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Niocorp News Release just out!
The marketing blitz has started and once we get the Flowsheet out we will get some bigtime exposure.
NioCorp Engages Mackie Research as Financial Advisor
10 minutes ago by Marketwire
NioCorp Developments Ltd. ("NioCorp" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: NB)(OTCQX: NIOBF)(FRANKFURT: BR3) is pleased to announce that the Company has appointed Mackie Research Capital Corporation ("MRCC") as its financial advisor to assist in reviewing strategic options to meet the Company's growth objectives and enhance shareholder value.
The agreement provides for introductory services to retail and institutional clients of MRCC, including road shows to introduce the Company to new retail and institutional investors. MRCC will assist in negotiating the terms and structure for any future financing transactions, which could include attracting additional strategic partners. MRCC will also continuously assess the market's appetite for future financing transactions.
MRCC is one of Canada's largest independent full-service investment firms, offering a full complement of capital markets and wealth management services to private clients, institutions and growth companies. MRCC has significant experience in the mining sector including acquisitions, mergers, divestitures and corporate finance.
"We are pleased to be appointing MRCC, a leading Canadian investment bank with highly regarded expertise in the mining sector, to assist NioCorp in advancing our strategy for growth," commented Mark A. Smith, CEO of Niocorp.
Good new article out on increased uses of Niobium
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/additive-manufacturing-of-c-103-a-niobium-based-alloy-taking-shape-at-mti-2014-07-28
press release
July 28, 2014, 4:41 p.m. EDT
Additive Manufacturing Of C-103, A Niobium-Based Alloy, Taking Shape At MTI
Metal Technology (MTI), an ITAR Certified and ISO9001:2008 Registered company has a long history in propulsion and space applications and is on the leading edge of manufacturing technology in reactive and refractory metals.
ALBANY, Ore., July 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Metal Technology (MTI) has successfully 3D printed coupons in a key alloy required for space travel. C-103 is a niobium based alloy containing approximately 10% Hafnium and 1% Titanium. It is widely used in space applications because of its excellent formability, cost, weight, and reliability. However, until now it had not been sintered from a powder form using the additive manufacturing processes. MTI is the first to use a powder-bed laser, Additive Manufacturing system to produce solids from C-103. MTI's 3D Systems ProX 300 uses a powerful 500 watt laser which now opens the door for MTI to develop complex components for Space Primes such Aerojet Rocketdyne, ATK, Boeing, European Space Agency, Honeywell, JAXA, Lockheed Martin, Moog, NASA, Orbital Sciences, Pratt & Whitney, Sierra Nevada Corp., SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, UTC Aerospace and others.
MTI has been precision machining, deep draw forming, forging and fabricating in C-103 for years. "This project began in January, 2014 when we decided to pursue additive manufacturing as an additional capability to our operations. It's a natural evolution of our work with C-103, to provide customers quicker delivery and more complex geometries" said Steve Smith, MTI's Director of Sales & Marketing.
MTI will display an overview of its capabilities at the AIAA Propulsion and Energy Conference in Cleveland, Ohio from July 28-30. Stop by booth number 609 to discuss all of the developments at MTI and how the company can partner in your propulsion development projects.
MTI serves the Aerospace, Defense, High-Energy Physics, Medical, Semiconductor, Thin Film, Glass, Chemical Process and Scientific Industries.
About MTI: With more than forty years' experience applying innovative, proprietary technologies, Metal Technology (MTI) is making possible the use of difficult alloys for a wider range of applications with greater efficiency, versatility, and reliability. Alloys include Tantalum, Niobium, Zirconium, Titanium, Tungsten, Nickel, Inconel, Molybdenum, and Vanadium. MTI uses specialized additive manufacturing, deep-draw, spinning, forging, machining, EDM, and fabrication methods to deliver superior products according to your exacting specifications. MTI produces components for ion source components, targets, seamless crucibles, explosively formed penetrators, tubing and vessels as well as custom parts that go beyond common configurations. Visit the company's website to learn more: www.mtialbany.com
PRLog ID: www.prlog.org/12353290
SOURCE Metal Technology
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looks like a some of those shares that came available to sell july 5th and 25th are on the move. cant blame them for a 300% profit.
Pershing is now a NET over 3.4 Million shares since January, they are on the BID all the time.
Yesterday UBS Selling and today UBS and Barcleys sellers
Buyers today and yesterday Pershing Securities out of New york
Pershing Securities was a Positive net 80K shares yesterday and again today up a Net 60K
The Blairman hates delays LOL
whats with the selling pressure? before the news? any thoughts here?
BID is getting huge 175K on the BID at 64 C on TSX it just doubled
News coming maybe?
Pershing has bought again today a NET BUY of 63K shares thats half the shares on the TSX
Excellent find Redeyedrooster wow thats what you call "reading between the lines" LOL I feel much better all ready buying more at 64 tomorrow
back to 65 C on TSX even for the day ANON 001 has stopped selling today good news hope that stays
whats with the slow selling pressure before the next news release? any thoughts i know it summer but...
