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Mining firm resumes drilling at rare mineral site

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ELK CREEK, Neb. (AP) — Drilling is set to resume in southeast Nebraska this week as a Canadian mining firm looks for more evidence of a sizeable deposit of a valuable and rare heat-resistant element used in steel.

NioCorp Developments said Tuesday it has hired West-Core Drilling of Elko, Nevada, to collect more core samples from the niobium deposit near Elk Creek.

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