NioCorp Makes Additions to Board of Directors, Advisory Board

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NioCorp Developments (TSXV:NB) has appointed Joe Cecil and Tony Fulton to its advisory board, and will also welcome Lavon Heidemann to its advisory board.

NioCorp Developments (TSXV:NB) has appointed Joe Cecil and Tony Fulton to its advisory board, and will also welcome Lavon Heidemann to its advisory board.

As quoted in the press release:

Joe D. Cecil – Mr. Cecil served as Vice President and Comptroller of Unocal Corporation from December, 1997 until 2005. Mr. Cecil also served as its Principal Accounting Officer. During 1997, Mr. Cecil was Comptroller, International Operations of Unocal Corp. He was Comptroller of the 76 Products Company from 1995 until the sale of the West Coast refining, marketing and transportation assets in March 1997. Mr. Cecil also served on the Board of Directors for Molycorp.

Tony Fulton – Mr. Fulton is a former Nebraska senator, having recently reached his term limit precluding a third-term re-election. Mr. Fulton earned his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nebraska and did graduate work at Kansas Newman University in Wichita, Kansas and Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmittsburg, Maryland. He is a Professional Engineer Emeritus with background in the energy and manufacturing sectors – a famous project he designed was the energy recovery system at the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, at the time the world’s tallest building. For the past 18 months, he has served on NioCorp’s Advisory Board, providing extensive support, assistance and guidance both locally in Elk Creek, and in the Nebraska capital of Lincoln. Mr. Fulton, a business owner and life-long Nebraskan from near the Elk Creek area, resides with his family in Lincoln.

Niocorp CEO, Mark Smith, said:

We are very pleased with the addition of Joe Cecil and Tony Fulton to our Board of Directors. Joe brings some of the highest accounting ethics, principles and qualifications possible to our company and Tony brings great state and local connections as well as technical expertise. The addition of Lavon to our Advisory Board provides another great locally known person who understands the project and its’ positive impacts to the State of Nebraska. All of these changes coincide perfectly with the rapid advancement of our technical programs and the overall project.

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