Latest Critical Minerals News

St George Mining has raised A$60 million through a two-tranche placement led by major shareholder Hancock Prospecting to accelerate development of its high-grade Araxá rare earths and niobium project in Brazil.

Lithium Universe (ASX: LU7) has completed the detailed process flow sheet for a novel hydrometallurgical technology licensed from the University of Edinburgh to extract gold and copper from electronic waste. The low-temperature, reagent-recycling method aims to disrupt traditional smelting with environmental and cost benefits.

Amara Minerals secured a $2.2 million placement at a 25% premium, with Nova Minerals increasing its strategic investment by $500,000. Meanwhile, Nova Minerals completed its redomiciliation to the US, listing on NYSE American and delisting from ASX.

Stelar Metals has identified widespread tungsten mineralisation at its Hill of Leaders Project in the Northern Territory, dispatching samples for assay and preparing for a July drilling campaign.

Rapid Critical Metals has obtained a five-year BC Mines Act Permit for its Prophet River Project in Canada, enabling a maiden drilling campaign targeting critical gallium and germanium deposits amid global supply concerns.

Cobalt Blue Holdings and Glomar Minerals have shortlisted four US sites and begun testwork for Project Infinity, aiming to build the first commercial polymetallic nodule refinery in the United States.

OD6 Metals reveals multi-element assay results from its Quinn Fluorspar Project showing exceptionally low impurities and high fluorspar grades, supporting potential direct shipping Metspar and upgraded AcidSpar products.

Krakatoa Resources is gearing up to resume drilling at its Zopkhito antimony-gold project in Georgia, buoyed by strong 2025 results and a two-year extension to its exploration license.

Vita Resources has raised $2.9 million through a heavily supported share placement to accelerate exploration at its Australian and Canadian projects, while pursuing new gold and critical minerals opportunities.

Centaurus Metals’ Jaguar Nickel Sulphide Project in Brazil gains substantial Pará State tax incentives, including full exemptions and reductions on key operational costs, enhancing the project’s economic outlook ahead of a planned investment decision.

Eclipse Metals has unveiled high-grade fluorite alongside a suite of critical minerals including gallium and rubidium at Greenland’s Ivigtût mine, repositioning the asset beyond its historic cryolite legacy.

Iondrive Limited’s proprietary IONSolv™ process has independently achieved a 93.5% recovery rate for dysprosium from US commercial e-waste, vastly outperforming previous techno-economic assumptions and extending its rare earth extraction capabilities into heavy rare earths.