Form S-1/A - General form for registration of securities under the Securities Act of 1933: [Amend]

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 9, 2024

Registration Statement No. 333-281980​

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1
to

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

WESTWATER RESOURCES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

​	Delaware	​	​	1000	​	​	75-2212772	​
​	(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)​	​	​	(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)​	​	​	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)	​

6950 South Potomac Street, Suite 300
Centennial, Colorado 80112
[phone]

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Steven M. Cates
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Westwater Resources, Inc.
6950 South Potomac Street, Suite 300
Centennial, Colorado 80112
[phone]

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

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Amy Bowler, Esq. Leah Neumann, Esq. Holland & Hart LLP 555 17th Street, Suite 3200 Denver, Colorado 80202 Telephone: [phone]

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Anthony J. Marsico, Esq. Reed Smith LLP 599 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10022 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933 check the following box: ☒

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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Large accelerated filer ☐

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Accelerated filer ☐

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Non-accelerated filer ☒

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Smaller reporting company ☒ Emerging growth company ☐

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 for Westwater Resources, Inc. (File No. 333-281980) is being filed as an exhibit-only filing solely to amend Item 16 of Part II of the Registration Statement to file an updated consent of Moss Adams LLP as Exhibit 23.1. Accordingly, this Pre-Effective Amendment consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, Part II of the Registration Statement, the signature pages to the Registration Statement, and the referenced exhibit. The prospectus constituting Part I of the Registration Statement is unchanged hereby and has been omitted.

 

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PART II — INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 13.   Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

The following table sets forth the costs and expenses payable by the Company in connection with the registration and sale of the securities being registered. All expenses incurred with respect to the registration of the common stock will be borne by us. All amounts are estimated except the Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee.

​	SEC registration fee	​	​	​	$	912.78	​	​
​	Printing expense	​	​	​	$	7,500.00	​	​
​	Accounting fees and expenses	​	​	​	$	10,000.00	​	​
​	Legal fees and expenses	​	​	​	$	50,000.00	​	​
​	Miscellaneous fees and expenses	​	​	​	$	5,000.00	​	​
​	Total	​	​	​	$	73,412.78	​	​

Item 14.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

We are incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Under Delaware law, a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to an action (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of his or her service as a director or officer of the corporation, or his or her service, at the corporation’s request, as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) that are actually and reasonably incurred by him or her (“Expenses”), and judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement that are actually and reasonably incurred by him or her, in connection with the defense or settlement of such action, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. Although Delaware law permits a corporation to indemnify any person referred to above against Expenses in connection with the defense or settlement of an action by or in the right of the corporation, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation’s best interests, if such person has been judged liable to the corporation, indemnification is only permitted to the extent that the Court of Chancery (or the court in which the action was brought) determines that, despite the adjudication of liability, such person is entitled to indemnity for such Expenses as the court deems proper. The Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”) also provides for mandatory indemnification of any director, officer, employee or agent against Expenses to the extent such person has been successful in any proceeding covered by the statute. In addition, the DGCL provides the general authorization of advancement of a director’s or officer’s litigation expenses in lieu of requiring the authorization of such advancement by the board of directors in specific cases, and that indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by the statute shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement or otherwise.

Our amended and restated bylaws and restated certificate of incorporation provide for indemnification of our directors and officers and for advancement of litigation expenses to the fullest extent permitted by current Delaware law.

We maintain a policy of directors and officers liability insurance which reimburses us for expenses which we may incur in connection with the foregoing indemnity provisions and which may provide direct indemnification to directors and officers where we are unable to do so.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to our directors, officers and controlling persons pursuant to the above, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

 

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Item 15.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

On August 30, 2024, we completed a private placement to Lincoln Park pursuant to which we have the right to sell to Lincoln Park up to $30.0 million in shares of common stock, subject to certain limitations, from time to time over the 24-month period commencing on the Commencement Date. We issued 600,000 Initial Commitment Shares to Lincoln Park as consideration for its commitment to purchase shares of common stock under the Purchase Agreement. In the Purchase Agreement, Lincoln Park represented to the Company, among other things, that it was an “accredited investor” ​(as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act). The securities were sold by the Company under the Purchase Agreement in reliance upon an exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

Item 16.

