Latest Critical Minerals News

Chilwa Minerals’ Phase I drilling at Mpyupyu West has confirmed a continuous, free-dig saprolite mineralisation from surface across a 17 km² target, advancing the company’s largest heavy mineral sands prospect in Malawi.

Connected Minerals Ltd has successfully raised $4.5 million through a placement, clearing the final hurdle to acquire an 80% stake in the Bailundo carbonatite project in Angola.

Infinity Metals has locked in an exclusive option to acquire 100% of the Tule Canyon molybdenum-copper project in Nevada, a historically explored porphyry deposit with promising drill results and strategic positioning amid soaring molybdenum prices.

Heavy Rare Earths Limited (ASX:HRE) has secured $2.028 million through a placement and entitlement offer to advance drilling programs and a strategic review across its key projects in South Australia and Western Australia.

Ionic Rare Earths (ASX: IXR) has secured $8 million through a placement to back its Belfast Plant commercialisation and US growth plans, supported by a mix of domestic and international investors including a strategic US partner.

Right Resources' Heavy Liquid Separation testwork on a Blue prospect sample yielded a high-grade tungsten concentrate with recoveries up to 81.6%, supporting gravity-based processing options.

Anson Resources has secured a conditional US$357.7 million incentive package proposal from Utah authorities, potentially easing capital and tax burdens for its Green River Lithium Project and enhancing its financial outlook.

EQ Resources (ASX:EQR) posted a July 2026 production surge that lifted revenue to a new high of A$51 million, driven by strong output and prices at its Australian and Spanish mines.

Cygnus Metals has lodged its draft scheme booklet with ASIC, moving closer to a planned acquisition by Central Asia Metals. Regulatory approvals in North Macedonia are complete, with Kazakhstan clearance still pending.

Critica Limited has achieved a roughly 30% reduction in sulphuric acid consumption in the hydrometallurgical circuit of its Jupiter Rare Earth Project, confirmed by independent labs. This milestone complements earlier gains in concentrate grade and rare earth recovery, underpinning a lower-cost processing route ahead of the Q3 2026 scoping study.

Arcadia Minerals has identified multiple promising drill targets at its Tantalite Valley Complex in Namibia, leveraging historical data and new geological modelling. Scout diamond drilling is planned, pending funding, to test these ultramafic-hosted targets with nickel, copper, PGE, lithium, and tantalum potential.

Southern Cross Gold has updated its Sunday Creek project’s Exploration Target to between 3.0 and 4.6 million ounces gold equivalent, supported by ongoing drilling and promising metallurgical results.