Latest Critical Minerals News

Hawk Resources has locked in $5.87 million through a placement and entitlement offer, backing its push into scandium exploration in Western Australia and copper drilling in the US.

Conico Ltd has applied for two extensive exploration licences in East Greenland targeting rare earth elements and gold-PGE mineralisation, significantly boosting its strategic landholding and critical minerals exposure.

Diamond drilling at Aldoro Resources’ Kameelburg project in Namibia confirms a significant niobium-rich zone extending to the northeastern edge of the carbonatite intrusion, refining the mineralised core’s limits ahead of a resource update.

Core Energy Minerals (ASX:CR3) has confirmed significant rare earth oxides with a high magnetic component in early sampling at its Campo Largo project, setting the stage for systematic drilling this quarter.

Stelar Metals has entered a binding earn-in agreement to acquire 100% of the Hill of Leaders Tungsten Project in the Northern Territory, aiming to leverage surging tungsten prices and its NT development expertise with a planned drilling campaign.

Arafura Rare Earths has secured a binding offtake term sheet with Traxys North America to supply 500 tonnes per annum of NdPr oxide, underpinning its Nolans Project and supporting US critical minerals supply chains.

Tungsten Mining has kicked off on-site preparations for a major drilling campaign at Mt Mulgine, aiming to significantly expand its tungsten resource and potentially define the world's largest deposit.

Rapid Critical Metals has obtained its initial drilling approval for the Webbs Silver Project, setting the stage for an RC drill program targeting extensions of a newly discovered parallel silver lode and existing ore zones.

Evion Group has secured an exclusive option to acquire a high-grade fluorspar project in Nevada, complementing its graphite assets and supported by a $6.5 million capital raise to fund US expansion and exploration.

Larvotto Resources has hit a key operational milestone with first ore delivered from its Metz underground mine to surface stockpiles at Hillgrove, maintaining schedule and budget ahead of plant commissioning in August 2026.

American West Metals has published a detailed JORC 2012-compliant Mineral Resource Estimate for its West Desert Zinc-Copper-Indium-Magnetite Project in Utah, affirming solid resource continuity and robust sampling techniques.

EV Resources’ maiden drilling at Los Lirios reveals a broad, shallow antimony carbonate replacement system with promising high-grade intercepts, setting the stage for a potential bulk-tonnage open-pit development and a maiden JORC resource by Q3 2026.