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🚀☢️ $NXE: Uranium's Last Western Mega-Project. AI Data Centers Need It. Theta Gang Is Asleep.

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May 11, 2026 · 19:39

**TL;DR**

$NXE just got the FINAL permit for the only large-scale uranium project in the Western world. Hyperscalers are panic-buying nuclear because GPUs need power and renewables can't run at 3am. Russia, Niger, and Kazakhstan supply most of the world's uranium and they all hate us. Options IV is at the floor of the year. Jan'27 $7 calls have 0.91 delta which is basically stock with leverage. Position: 3x NXE Jan'27 $7C at $6.43 avg, $1,929 cost basis.

**WHY I'M BUYING THIS GLOWING ROCK**

1. Big Tech needs uranium and they don't care what it costs. Microsoft restarted Three Mile Island for AI compute, yes really. Meta signed a 2,600 MW nuclear PPA with Vistra. Amazon dropped $650M on a nuclear-powered data center campus. Hyperscalers signing 20-year offtake at any price. Renewables can't run GPU clusters at night. Cope harder.

2. Western uranium supply is absolutely cooked. Russia plus Niger plus Kazakhstan is 60%+ of global uranium. All three are either openly hostile or one coup away. Trump literally floated military action to grab Iran's uranium (WSJ, March 2026, not satire). Utilities are contract-panicking. Spot keeps climbing.

3. NXE is the only Western project of scale that exists. Rook I, Saskatchewan. 30 million lbs per year at under 10 per lb operating cost is a money printer. Project NPV roughly CAD6.79B. Nothing else in the Western pipeline comes close. Same playbook as rare earths and lithium but on uranium.

4. The catalyst already fired and you regards are still sleeping. March 5, 2026: CNSC approved EA and issued construction license. 6 years of permitting bullshit, DONE. FID made. Construction starts THIS SUMMER. IV Rank 8/100 is cheapest options of the entire past year. Theta gang gave up.

**THE BOOMER NUMBERS**

Stock price $13.10.

Market cap $7.5B.

Cash over $1B.

Production target 30M lbs per year.

Op cost under $10 per lb.

Analyst consensus Strong Buy (16 of 20).

Average PT $15.42. Stifel PT $30 LFG.

**THE PLAY**

3x $NXE Jan 15 '27 $7 Calls at $6.43 avg.

Why deep ITM LEAPs instead of FDs? Delta 0.91 is literally just stock with 2x leverage built in. Theta only $0.30 per day (8 months runway, plenty of time). Break-even at $13.67, stock just needs to not crash. Time premium at risk per contract is $0.69 (lmao). If you want lotto tickets, buy weeklies. This is conviction sizing.

**CATALYSTS I'M WATCHING**

1. Summer 2026: construction commencement is continuous newsflow.

2. July 31: Q2 earnings plus drill results.

3. Q3: offtake contract signings (currently uncontracted is full upside to rising spot).

4. November: midterms plus utility year-end contracting season. Wildcard: Cameco or Kazatomprom takes them out at a fat premium.

**RISKS (so mods don't yank this)**

Production is 2030. Four years away. Patience required. CAD$2.2B capex incoming so probably some equity raises. Russia could come back online and tank spot. Construction risk because no mining project ever hit budget on time. Stock already up 162% in 12 months. Easy money is behind us. I am a regard on the internet.

Do your own DD or get rekt.

**CURRENT POSITION**

3x $NXE Jan 15 '27 $7C at $6.43. Cost basis $1,929.

Diamond hands until summer construction or buyout offer. 🚀

Inverse me or follow me, I'll be glowing either way.