8.Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company’s restricted cash and cash equivalents consists of the following:

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The Company’s restricted cash equivalents consist of money market accounts and short-term government bond instruments.

The bonding requirements for reclamation obligations on various properties have been reviewed and approved by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (“WDEQ”), the Wyoming Uranium Recovery Program (“URP”), and the Bureau of Land

Management (“BLM”), as applicable. The restricted cash and cash equivalents are pledged as collateral against performance surety bonds, which secure the estimated costs of reclamation related to the properties. Surety bonds providing $42.1 million and $28.4 million of coverage towards reclamation obligations were collateralized by the restricted cash as of December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, respectively.