Replies to post #82048 on Niocorp Developments Ltd (NB)

[theroc66]

Love it Crit!
This is very unequivocal language from Mark and Scott regarding the upcoming production, the level of purity of said minerals and the benefits associated with the industrial use of the downstreamed metals and oxides.
Thank you for the highlights

GLTAL
AR.

[NorCalTommy]

great summary Crit! good catch on the keywords... got goose-bumps reading that..... brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Fire up the furnace!! and throw a log on!!

chugga chugga chugga....

NCT

[NorCalTommy]

great summary Crit! good catch on the keywords... got goose-bumps reading that..... brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Fire up the furnace!! and throw a log on!!

chugga chugga chugga....

NCT

[AlwaysOptimistic]

Great observations Crit. Thanks for sharing.

My take. Mark Smith looks very serious and determined. Good interview. Affirming responses.

[chico237]

Appreciated Crit! Niobium & Titanium oxides for batteries ~"dots"~ tie directly into Toshiba, CCBM & a few new others like Nyobolt. Toshiba is far along in the process.
(Wonderful catch Crit I had to go back & listen to that again! Three times even lol!)

Also ties into Jims responses:
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.

(Give em a chance to finish!!! REE's, Niobium, Scandium, Titanium & some interesting kickers!..... just look at Grunt's numbers!$$$ excited here!)
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.

Knowing the last remaining 25% of Niobium production has still not been palced under contract & the possibility for govt. cheese in additon to (A,B,C,D,E... methods towards a finance...)

Yep...I'm waiting with many here bro! "Go team Niocorp!

Chico