Latest Critical Minerals Supply News

Tivan Limited has taken significant strides in financing its Speewah Fluorite Project, securing a conditional Letter of Support from Export Finance Australia and moving into the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility’s due diligence phase. These developments mark important progress toward full project funding and highlight fluorite’s rising strategic importance.

Chilwa Minerals reports encouraging metallurgical testwork from its Mposa Deposit, confirming the potential for commercial-grade ilmenite and promising by-products including zircon and rare earth minerals. These findings will shape the upcoming Scoping Study and flowsheet design.

Mandrake Resources reports progress on its Utah Lithium Project, highlighting a 3.3Mt inferred lithium resource and new brine flow modelling to target high-grade zones. The company maintains a strong cash position while exploring strategic growth opportunities.

Green Technology Metals (ASX – GT1) announces a significant maiden Rubidium Mineral Resource at its Seymour Project in Ontario, positioning the company at the forefront of critical minerals supply with a valuable by-product alongside lithium.

Prospech Limited has reported a 90% increase in its Korsnäs rare earth element resource in Finland, alongside progressing key metallurgical test work and exploring promising copper-gold targets in Slovakia.

Southern Cross Gold Consolidated Ltd has reported significant high-grade gold and antimony mineralization extending to 600 metres depth at its Christina prospect, expanding the Sunday Creek project’s strike length to 1.5 km.

Rimfire Pacific Mining has secured $3.5 million through a discounted share placement to accelerate scandium resource development across its NSW projects, signaling renewed momentum after arbitration setbacks.

IperionX has successfully commissioned its Virginia titanium manufacturing campus, secured a substantial U.S. Department of Defense contract, and raised $46 million to fast-track production expansion through 2030.

Iluka Resources has met its full-year zircon-in-concentrate production guidance by mid-2025 while progressing key projects like Balranald and Eneabba amid ongoing global trade uncertainties.

Pivotal Metals has enhanced its Midrim Field exploration announcement by adding detailed assay data and launching an AI-driven program targeting high-grade copper-nickel-PGM deposits in Canada’s Belleterre-Angliers Greenstone Belt. The company aims to leverage historic drilling successes and modern geophysics to unlock new discoveries.

Locksley Resources has confirmed multiple new mineralised trends at its Mojave Critical Minerals Project in California, setting the stage for an expanded drilling campaign in Q3 2025. The company’s detailed structural mapping and 3D geological modelling have refined exploration targets for antimony and rare earth elements, aligning with growing US strategic interests in domestic critical minerals.

American Rare Earths reports strong metallurgical leach recoveries and significantly reduced impurities at its Halleck Creek Rare Earths Project, marking a key step toward economic production of critical rare earth elements in the US.