Niocorp Developments Ltd (NB)

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NEGoodlife; Douginil; They created a Scandium alloy:

https://www.niocorp.com/niocorp-announces-success-in-producing-aluminum-scandium-master-alloy/

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (August 7, 2019) –" NioCorp Developments Ltd. (“NioCorp” or the “Company”) (TSX: NB; OTCQX: NIOBF) is pleased to announce the successful production of an Aluminum-Scandium (“AlSc”) master alloy using a metallurgical process that helps to prove out a commercial pathway to potential production of the master alloy. 

AlSc master alloy was produced at Ames Laboratory’s Materials Preparation Center, located in Ames, Iowa, under the supervision of NioCorp engineers and employing an improved production methodology specified by Tactical Alloys, a firm with over 20 years of experience in the AlSc alloy space. Ames Laboratory is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory recognized as a world leader in the research and development of rare earth and rare metal materials, such as scandium. NioCorp commercially purchased the scandium used to create the master alloy at Ames Laboratory’s Materials Preparation Center."

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(Doug, I think you are the Metallurgist on this MB!)