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NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NetworkNewsAudio — Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR) today announces that its President and CEO, Mark Chalmers, has been featured in an exclusive audio interview with NetworkNewsWire (“NNW”), a financial news and content distribution company and one of 50+ brands in the InvestorBrandNetwork (“IBN”). During the interview, Chalmers discussed Energy Fuel’s very active 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the company’s recently released Sustainability Report, as well as providing a bright outlook for 2021.

The broadcast can be heard at The NetworkNewsAudio Interviews Podcast

Chalmers said Energy Fuels has been preparing to enter a new business in 2021 – the commercial production of rare earths.

“We are first and foremost a uranium producer, the largest producer of uranium in the United States. We also announced in April we’re entering the rare earth sector. We just recently announced that we secured a supply agreement with The Chemours Company for the purchase of monazite ore, which contains both uranium and rare earths. In addition, we’ve got substantial traction with the U.S. government on supporting a national uranium reserve, which our company had a lot to do with in D.C. So it’s been a busy year, despite the COVID issues.”

In addition to being the largest uranium miner in the U.S., the Energy Fuels portfolio includes a pipeline of high quality, large scale exploration and development projects. Chalmers also commented on the company’s newly released Sustainability Report, available at www.energyfuels.com.

“When you look at all the positive impacts we have as a company when it comes to reducing carbon emissions, whether it be the uranium production for providing nuclear power, the recycling we’ve done for the past couple of decades, the vanadium sector where we have the only primary vanadium plant in the U.S., or our entrance into rare earths, we cover all these critical minerals and materials that are focused on reducing carbon emissions in a more energy-efficient society.”

He concluded with a positive outlook for 2021.

“We will be busy with commercial production of rare earths in 2021. We also hope there will be further activity in the uranium market, whether it be the national reserve or higher uranium prices. We’re prepared for advances in both rare earths and the uranium business. We will also continue to focus on our recycling business where we recover uranium. If you’re committed to clean energy, and I think most people are, we’re in the right spot.”

Please listen to the full interview with Energy Fuels Inc. President and CEO Mark Chalmers at https://nnw.fm/3HkVN

About Energy Fuels Inc.

Energy Fuels is a leading U.S.-based uranium mining company, supplying U3O8 to major nuclear utilities. The company also produces vanadium from certain of its projects, as market conditions warrant, and anticipates commencing commercial production of rare earth element (“REE”) carbonate in 2021. Its corporate offices are in Lakewood, Colorado, near Denver, and all of its assets and employees are in the United States.

Energy Fuels holds three of America’s key uranium production centers: the White Mesa Mill in Utah, the Nichols Ranch in-situ recovery (“ISR”) Project in Wyoming, and the Alta Mesa ISR Project in Texas. The White Mesa Mill is the only conventional uranium mill operating in the U.S. today, has a licensed capacity of over 8 million pounds of U3O8 per year, has the ability to produce vanadium when market conditions warrant, and is completing final test-work for the production of REE carbonate from various uranium-bearing ores. The Nichols Ranch ISR Project is on standby and has a licensed capacity of 2 million pounds of U3O8 per year. The Alta Mesa ISR Project is also on standby and has a licensed capacity of 1.5 million pounds of U3O8 per year. In addition to the above production facilities, Energy Fuels also has one of the largest NI 43-101 compliant uranium resource portfolios in the U.S. and several uranium and uranium/vanadium mining projects on standby and in various stages of permitting and development.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.energyfuels.com.

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New York, Jan. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canoe Intelligence (“Canoe”), a financial technology company focused on reimagining data management processes for institutional investors, wealth managers, capital allocators and asset servicing firms, today announced it reached several significant milestones during 2020, one of which being a record year in terms of client growth.

Commenting on the pivotal year, Canoe CEO Jason Eiswerth said: “The Series A Funding we received in February set the tone for 2020 and enabled us to drive substantial enhancements to our technology. This ultimately allowed us to provide an even higher quality experience to our clients, one that sets the foundation for accelerated growth across the institutional investment and wealth management segments.”

