First Uranium announces Second Distribution to Shareholders First Uranium Corporation (Continued under the laws of Ontario, Canada) (Registration number 2082276) (South African registration number 2007/009016/10) Share code: FUU ISIN: CA33744R5087 22 February 2013 First Uranium announces Second Distribution to Shareholders Toronto and Johannesburg – First Uranium Corporation (NEX:FIU.H),(JSE:FUU) (ISIN:CA33744R5087) (“First Uranium” or “the Corporation”) announces that it will make a second distribution (the “Distribution”) on March 18, 2013 of Cdn$0.102 per unit to shareholders of the Corporation in the form of a redemption of the Class A Special Shares. Holders of the units (the “Units”) of record as of the close of business on March 15, 2013 (the “Record Date”) will be entitled to receive the Distribution. For details of the initial distribution to shareholders, please see the Corporation’s news release dated September 11, 2012, a copy of which is available on SEDAR. Each Unit is currently comprised of 87.5 Class A Special Shares and 1 Class B Common Share. The Corporation will redeem pro rata 10.2 Class A Special Shares (the “Redemption”) for every 87.5 of the Class A Special Shares of First Uranium held by each shareholder on the Record Date at a price per Class A Special Share of Cdn$0.01 for a total of Cdn$0.102 per Unit. Following the Redemption, each Unit will be comprised of 77.3 Class A Special Shares and 1 Class B Common Share. There will be no reduction in the number of Units held by a shareholder as a result of the Redemption. Holders of Units recorded on the register maintained by Computershare Investor Services Proprietary Limited and traded on the JSE Limited will receive the Distribution in South African rand at a price per Class A Special Share of ZAR0.087156 for a total of ZAR0.88899 per Unit. Shareholders will receive the Distribution as a return of stated capital on the Class A Special Shares. See the Corporation’s Management Information Circular dated May 4, 2012 for additional information concerning certain Canadian federal income tax consequences of the Distribution, a copy of which is available on SEDAR. Shareholders will not be required to surrender share certificates representing the Units in order to receive the Distribution. The Corporation, through its transfer agent, will record the Redemption of Class A Special Shares on the Corporation's share register. The details of the Redemption are summarized below: ISIN of Units CA33744R5087 Security Units (each Unit is comprised of 87.5 Class A Special Shares and 1 Class B Common Share) JSE Code FUU Short name First Uranium Redeemed Securities 10.2 Class A Special Shares for every 87.5 of the Class A Special Shares of First Uranium held by each shareholder. Amount of Distribution Cdn$0.01 per Class A Special Share, by way of a redemption of 10.2 Class A Special Shares for every 87.5 of the Class A Special Shares of First Uranium held by each shareholder for a total of Cdn$0.102 per Unit. Last Date to Trade Cum Distribution on JSE Friday, 08 March 2013 Shares to Trade Ex Distribution on JSE Monday, 11 March 2013 Record Date Friday, 15 March 2013 Payment Date Monday, 18 March 2013 No share certificates may be transferred between the Canadian share register and the South African share register or dematerialized/rematerialized between Monday, 11 March 2013 and Friday, 15 March 2013 both days inclusive. For further information: Mary Batoff: +1 416 306 3072, mary@firsturanium.ca Cautionary Language Regarding Forward-Looking Information This news release contains and refers to forward-looking information based on current expectations. All other statements other than statements of historical fact included in this release are forward-looking statements (or forward-looking information). The Corporation's plans involve various estimates and assumptions and its business is subject to various risks and uncertainties. For more details on these estimates, assumptions, risks and uncertainties, see the Corporation's most recent Annual Information Form and most recent Management Discussion and Analysis on file with the Canadian provincial securities regulatory authorities on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and there can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, such statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, and actual results and future events could differ Page 2 materially from those anticipated in such statements. 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