Latest Critical Minerals Supply Chain News

Alvo Minerals has secured an earn-in agreement for a 656-hectare tenement adjacent to its Bluebush Heavy Rare Earth Element project in Brazil, extending its footprint over the prolific Northern Serra Dourada granite.

QEM Limited’s review of the Big It Tungsten Project in Idaho reveals significant untapped high-grade tungsten, antimony, and gold mineralisation with extensive underground workings, setting the stage for a modern exploration campaign amid strategic supply concerns.

Chalice Mining secures independent endorsement of its Gonneville Project environmental approvals plan, reinforcing its timeline for a Final Investment Decision in the first half of 2028.

Andromeda Metals has successfully produced 4N High Purity Alumina (HPA) with 99.9986% purity at continuous pilot scale, marking a crucial step towards commercialisation and customer evaluation under a strategic supply agreement with Traxys.

American Tungsten & Antimony Ltd (ASX: AT4) has kicked off critical wet table trials at its Del Sol Refinery in Nevada, moving closer to producing ammonium paratungstate and antimony flake from domestic sources. Engineering proposals for expanding the plant’s tungsten processing capacity are under review, while the company pursues US government funding and regulatory approvals.

QEM Limited has finalized its acquisition of Idaho-based Big It and Columbite projects, gaining footholds in seven critical minerals including tungsten and niobium, aiming to mitigate US supply chain risks.

Mont Royal Resources has bolstered its funding position with a C$2.22 million tax credit from Quebec, supporting advancement of its Ashram Rare Earth and Fluorspar Project toward a Pre-Feasibility Study.

OD6 Metals consolidates progress across its rare earths, copper, and fluorspar assets with strong resource bases and ongoing development activities in Nevada, Western Australia, and New South Wales.

American Rare Earths has partnered with Novex to tackle the critical oxide-to-metal bottleneck in the US rare earth supply chain, aiming to establish a fully domestic mine-to-magnet value chain from its Halleck Creek Project.

Jindalee Lithium has taken another regulatory step by filing an amended Form S-4 with the US SEC, progressing its plan to spin out US lithium assets via US Elemental and list on NASDAQ.

Venari Minerals has kicked off a 12-hole diamond drilling campaign at its Red Mountain Lithium Project in Nevada to elevate a significant portion of its resource from Inferred to Indicated status, setting the stage for a maiden Scoping Study in early 2027.

Mount Ridley Mines’ first TIMA automated mineralogy study at Grass Patch reveals rare earth elements are locked in discrete phosphate minerals, supporting flotation as a key beneficiation step ahead of leaching and Phase 1 metallurgical testwork.