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NioCorp to Participate in Aviation Week's 2025 Defense Conference in Washington, D.C. on May 13-14, 2025
CENTENNIAL, CO / ACCESS Newswire / May 9, 2025 / NioCorp Developments Ltd. ("NioCorp" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:NB) is pleased to announce that it will
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[{"type":"text","content":"CENTENNIAL, CO / ACCESS Newswire / May 9, 2025 / NioCorp Developments Ltd. (\"NioCorp\" or the \"Company\") (NASDAQ:NB) is pleased to announce that it will participate in Aviation Week Network's 2025 Defense Conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on May 13-14, 2025. This annual event attracts senior executives from a broad range of aviation and aerospace companies, in addition to military and civilian leaders, government officials, industry experts, scholars, and representatives of Allied nations.NioCorp Chief Communications Officer Jim Sims will serve on a panel on Wednesday, May 15, at 11:05AM ET focusing on recent actions by China to constrict export to the U.S. of certain critical minerals that are vital to the commercial and defense aviation and aerospace industries, including the heavy rare earth elements dysprosium and scandium. NioCorp intends to produce dysprosium, terbium, and neodymium-praseodymium in separated oxide form at its Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project in Nebraksa.1 NioCorp also plans to produce the critical minerals niobium, scandium, titanium, all of which are either completely or largely imported by the U.S. More information on NioCorp's project can be seen here: https://www.niocorp.comThe panel will be moderated by Matthew Fulco, Business Editor of Aviation Week Network, and will include representatives from Trivium China and the University of California-Davis. The conference's full agenda can be seen here. The conference is in-person only. Registration for the conference is here.# # #FOR MORE INFORMATION:Jim Sims, Corporate Communications Officer, NioCorp Developments Ltd., (720) 334-7066, [email protected]@NioCorp $NB #Niobium #Scandium #rareearth #neodymium #dysprosium #terbium #ElkCreek #China #exportban #PentagonABOUT NIOCORPNioCorp is developing a critical minerals project in Southeast Nebraska that is expected to produce niobium, scandium, and titanium. The Company also is evaluating the potential to produce several rare earths from the Project. Niobium is used to produce specialty alloys as well as High Strength, Low Alloy (\"HSLA\") steel, which is a lighter, stronger steel used in automotive, structural, and pipeline applications. Scandium is a specialty metal that can be combined with Aluminum to make alloys with increased strength and improved corrosion resistance. Sca...