About NioCorp
What We Believe
We believe in strengthening our world and protecting the environment through superalloy materials like Niobium, Scandium, and Titanium. These critical minerals help improve fuel economy, increase safety, reduce harmful air emissions, protect our environment, and help keep the world safer and more secure.
Elk Creek Project
The Elk Creek Superalloy Materials Project is one of the few pure-play critical minerals projects in the U.S. with a definitive feasibility study completed and key U.S. federal permits already obtained. It is the highest grade niobium project in North America as well as one of the world's largest prospective scandium producers.
The Leadership Team
NioCorp is led by a Board of Directors comprised of distinguished and highly experienced leaders, including several with decades of experience in the mining and advanced materials spaces. Our management team is also highly experienced in designing, constructing, and operating critical minerals projects.
A Unique Investment
A publicly traded company currently listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:NB) and the US-based Over The Counter exchange (OTCQX:NIOBF), NioCorp represents a unique investment opportunity. NioCorp is a former TSX Venture 50® "Top Performer" among mining companies.
2019 Elk Creek Feasibility Study
The 2019 Elk Creek Feasibility Study shows that the Project is expected to deliver higher Net Present Value, stronger financial returns, accelerated cash flows, a longer mine life, higher production of all of NioCorp’s planned products in the first 10 years of operation, and a further reduction in execution risk and environmental impacts as compared to the 2017 Project Feasibility Study.
Our Critical Minerals
NioCorp plans to produce three minerals at its Elk Creek, Nebraska Project that are all considered “critical” by the U.S. Government. This makes the Elk Creek Project one of the few pure-play, greenfield critical minerals mines in the U.S. that have a NI-43-101 Feasibility Study completed and are ready for funding and construction.
The Elk Creek Critical Minerals Mine
By The Numbers
$2.56B
Pre-Tax NPV
27.3%
Pre-Tax IRR
$2.1B
After-Tax NVP
25.8%
After-Tax IRR
$370M
Averaged EDITDA Over Mine Life
67%
Average EBITDA Margin over Mine Life
$20.8B
Gross Revenue Over Mine Life
$9.8B
Cumulative Net Cash Flow Over Mine Life (after tax)
36 Years
Mine Life
2.86 Years
Payback Period from Production Start
See this note regarding the use of certain forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures on this website.
The Superalloy Blog
The Powerful Benefits of Ferroniobium for Bridges
As the U.S. looks to repair crumbling infrastructure systems, I expect to see more high-performance steels (HPS) used in structures like bridges because of the many powerful benefits they deliver. HPS steels containing a small amount of ferroniobium – which NioCorp plans to produce in southeast Nebraska at our Elk Creek Superalloy Materials Project once we are funded and in operation – are among the strongest and most durable steels on the market today.
What A U.S. Infrastructure / Transportation Initiative Could Mean to Critical Minerals Producers
If a $2 trillion U.S. infrastructure package is enacted, it could create a major, long-term demand boom for the critical minerals needed by infrastructure and advanced transportation systems, according to NioCorp’s CEO Mark Smith.
BEYOND COVID-19: A Resurgence of Domestic Supply Chains?
One global macro trend is highly likely to accelerate in the aftermath of COVID-19: increased investment in domestic materials supply chains as a means of reducing the reliance of Western nations on supply chains in developing nations. Asia’s dominance in many strategic supply chains has become painfully obvious since the COVID-19 pandemic erupted.
Videos
Mark Smith: Domestic Supply Chains to Expand
NioCorp CEO and Executive Chairman Mark Smith predicts that domestic critical minerals supply chains will expand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Scott Honan Discusses New Mine Plan
NioCorp's Scott Honan talks about the new Elk Creek Project mining plan and associated updated Feasibility Study.
NioCorp Webcast on Updated FS
NioCorp executives Mark Smith and Scott Honan discuss the improved economics of the Project's updated Feasibility Study.
Elk Creek Virtual Tour
See a video that explains the power of superalloys and how NioCorp intends to produce three superalloy metals its its Elk Creek Project.
Critical Minerals
NioCorp's planned products have all been designated as "Critical Minerals" by the U.S. Government. Mark Smith explains the significance.
Robust Returns
According to an NI-43-101 compliant Feasibility Study, the Elk Creek Project projects relatively robust economic returns. See the details here.
Corporate Presentation
See the latest corporate presentation from NioCorp about the Company and its flagship Elk Creek Superalloy Materials Project.
NioCorp's Markets
Learn about the many downstream markets that can utilize the three superalloy materials that NioCorp plans to make at its Elk Creek Project.
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