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Western Uranium grants stock options to align incentives

Story Highlights
  • CEO George Glasier boosted his stake in Western with a 100,000-share open-market purchase in late 2025.
  • Western granted 1.35 million stock options in January 2026 to align insiders’ incentives with its project development plans.
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Western Uranium grants stock options to align incentives

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Western Uranium ( (TSE:WUC) ) has shared an update.

On December 29 and 30, 2025, Western Uranium & Vanadium’s president and CEO, George Glasier, purchased 100,000 common shares on the open market at CA$0.48 per share, increasing his direct holdings from 4,928,516 to 5,028,516 shares, or from 6.9% to 7.0% of the company’s outstanding shares, although his overall percentage ownership has fallen below 10% due to dilution from prior private placements, triggering an early warning filing. On January 15, 2026, Western granted 1,350,000 stock options to officers, directors, and employees at an exercise price of CA$0.90 per share, vesting in three tranches through January 31, 2027, a move that aligns management and staff incentives with shareholder value as the company advances the development and permitting of its uranium and vanadium projects and processing infrastructure.

The most recent analyst rating on (TSE:WUC) stock is a Hold with a C$0.81 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Western Uranium stock, see the TSE:WUC Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on TSE:WUC Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, TSE:WUC is a Neutral.

The score is held down primarily by very weak profitability and significant negative operating/free cash flow, partially offset by a strong, debt-free balance sheet. Technicals are mixed (short-term improvement but longer-term downtrend), and valuation signals are limited due to ongoing losses and no dividend yield data.

To see Spark’s full report on TSE:WUC stock, click here.

More about Western Uranium

Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp. is a North American uranium and vanadium developer focused on high‑grade production assets in Colorado and Utah. The company is licensing and developing the Mustang Mineral Processing Plant, which may use kinetic separation to improve project economics, and its portfolio includes the flagship Sunday Mine Complex in the Uravan Mineral Belt along with multiple conventional projects currently in permitting and development near the planned processing hub.

Average Trading Volume: 299,277

Technical Sentiment Signal: Sell

Current Market Cap: C$58.92M

For a thorough assessment of WUC stock, go to TipRanks’ Stock Analysis page.

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