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

​	Exhibit Number	​	​	Description	​
​	3.1	​	​	Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended through April 22, 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2019).	​
​	3.2	​	​	Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 31, 2024).	​
​	3.2	​	​	Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended March 18, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023).	​
​	5.1	​	​	Opinion of Holland & Hart LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 5.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed September 6, 2024, SEC File No. 333-281980).	​
​	10.1+	​	​	Westwater Resources, Inc. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB/A for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2005).	​
​	10.2+	​	​	Amended and Restated 2004 Directors’ Stock Option Plan dated April 10, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.43 to the Company’s Post- Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed April 11, 2007, SEC File No. 333-133960).	​
​	10.3+	​	​	Amended and Restated 2004 Directors’ Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan dated April 1, 2010 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.43.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2010).	​
​	10.4+	​	​	Westwater Resources, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Appendix C to the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on March 14, 2023).	​
​	10.5+	​	​	Form of Restricted Stock Agreement under the Company’s 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 7, 2013).	​
​	10.6+	​	​	Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement under the Company’s 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 7, 2013).	​
​	10.7+	​	​	Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Company’s 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 7, 2013).	​

 

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​	Exhibit Number	​	​	Description	​
​	10.8+	​	​	Form of Deferred Stock Unit Agreement For Non-Employee Directors under the Company’s 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2017).	​
​	10.9+	​	​	Form of Inducement Grant Restricted Stock Unit Agreement under the Company’s 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 23, 2020, SEC File No. 333-250866).	​
​	10.10+	​	​	Form of Inducement Grant Stock Option Agreement under the Company’s 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 23, 2020, SEC File No. 333-250866).	​
​	10.11	​	​	Master Service Agreement, dated February 4, 2021, between the Company and Samuel Engineering, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 16, 2021).	​
​	10.12+	​	​	Executive Chairman Agreement, effective February 26, 2022, between the Company and Terence J. Cryan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on February 10, 2022).	​
​	10.13+	​	​	Employment Agreement, effective February 26, 2022, between the Company and John W. Lawrence (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 25, 2022).	​
​	10.14+	​	​	Employment Inducement Incentive Award Plan, adopted by the Board of Directors on May 9, 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 13, 2022).	​
​	10.15+	​	​	Employment Agreement, effective August 26, 2022, between the Company and Steven M. Cates (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 23, 2022).	​
​	10.16+	​	​	Employment Agreement, effective January 16, 2023, between the Company and Frank Bakker (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 17, 2023).	​
​	10.17+	​	​	Agreement and Release between the Company and Chad M. Potter, effective January 17, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 20, 2023).	​
​	10.18	​	​	Products Procurement Agreement between the Company and SK On Co., Ltd. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 5, 2024).	​
​	10.19	​	​	Binding Offtake Agreement, by and between Alabama Graphite Products, LLC and FCA US LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 18, 2024).	​
​	10.20	​	​	Purchase Agreement, dated August 30, 2024, between the Company and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 30, 2024).	​
​	10.21	​	​	Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 30, 2024, between the Company and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 30, 2024).	​
​	10.22	​	​	At The Market Offering Agreement, dated August 30, 2024, between the Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 30, 2024).	​
​	21.1	​	​	List of Subsidiaries (incorporated by reference to 21.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023).	​
​	23.1*	​	​	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.	​

 

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​	Exhibit Number	​	​	Description	​
​	23.2	​	​	Consent of Holland & Hart LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 23.2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed September 6, 2024, SEC File No. 333-281980).	​
​	24.1*	​	​	Power of Attorney (included on signature page).	​
​	107	​	​	Filing Fee Table (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 107 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed September 6, 2024, SEC File No. 333-281980).	​

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Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

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Filed herewith.

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Item 17.   Undertakings.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

1.   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i)

To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

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(ii)

To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

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(iii)

To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

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provided, however, that subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those subparagraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

2.   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

3.   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

4.   That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser: each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness; provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or

 

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modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

5.   That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i)

Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (§ 230.424 of this chapter);

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(ii)

Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

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(iii)

The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

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(iv)

Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

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6.   That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

7.   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Centennial, State of Colorado, on October 9, 2024.

WESTWATER RESOURCES, INC.

By:

/s/ Frank Bakker

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Name:

Frank Bakker

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Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Messrs. Frank Bakker and Steven M. Cates and each of them severally as such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and any registration statement relating to the offering covered by this registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might, or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or any substitute therefor, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

​	Signature	​	​	Title	​	​	Date	​
​	/s/ Frank Bakker ​ Frank Bakker	​	​	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)	​	​	October 9, 2024	​
​	/s/ Steven M. Cates ​ Steven M. Cates	​	​	Senior Vice President — Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)	​	​	October 9, 2024	​
​	/s/ Terence J. Cryan ​ Terence J. Cryan	​	​	Director and Executive Chairman	​	​	October 9, 2024	​
​	/s/ Karli S. Anderson ​ Karli S. Anderson	​	​	Director	​	​	October 9, 2024	​
​	/s/ Tracy D. Pagliara ​ Tracy D. Pagliara	​	​	Director	​	​	October 9, 2024	​
​	/s/ Deborah A. Peacock ​ Deborah A. Peacock	​	​	Director	​	​	October 9, 2024	​

 

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Exhibit 23.1

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-281980) of Westwater Resources, Inc. of our report dated March 19, 2024, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Westwater Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to a going concern uncertainty), appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ Moss Adams LLP

Denver, Colorado

October 9, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

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