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U3O8 CORP. FILES NI 43-101 TECHNICAL REPORT ON THE LAGUNA SALADA PROJECT, ARGENTINA



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U3O8 Corp. Files NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Laguna Salada Project, Argentina

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May 20, 2011

U3O8 Corp. (TSX VENTURE:UWE), a Canadian-based company focused on exploration and resource expansion of uranium and associated commodities in South America, reports the filing of the National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") Technical Report on the Laguna Salada Project in Chubut Province, Argentina, following the companys press release on April 7, 2011 that announced the uranium- vanadium resource estimate on this project as follows:

Uranium:

Indicated Resource: 6.3 million pounds ("mlbs") U3O8 (47 million tonnes at a grade of 60ppm U3O8); Inferred Resource: 3.8mlbs U3O8 (21 million tonnes at a grade of 85ppm U3O8);

Vanadium:

Indicated Resource: 57mlbs V2O5 (47 million tonnes at a grade of 550ppm V2O5); and Inferred Resource: 27mlbs V2O5 (21 million tonnes at a grade of 590ppm V2O5).

Laguna Salada is a low-grade prospect with a number of positive attributes for a potentially low-cost mining project including excellent beneficiation features that can increase the uranium and vanadium grades by four to 12 times through simple and inexpensive screening (see U3O8 Corps press releases dated April 7, 2011 and March 2, 2011.) For uranium, this would lead to a head grade of approximately 550-580 ppm U3O8 � typical of head grades of similar deposits elsewhere in the world1. The mineralized layer at Laguna Salada lies near the surface of flat-topped mesas and mining could simply lower the profile of the mesas. The uranium-vanadium occurs in soft, unconsolidated gravel that should require no blasting and crushing. Acid leach tests yielded good recoveries of both metals. Metallurgical test work on both acid and alkaline leach is ongoing.

Mineralization remains open in both the Guanaco and Lago Seco areas of Laguna Salada. Further resource growth will be investigated through the exploration of possible extensions to the Laguna Salada Project as well as through exploration of similar targets in Santa Cruz Province in southern Argentina.

A summary of the resource estimates in the Laguna Salada Project is shown below. The recommended cut-off grades for the two mineralized areas, taking into account their distinct beneficiation characteristics, are: 25ppm U3O8 for Guanaco and 100ppm U3O8 for Lago Seco.

Summary of Resource for the Laguna Salada Project using recommended
cut-off grades for the Guanaco and Lago Seco areas Average Grade Contained Metal Category of Resource Lower cut-off
(ppm U3O8) Tonnes
(millions) Average
Grade U3O8
(ppm)
V2O5
(ppm) U3O8
(millions
of lbs) V2O5
(millions
of lbs) Indicated Resources



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