I emailed Peter Dickie the President last month, as soon as I saw it. It was just his options expiring by June 30. He is not a Director who is involved in any day to day operations and receives NO salary. Blairman was all over it. I confirmed he is a silent guy just taking some profits. Remember these guys need to make some $ too. it was the only insider sell in the last 12 months. I have been in many juniors where there is is lots of insider buying and selling. a non functional director Doesnt concern me at all
Pershing 49K buy and 2500 sell plus 46500 again today
Blairman hates being wrong, News will come when it comes i guess LOL
No more predictions. lets just keep moving forward to the BFS
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my bad But ya, 200K shares being shorted is nothing lets go July 21 st New Index and new news, and more derisking of the Elk Creek Project ,
Nice post wow only 2000K shares shorted LMAO news coming
we shall see if the Blairman's right hahaha Blairman hates to lose. Over 100K shares traded in the last 55 mins of trading.. nice consolidation here at these levels. see ya monday
Blairman changed his prediction to this Monday on a previous post LOL
which makes sense as News on a Monday is much better for the market and we get the Index Listing started as of Monday July 21 st have a good weekend cant wait till monday
Here we go great things are coming
Over 433K shares traded on TSX V Pershing net 35K bought today love it
I wouldnt be so sure Investor86, Work is progressing well on a new system of using less tonnagage to extract the same amount of Niobium. Maybe we will get some clarity on the process in the next few months
Just my Opinion
just a hunch but may be better on Monday the more I think about it to coincide with our new Index Listing starting on Monday
you beat me, I only bought 5 K at .68 C ;)
read the Bold print. I think we could be on to something big.a new way to extract the NB from other metals than Iron.it would reduce costs significantly
The Associated Press
ELK CREEK, Neb. — The samples of a rare heat-resistant element being collected from beneath southeast Nebraska this summer are improving the chances of a mine being built.
NioCorp Developments said Wednesday that drilling results continue to exceed expectations. Some of the latest niobium samples are of higher quality than most samples from the site near Elk Creek.
The company says it found niobium in locations it hadn't encountered the rare metal before.
NioCorp officials say good progress is being made at developing a method to separate the niobium from other elements.
The U.S. currently imports nearly all the niobium that's used in this country to harden steel and make it more heat-resistant for industrial uses.
NioCorp previously estimated that more than 100 million tons of niobium rests several hundred feet below the ground.
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Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/07/09/5959869/mining-firm-says-tests-of-mineral.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
Blairman predicts news release on 2nd drill result by friday and we derisk the project further just my opinion
09:30:08 V 0.70 0.01 500 85 Scotia 1 Anonymous
09:30:08 V 0.70 0.01 500 85 Scotia 1 Anonymous
09:30:00 V 0.70 0.01 100 57 Interactive 59 PI
09:30:00 V 0.70 0.01 4,000 85 Scotia 1 Anonymous
09:30:00 V 0.70 0.01 6,000 143 Pershing 1 Anonymous
09:30:00 V 0.70 0.01 2,000 99 Jitney 1 Anonymous
09:30:00 V 0.70 0.01 2,000 57 Interactive 1 Anonymous
09:30:00 V 0.70 0.01 6,000 79 CIBC 1 Anonymous
09:30:00 V 0.70 0.01 1,000 14 ITG 1 Anonymous
09:30:00 V 0.70 0.01 15,000 143 Pershing 1 Anonymous
someone is blocking us at 70 cents anon he cant sell forever
the last 2 days over 75% of the sells are from a NON brokerage its from Anonymous seller more buying from scotia, pershing and PI Financial again already today
80K shares traded already at 70 cents
Pre-Market has NB opening up at BID .72C !! 40K shares only 31K on the ASK
thx Dutch123 if you could post weekly as the price climbs that would be great for all to see. My subscription to metal pages ended
the China Report on Niobium is all over the world I've seen it in 7 coutries already and several Investment sites, at $2200 to buy it, It must be very immprPRESS RELEASES 7/15/2014 3:20:00 PM | PRN NewsWire
Global and Chinese Niobium Carbide Industry Report 2014
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DUBLIN, July 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global and Chinese Niobium Carbide Industry Report 2014" report to their offering
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This is a very interesting New Niobium article
Nanoclusters of Niobium Display Non-metallic Properties at Ultra-cold Temperatures
When is a metal not a metal?
The May 23 issue of the journal Science answers that question with an account of the surprising behavior exhibited by nanometer-scale clusters of the metal niobium. When the clusters are cooled to below 20 degrees Kelvin, electrical charges in them suddenly shift, creating structures known as dipoles.
“This is very strange, because no metal is supposed to be able to do this,” said Walter de Heer, a professor in the School of Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology and co-author of the paper published on the topic in Science. “These clusters become spontaneously polarized, with electrons moving to one side of the cluster for no apparent reason. One side of each cluster becomes negatively-charged, and the other side becomes positively-charged. The clusters lock into that behavior and stay that way.”
