S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) uranium stock Paladin Energy Ltd (ASX: PDN) is racing higher today.
Paladin Energy shares closed down a sharp 12.5% yesterday, trading for $3.98. In morning trade on Wednesday, it's a whole different story, with shares changing hands for $4.65 apiece, up 16.7%.
For some context, the ASX 200 is up 1.7% at this same time.
This strong outperformance follows the release of Paladin Energy's March quarterly update.
Here are the highlights.
ASX 200 uranium stock rockets on record production
Investors are bidding up the Paladin Energy share price today after the ASX 200 uranium stock reported it achieved the highest level of quarterly uranium production at its Langer Heinrich Mine (LHM) since the mine's restart.
Located in Namibia, LHM recommenced commercial production in March 2024. After an extensive refurbishment program, the first shipments of U3O8 came at the start of FY 2025.
Investor sentiment in the ASX 200 uranium stock looks to have taken an upturn, with Paladin producing 745,484lb U3O8 at LHM over the three months, up 17% from last quarter. And this came despite what the miner labelled a "one-in-fifty-year rainfall event" that hampered its operations in March.
Over the quarter, Paladin Energy sold 872,435lb U3O8 at an average realised price of US$69.9 per pound.
The March quarter also saw the miner receive an exemption from the Canadian government regarding the nation's Non-Resident Ownership Policy for its new PLS project in Saskatchewan. Paladin Energy took ownership of PLS via its acquisition of Fission Uranium Corp in December.
Turning to the balance sheet, Paladin held unrestricted cash and short-term investments of US$127.8 million as at 31 March, with undrawn debt facilities of US$50 million.
What did management say?
Commenting on the results boosting the ASX 200 uranium stock today, Paladin Energy CEO Ian Purdy said, "Production volumes at the LHM during the quarter continued to ramp up, with our expectations of additional volumes being disrupted by a significant rainfall event across Namibia."
As for the miner's Canadian assets, Purdy said:
There have also been important steps forward in delivering value from the PLS Project in just the few short months since our acquisition of Fission Uranium Corp.
Two Mutual Benefit Agreements have been signed with local First Nations, and we have secured our exemption to the Non-Resident Ownership Policy, allowing Paladin to maintain our 100% ownership of the asset from exploration through production.
And Purdy noted the ASX 200 uranium stock has so far not been directly impacted by the broader global disruptions unleashed by Donald Trump's tariff campaign.
According to Purdy:
While we saw global economic uncertainty and market turbulence from United States tariffs increase at the end of the quarter, we have not seen any direct impact on Paladin's operations or sales from the United States Presidential decisions at this time
With today's big intraday gains factored in, the Paladin Energy share price remains down 41% in 2025.
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