Among the many milestones that Canoe achieved in 2020 were:

• Appointing Jason Eiswerth as new Chief Executive Officer (more)
• Securing Series A Funding from Nasdaq Ventures, Hamilton Lane and other industry leaders (more)
• Increasing client base by over 150% from last year across our institutional and wealth management segments
• Adding industry leaders Prime Buchholz (more), Hamilton Lane (more) and others to client roster
• Expanding coverage to 6,000+ funds, processing 2M+ documents, extracting 10M+ data points and having a combined AUA across clients of more than $1T
• Partnering with leading downstream systems including SEI Archway (more), SS&C and Black Diamond Wealth Platform (more), Addepar and KnowLedger (more)
• Launching the Wealth Management Client Council to secure ongoing feedback and ensure Canoe is innovating alongside clients’ specific needs and goals (more)
• Receiving recognition from CB Insights (more), Family Wealth Report (more), and Financial Services Forum (more) for our innovations in the space
• Doubling the size of Canoe’s team with new hires in engineering, product management and design, client success, sales, and operations roles

Jason continued: “I’m immensely proud of our team for all their hard work that led to our many great accomplishments in 2020. We’re looking forward to building on these successes this year and providing our clients with additional ways to drive efficiencies in their alternative investment processes.”

For 2021, Canoe plans to enhance its offering and improve client experience in several key areas including: expanded document ingestion from leading investor portals, enhanced extraction capabilities covering more document types and deeper data sets, and advanced applications of Canoe’s shared and growing intelligence to facilitate insights and transform legacy processes.

ABOUT CANOE INTELLIGENCE

Canoe Intelligence reimagines alternative investment data processes for hundreds of leading institutional investors, capital allocators, asset servicing firms and wealth managers. By combining industry expertise with the most sophisticated data capture technologies, Canoe’s technology automates the highly-frustrating, time-consuming, and costly manual workflows related to alternative investment document and data management, extraction and delivery. With Canoe, clients can refocus capital and human resources on business performance and growth, increase efficiency, and gain deeper access to their data. Canoe’s AI-driven platform was developed in 2013 for Portage Partners LLC, a private investment firm. www.canoeintelligence.com

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MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — iMedia Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: IMBI) announces its subsidiary, Float Left Interactive (Float Left) and streaming video experience specialists 24i will partner to leverage the power of Float Left OTT technology to offer advanced applications on Roku, one of the leading connected TV devices.

Float Left has over a decade of experience in the OTT space, having served as Roku’s first development partner and as a Roku Preferred Developer today. Over the years, Float Left’s native codebase has evolved immensely with the growing industry. What started out as a simple OTT solution in 2009 has progressed into a sophisticated and flexible framework that is used for world-renowned brands. Today, Float Left’s Roku framework supports high-end “Netflix-level” features such as favoriting, watch-lists, cross-platform resume, and an intuitive interface designed to keep users engaged and simplify content discovery. In addition, the flexibility of the framework allows for seamless integration with third parties for subscription management, advertising, video platforms, and analytics, giving VOD providers a customized solution tailored to their business model.

With this new partnership, 24i and Float Left are paving the way for revolutionary OTT technology by delivering innovative Roku solutions that will continue to adapt and expand year after year. 24i has developed successful applications for Roku devices for several years, and integrating Float Left’s Roku framework into their Smart Apps product will bring their products enhanced efficiency and scale. The integration will enable 24i’s product team to focus on the added value they can bring to streaming services by simplifying the development of a single user experience across multiple platforms, particularly through the use of 24i’s intuitive Backstage interface for content and application management. Together, Smart Apps and Backstage provide a turn-key video application development platform to allow content owners and broadcasters to provide consumers with an intuitive and engaging user interface for enjoying live and on demand video content. This platform facilitates a consistent user experience across all devices, as well as the flexibility to easily expand and customize functionality.

“We are pleased to partner with 24i to further advance and deploy our OTT technological capabilities on Roku,” said Tim Peterman, CEO of iMedia Brands. “By collaborating with the 24i team, Float Left can offer Roku viewers a streamlined and optimized user experience, which will allow us to continue improving our content delivery and customer engagement across the platform.”

Tom Schaeffer, CEO of Float Left, commented: “Our in-depth knowledge and years of expertise building custom Roku applications have enabled us to develop a codebase that will help companies like 24i accelerate in this rapidly growing market. 24i has a fantastic OTT product, and we look forward to seeing them integrate with our Roku framework to enhance their product even more. This partnership represents an expanding line of business for Float Left in 2021 and beyond.”

Martijn van Horssen, Founder and Co-CEO of 24i, added: “Smart Apps provides content owners with the ability to reach viewers on any platform and ensure their user experience is seamless across any device. Roku continues to be an important target device for us, and its specific underlying technology needs to have a solid foundation. Float Left’s Roku framework provides that fast, reliable, and maintainable foundation. Using it means we can build on Float Left’s expertise and focus on adding our product features on top of their framework, instead of trying to reinvent the wheel.”

About Float Left

Float Left is an OTT technology provider, giving Broadcasters and Media Distributors the tools they need to deliver seamless, video experiences to their audiences across all OTT platforms.

As a pioneer of OTT Technology, Float Left learned to evolve as the industry grew. Since inception, Float Left has launched hundreds of OTT services, developed innovative technology solutions, and has had the privilege of working closely with some of the most prolific media brands in the world. Some of their noteworthy innovations include Flicast and Flicast Analytics, AMP (Application Management Portal for content management), and Convert+ (AWS transcoding solution). Float Left is consistently upgrading its solutions and developing new tools, staying on the forefront of the OTT industry.

About 24i

24i offers a fast, cost-effective route to video streaming success on all consumer devices. Their expertise and end-to-end solutions enable pay TV operators, broadcasters, and content providers to manage and deliver elegant OTT user experiences and grow their business. 24i’s flexible products for preparing streaming content and publishing front-end applications bring SVOD, TVOD and AVOD services to life on smart TVs, streaming devices, STBs, mobiles, and web browsers. Headquartered in Amsterdam, 24i has offices in Madrid, Brno, California, Helsinki and Buenos Aires and is a group company of Amino Technologies plc.

About iMedia Brands, Inc.

iMedia Brands, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMBI) is a leading interactive media company that owns a growing portfolio of lifestyle television networks, consumer brands and media commerce services. Its brand portfolio spans multiple business models and product categories. Its television brands are ShopHQ, ShopBulldogTV, ShopHQHealth and LaVenta. Its media commerce services brands are Float Left Interactive and i3PL. Its consumer brands include J.W. Hulme, Live Fit and Indigo Thread. Please visit www.imediabrands.com for more investor information.

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Toronto, Ontario and Nucla, Colorado, Jan. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp. (CSE:WUC) (OTCQX:WSTRF) (“Western” or ”Company”) would like to provide the following update. Entering 2021, Western is excited about our competitive position, market opportunities, and the prospects for nuclear energy and uranium mining.

Sunday Mine Complex Ready for Production Restart

Western’s Sunday Mine Complex project during 2019/2020 established the mines are in “ready-to-produce” status. These permitted and developed conventional mines can be restarted with minimal capital expenditure. The first uranium/vanadium ore production was stockpiled underground and remains ready for delivery when COVID-19 and market conditions permit.

U.S. Nuclear Industry Continues to Perform and Innovate

The nuclear power industry responded to the challenges of COVID-19 as nuclear power generation set performance records and no reactors were shut down by pandemic challenges. The United States made large strides as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission extended reactor operating lives and the Department of Energy (“DOE”) championed over 50 domestic developers pursuing advanced nuclear technologies. Promising innovations included advanced nuclear power reactors, small modular reactors, microreactors, a versatile test reactor, accident tolerant fuels, and byproduct production of hydrogen. The Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program awarded over $200 million to 10 teams for development, demonstration, and construction of new reactor designs. While COVID-19 had society in lockdowns, the nuclear industry was ramping up baseload power production and progressing toward its next generation.

Global Uranium Supply Imbalance Continues to Grow

The pandemic had the opposite impact on uranium mining, the source of nuclear fuel. COVID-19 caused global supply-side mining disruptions due to mine shutdowns. This led to the lowest uranium production in over a decade, and created a global supply deficit where production was only about 2/3rds of consumption. The world’s three largest uranium producers were forced to buy in the spot market to meet contracts, drawing down available spot inventory. Supply will decline further when two mines, that avoided temporary shutdown, permanently close in early 2021. During 2020, COVID-19 significantly decreased uranium supply quantities resulting in an increased uranium spot price above $30 per pound.

Global Uranium Demand Fundamentals Continue to Improve

Globally there are about 50 large-scale nuclear reactors under construction with 15 projected to be put into service in 2021. Most are being built using Russian or Chinese technology. Many are in countries with an urgent need for de-carbonization to improve air quality. China currently has an operating fleet of about 50 nuclear reactors and is targeting the construction of 6 to 8 new large scale reactors each year. The “Electrification of Everything” trend is prominent in the transportation sector. Rapid advancements in battery technology are decreasing costs and increasing driving range such that electric vehicles (EVs) are projected to soon overtake internal combustion engine vehicles. There are currently 20 countries with almost 70 advanced reactor designs under development. This next generation of nuclear power will provide new solutions for countries in energy poverty. These trends highlight increases in electricity consumption and the expansion of nuclear energy production which will increase global nuclear fuel requirements.