This ferroelectric phenomenon has so far been observed in clusters of niobium, vanadium and tantalum – three transition metals that in bulk form become superconducting at about the same temperature that the researchers observe formation of dipoles in the tiny clusters. De Heer believes this discovery will open up a new field of research – and provide clues to the mystery of superconductivity.
In bulk metals - and even in niobium clusters at room temperature - electrical charge is normally distributed equally throughout the sample unless an electric field is applied. But in the clusters of up to 200 niobium atoms created by de Heer and collaborators Ramiro Moro, Xiaoshan Xu and Shuangye Yin, that changes when the particles are cooled to less than 20 degrees Kelvin.
The Georgia Tech researchers discovered this “spontaneous symmetry breaking” while searching for signs of superconductivity in the nanometer-scale clusters. It was completely unexpected – and de Heer admits he has no explanation for it.
“When this happens, these particles that are made out of metal atoms no longer behave as if they were metallic,” he said. “Something changes the particles from a metal into something else.”
For the smallest clusters, the strength of the dipole effect varies dramatically according to size. Clusters composed of 14 atoms display strong effects, while those made up of 15 atoms show little effect. Above 30 atoms, clusters with even numbers of atoms display stronger dipole effects than clusters with odd numbers of atoms.
“Structure matters greatly to this process,” de Heer said. “A small change can affect the position of the phase transition rather profoundly, and the exact arrangement of atoms really does matter to these systems.”
He attributes the size sensitivity to the quantum size regime, which is related to restrictions on how electrons can move in very small clusters.
De Heer sees strong “circumstantial evidence,” but no solid proof, that the phenomenon is connected to superconductivity in these metals.
“Our assumption is that superconductivity in the bulk materials has something to do with the spontaneous production of dipole in the small particles,” he said. “At this point, it is circumstantial evidence – the same materials and the same temperature regime, and the odd phase transitions occurring in both. By studying several different metals, we found that those that are superconducting in bulk have this effect, and those that are not superconducting do not have it. That strengthens our belief that this is connected to superconductivity in some way that we don’t yet understand.”
To produce and study the tiny clusters, the researchers use a custom-built apparatus that includes a laser, large vacuum chamber, liquid helium and a specially designed detector able to count and characterize several million particles per hour.
First, a laser beam is aimed at a niobium rod held within the vacuum chamber. Pulses from the laser vaporize the niobium, creating a cloud of metallic vapor. A stream of very cold helium gas is then injected into the chamber, causing the niobium gas to condense into particles of varying sizes. Under pressure from the ultra-cold helium, the particles exit through a small hole in the chamber’s wall, creating a one millimeter-wide jet of particles that passes between two metal plates before hitting the detector.
At intervals one minute apart, the metal plates are energized with 15,000 volts, creating a strong electrical field. The field interacts with the polarized niobium nanoclusters, causing them to be deflected away from the detector. Unpolarized clusters remain in the beam and are counted by the detector
By comparing detector readings while the plates are energized against the readings when no field is applied, the researchers learn which clusters carry the dipole. The continuous production of particles allows de Heer’s research team to gather data on millions of particles during each experiment. By varying the temperature and voltage, they study the impact of these changes on the effect.
So far, they have studied in detail clusters of up to 200 atoms, though de Heer believes the effect should continue in larger clusters, perhaps up to 500 atoms or as many as 1,000.
“This is just the beginning of what will ultimately be a very exciting story,” he said. “We certainly have a lot of work to do.”
The research has been sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense, the National Science Foundation and the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Posted 22nd May 2003
Date Added: Nov 18, 2003 | Updated: Jun 11, 2013
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Scotia Is Long on NB they just bought 80K shares at 70 C
Just saw a Big buy at 70K shares at 70 cents in CDN
The "Calm" Before the storm!! my spider senses are tingling
Even the energy we will need for the mine is cheap. Article in todays lincoln Journal Star news says"
Nebraska is the fifth-least-expensive state for energy, according to WalletHub, a web research organization that specializes in comparison studies.
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WOW ! again today at the close Pershing Securities Buying 40K shares at the ASK 709K shares traded on the various CDN exchanges today !!!!! 2 nd drill results coming very soon IMHORecent Trades - Last 10 of 202
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15:59:59 V 0.70 3,000 1 Anonymous 1 Anonymous
15:59:43 V 0.70 20,000 143 Pershing 1 Anonymous
15:58:17 V 0.70 3,000 143 Pershing 1 Anonymous
15:58:17 V 0.70 2,500 143 Pershing 9 BMO Nesbitt
15:58:17 V 0.70 6,000 143 Pershing 1 Anonymous
15:58:17 V 0.70 8,000 143 Pershing 85 Scotia
15:58:00 V 0.70 2,000 7 TD Sec 85 Scotia
15:48:12 V 0.70 400 143 Pershing 59 PI
15:20:03 V 0.69 -0.01 300 59 PI 57 Interactive
14:54:33 V 0.70 500 59 PI 39 Merrill Lynch