Denison Mines Corp. (TSX: DML) (NYSE American: DNN) is pleased to announce that today it has closed its previously announced public offering of common shares of the Company. 

The Company issued 51,347,321 Common Shares, at a price of US$0.37 per Common Share, for total gross proceeds of approximately US$19.0 million, which includes 4,347,321 Common Shares with the exercise, in part, of the over-allotment option.

The Offering was completed through a syndicate of underwriters co-led by Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation and Haywood Securities Inc., as joint bookrunners, and including Canaccord Genuity Corp., Scotia Capital Inc. and TD Securities Inc. pursuant to an underwriting agreement between the Company and the Underwriters dated October 8, 2020.

Proceeds of the Offering are anticipated to be used to fund evaluation and environmental assessment activities on Denison’s Wheeler River project, as well as for general working capital purposes.

The Common Shares were qualified for issuance pursuant to a prospectus supplement to the Company’s existing Canadian short form base shelf prospectus and U.S. registration statement on Form F-10, as amended (File No. 333-238108), each dated June 2, 2020. The Registration Statement was declared effective by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on June 3, 2020. The Prospectus Supplement has been filed with the securities commissions in each of the provinces and territories of Canada, except Quebec, and with the SEC. The Canadian Prospectus Supplement (together with the related Canadian Base Shelf Prospectus) is available on the SEDAR website maintained by the Canadian Securities Administrators at www.sedar.com. The U.S. Prospectus Supplement (together with the related U.S. Base Shelf Prospectus) is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Prospectus Supplement and related Base Shelf Prospectus may be obtained upon request by contacting the Company or Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation in Canada, attention: Equity Capital Markets, 181 University Avenue, Suite 1500, Toronto, ON, M5H 3M7, email: ecmcanada@cantor.com; Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Attention: Equity Capital Markets, 499 Park Avenue, 6th Floor, New York, New York, 10022 or by email at prospectus@cantor.com or Haywood Securities Inc., attention: Equity Capital Markets, 200 Burrard Street, Suite 700, Vancouver, BC, V6C 3L6, email: ecm@haywood.com.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor will there be any sale of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. The securities being offered have not been approved or disapproved by any regulatory authority, nor has any such authority passed upon by the accuracy or adequacy of the Prospectus Supplement, the Base Shelf Prospectus or the Registration Statement.

About Denison

Denison Mines Corp. was formed under the laws of Ontario and is a reporting issuer in all Canadian provinces and territories. Denison’s common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and on the NYSE American exchange.

Denison is a uranium exploration and development company with interests focused in the Athabasca Basin region of northern Saskatchewan, Canada. The Company’s flagship project is the 90% owned Wheeler River Uranium Project. Denison’s interests in Saskatchewan also include a 22.5% ownership interest in the McClean Lake Joint Venture (‘MLJV’), which includes several uranium deposits and the McClean Lake uranium mill, which is currently processing ore from the Cigar Lake mine under a toll milling agreement, plus a 25.17% interest in the Midwest deposits and a 66.71% interest in the J Zone and Huskie deposits on the Waterbury Lake property. The Midwest, J Zone and Huskie deposits are located within 20 kilometers of the McClean Lake mill. In addition, Denison has an extensive portfolio of exploration projects in the Athabasca Basin region.

Denison is engaged in mine decommissioning and environmental services through its Closed Mines group (formerly Denison Environmental Services), which manages Denison’s Elliot Lake reclamation projects and provides post-closure mine and maintenance services to a variety of industry and government clients.

Denison is also the manager of Uranium Participation Corporation, a publicly traded company listed on the TSX under the symbol ‘U’, which invests in uranium oxide in concentrates (‘U₃O₈‘) and uranium hexafluoride (‘UF₆‘).