U.S. Government Secures Domestic Nuclear Fuel Cycle

During the past four years, the U.S. government focused on market distortions caused by foreign state-owned enterprises and the economic and geopolitical influence lost by allowing Russia and China to take the lead in nuclear power. In support of the world’s largest nuclear reactor fleet, the U.S. has begun implementing the recommendations of the Nuclear Fuel Working Group and has extended the Russian Suspension Agreement. The national strategic uranium reserve was signed into law to stabilize the U.S. nuclear fuel cycle by supporting front-end domestic uranium mining. The DOE is establishing program guidelines to initiate 2021 purchases of $75 million of domestic uranium. The U.S. government pursued the goals of energy independence, solidifying critical minerals supply chains, and national security. This increased domestically sourced nuclear fuel requirements.

Clean Energy Future Enhanced By New Nuclear Capabilities

The Biden Administration’s “Plan to Build a Modern Sustainable Infrastructure and an Equitable Clean Energy Future” emphasizes climate change solutions. The Biden team has stated it will immediately rejoin the Paris Climate Accord and has made campaign promises of pursuing investments in clean energy, creating jobs producing clean electric power, and achieving carbon-pollution free energy in electricity generation by 2035. The existing U.S. nuclear reactor fleet currently produces in excess of 50% of U.S. clean energy, and new advanced nuclear technologies promise to generate additional clean energy. The announced infrastructure spending for a post-pandemic recovery will provide a major boost to clean energy and the nuclear industry will be a beneficiary. We expect a reversal of the Trump Administration’s energy policies that allowed fossil fuel power plants to undersell clean energy generation. Going forward we expect utilities to be compensated for generating carbon-free power. The increase in nuclear power generation will increase nuclear fuel requirements of the domestic nuclear reactor fleet.

Conclusion

In a world that is bullish on commodities with a multitude of catalysts supporting nuclear power and increasing nuclear fuel requirements but constrained by uranium supply limitations, our expectation is for a strong 2021 with momentum increasing in the years to come as new nuclear technologies are deployed. Western remains positioned to quickly restart production once profitable opportunities to do so become available in this growing market.

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Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp. is a Colorado based uranium and vanadium conventional mining company focused on low cost near-term production of uranium and vanadium in the western United States, and development and application of kinetic separation.

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NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via InvestorWire – Imagin Medical Inc. (CSE: IME) (OTCQB: IMEXF), a surgical imaging company focused on establishing a new standard of care in visualizing cancer during minimally invasive procedures, today announces it has selected the corporate communications expertise of the InvestorBrandNetwork (“IBN”), a multifaceted financial news and publishing company for private and public entities.

Imagin Medical’s first product is the i/Blue Imaging™ System, based on advanced optics and light sensors and employing patented ultrasensitive imaging technology. Imagin Medical believes the system can significantly improve surgeons’ ability to visualize and remove cancer cells. The i/Blue System combines both white and blue light with an FDA-approved imaging agent and simultaneously displays side-by-side images in real-time, without the necessity to switch back and forth between the two images. Unlike other methods available on the market today, the system is external to the body and can attach to almost any endoscope model currently in use, allowing hospitals to adopt the technology without the need to purchase new equipment.

As part of the Client Partner relationship with Imagin Medical, IBN will leverage its investor-based distribution network of 5,000+ key syndication outlets, various newsletters, social media channels, wire services via InvestorWire, blogs and other outreach tools to generate greater awareness for Imagin Medical.

“We are pleased to engage IBN to maximize our communication with existing and potential shareholders while refining our overall messaging and outreach,” states Jim Hutchens, President & CEO of Imagin Medical.

With 15+ years of experience helping 500+ client partners improve communications within the investment community, as well as a sizable family of 50+ trusted brands, IBN has amassed a collective audience that includes millions of social media followers. IBN is uniquely positioned to provide Imagin Medical with the solutions needed to reach a wide audience that includes investors, consumers, journalists and the general public.

“Bladder cancer is the sixth most prevalent form of cancer in the United States, with new cases in 2020 estimated to have accounted for roughly 4.5% of all new cancers diagnosed. Additionally, it has one of the highest recurrence rates among all forms of cancer,” states Chris Johnson, Director of Client Solutions for IBN. “Imagin Medical is committed to addressing this market need through its i/Blue Imaging System, which has been shown to enhance accuracy of detection and removal of cancer cells, potentially lowering recurrence rates. We’re excited to customize our comprehensive suite of corporate communications solutions for Imagin Medical as it continues to promote adoption of this potentially game changing approach to imaging.”

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About Imagin Medical Inc.

Imagin Medical is a surgical imaging company focused on advancing new methods of visualizing cancer during minimally invasive procedures. The company believes its first product, the i/Blue™ Imaging System, with its proprietary optics and light sensors, will greatly increase the efficiency and accuracy of detecting cancer for removal, helping to reduce recurrence rates. The company’s initial focus is bladder cancer. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.imaginmedical.com.

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