Aley is a wholly owned, pre-feasibility-stage carbonatite-hosted niobium project in the Omineca Mining Division of northeastern British Columbia. The carried 2014 study describes a conventional open-pit operation processing 10,000 tonnes per day and producing approximately 9,000 tonnes of niobium annually as ferroniobium over 24 years. Current work is focused on environmental monitoring, product marketing, scaling converter pilot work after production of on-spec ferroniobium in 2025, and a scoping study for high-purity niobium oxides for battery applications. The company currently treats Aley as a longer-term project and does not consider it material.
- Country
- Canada
- Stage
- Feasibility