development in North America.
US Officials Tour Elk Creek Mine Site and Praise Rapid Progress Toward Critical Minerals Production
ELK CREEK CRITICAL MINERALS PROJECT
The critical minerals project America needs now.
NioCorp is developing one of America’s most advanced critical projects in Nebraska, the Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project, a U.S. source of niobium, scandium, titanium, and magnetic rare earth elements, materials essential to modern defense, aerospace, robotics, AI, and energy technologies. NioCorp is positioned to become a cornerstone of America’s effort to secure a reliable, long-term supply of critical minerals that strengthen U.S. manufacturing and defense independence.
NioCorp’s Mark Smith Builds a New Future for Niobium Mining
Omaha Magazine recently profiled NioCorp Executive Chairman and CEO Mark A. Smith and the development of the Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project in southeast Nebraska. The feature explores Mr. Smith’s career in the mining industry, the history of the Elk Creek Project, and its potential role in establishing a new U.S. source of niobium and other critical minerals.
The story, published on September 21, 2026, can be read here.
RECENT NEWS
NioCorp Provides Preliminary Unaudited Financial Results for the Three-Month Period Ended September 30, 2026
NioCorp today provided its preliminary unaudited financial results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2026, which are presented below.
EXIM Reiterates Target to Finance Approximately 65% of Elk Creek Project Upfront CAPEX
NioCorp is pleased to announce that EXIM reiterated its support on Wednesday to consider providing financing for the cost of constructing the Company’s Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project in southeast
NioCorp Places 100% of Its Planned Critical Minerals Production Under Commercial Sales Agreements
NioCorp has reached a definitive agreement with Traxys North America LLC , resulting in 100% of the Company’s planned production from its Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project now being supported
ELK CREEK CRITICAL MINERALS PROJECT
Building U.S. Domestic Niobium Supply
Chairman and CEO Mark Smith discussed NioCorp’s rapidly accelerating Elk Creek Project, markets for the critical minerals NioCorp intends to produce in the U.S., and the risks to the U.S. economy and Pentagon if access to Brazilian niobium is restricted, during an interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business News.
Compelling financial returns
Elk Creek Feasibility Study
NioCorp’s 2026 Elk Creek NI 43-101 Feasibility Study provides a high level of detail on the project, including its projected economic performance.
Information for Investors
A publicly traded mineral exploration company (Nasdaq: NB), NioCorp is currently developing the Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project in southeast Nebraska rich in Niobium,
NYT Front Page Coverage of the Elk Creek Project
Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist from the New York Times, Dionne Searcey, recently investigated NioCorp’s proposed Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project in Nebraska.
Her story, published on the front page of the Times on February 2, 2023, can be seen here.
Fox Business Op-Ed Featuring NioCorp's Chairman & CEO
What if the West is misreading China’s rare earth strategy?
NioCorp’s Chairman & CEO Mark Smith makes the case in a Fox News op-ed that current REE export restrictions signal a permanent strategy shift, not a short-term tactic.
