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enCore Energy Corp.: Q4 FY2025 earnings call

What management said about Q4 FY2025, from the documents filed with the SEC on 9 March 2026: press release. Guidance figures: 1 new. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Extraction up 242 percent in 2025: Uranium extraction reached 699,807 pounds in 2025, an increase of 242 percent from 2024. Source
  • Upper Spring Creek awaits TCEQ approvals: Construction at Upper Spring Creek continues. Some timeline components depend on TCEQ permit approvals, and the company is finalizing the remaining requirements. Source
  • Dewey-Burdock permitting still advancing: Permitting and development planning continue at Dewey Burdock in South Dakota. The company works with federal and state regulators on the remaining approvals. Source
  • Sales averaged $65.89 per pound: The company delivered about 655,000 pounds into contracts at $65.89 per pound, with a weighted average cost of $51.09. The prior release gave a nine-month average price of $64.13. Source
  • 2026 deliveries covered by contract: In late 2025 the company contracted additional inventory on terms it described as favorable, in anticipation of permitting delays, to cover 2026 customer deliveries. Source
  • Extracted cash and non-cash costs: Extracted pounds carried cash costs of $12,087 thousand, or $29.48 per pound, and non-cash costs of $5,092 thousand, or $12.42 per pound. Non-cash costs include depletion and certain sales fees. Source
  • Year-end cash and total liquidity: Cash and equivalents were $52 million at year end, with total liquidity of $96 million including marketable securities. The prior release reported $100.3 million cash at September 30, 2025. Source
  • February warrant exercises brought cash: Holders exercised about 6.6 million warrants in February 2026, providing about $18.1 million cash to the company. Source

“Our year end results underscore the strength of enCore’s operational performance”

Rob Willette, Chief Executive Officer of enCore

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Dewey-Burdock construction start Sourcewithin the next 18 months, after remaining regulatory milestones18 monthsNew

What changed from last quarter

  • New: Holders exercised warrants in February 2026, and the company received cash from those exercises. The prior release did not report this. Source
  • Ended: The warrant exercise period has closed, and no further warrants are outstanding. Source
  • New guidance: Management gave a timeline for the start of Dewey-Burdock construction, which the prior release did not include. Source
  • New: Upper Spring Creek regulatory review timelines are reported as extended beyond initial expectations. Source
  • New: In late 2025 the company contracted additional inventory to cover 2026 customer deliveries, a step the prior release did not describe. Source

Full-year results and extraction

  • Net loss per share compared with 2024: Net loss per share was $(0.30) for the year ended December 31, 2025, against $(0.34) for the year ended December 31, 2024. Source
  • Extraction up 242 percent in 2025: Uranium extraction reached 699,807 pounds in 2025, an increase of 242 percent from 2024. Source
  • South Texas output trending upward: Management said production from South Texas continued to trend upward, with improvements in wellfield efficiency as a driver. Source

Projects and permitting status

  • Upper Spring Creek awaits TCEQ approvals: Construction at Upper Spring Creek continues. Some timeline components depend on TCEQ permit approvals, and the company is finalizing the remaining requirements. Source
  • Dewey-Burdock permitting still advancing: Permitting and development planning continue at Dewey Burdock in South Dakota. The company works with federal and state regulators on the remaining approvals. Source
  • Dewey-Burdock seen as future supplier: Management expects Dewey Burdock, once developed, to be a significant contributor to domestic uranium production and a component of long-term growth. Source

“In South Texas, our team continues to progress construction planning at Upper Spring Creek while working closely with the TCEQ through the final stages of the permitting process, which remains the final roadblock to full production”

Rob Willette, Chief Executive Officer of enCore

Sales, pricing and inventory

  • Sales averaged $65.89 per pound: The company delivered about 655,000 pounds into contracts at $65.89 per pound, with a weighted average cost of $51.09. The prior release gave a nine-month average price of $64.13. Source
  • Year-end inventory on hand: Closing inventory was 132,013 pounds at $37.77 per pound, against 287,089 pounds at $38.27 per pound at September 30, 2025. Source
  • 2026 deliveries covered by contract: In late 2025 the company contracted additional inventory on terms it described as favorable, in anticipation of permitting delays, to cover 2026 customer deliveries. Source

Costs per pound

  • Cost of pounds sold for the year: Total cost of pounds sold was $53.95 per pound on 655,000 pounds, a total of $35,335 thousand. Source
  • Purchased 2024 inventory carried higher cost: Pounds from 2024 purchased inventory sold in 2025 totaled 245,000 at $75.57 per pound, or $18,516 thousand. Lower of cost or market applied. Source
  • Extracted cash and non-cash costs: Extracted pounds carried cash costs of $12,087 thousand, or $29.48 per pound, and non-cash costs of $5,092 thousand, or $12.42 per pound. Non-cash costs include depletion and certain sales fees. Source
  • Extracted cost compared with nine months: In the prior release, extracted total cost was $40.58 per pound for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, against $41.90 per pound for the year.

“The recent warrant exercises reflect ongoing support from our shareholders and further strengthen our balance sheet as we advance key development projects”

Rob Willette, Chief Executive Officer of enCore

Liquidity and warrant proceeds

  • Year-end cash and total liquidity: Cash and equivalents were $52 million at year end, with total liquidity of $96 million including marketable securities. The prior release reported $100.3 million cash at September 30, 2025. Source
  • February warrant exercises brought cash: Holders exercised about 6.6 million warrants in February 2026, providing about $18.1 million cash to the company. Source
  • Proceeds for South Texas and pipeline: Management intends to use the warrant proceeds for infrastructure and wellfield development in South Texas, and for permitting and construction planning across the pipeline. Source

Strategy and domestic supply

  • Positioned to supply domestic demand: Management believes its ISR portfolio positions the company to play a meaningful role in meeting future U.S. clean energy growth. Source
  • FAST-41 inclusion cited as position: The CEO cited the federal FAST-41 inclusion of Dewey-Burdock as part of solidifying the company's position as a leading domestic uranium producer. Source
  • Pipeline lists Dewey-Burdock and Gas Hills: Planned pipeline projects after South Texas are Dewey-Burdock in South Dakota and the Gas Hills project in Wyoming. Source

Coming up, as management said on 9 March 2026

  • Annual 10-K due by March 31: The company will file its annual Form 10-K by March 31, 2026, with consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025. Source
  • Remaining TCEQ permits to be finalized: The company is working with TCEQ to finalize remaining permitting requirements, after which Upper Spring Creek is expected to commence operation. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
U3O8 extracted (pounds) Source699,807
U3O8 sold into contracts (pounds) Sourceapproximately 655,000
U3O8 closing inventory (pounds) Source132,013

Risks management discussed

  • Operational: Upper Spring Creek operations depend on TCEQ approvals, and review timelines have run past initial expectations. Source
  • Regulatory: Dewey-Burdock construction depends on completing remaining federal and state approvals, which the company is still working to obtain. Source
  • Operational: Management anticipated TCEQ permitting delays and contracted inventory ahead of them to cover 2026 customer deliveries. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Not stated: Management remains committed to moving Dewey-Burdock through the remaining regulatory steps before construction and operations. Source
  • Delayed: Management expects Upper Spring Creek to commence operation after the remaining approvals, with timelines extended past initial expectations. Source

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.