# NioBay Achieves ~99.6% Niobium Oxide \(Nb?O?\) and 99.98% Tantalum Oxide \(Ta?O?\) in the manufacture of final oxides from Crevier&\#xA0;

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/niobay-achieves-99-6-niobium-oxide-nb-o-and-99-98-tantalum-oxide-ta-o-in-the-man--48600aab-0bb9-42e0-a5d6-93771920fc0d

Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/NBY/news/7018756173245211/niobay-achieves-99-6-niobium-oxide-nb-o-and-99-98-tantalum-oxide-ta-o-in-the-man

Publisher: tmx

Original announcement: 2026-08-04T13:00:00.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: NioBay Metals Inc.

- Ticker: NBY

- Exchange: TSX

- Region: Quebec

- Primary commodity: Niobium

- Secondary commodities: Tantalum

- Document categories: Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-08-20 18:57:40 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

NioBay Metals Inc. has successfully produced high-purity niobium oxide \(~99.6%\) and tantalum oxide \(~99.98%\) through a calcination and hydrometallurgical process at the Crevier Project. These results confirm the effectiveness of the purification process and meet the specifications required by potential customers for battery and superalloy applications.

Reasoning: The achievement of ~99.6% Nb2O5 and ~99.98% Ta2O5 purity is a significant technical milestone for the Crevier project, moving it closer to commercial product specifications.

- Positive factor: High purity achieved

- Positive factor: Meets customer specifications

- Positive factor: Successful calcination process

Facts used in scoring: 4

## Classification and evidence

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.

Why it applies: Achieved near 100% purity in final oxide manufacture.

Evidence · text

> Achieves ~99.6% Niobium Oxide \(Nb2O5\) and 99.98% Tantalum Oxide \(Ta2O5\)

**QP/CP Signed**

Polarity: positive

Story-specific tag

Definition: Qualified Person \(QP\) or Competent Person \(CP\) named and signed off — a member of a recognized professional association \(e.g., AusIMM, SME, AIG, P.Geo\) with relevant experience.

Why it applies: Jean-Sébastien David, P.Geo., is named as the Qualified Person.

Evidence · text

> reviewed and approved by Jean-Sébastien David, P.Geo., a “Qualified Person”

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 4. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Metallurgical Results (4)

### Fact 1

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/niobay-achieves-99-6-niobium-oxide-nb-o-and-99-98-tantalum-oxide-ta-o-in-the-man--48600aab-0bb9-42e0-a5d6-93771920fc0d#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

niobium

#### Identity

- Commodity: niobium
- Ticker: NBY

#### Test Work

- Sample: NbP-02 Calcined residue

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 99.6312 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Conc. Grade: 99.6312
- Conc. Grade Unit: %

#### Lab

- Laboratory: SGS Canada Inc.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Achieved extremely high purity of 99.63% Nb2O5.

- Positive factor: Exceptional purity

Evidence · table

> 99.6312

Context: NbP-02 Calcined residue

### Fact 2

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/niobay-achieves-99-6-niobium-oxide-nb-o-and-99-98-tantalum-oxide-ta-o-in-the-man--48600aab-0bb9-42e0-a5d6-93771920fc0d#fact-metallurgical-facts-1)

tantalum

#### Identity

- Commodity: tantalum
- Ticker: NBY

#### Test Work

- Sample: NbP-02 Calcined residue

#### Recovery

- Conc. Grade: 0.021
- Conc. Grade Unit: %

#### Lab

- Laboratory: SGS Canada Inc.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Trace tantalum content in the niobium-focused sample.

Evidence · table

> 0.0210

Context: NbP-02 Calcined residue

### Fact 3

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/niobay-achieves-99-6-niobium-oxide-nb-o-and-99-98-tantalum-oxide-ta-o-in-the-man--48600aab-0bb9-42e0-a5d6-93771920fc0d#fact-metallurgical-facts-2)

tantalum

#### Identity

- Commodity: tantalum
- Ticker: NBY

#### Test Work

- Sample: TaP-01 Calcined residue

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 99.9786 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test
- Conc. Grade: 99.9786
- Conc. Grade Unit: %

#### Lab

- Laboratory: SGS Canada Inc.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Achieved extremely high purity of 99.98% Ta2O5.

- Positive factor: Exceptional purity

Evidence · table

> 99.9786

Context: TaP-01 Calcined residue

### Fact 4

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-staging.minestarters.com/news/niobay-achieves-99-6-niobium-oxide-nb-o-and-99-98-tantalum-oxide-ta-o-in-the-man--48600aab-0bb9-42e0-a5d6-93771920fc0d#fact-metallurgical-facts-3)

niobium

#### Identity

- Commodity: niobium
- Ticker: NBY

#### Test Work

- Sample: TaP-01 Calcined residue

#### Recovery

- Conc. Grade: 0.0278
- Conc. Grade Unit: %

#### Lab

- Laboratory: SGS Canada Inc.

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Trace niobium content in the tantalum-focused sample.

Evidence · table

> 0.0278

Context: TaP-01 Calcined residue

## How Atlas produces this analysis

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