URANIUM ROYALTY ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF SUBSCRIPTION RECEIPT PRIVATE PLACEMENT

DESIGNATED NEWS RELEASE VANCOUVER, BC, May 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Uranium Royalty Corp. (NASDAQ: UROY) (TSX: URC) ("URC" or the "Company") has closed its previously announced private placement of subscription receipts of the Company (the "Subscription Receipts") to Uranium Energy Corp. ("UEC") at a price of US$3.64 per Subscription Receipt, for aggregate gross of US$40 million. As disclosed in the Company's news release dated April 16, 2026, each Subscription Receipt will automatically convert into one common share in the capital of URC ("URC Shares") upon all escrow release conditions set out in the subscription agreement and the subscription receipt indenture being satisfied, including the conditions precedent to the Company's previously announced arrangement to combine with entities owning a 92% interest in Sweetwater Royalties from funds managed by Orion Resource Partners LP and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (the "Arrangement") and shareholder approval of the Arrangement at the Company's special meeting of shareholders.