Latest Critical Minerals News

Nova Minerals has secured a significant US$43.4 million funding award from the U.S. Department of War to accelerate its Estelle Project in Alaska, advancing both gold and antimony development with strong government backing and infrastructure progress.

Australian Strategic Materials (ASM) reports significant progress in rare earth metals production and strategic growth, including a major capital raise and advances in its Dubbo and US projects.

Krakatoa Resources has agreed to sell its non-core Belgravia Project in New South Wales for $350,000, redirecting capital to advance its strategic Zopkhito Antimony-Gold Project in Georgia, a critical minerals asset positioned to serve European markets.

Encounter Resources has extended high-grade niobium and rare earth element mineralisation over 1km east of its initial Green deposit resource, confirming the scale of this critical minerals system in Western Australia.

Everest Metals Corporation has secured mining approvals for its Mt Dimer gold project and initiated resource upgrades at its Mt Edon critical minerals site, while expanding its Revere gold project through strategic acquisition and capital raising.

Sunrise Energy Metals has nearly doubled its scandium resource at the Syerston Project and attracted significant US government financing interest, underscoring the strategic value of its critical minerals assets amid tightening global supply.

Chilwa Minerals has successfully raised A$8.125 million through a private placement anchored by the Mota family office, aiming to fast-track its critical minerals project in Malawi.

West Cobar Metals is advancing its air core drilling program at the Mystique Gold Project, revealing a promising 400m anomalous gold horizon. Full assay results are expected in November, potentially reshaping the project's exploration model.

Great Northern Minerals has completed its strategic acquisition of the Catalyst Ridge Project in California, positioning itself in a key US critical minerals hub with promising rare earth and antimony prospects.

Evion Group has raised $2.3 million through a placement led by US-based Atlas Strategic Assets, aiming to expand graphite production in India and develop new facilities in the US. This move highlights Evion's growing role in critical minerals supply chains for allied industrial and defense sectors.

Sunrise Energy Metals has secured a strategic partnership with Lockheed Martin, granting the defense giant an option to purchase a quarter of scandium production from the Syerston Project over five years, aiming to boost scandium adoption in aerospace and defense.

iTech Minerals reports significant high-grade antimony, gold, and copper discoveries at its Reynolds Range Project, alongside the launch of a lithium joint venture with SQM. The company prepares for targeted drilling following promising geophysical surveys and soil sampling.