Niocorp Developments Ltd (NB)

[chico237]

PM- Wonderful Find! I was not aware of Beghelli! Very cool!
Niocorp's -Higher purity Niobium & Titanium might both play an important role in future batteries, as well as a host of other end uses for all the Critical Minerals it will produce.
(Repost) Please see Jim's response to questions posed for comment-3/17/2022
A) Could you comment on what the production of higher purity niobium & titanium could be utilized for once realized?

If the higher purity niobium and titanium intermediates that L3 was able to produce at bench-scale are replicated and proven at demonstration scale, this would put us in a position to more easily move to other products beyond those outlined in our 2019 Feasibility Study. Niobium oxide for use in Li-Ion batteries is one possible example, although the production of that product would require additional processing steps beyond the higher-purity niobium intermediate that we discussed in last week’s news release. The company is not yet in a position to make a determination on whether or not, and when, to possibly expand our Niobium product offering. Higher grade TiO2 could expose us to additional markets where higher margins could be obtained. But, again, we are not in a position to speak to those possibilities in any detail yet.

B) Niocorp’s preferred separation method is SX. Are these higher purity processes part of an improved SX process or “something else”?

No, the processes we recently discussed occur in the earlier stages of the flowsheet, prior to any SX processing. We look forward to unveiling those details once these processes are verified at the demonstration plant level and once all associated work needed to complete an updated Feasibility Study is completed.

(Search Toshiba & Nyobolt & a few others...including Beghelli! )
Using Niobium Titanium Oxide (NTO) as a next-generation anode material
https://www.global.toshiba/ww/products-solutions/battery/scib/next/nto.html

SUPERB LITHIUM TITANATE BATTERY LTO
https://www.lithium-titanate-battery.com/lithium-titanate-batteries/


During the REPLAY: NioCorp Live Investor Update Webcast of May 25, 2022
https://www.niocorp.com/replay-niocorp-live-investor-update-webcast-of-may-25-2022/
~Scott states the Simplified Flowsheet - (Roasting ore under low temp.) the process utilizes ammonium carbonate/carbonic acid/supercritical CO2 removing the calcium & magnesium from the ORE "PRIOR" to SX. Turning the Ca & Mg into MgCO3- magnesium carbonate & CaCO3 Calcium Carbonate & an Fe product~ (These are interesting new additions & can be used for cement, fertilizer, steel & more.....)
***We may also see Improving Recovery Rates for Nb, Ti, Sc, & REE's? T.B.D.

FORM YOUR OWN OPINIONS & CONCLUSIONS:
My "To Do List" is getting shorter!
a) Complete all Demo-Testing & announce results for all "Products!" (ZZZzzzzz waiting for material news as it becomes availabe! )
b) Independently verify all results & release an updated/amended 2022 F.S. with all economics/numbers$$.
In addition to proving out all viable products any new mine needs to be as ESG & GHG friendly as can be. (New mining laws (GHG) are going into effect!)
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP)
https://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting
https://www.energy.gov/fecm/office-carbon-management
(I would imagine any new mine being considered for construction would need to BE or BECOME as "Carbon Neutral" as possible moving forward?)
c) A "Substantial Finance$$" by (A,B,C,D,E... or any combination of methods to kick off construction.

Front row with many!

Chico