
Snow Lake Resources Ltd., d/b/a Snow Lake Energy (NASDAQ: LITM), a uranium exploration and development company, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Global Uranium and Enrichment Limited, to acquire 100% of the shares and options of GUE that it does not already own, in order to create a growth oriented, U.S. focused, nuclear fuel cycle company.
Transaction Highlights
Strategic Rationale for the Transaction
The combination of Snow Lake and GUE will create a U.S. focused nuclear fuel cycle company with enhanced exposure to the broader nuclear fuel cycle, through its assets and investments, including:
Uranium Mining
Uranium Enrichment
Small Modular Reactors
U.S. Administration Policies on Nuclear Energy
Snow Lake’s Chief Executive Officer, Frank Wheatley, said:
“The acquisition of GUE is another step in our strategy to create a U.S. focused nuclear fuel cycle company. Combining our assets with those of GUE is a natural fit for our strategy, as it consolidates our joint venture with GUE on the Pine Ridge uranium project in the prolific Powder River Basin in Wyoming, allowing for an expedited pathway to development and eventual production. It also creates one of the largest portfolios of exploration and development uranium projects in the U.S.
This transaction will also enhance our footprint across the broader nuclear fuel cycle through our exposure to uranium enrichment technology being developed by Ubaryon, as well as our partnership with Exodys Energy to develop small modular reactors.
Both sets of shareholders are expected to benefit from the increased scale of Snow Lake, by establishing a significant presence in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming, with additional uranium assets in Colorado, Utah, Canada and Namibia, together with increased exposure to the broader U.S. nuclear fuel cycle through uranium enrichment and small modular reactors, all against the backdrop of highly attractive long term uranium fundamentals and U.S. Administration policies on nuclear energy.”
GUE’s Managing Director, Andrew Ferrier, added:
“The Schemes announced today provide an opportunity for Snow Lake and GUE shareholders to create a significant uranium exploration business. It also provides GUE shareholders and holders of GUE Options with an exciting opportunity to become part of an emerging uranium explorer, particularly with the logical consolidation of Pine Ridge.”
Transaction Details
Snow Lake and GUE have entered into a binding Scheme Implementation Deed, pursuant to which they have agreed to a merger to be conducted by way of Schemes of Arrangement under the Australian Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). Under the SID, Snow Lake will acquire 100% of the fully paid ordinary shares of GUE that it does not already own and 100% of the unlisted GUE options for new Snow Lake warrants, subject to the satisfaction of various conditions.
Overview of the Schemes
Under the Share Scheme, each GUE shareholder will receive A$0.0968 in Snow Lake shares for each GUE share held on the record date.
The Consideration represents a premium of:
The number of new Snow Lake shares to be issued for each GUE share will be calculated by dividing A$0.0968 by the VWAP of Snow Lake shares (converted to A$ by using the average US$ to A$ exchange rate as posted by the Reserve Bank of Australia for the 10 Business Days included in the Scheme VWAP) over the 10-business day period ending on (and including) the day which is two business days before the date of the Scheme meeting, subject to a maximum of 0.083878 new Snow Lake shares for each GUE share held.
Under the Option Scheme, each holder of unlisted GUE options will receive Snow Lake warrants in exchange for the cancellation of their GUE Options on issue as at the record date. The number of Snow Lake warrants to be issued for GUE Options will be equal to the number of new Snow Lake shares to be issued as Consideration pursuant to the Share Scheme.
Based on the implied Exchange Ratio as at October 3, 2025 (being the last trading day prior to this announcement), Snow Lake will own 67% of the Combined Group, while GUE shareholders (excluding Snow Lake’s existing 19.7% interest) will own 33% of the Combined Group1.
The GUE Independent Board (Snow Lake’s nominee on the GUE Board recused himself from discussion and voting on the Schemes) has unanimously recommended that GUE shareholders and GUE optionholders vote in favour of the Schemes, in the absence of a Superior Proposal2 and subject to the independent expert concluding (and continuing to conclude) that the Schemes are in the best interests of GUE shareholders and GUE optionholders, respectively. Subject to the same qualifications, each member of the GUE Independent Board intends to vote, or cause to be voted, all GUE Shares held or controlled by them in favour of the Share Scheme and all GUE Options they hold or control in favour of the Option Scheme.
