Shares of Canadian miner NioCorp NB.O rise 3% to $3.42 premarket
U.S. Department of Defense awards $10 million to Elk Creek Resources, a unit of NB, to develop the country's first domestic scandium supply chain
The funding will support engineering, drilling and feasibility studies which targets near-term production of scandium, niobium and titanium, key materials for defense aerospace systems
As of last close, shares are up 114.2% YTD