Niocorp Developments Ltd (NB)

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The company made a big deal over it's inclusion last year under "Industrial Use Preparedness". There have also been numerous discussions about it's addition to the stockpile. A recommendation in this year's NDAA would have been a step in that direction.

Ultimately nothing matters in the NDAA. It all comes down to the appropriations bills later this year.

While it's expected that the critical minerals report from the Commerce Department will influence appropriations, the NDAA would have made an ideal starting point for the addition to the stockpile so I am disappointed with the exclusion. Nb was first stockpiled after a recommendation in the NDAA.