Uranium Supply Crunch Taking Bull Market Higher for Longer

Interview with John Ciampaglia, Sprott Physical Uranium Trust
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Recording date: 24th January 2024
Uranium’s Rising Tide Floats Investors’ Boats
After years of neglect, the uranium market lies poised for an extended rally. Key tailwinds supporting higher uranium prices have converged at an opportune moment for investors to profit from a sustained bull run. Key factors behind uranium’s bright prospects include:
Electricity and Emissions Goals Unattainable Without Nuclear Power
Global electricity demand will increase 50% by 2050 and over triple in developing economies. Simultaneously, aggressive decarbonization targets necessitate massive nuclear energy growth. Tripling or quadrupling nuclear generation best aligns a low-carbon grid with growing populations and economies. This means uranium demand for reactors will need to expand.
Massive Supply Ramp Ups Required
Boosting global output 6-fold requires exploring for and the majority of developing deposits not economic below $60 per pound historically. With the spot uranium price recently topping $100, project economics have improved dramatically. However, the long permitting times mean substantial production increases remain years away still despite incentivizing pricing now.
Sustained Higher Prices The Cure
For new exploration spending and capital investment into mine builds to occur at the scale required, uranium prices likely need to stay elevated for an extended period. Contracting between miners and utilities will help anchor pricing. Market equilibrium levels could emerge around $100 per pound or higher. This prolonged period of favorable pricing will finally cure chronic underinvestment in new supplies the nuclear industry critically needs.
Top Leveraged Investment Options
Uranium miners, especially junior developers and explorers, offer explosive upside as their resources become economical at higher prices. Streaming/royalty companies gain upside exposure while avoiding operational risks inherent across the mining lifecycle from exploration through to production. Physical uranium ETFs directly participate as spot prices rise. All offer investors differentiated ways to play the next uranium bull cycle unfolding as demand races ahead of stagnant supply, necessitating much higher prices in turn to rectify the imbalance over the long-term.
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[@agentlemadness1348]

John’s always a great listen!

[@davidfield4432]

Always appreciate your line of questioning Matt. Great interview with John. Cheers mate.
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[@thomasbeslanovits9163]

GREAT SHOW GUYS .

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[@garo52]

Great questions by Matthew👍👍....re ETFs, institution role , mine
finance and building ...
BTW you didn't mention the BIG difference between spot and term price

[@paulthomson4200]

Thanks Matt and John - great to have solid stuff.

[@thomasbeslanovits9163]

BUY THE DEAL OF THE DAY UEC OFF OVER 4%

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WSTRF too

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UEC, EU, ISO and MGA are all good honest bargains

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​@@user-uz7of5sc2qwhy MGA?

[@peterpagliaro1835]

UROY too ( if you want the royalty)

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[@FelineBlender]

Great interview as always Matt!

[@CRUXInvestor]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@peterpagliaro1835]

Thanks!

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Over the past 30 weeks, I've lost -0.8352% of the pounds per unit/share for SPUT. I'm projecting I'll lose about 1.47% of the pounds per unit/share over one year. That even takes into consideration 'residual cash'.

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