NioBay Metals Inc. announced the awarding of a grant as part of the 2nd call for projects for critical and strategic minerals for its Crevier niobium & tantalum project (the ?Crevier Project?). The Crevier Project is located approximately 50 km north of the town of Girardville and approximately 150 km from the Niobec mine. It is located in the Nitassinan (or ancestral territory) of the Pekuakamiulnuatsh, whose main population center is Mashteuiatsh.

The grant is awarded by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests and the ?Consortium de recherche et d?innovation en transformation métallique (CRITM)?. The title of the project is: ?Demonstration of the niobium-tantalum concentration process on a pilot scale and production of niobium and tantalum oxides from the Crevier Project deposit located in the Lac St-Jean region?. The work will be carried out entirely in Québec in collaboration with various partners in this project.

The Crevier Project will focus exclusively on the production of niobium oxide for battery manufacturers as well as tantalum oxide for high-tech applications.