Wyoming-based U.S. Energy Corp. said Wednesday it has acquired more than 12,000 acres of unpatented lode mining claims for uranium in Utah.
The claims are on Bureau of Land Management land in the Lisbon Valley, White Canyon and Green River uranium mining districts
U.S. Energy Corp. and its subsidiary Crested Corp. have been involved in the acquisition and development of uranium properties in the western United States. Through their subsidiaries — Rocky Mountain Gas Inc., Sutter Gold Mining Inc., Plateau Resources Limited, U.S. Moly Corp. and USECC — they own natural gas, gold, uranium and molybdenum interests or properties.