Metallurgical tests now being conducted show promise in streamlining the expected production of niobium, scandium, titanium, and rare earths and in reducing expected greenhouse gas emissions by the Elk Creek Project's planned facility in Nebraska Metallurgical testing being conducted now by NioCorp Developments Ltd. in Quebec, Canada, is intended to quantify the Company's ability to extract rare earth elements from Elk [...]
Former Managing Director and CEO of Talison Lithium Brings Decades of Experience in Resource Development, Critical Minerals Processing, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Project Financing NioCorp Developments Ltd. is pleased to announce that Peter Oliver, the former Managing Director of Talison Lithium and a 30+ year veteran of the mining and critical minerals processing industries, will join NioCorp's Board of Directors. "On [...]
Updated feasibility study confirms the Elk Creek Project's rare earth indicated resource is second only to MP Materials' Mountain Pass deposit in the U.S. New Mineral Reserve and Economic Model does not yet include rare earth production but updated feasibility study shows longer expected mine life, higher expected ore grades and tonnages, and improved expected project economics from niobium, scandium, and titanium The [...]
Development Further De-Risks the Project from a Regulatory Perspective NioCorp Developments Ltd. is pleased to announce that the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy has advised the Company that extensions of the Elk Creek Project's construction air permit are no longer required because the Company has met the regulatory definition of "construction, reconstruction, or modification of the source" since the permit [...]
If proven at the demonstration plant scale, this advance may result in major improvements in the Elk Creek Project, including elimination of entire steps in the Project's current processing flowsheet Process improvements also point to a potentially efficient extraction process for recovery and purification of rare earth elements, in addition to the Project's planned production of niobium, scandium, and titanium [...]
NioCorp Developments Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has now completed deployment of a management system aligned with the latest version of the Equator Principles Environmental, Social, and Governance principles. This achievement is a key step in NioCorp's efforts to formalize its ESG management practices and is also a requirement of prospective lenders for its Elk Creek Superalloy Materials Project in Nebraska. The [...]
NioCorp Developments Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has been named to the 2022 OTCQX® Best 50, a ranking of top performing companies traded on the OTCQX Best Market last year. The OTCQX Best 50 is an annual ranking of the top 50 U.S. and international companies traded on the OTCQX market. The ranking is calculated based on an equal weighting of one-year total return and average daily dollar volume growth in the [...]
NioCorp Developments Ltd. is pleased to announce positive results from its ongoing metallurgical work regarding the process to extract rare earth elements from ore samples sourced at its Elk Creek Project . Salt Lake City-based L3 Process Development has been conducting small scale testing for NioCorp on rare earth recovery and flowsheet improvement and is also building an integrated demonstration plant at its facility in [...]
NioCorp Developments Ltd. is pleased to announce the results of assaying completed on drill core samples from the Elk Creek Project that were obtained through an agreement with the University of Nebraska's Conservation and Survey Division . A total of 1,094 samples originating from 18 diamond drill holes completed by previous operators of the Project were obtained pursuant to an agreement between the Company and CSD and [...]
NioCorp Developments Ltd. is pleased to announce an agreement with NioCorp CEO and Executive Chairman, Mark A. Smith, to extend the maturity date of its existing $3.5 million non-revolving credit facility with Mr. Smith to June 30, 2022. The agreement to extend the credit facility is subject to Toronto Stock Exchange approval and is a "related party transaction" under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 Protection of Minority [...]
NioCorp Developments Ltd. announces the details of the voting results from the election of directors at its 2021 Annual General Meeting , held on December 2, 2021 in Denver, CO. At the AGM, the following six nominees were elected as Directors of the Company to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders of the Company, or until their successors are elected or appointed. The results of the voting were as follows [...]
NioCorp Developments Ltd. announces that it is no longer able to present at the upcoming H.C. Wainwright Mining Conference, previously scheduled for Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at 11 a.m. Eastern Time. "NioCorp has a conflict in timing with this conference and we will not be able to participate. I very much look forward to participating in the next conference hosted by the great team at H.C. Wainwright," said Mark A [...]