NioCorp Engages J.P. Morgan to Assist with EXIM Financing of Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project

CENTENNIAL, CO / ACCESSWIRE / May 23, 2024 / NioCorp Developments Ltd. ("NioCorp" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:NB) is pleased to announce that it has engaged JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ("J.P. Morgan") to assist NioCorp in seeking debt financing supported by the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. ("EXIM") to advance NioCorp's proposed Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project (the "Project").

NioCorp's application for project financing with EXIM made it through the first of EXIM's three Transaction Review Committee (TRC) reviews in October 2023. In April 2024, EXIM provided NioCorp with a preliminary indicative term sheet for possible financing. While JPMorgan is assisting the Company to advance the sought financing to the next level in the EXIM approval process, no loan application is final until EXIM's Board of Directors give its final approval.

"With J.P. Morgan's experience in helping to successfully craft financing packages with EXIM, we are very pleased to be working with them to continue to push our Elk Creek Project to financing and a construction start as rapidly as possible," said Mark A. Smith, CEO and Chairman of NioCorp.

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For More Information: Jim Sims, Chief Communications Officer, NioCorp Developments Ltd., 720-334-7066, [e-mail]

About NioCorp

NioCorp 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 Elk Creek Project. Niobium is used to produce specialty alloys as well as High Strength, Low Alloy 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. Scandium is also a critical component of advanced solid oxide fuel cells. Titanium is used in various lightweight alloys and is a key component of pigments used in paper, paint and plastics and is also used for aerospace applications, armor, and medical implants. Magnetic rare earths, such as neodymium, praseodymium, terbium, and dysprosium are critical to the making of Neodymium-Iron-Boron magnets, which are used across a wide variety of defense and civilian applications. @NioCorp $NB