Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Adnani Amir
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
URANIUM ENERGY CORP [UEC]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
President and CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1030 WEST GEORGIA ST.,
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/02/2017
(Street)

VANCOUVER, A1 V6E 2Y3
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
COMMON STOCK 01/02/2017   M   139,634 A $ 0.45 (1) 2,327,257 D  
COMMON STOCK 01/02/2017   F   56,103 D $ 1.12 (1) 2,271,154 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
OPTIONS TO PURCHASE $ 0.45 01/02/2017   M     139,634 01/02/2017 01/02/2017 COMMON STOCK 139,634 $ 0 (3) 2,050,000 (2) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Adnani Amir
1030 WEST GEORGIA ST.,
VANCOUVER, A1 V6E 2Y3
  X     President and CEO  

Signatures

 /s/ Amir Adnani   01/03/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The Reporting Person exercised options previously granted to him under the Company's stock incentive plan, electing to pay the exercise price pursuant to the deemed net-stock exercise provision of such plan. As such, the Issuer withheld from the shares issuable to the Reporting Person that number of shares having a fair market value equal to the aggregate exercise price (that being 56,103 shares at a fair market value of $1.12 per share), such that the Reporting Person was issued a total of 83,531 shares.
(2) Granted pursuant to and in accordance with the Company's stock incentive plan.
(3) Subsequent to such exercise, the Reporting Person holds options to purchase: 250,000 shares at an exercise price of $0.45 per share expiring on April 7, 2018; 1,500,000 shares at an exercise price of $.132 per share, expiring on September 3, 2019; and 300,000 shares at an exercise price of $0.93 expiring on July 28, 2021 (these options to purchase 300,000 shares vest over an 18-month period from grant, such that 25% vested on October 28, 2016, 25% will vest on January 28, 2017, 25% will vest on July 28, 2017 and the final 25% will vest on January 28, 2018)

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