URANIUM RESOURCES, INC.		6950 S. Potomac Street
		Suite 300
		Centennial, CO 80112

September 13, 2013

Via EDGAR

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549

Attention: Tia L. Jenkins, Senior Assistant Chief Accountant

Re:	Uranium Resources, Inc.
	Form 10-K filed for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012
	Filed March 18, 2013
	File No. 001-33404

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Uranium Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) is in receipt of a comment letter, dated August 29, 2013, from the Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 (the “Comment Letter”).

Pursuant to a telephone call with Blaise Rhodes today, the Company requested, and Mr. Rhodes agreed, that an extension of an additional ten business days for the Company to respond to the Comment Letter is appropriate in order to permit sufficient time for the Company to prepare its response. As requested by Mr. Rhodes, we are hereby submitting such request in writing and this confirms that the Company will respond to the comments of the Staff set forth in the Comment Letter on or before September 27, 2013, which is ten business days from the date by which a response was originally requested in the Comment Letter.

Please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at (303) 531-0473 if you have any questions or comments in regard to this letter. Thank you very much.

	Sincerely,

	/s/ Jeffrey L. Vigil

	Jeffrey L. Vigil
	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer