NioCorp Developments Ltd. is pleased to announce agreements 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 and a separate $1 million loan from Mr. Smith to December 15, 2021. Funds drawn on the credit facility will assist the Company in continuing its work to secure project financing for the Elk Creek Project and [...]
NioCorp Developments Ltd. is pleased to announce the appointment of Fernanda Fenga to its Board of Directors. A former senior executive at the world's largest producer of niobium, Companhia Brasileira Metalúrgica e Mineração , Ms. Fenga currently serves as a senior advisor to mining companies in Brazil and in the U.S. Previously, she was Legal and Compliance Director at Somos Educação, Brazil's largest basic education [...]
NioCorp Developments Ltd. announces the details of the voting results from the election of directors at its 2020 Annual General Meeting , held on November 5, 2020 in Denver, CO. At the AGM, the following five 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. is pleased to announce that its Elk Creek Superalloy Materials Project has been selected as an "Infrastructure Project of the Year" by CG/LA Infrastructure, the global leader in infrastructure strategy and project development. The award was announced during the CG/LA Infrastructure's 12th North American Infrastructure Leadership Virtual Forum on October 28, 2020, at which NioCorp presented [...]
Live Webcast by NioCorp Executives to follow at 11:30 a.m. Mountain Time NioCorp Developments Ltd. is pleased to announce that it will conduct its 2020 Annual General Meeting at 10 a.m. Mountain time on Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 7000 S. Yosemite Street, Lower Level Conference Room, Centennial, Colorado, 80112. Shareholders of record as of September 18, 2020 are able to vote their shares on the proposals to be [...]
NioCorp Developments Ltd. is applauding an Executive Order issued by the White House this week providing several potential pathways for greater U.S. Government support of critical minerals mining and value-added supply chains. The Executive Order, signed on September 30, 2020 by President Donald J. Trump, declares that "it is the policy of the United States … [to] prioritize the expansion and protection of the domestic supply [...]
NioCorp Developments Ltd. is pleased to announce that advances by NioCorp's technical team have uncovered a potential alternative process for extracting niobium from the Elk Creek Superalloy Materials Project . If further proven to be technologically and economically feasible at scale for the Project, and if incorporated by NioCorp into the Project's design and construction, the new approach could result in lower up-front [...]
NioCorp Developments Ltd. is pleased to announce that the Company's Elk Creek Superalloy Materials Project will be presented on September 17, 2020, at the 2020 Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum . CEO and Executive Chairman Mark A. Smith will present on the Elk Creek Project as part of a panel entitled "Reshoring the Supply Chain - The Strategic Metal Initiative." The panel begins at 1:00 PM Eastern as part of Track B [...]
NioCorp Developments Ltd. is pleased to announce that its CEO and Executive Chairman Mark Smith will present to investors around the world on NioCorp's Elk Creek Superalloy Materials Project at 12:30 PM Eastern, Wednesday, September 16, 2020, via live webcast. The presentation is part of the 22nd Annual Global Investment Conference, sponsored by New York City-based H.C. Wainwright & Co. WHAT NioCorp live presentation on [...]
NioCorp Developments Ltd. is pleased to announce that its CEO and Executive Chairman Mark Smith will present to investors around the world on NioCorp's Elk Creek Superalloy Materials Project at the 22nd Annual Global Investment Conference, sponsored by New York City-based H.C. Wainwright & Co., during the week of September 14, 2020. The conference will be conducted virtually, and NioCorp's presentation will be webcast [...]
NioCorp Developments Ltd. applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for including in its Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act legislative provisions aimed at highlighting the growing urgency for the U.S. to produce more of its own critical minerals, including niobium. The House passed its version of the FY21 NDAA in a 295-125 bipartisan vote on Tuesday. The bill contains provisions highlighting the need to [...]
NioCorp Developments Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has secured an option-to-purchase agreement on a 164-acre land parcel in Johnson and Pawnee Counties for use in its proposed Elk Creek Superalloy Materials Project . The five-year agreement completes the process begun in the fourth quarter of 2019, and secures options on all land needed for construction, operations, and planned future expansions as laid out in the [...]