NioCorp Receives Preliminary Indicative Term Sheet from U.S. Export-Import Bank on Potential $800 Million Debt Financing

CENTENNIAL, CO / ACCESSWIRE / May 6, 2024 / NioCorp Developments Ltd. ("NioCorp" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:NB) announces that it has received a preliminary, non-binding indicative financing term sheet from the Export-Import Bank of the United States ("EXIM") as part of a Preliminary Project Letter ("PPL") conveying EXIM's initial due diligence findings to NioCorp on its application for $800 million in debt financing from EXIM for the Elk Creek Critical Minerals Project.

Along with the preliminary indicative term sheet, the PPL provides a summary of EXIM's initial due diligence findings of the Project. Management is working with EXIM to continue to advance the project through the next stages of EXIM's due diligence and loan application process.

"While it is not possible to estimate how long the application process will take, I remain very pleased and appreciative of the very focused engagement and constructive feedback that EXIM is providing to us in order to continue advancing our application for financing from the bank," said NioCorp CEO and Chairman Mark A. Smith. "I continue to be impressed with the EXIM staff's dedication and professionalism in helping NioCorp advance through this loan application process."

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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