# NIOB completes 2026 drill program at Bardy

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/niob-completes-2026-drill-program-at-bardy--a10cb300-5ff0-49c3-ae6a-8c7f05380831

Original source: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/07/28/3334145/0/en/niob-completes-2026-drill-program-at-bardy.html

Publisher: globenewswire

Original announcement: 2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: North American Niobium and Critical Minerals Corp.

- Ticker: NIOB

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: Quebec

- Primary commodity: Niobium

- Secondary commodities: Rare earth elements

- Document categories: Drill results, Other

- Extracted: 2026-08-20 19:42:02 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.30 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

NIOB has completed its 2026 drill program at the Bardy property in Quebec, with all eight holes intersecting targeted pegmatite dykes. While visual logging identified rare-earth bearing minerals like allanite, quantitative assay results are still pending.

Reasoning: The company reports successful intersection of target pegmatites across all holes, but the news is purely qualitative visual logging; actual economic value depends on pending assays.

- Positive factor: visual identification of allanite

- Positive factor: all eight holes intersected target

- Negative factor: assays are pending

- Negative factor: visual observations only

- Negative factor: no quantitative grades reported

Low confidence — this extraction should be reviewed alongside the original source.

Facts used in scoring: 2

## Classification and evidence

**QA/QC Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Release includes QA/QC disclosure — certified lab, QP sign-off, or stated methods \(blanks, standards, duplicates\).

Why it applies: The release mentions assays will be verified against certified reference materials, blanks, and duplicates by a QP.

Evidence · text

> verified against the Company's QA/QC protocols \(certified reference materials, blanks and duplicates\) by a Qualified Person

**Apparent Width Only**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Interval given as downhole width with no true width or drill orientation — apparent width may overstate true thickness.

Why it applies: The document explicitly states that pegmatite widths reported are downhole lengths and not true widths.

Evidence · text

> Pegmatite widths reported are drill-core \(downhole\) lengths and not true widths.

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Drill Results (2)

### BBY-2026-006

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/niob-completes-2026-drill-program-at-bardy--a10cb300-5ff0-49c3-ae6a-8c7f05380831#fact-drill-facts-0)

Bardy · niobium

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: BBY-2026-006
- Project: Bardy
- Commodity: niobium
- Region: canada\_qc
- Reported Region: Quebec
- Ticker: NIOB

#### Geometry

- Intercept: 8 m
- From: 139.7 m
- To: 147.7 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Mining Method: unknown

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: SGS Canada Inc.
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: certified reference materials, blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: This is a restatement of a previously reported interval and contains no new assay data.

- Negative factor: historical restatement

### BBY-2026-006

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/niob-completes-2026-drill-program-at-bardy--a10cb300-5ff0-49c3-ae6a-8c7f05380831#fact-drill-facts-1)

Bardy · rare earth elements

Historical result

Needs review: historical\_restatement

#### Identity

- Hole ID: BBY-2026-006
- Project: Bardy
- Commodity: rare earth elements
- Region: canada\_qc
- Reported Region: Quebec
- Ticker: NIOB

#### Geometry

- Intercept: 0.2 m
- From: 139.7 m
- To: 147.7 m

#### Classification

- Program: exploration
- Sample Type: drill
- Mining Method: unknown

#### QA/QC

- Laboratory: SGS Canada Inc.
- QA/QC Disclosed: Yes
- Lab Certified: Yes
- QP Signed: Yes
- QA/QC Methods: certified reference materials, blanks, duplicates

#### Review

- Needs Review: Yes
- Review Reason: historical\_restatement
- Interp. Status: scored
- Historical: Yes

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: This is a restatement of a previously reported interval and contains no new assay data.

- Negative factor: historical restatement

## How Atlas produces this analysis

Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. Sentiment reflects the extracted narrative and classification rules; it is an interpretation, not a reported measurement. Evidence quotes and context are provided where available. Missing data, low-confidence results, and review flags indicate limitations. Check the original publisher announcement before relying on an interpretation.