Facility

NioCorp Elk Creek

NioCorp's planned critical minerals project in southeast Nebraska, targeting niobium, scandium, and titanium with potential co-production of magnetic rare earths (neodymium, praseodymium, terbium, dysprosium) under evaluation. EXIM Bank issued a letter of interest for up to $800 million in debt financing in March 2023 and advanced the application to independent technical review in February 2025. Pre-construction; financing not closed.

Facts on this page last re-verified Aug 11, 2026 — the oldest verification date among its current claims. How we verify.

Location: Elk Creek, Nebraska, United States

Mining & feedstock

Mine and processing plant (planned)

Announced

Mine and processing plant producing niobium, scandium, and titanium, with potential co-production of magnetic rare earths (neodymium, praseodymium, terbium, dysprosium) under evaluation

Material flow

Rare Earth Ore → NdPr Oxide

Capacity

No capacity claim. Absence of a figure means no source publishes one.

Qualification

No qualification claim. Status does not imply qualified output.

Sources

NioCorp Developments Ltd. · published Mar 6, 2023 · retrieved Aug 11, 2026 · archive
NioCorp Developments Ltd. · published Feb 4, 2025 · retrieved Aug 11, 2026 · archive