Wednesday, May 10, 2023 7:22:37 AM
NIOCORPS ELK CREEK MINE will PROCESS & SEPARATE (OXIDES) Niobium, Scandium & Titanium. ALL of which continue to play an important role in establishing Green Hydrogen Energy technologies. (FUEL-CELLS, WATER SEPARATION, HYDROGEN PRODUCTION & STORAGE).
In addition to many other manufacturing possibilities! The need to secure stable U.S. domestic supplies for Private Industry & Defense moving forward to address this need & others. FIRMLY places the ELK Creek Mine & the Critical Minerals it will deliver in a very favorable spot-light moving forward to Production....
Niocorps Elk Creek Mine will mine, process & produce Niobium, Scandium & Titanium at site in Nebraska once financed & constructed. Let's take a look at the ever INCREASING~ Hydrogen ECONOMY~ & some of the roles Niobium, Titanium & Scandium will play...
Sufficiency, sustainability, and circularity of critical materials for clean hydrogen
WB-Hydrogen-Report-2022.pdf (hydrogencouncil.com)
(The aim of the report is to provide estimates for the material requirements of the wide-scale production and use of clean hydrogen across the economy.) THIS IS BEING IMPLEMENTED!
Material intensity of the hydrogen sector
Material composition of technologies:
The material content of technologies involved in the production and consumption of hydrogen such as electrolyzers, steam methane reformers and autothermal reformers, CCS and fuel cells were obtained from companies in the sector via a clean-room process facilitated by the Hydrogen Council. A bill of materials was available for:
• Alkaline electrolyzers (AEL)
• Polymer Electrolyte Membrane electrolyzers (PEMEL)
• Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) (for HDVs and LDVs)
• Reformers with CCS (R+CCS)
This data is proprietary and is thus not explicitly included in this report. Material content for fuel cells, electrolyzers and R+CCS was available for the materials shown in Table 1.
NIOBIUM, TITANIUM & SCANDIUM ARE ALL USED!
SCANDIUM & IRIDIUM Metals needed for hydrogen production could get scarce, German authority warns! Jan. 27, 2023
https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/metals-needed-for-hydrogen-production-could-get-scarce-german-authority-warns/
Key raw materials needed for most types of clean hydrogen production could become scarce and much more expensive, Germany’s Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), has warned, reports Clean Energy Wire.
https://www.deutsche-rohstoffagentur.de/DERA/DE/Downloads/DERA%20Themenheft-01-22.pdf;jsessionid=CEF4AF826D5E40112BEA2B4A96D3ED40.1_cid331?__blob=publicationFile&v=2
THERE APPEARS TO BE STRONG U.S. GOVT. SUPPORT , ALONG WITH MAJOR LABORATORIES, UNIVERSITIES, & PRIVATE INDUSTRIES...
~The U.S. Department of Energy Hydrogen Program ~
https://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/
https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/articles/clean-efficient-and-reliable-power-21st-century-fact-sheet
JUNE 2022~ Fuel Cell Technologies Overview ~ Washington D.C.~
Fuel Cell Technologies Overview (energy.gov)
Section 815a: Clean Hydrogen Manufacturing Initiative Research, development and demonstration projects to advance new clean H2 delivery, storage and use equipment manufacturing technologies and techniques. The Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall give priority to clean hydrogen equipment manufacturing projects that —
A. Increase efficiency and cost-effectiveness in — i. the manufacturing process; and ii. the use of resources, including existing energy infrastructure.
B. Support domestic supply chains for materials and components.
C. Identify and incorporate nonhazardous alternative materials for components and devices.
D. Operate in partnership with tribal energy development organizations, Indian Tribes, Tribal orgs., Native Hawaiian community-based organizations, or territories or freely associated States; or
E. Are in economically distressed areas of the major natural gas-producing regions of the US.
MARCH 2022~ U.S. Department of Energy Hydrogen Activities and Hydrogen Shot Overview ~
https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/articles/us-department-energy-hydrogen-activities-and-hydrogen-shot-overview-fc-expo
ONE YEAR LATER ~MARCH 15, 2023~ DOE Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Remarks~
https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2023-04/hfto-presentation-03152023.pdf
TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE INDUSTRIES
PAJARITO POWDER, LLC Comprehensive Catalyst Products for Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers December 2020
https://niobium.tech/-/media/NiobiumTech/Documentos/Resource-Center/Pajarito-Powder-CH-Award-12072020.pdf
General Motors LLC, Fuel Cell Business May 19, 2020 ~ Durable Fuel Cell MEA through Immobilization of Catalyst Particle and Membrane Chemical Stabilizer ~
NIOCORPS ELK CREEK MINE
https://www.niocorp.com/
THESE RESPONSES FROM NIOCORP ARE VERY RELEVENT! Please see Jim's responses 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?
RESPONSE:
~DEMO RESULTS ARE PENDING MAY 2023!!!!!!!!~PROVING PATENT -PENDING PROPRIETARY PROCESS FOR COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF ALL VIABLE MINERALS AT SCALE!!!!!!!
~ B) Niocorp’s preferred separation method is SX. Are these higher purity processes part of an improved SX process or “something else”?
Sharing Responses from Jim Sims to three relevant questions on 3/13/2023
**Jim-**A) Could you offer comment on What Scope 3 emissions mean for the Elk Creek mine moving forward into production & to the end users utilizing the products being processed at the mine? & Would Niocorp's Scope 3 Carbon Emission Reductions qualify for/as "Carbon Credits" in the context above? Could/Does Niocorp's "Carbon Friendly GHG/ESG" mining processes & work scope qualify for- INNOVATIVE CLEAN ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEES | Department of Energy?
Response:
B) Is/Could an "ANCHOR" Investor/s still have interest in the Elk Creek Project? Comment If you can... (A,B,C,D.... as all options are on the table.)
Response:
C) (Follow up) - Is Niocorp still engaged with "Several Federal Agencies" other than the EXIM Bank as sources for "Debt" or Off-take agreements? Comment if you can...
Response:
Centennial company gets big boost in its plans to mine strategic minerals and metals in the U.S.
Centennial, Colorado, company NioCorp Developments gets big boost in its plans to mine strategic minerals and metals in the United States - CBS Colorado (cbsnews.com)
FORM YOUR OWN OPINIONS & CONCLUSIONS ABOVE!
GO TEAM NIOCORP!
Chico
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