Uranium Resources, Inc. Announces Change in Board of Directors

Uranium Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: URRE) ('URI?) announced today that
Robert Gallagher has resigned as a member of the Board of Directors
effective September 30, 2010 and, as of October 1, 2010 will be engaged
as a consultant to assist the Company in its efforts to advance toward
production in New Mexico. When Mr. Gallagher joined the Board in January
this year he was President of the New Mexico Oil & Gas Association. He
has since left that position and subsequently formed RMG Consulting,
LLC, a government and community relations firm.

Paul K. Willmott, Executive Chairman of the Board for Uranium Resources,
noted, 'Bob′s extensive knowledge and experience on issues in the
domestic and New Mexico energy industry has proven helpful to us as a
Director and we thank him for his service in that role. However, it
became clear that the Company could make greater use of Bob′s expertise
through a future consulting arrangement enabling him to provide a more
direct role in advising management with the objective of advancing our
strategy in New Mexico, and to move forward with our production plans in
the Grants Mineral Belt.?

Mr. Gallagher′s extensive experience in the public and private sector
includes a Presidential appointment as Senior Advisor for Oil & Gas to
the Secretary of Energy during the Clinton Administration. He also
served as City Manager of Hobbs, New Mexico, from 1986 to 1994, leaving
city government for an executive position with a private oil service
company.

Don Ewigleben, President and CEO of URI, commented, 'We are extremely
pleased to be adding Bob to our team to address the many discussions and
relationships required with the regulatory agencies, government
leadership and communities in which we will be operating in New Mexico.
By having Bob operationally engaged in our development plans and on the
ground in New Mexico, we expect that this will help drive our efforts to
be in a position to be able to produce at our Churchrock property in
2013.? URI′s Regulatory and Public Affairs team is lead by Senior Vice
President Mark Pelizza, who has overall responsibility, and April Wade,
who will continue to support URI on public affairs matters.

Mr. Gallagher, a graduate of New Mexico State University, is a board
member of the Rio Rancho Economic Development Corporation and is the
former chairman of the Board of Regents for New Mexico State University.

About Uranium Resources, Inc.

Uranium Resources Inc. explores for, develops and mines uranium. Since
its incorporation in 1977, URI has produced over 8 million pounds of
uranium by in-situ recovery (ISR) methods in the state of Texas where
the Company currently has ISR mining projects. URI also has 183,000
acres of uranium mineral holdings and 101.4 million pounds of in-place
mineralized uranium material in New Mexico and a NRC license to produce
up to 1 million pounds of uranium per year. The Company acquired these
properties over the past 20 years along with an extensive information
database of historic mining logs and analysis. None of URI′s properties
is currently in production.

URI′s strategy is to fully exploit its resource base in New Mexico and
Texas, expand its asset base both within and outside of New Mexico and
Texas, partner with larger mining companies that have undeveloped
uranium or with junior mining companies that do not have the mining
experience of URI, as well as provide restoration expertise to those
that require the capability or lack the proficiency.

Uranium Resources routinely posts news and other information about the
Company on its web site at www.uraniumresources.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and
assumptions and are identified by words such as 'expects,? 'estimates,?
'projects,? 'anticipates,? 'believes,? 'could,? and other similar words.
All statements addressing operating performance, events, or developments
that the Company expects or anticipates will occur in the future,
including but not limited to statements relating to the Company′s
mineralized uranium materials, timing of receipt of mining permits,
production capacity of mining operations planned for properties in South
Texas and New Mexico, planned dates for commencement of production at
such properties, revenue, cash generation and profits are
forward-looking statements. Because they are forward-looking, they
should be evaluated in light of important risk factors and
uncertainties. These risk factors and uncertainties include, but are not
limited to, the spot price and long-term contract price of uranium,
weather conditions, operating conditions at the Company′s mining
projects, government regulation of the mining industry and the nuclear
power industry, world-wide uranium supply and demand, availability of
capital, timely receipt of mining and other permits from regulatory
agents and other factors which are more fully described in the Company′s
documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Should one
or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of
the Company′s underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may
vary materially from those currently anticipated. In addition, undue
reliance should not be placed on the Company′s forward-looking
statements. Except as required by law, the Company disclaims any
obligation to update or publicly announce any revisions to any of the
forward-looking statements contained in this press release.

Investors:

Kei Advisors LLC

Deborah K. Pawlowski,
716-843-3908

dpawlowski@keiadvisors.com

or

Craig
Mychajluk, 716-843-3832

cmychajluk@keiadvisors.com

or

Media:

Uranium
Resources, Inc.

April Wade, 505-440-9441

awade@uraniumresources.com

or

Company:

Uranium
Resources, Inc.

Don Ewigleben, 972-219-3330

President and
Chief Executive Officer