Niocorp Developments Ltd (NB)

[The_Gman]

$2.3b to build their mine from the Department of Energy (EXIM who with $800 m?). Was already an existing company, Lithium Americas, til they split off Thacker Pass, so they already had investors. LAC got $650m from GM. Lithium gets a lot more media play than Niobium, Scandium, Titanium and the mystery rare earths. Wyoming and Montana get a lot more media play than Nebraska. Maybe it's messaging, or a lack of?

https://lithiumamericas.com/news/news-details/2024/Lithium-Americas-Provides-a-Thacker-Pass-Construction-Plan-Update/default.aspx
https://lithiumamericas.com/investor/laac-separation/default.aspx

I think this happens sooner rather than later. They knew when they applied for the LOI what was required. Well over a year so far, so plenty of time to put a pretty package together with a big bow on it and dot the i's and cross the t's. Everyone NEEDS this. EXIM WANTS this. The Prez WANTS this. Western nations WANT this. Private industry WANTS this. Nebraska WANTS this. Delaware mails out absentee ballots 60 days before the election. That's 9/6. Requiring an updated FS doesn't make sense to me given the steps that have been passed to date, and that could substantially delay this which does the admin no good.

https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/table-7-when-states-mail-out-absentee-mail-ballots