Mark Smith

CEO & President

NioCorp Developments

NASDAQ: NB

Mr. Smith joined NioCorp as CEO and Chairman in 2013. He has 40+ years of experience in the mining and mineral processing industries. Formerly, he was President, CEO & Director of Molycorp; CEO and Director of Largo Resources; CEO and President of Chevron Mining; and Director of Companhia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltd. (“CBMM”), the largest niobium producer in the world. He has led efforts that raised more than $3 billion for previous mining and manufacturing projects.

Mr. Smith also serves as CEO and Chairman of IBC Advanced Alloys and US Vanadium LLC. He holds a B.Sc. degree in engineering from Colorado State University and a J.D. (cum laude) from Western State University, College of Law.

Sessions & Presentations

Fireside Chat

Project Vault: Building America’s Strategic Critical Minerals Reserve

Project Vault represents a new approach to strengthening U.S. critical minerals security by bringing government financing, private capital, commodity markets, and industrial demand together. This panel will examine how the initiative will translate into real-world mineral procurement, strategic stockpiling, and supply-chain resilience. Speakers will explore the role of government and industry, opportunities for investors and producers, and whether Project Vault can create the long-term market signals needed to accelerate domestic and allied critical minerals production and processing.