Latest Critical Metals News

Explorers led the Materials tape as fresh drill stories and new ground deals pulled buyers into small caps. Big miners still delivered, but the loudest moves came from companies offering investors a near-term catalyst.

Axel REE is fast-tracking field recovery trials at its Caladão Project, leveraging proven in situ recovery methods and a rare gallium resource to position itself uniquely in the critical minerals space.

South32 Limited reported a 29% rise in profit for the half year ended December 2025, driven by higher base and precious metals prices and solid operational performance. The company declared a fully-franked interim dividend and maintained its FY26 production guidance, while advancing key projects and managing portfolio transitions.

Golden Deeps Ltd has intersected strongly mineralised copper-zinc zones below high-grade gossans at its Graceland Prospect in Namibia, revealing promising ‘Tsumeb-type’ sulphide targets. New geophysical surveys have identified multiple chargeability anomalies, setting the stage for deeper drilling campaigns.

Terra Metals has confirmed a substantial new titanium-vanadium-gallium mineralised system at its Southwest Prospect, dramatically expanding the Dante Project’s resource potential with critical metals now in focus.

Podium Minerals has appointed mining heavyweight Neal Froneman as Non-Executive Chairman, alongside key executive promotions, setting the stage for accelerated development of its Parks Reef PGM Project in Western Australia.

Axel REE Limited reports breakthrough metallurgical test results from its Caladão Project in Brazil, achieving over 96% recovery of magnetic rare earth oxides using hydrochloric acid leaching. This milestone supports a dual-path development strategy combining low-cost in situ recovery with a longer-term acid leach option.

Critical Metals Corp has released final assay results from its 2025 drilling program at Greenland’s Tanbreez Rare Earths Project, confirming broad and consistent rare earth mineralisation with promising resource growth potential.

Stellar Resources has completed the acquisition of the Granite Tor Tin Project, significantly expanding its presence in Tasmania’s renowned tin province and reinforcing its development pipeline alongside the Heemskirk Project.

Sky Metals has revealed significant new tin mineralisation extensions at its Tallebung project in NSW, confirmed by recent drilling and surface sampling. The company is advancing a major resource update, signalling strong growth potential.

A single exploration name blew the doors off the leaderboard, while two well-known uranium plays and a Nevada explorer sank hard. Behind the noise: deals got closer to completion, big raisings reset prices, and several “good news” gaps didn’t survive the week.

Rapid Critical Metals has reported additional bonanza-grade silver intercepts from its latest drilling at the Webbs Silver Project, reinforcing the presence of multiple high-grade mineralised structures and promising exploration upside.