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Cadoux Ltd has cleared a critical technical and commercial hurdle by qualifying its premiumHPA® high purity alumina for use in the EU-backed SAFELOOP electric vehicle battery project, opening doors to potential offtake deals and boosting its standing in the critical minerals market.

Critica Limited’s Jupiter Rare Earth Project pilot plant has delivered a significant beneficiation breakthrough, upgrading feed to a ~3% TREO intermediate concentrate with strong magnet rare earth recoveries and substantial mass rejection.

VRX Silica’s updated 2026 Bankable Feasibility Study for Arrowsmith North confirms robust economics with an ungeared NPV8 of A$179.2 million and binding offtake contracts securing nearly 1 million tonnes annually.

Sovereign Metals has verified that its Kasiya project hosts monazite concentrates rich in critical heavy rare earths Dysprosium, Terbium, and Yttrium, with oxide ratios far exceeding global benchmarks. This discovery could add a valuable by-product stream at near-zero incremental cost, enhancing the project’s economics amid growing Western supply chain security concerns.

Element 25 is recalibrating its US battery-grade manganese project amid evolving electric vehicle battery technologies, while maintaining focus on its Butcherbird expansion in Western Australia.

Mont Royal Resources has identified significant high-grade fluorspar mineralisation up to 39.8% CaF2 at its Mallard Prospect, located just 1.4km from the flagship Ashram Deposit in Québec. The discovery highlights expanding fluorspar potential amid tightening global markets and China's shift to net importer status.

Ionic Rare Earths (ASX: IXR) has secured binding agreements to supply critical rare earth oxides to US-based Advanced Magnet Lab, supporting domestic production of permanent magnets for defence applications under a US Defense Logistics Agency contract.

Dalaroo Metals gears up for its largest and most integrated exploration program at Blue Lagoon, combining onshore and offshore techniques to probe critical minerals in southern Greenland.

White Cliff Minerals has landed a CAD$250,000 exploration grant from Nunavut’s government to fund a 6,000m drilling campaign at the Danvers deposit, reinforcing the Rae Copper Project’s potential in a Tier-1 mining jurisdiction.

Nova Minerals CEO Christopher Gerteisen highlighted progress on the Estelle Project at the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference, emphasizing the company’s role in establishing a US domestic antimony supply chain backed by US$43.4 million in government funding.

PMET Resources has secured crucial non-binding letters of support from Export Development Canada and Germany’s KfW IPEX-Bank, marking a key step toward financing its Shaakichiuwaanaan critical minerals project in Quebec ahead of an updated feasibility study.

Parkway Corporate has teamed up with Hitachi to develop modular ultra-high brine concentration systems, crucial for its flagship Queensland Brine Management Complex project aimed at transforming industrial waste brine into green chemicals.