URZ3 Energy Corp.U
URZ3 Energy Corp. (TSXV: URZ, OTCQB: URZEF), renamed from Nevada Exploration Inc. in 2024, is a Vancouver-based uranium explorer focused on in-situ recovery (ISR) targets in Wyoming's Powder River Basin. Its Dry Fork Project lies about 10 km from the Nichols Ranch ISR mine; in July 2026 the company staked 437 more claims (about 9,000 acres) and added three Wyoming state leases (1,920 acres). After a strategic review in May 2026 it chose not to renew its Southeast Athabasca Basin claims in Saskatchewan, to concentrate on ISR-amenable projects. It also holds the South Grass Valley and Bottle Creek projects in Nevada. Its leadership previously built Uranerz Energy, sold to Energy Fuels for about $320 million, and URZ Energy, acquired by Azarga Uranium, which was later sold for about $180 million.
Notable vs. Peers
- Trading within 2% of its 52-week low — weak recent price momentum.
Lifecycle Milestones
Jurisdiction (40%)9/10
Wyoming: Fraser PPI 2024 is 93.25 of 100 (rank 5 of 82; not rated in the 2025 survey), which maps to 9 on this site's scale. Wyoming's Powder River Basin is an established in-situ recovery uranium district with a mature permitting framework, and the company's other projects are in Nevada; both are Tier-1 US mining jurisdictions.
Infrastructure (40%)No verified figure
Researched with nothing found: no source we could cite confirms or rules out an existing mill, road access, grid power, or tailings facility at Dry Fork Uranium Project, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, USA (checked Oct 5, 2026; recheck due Apr 3, 2027). Counts at a neutral 5/10 until one does.
Nearby producing mine (20%)Not yet researched
No project coordinates on file yet, so distance to a producing mine can't be measured.
Acquisition Susceptibility
A relative ranking of how closely this company matches the profile of juniors that have actually been acquired — not a probability, and not a reason to buy. Acquisitions are rare: only a few dozen significant deals happen a year across a universe of thousands of juniors, so even a high score here describes a long shot. The strongest signal in the research, a producer that already owns part of the company, is scored from its disclosed strategic shareholders. A producer that is a joint-venture or earn-in partner on the project, rather than a shareholder, isn't captured yet.
How this score is built
- Disclosed pending dealSub-score: Not scored
No pending acquisition or merger disclosed (checked)
Not scored: having no deal in flight isn't held against a company.
Weight 26.25% - Producer's strategic stakeSub-score: Not scored
No producer holds a disclosed stake on file (holder register researched) See holders
Not scored: most juniors that do get bought had no prior toehold, so a missing stake says little either way.
Weight 25% - Distance to a producing mineSub-score: Not yet researched
Distance not yet researched: no project coordinates on file
Distance can't be measured without coordinates, so excluded rather than counted as far.
Weight 22.5% - Lifecycle stageSub-score:1/10
Stage: Grassroots Exploration
Feasibility and permitting score 10, where deals cluster, and production 5.5; earlier stages score less, down to 1 at grassroots.
Weight 15% · 57% here - JurisdictionSub-score:9/10
United States: jurisdiction score 9/10
Our jurisdiction score, used as is: higher means lower political and permitting risk.
Weight 6.75% · 26% here - CommoditySub-score:4/10
Primary commodity: Uranium
Gold 10, copper 8, silver 5, nickel and uranium 4, others 2: most majors' deals are for gold.
Weight 4.5% · 17% here
Weight is each input's share of the full score. “Here” is its share of this company's score: inputs that aren't scored are left out and the rest re-weighted, never counted as zero.
Your Rankings
Management Team
Chief Executive Officer and Director of Riley Gold Corp.; also Executive Chair of URZ3 Energy Corp.
B.Com. Appointed Interim CEO and President of URZ3 Energy Corp. effective 1 Jan 2026, succeeding Mark Kolebaba (resigned effective 31 Dec 2025).
CPA, CA. CFO and Corporate Secretary of URZ3 Energy Corp.
P.E. Director of URZ3 Energy Corp.
M.Sc., Ph.D. Director of URZ3 Energy Corp.
PhD. National-security and advanced-technology background with direct uranium-sector board experience (Energy Fuels Inc.). Elected to URZ3's board at the 9 Apr 2026 Annual General Meeting.
Insiders, Investors & Smart Money
Notable shareholders and insiders whose involvement is worth knowing about, plus what we're seeing from institutional/large-investor activity.
No smart-money tracking (institutional/large-investor activity) for this miner yet — this is a planned feature, not live data.
No notable insiders tracked for this miner yet.
Reports, Presentations & Documents
URZ3 Energy, renamed from Nevada Exploration in 2024, explores for uranium suited to in-situ recovery, focused on Wyoming's Powder River Basin. Its Dry Fork project lies about 10 km from the Nichols Ranch in-situ recovery mine, and in July 2026 the company enlarged its Wyoming position by staking 437 claims covering about 9,000 acres and adding three state leases covering 1,920 acres. After a strategic review in May 2026 it chose not to renew its south-east Athabasca Basin claims in Saskatchewan, to concentrate on in-situ recovery projects, and it also holds the South Grass Valley and Bottle Creek projects in Nevada. Its management previously built Uranerz Energy, sold to Energy Fuels, and URZ Energy, acquired by Azarga Uranium. No NI 43-101 resource has been estimated on any of its projects.