GUE shareholders, who hold approximately 10% of the ordinary shares in GUE, have also indicated their intention to vote their GUE shares in favour of the Share Scheme at the Share Scheme meeting, in the absence of a superior proposal and subject to the independent expert concluding (and continuing to conclude) that the Share Scheme is in the best interest of GUE shareholders.
Completion of the Schemes is targeted for Q1 2026. The Schemes remain subject to various customary closing conditions, including the approval of GUE shareholders and GUE optionholders, Court approval, approval by the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board.
Board and Management Team of Combined Group
There will be no changes to the Snow Lake Board and management team following implementation of the Schemes.
The following U.S. based members of the GUE executive team will join the Snow Lake team:
GUE Funding
In conjunction with the Schemes, GUE is raising A$2.5m through the issue of unsecured convertible notes, to assist with costs incurred by GUE in connection with the Schemes, and payment of other liabilities due during the transaction implementation, along with ongoing exploration activities in relation to Pine Ridge.
Refer to GUE’s ASX announcement on October 6, 2025 for further details of the Transaction.
Advisers
Snow Lake has appointed Sternship Advisers as its financial adviser and Hamilton Locke, Garfinkle Biderman LLP, and Nauth LPC as its legal advisers.
GUE has appointed Canaccord Genuity as its financial adviser and Thomson Geer as its legal adviser.
U.S. Securities Law
None of the Snow Lake shares and warrants to be issued pursuant to the Schemes have been or will be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (U.S. Securities Act), or any state securities laws, and the Snow Lake shares and warrants issuable in the Schemes are anticipated to be issued in reliance upon available exemption from the registration requirements pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable exemptions under state securities laws. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any Snow Lake shares or warrants.
Differences between U.S. and Australian standards for mineral exploration companies
As a registrant with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Snow Lake must report its exploration results, mineral resources, and mineral reserves using the mining disclosure standards of Subpart 229.1300 of Regulation S-K Disclosure by Registrants Engaged in Mining Operations (S-K 1300). S-K 1300 is a rule developed by the SEC, which established standards for all public disclosure an issuer makes of scientific and technical information concerning mineral projects. The terms “mineral resource”, “measured mineral resource”, “indicated mineral resource” and “inferred mineral resource” are defined in accordance with S-K 1300. Readers are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of mineral deposits in these categories will ever be converted into a higher category of mineral resources or mineral reserves. The level of geological uncertainty associated with an inferred mineral resource is too high to apply relevant technical and economic factors likely to influence the prospects of economic extraction in a manner useful for evaluation of economic viability. Under S-K1300, an inferred mineral resource may not be considered when assessing the economic viability of a mining project, and may not be converted to a mineral reserve.
Additionally, as an Australian public listed company, GUE’s disclosure follows the Australian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves 2012, or the JORC Code. Accordingly, public disclosure related to the Pine Ridge Uranium Project that GUE is required to report in Australia may be different than the estimates of resources and reserves required to be filed by registrants with the SEC.
About Global Uranium and Enrichment Limited
Global Uranium and Enrichment Limited is an Australian public listed company providing unique exposure to not only uranium exploration and development, but to the uranium enrichment space. Amid a nuclear energy renaissance, GUE is developing a portfolio of advanced, high grade uranium assets in prolific uranium districts in the U.S. and Canada, and has established a cornerstone position in Ubaryon Pty Ltd, an Australian uranium enrichment technology company.
For more information on GUE, please refer to their website3.
GUE Uranium Asset Portfolio4:
Snow Lake Resources Ltd.
Snow Lake Resources Ltd. is a Canadian nuclear fuel cycle and critical minerals company listed on Nasdaq: LITM, with a portfolio of U.S. focused uranium projects, together with interests in next-generation uranium enrichment and small modular reactors. The Pine Ridge uranium project is an exploration stage project located in Wyoming, United States. Snow Lake also holds a portfolio of additional exploration stage critical minerals projects located in Manitoba and Namibia, as well as investments in a number of public companies with critical minerals assets, including rare earths and lithium, in North America. Learn more at www.snowlakeenergy.com.
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