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): December 13, 2018

WESTWATER RESOURCES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 531-0516

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b–2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company    ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.    ☐

Item 7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 13, 2018, Westwater Resources, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the filing of a request for arbitration against the Republic of Turkey for its unlawful actions against the Company’s investments, most notably the illegal taking of the Company’s Temrezli and Şefaatli uranium projects in June 2018. A copy of the press release is furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Item 7.01, including the press release, 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.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

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: December 13, 2018

WESTWATER RESOURCES, INC.

By:        /s/ Jeffrey L. Vigil                                               

Name: Jeffrey L. Vigil 

Title: Vice President–Finance and Chief Financial Officer