Latest Lodestar Minerals (ASX:LSR) News

Lodestar Minerals has appointed Executive Director Coraline Blaud as CEO, positioning the company to capitalise on its expanding exploration projects across multiple continents.

A brutal split opened up in small caps: a few stocks surged on hard approvals and funding, while many resource names slid even after announcing big numbers. The week’s tape looked simple: investors paid for certainty and sold anything that still needs time, permits, or more cash.

A brutal sell-off in a few small caps did most of the damage this week, even as project funding and resource upgrades kept rolling in. Lithium, rare earths and tungsten news stayed constructive, but traders punished anything that looked like delays, dilution or weaker prices.

Lodestar Minerals has verified xenotime as the dominant heavy rare earth mineral at its Virgin Mountain project in Arizona, highlighting critical elements essential for US defence and clean energy. The discovery positions the project as a strategic domestic source of scarce heavy rare earths.

Lodestar Minerals has intersected visible copper sulphides in its first diamond drill hole at the Three Saints project in Chile, hinting at a potentially significant IOCG-style mineralised system. Assay results are pending, with further drilling planned to explore the extent of mineralisation.

Lodestar Minerals has secured a major drilling contract to advance its Ned’s Creek Gold Project towards a maiden resource estimate in 2026, targeting key prospects with a 10,000-metre program.

Rare earths and gold dominated the tape, with one small-cap rare earth explorer ripping more than 70% on a single drilling headline. Gold producers, meanwhile, kept turning high bullion prices into dividends, buy-backs and bigger balance sheets.

Lodestar Minerals has reported high-grade heavy rare earth element assays up to 3.73% TREO from its Virgin Mountain project in Arizona, significantly surpassing previous results and highlighting its strategic potential in the US critical minerals landscape.

A single drill program in WA delivered a once-a-year spike, while several small caps fell hard after reopening with price gaps. This week also saw big money raised for gold and uranium builds, and a run of resource upgrades across critical minerals.

Lodestar Minerals has acquired sole access rights to the Los Loros copper-molybdenum-gold porphyry project in Chile, setting the stage for a maiden drilling campaign in April 2026. The project features significant historical mineralisation and is strategically located near key infrastructure in a prolific mining region.

Lodestar Minerals has secured a binding option to acquire the Virgin Mountain Heavy Rare Earth Elements project in Arizona and defined a significant gold exploration target at Ned’s Creek, while gearing up for its first Chilean drill program.

Lodestar Minerals has defined its first Exploration Target at the Neds Creek Gold Project in Western Australia, estimating up to 300,000 ounces of gold within an open-pit framework. The company plans a significant drilling campaign in early 2026 to validate and potentially upgrade this target to a JORC-compliant Mineral Resource.