per pound of uranium oxide (cost metric)
Mining Methods
  1. Open Pit: Surface mining method using large excavated terraces to extract ore
  2. Underground: Subsurface mining through shafts, tunnels, and chambers
  3. ISR (In-Situ Recovery): Solution mining method using chemical leaching without excavation
Mine Development Stages
  1. Exploration: Early-stage project searching for and defining mineral deposits
  2. Development: Mine under construction or preparation for production
  3. Operating: Active mine currently extracting and processing ore
  4. Expansion: Mine temporarily suspended or with limited production, in progress to increase production in the future
  5. Reclamation: Mine permanently closed or no longer producing, but the site is being rehabilitated
Resource Categories
  1. P&P (Proven and Probable Reserves): Highest confidence mineral resources with detailed mine plans, it's a subset of M&I
  2. M&I (Measured and Indicated Resources): Well-defined resources with good geological confidence
  3. Inf (Inferred Resources): Estimated resources with limited geological confidence
Project Assessment Studies
  1. Scoping Study: High-level assessment to determine if a project warrants further investigation
  2. PEA (Preliminary Economic Assessment): Initial economic evaluation of a mineral project
  3. Pre-Feasibility (Preliminary Feasibility Study): Intermediate-level technical and economic assessment
  4. Feasibility (Definitive Feasibility Study): Comprehensive technical and economic evaluation for investment decisions
  5. BFS (Bankable Feasibility Study): Detailed study meeting lender requirements for project financing
Financial Metrics
  1. NPV (Net Present Value): Discounted value of future cash flows minus initial investment
  2. IRR (Internal Rate of Return): Discount rate that makes NPV equal to zero
  3. Payback Period: Time required to recover initial capital investment from project cash flows
  4. AISC (All-In Sustaining Cost): Total cost per ounce including sustaining capital and corporate costs
Royalty & Streaming
  1. Royalty: Payment to landowner/government based on percentage of production value or revenue
  2. Stream: Agreement to purchase future production at predetermined price, often below market rate
  3. NSR (Net Smelter Return): Royalty based on net revenue after smelting and refining costs
  4. GRR (Gross Revenue Royalty): Royalty based on total gross revenue before any deductions
  5. NPI (Net Profits Interest): Royalty based on net profits after operating costs and capital recovery

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