Lightbridge Corporation - Form 8-K - Filed by newsfilecorp.com
   





UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 12, 2016

LIGHTBRIDGE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada 001-34487 91-1975651 (State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)

11710 Plaza America Drive, Suite 2000
Reston, VA 20190
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(571) 730-1200
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

1600 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 550
McLean, VA 22102
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

            On January 12, 2016, Lightbridge Corporation (“Lightbridge”) issued a press release announcing its entry into an initial services agreement with BWXT Nuclear Energy, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BWX Technologies, Inc., to evaluate the ability to fabricate and prepare a preliminary plan for fabrication of Lightbridge-designed partial length nuclear fuel samples at BWXT facilities in the United States. A copy of the press release is furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

            Also on January 12, 2016, Lightbridge issued a press release announcing that the Institute for Energy Technology, which operates the Halden Research Reactor in Norway, has received formal regulatory approval from the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority for all planned irradiation of Lightbridge metallic fuel at the Halden Research Reactor in Norway. A copy of the press release is furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.2.

            The information in this Item 7.01, including the press releases, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by reference to such filing.


SIGNATURES

            Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: January 12, 2016

LIGHTBRIDGE CORPORATION

 

By:           /s/ Seth Grae                                                                                 
Name:      Seth Grae
Title:        President and Chief Executive Officer