NioCorp Developments Ltd. announced the appointment of Fernanda Fenga to its Board of Directors. A former senior executive at the world's largest producer of niobium, Companhia Brasileira Metalúrgica e Mineração ("CBMM"), Ms. Fenga currently serves as a senior advisor to mining companies in Brazil and in the U.S. Previously, she was Legal and Compliance Director at Somos Educação, Brazil's largest basic education company and one of the largest education groups in the world. Ms. Fenga worked for more than nine years at CBMM, where she served as Corporate Superintendent. In that position, she managed the company's legal, compliance, investor relations, public affairs, and corporate risk management departments. She also played an integral role in some of CBMM's largest commercial transactions, two of which were valued at more than $1.9 billion each. Prior to CBMM, she was Senior Manager at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, where she advised clients on corporate restructuring, tax planning, transfer pricing, auditing, tax assessment reviews, and Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance.