Latest Critical Minerals Strategy News

AuKing Mining is proposing to acquire up to a 75% interest in the Qeqertaasaq niobium and rare earths project in West Greenland without an upfront payment. The project carries striking historical grades, but the data is not JORC 2012 compliant and still needs independent verification.

OD6 Metals has secured A$6.92 million from institutional and sophisticated investors to advance drilling, bulk sampling and resource definition at its Quinn Fluorspar Project in Nevada. The funding also sets up a proposed rebrand to Adaven, but brings dilution and a substantial package of shareholder approvals.

Locksley Resources has halted active field exploration across its Mojave antimony and rare earths project after antimony prices fell more than 57% from mid-2025 peaks. The strategic reset came as the company reported a widened FY26 loss of A$15.65 million and shifted attention to copper-gold assets in New South Wales.

American Tungsten & Antimony has paired a sharply higher FY2026 loss with its most consequential strategic step yet: a proposed US mine-to-metal chain anchored by the Del Sol refinery. The acquisition remains unfinished, but the company has produced antimony ingot from Arizona mine material and ended the year with $19.5 million in cash.

Perpetual Resources has warned of material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern after its FY2026 loss more than tripled. The ASX-listed explorer finished the year with A$2.34 million in cash, but remains dependent on further capital raisings to fund Nevada Scheelite and Brazilian exploration.

Sovereign Metals has expanded Kasiya into a potential rutile, graphite and heavy rare earths project, with a rare earths study adding an estimated US$722 million of pre-tax NPV8. The opportunity comes with a sharper execution challenge: Rio Tinto will not become operator, while Sovereign still needs a mining licence, binding offtakes and substantial funding.

Apollo Minerals has completed a 180-line-kilometre airborne magnetic and radiometric survey over its Couflens tungsten-gold project in France, with the work conducted alongside the French Geological Survey. The data is still being processed, but it could help shape the next phase of exploration, including planned underground drilling at the Véronique zone.

Osmond Resources reported a A$7.61 million FY26 loss and warned of a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern, despite holding A$5.50 million in cash. The company is betting its Spanish Orión project can move from exploration into a resource estimate and scoping study in the coming months.

Impact Minerals’ 50%-owned Alluminous project reveals a strong financial case for a staged US high purity alumina plant, projecting a post-tax NPV₈ of A$518 million and a 42.3% IRR under a modular development approach.

Ionic Rare Earths (ASX: IXR) and US Strategic Metals have agreed to a 50-50 joint venture to develop rare earth magnet recycling facilities at a fully permitted Missouri site, backed by US$100 million in funding.

Southern Cross Gold’s latest drilling at Sunday Creek delivers a blistering 972 g/t gold hit at 620 metres depth and pushes high-grade gold-antimony veins closer to surface and further east than ever before.

Nova Minerals has kicked off geotechnical drilling for the West Susitna Access Road after AIDEA approved up to US$25 million in additional funding, aiming to unlock critical mineral development and improve logistics for its Estelle Project and antimony refinery.