Latest Garnet Abrasives News

Pure Resources has moved its Garnet Hills strategy from concept towards laboratory validation, with heavy rare earths recovered into solution, CNTF fabrics manufactured in-house and garnet meeting key abrasive standards. The milestones remain early-stage, with no quantified rare earth recovery or commercial revenue reported.

Pure Resources finished 2026 with $3.67 million in cash and no debt after raising $4.7 million, but its annual loss widened as it shifted from explorer to a Garnet Hills-led advanced materials platform. The company is now pursuing garnet abrasives, jumbo flake graphite and heavy rare earth recovery through US research and defence partnerships.

Pure Resources has appointed Vice Admiral Michael Noonan AO, retired Chief of the Royal Australian Navy, to its Advisory Board for a year-long term, bolstering its defence strategy and engagement with Australian and allied government agencies.

Pure Resources and Rice University have secured 'Awardable' status on the DARPA ERIS Marketplace for their advanced Carbon Nanotube Fibre 3D thermal management technology, positioning them for potential US Department of Defense contracts.

Pure Resources has appointed retired Vice Admiral Jeff Trussler to its advisory board, leveraging his deep US Navy and national security networks to accelerate US government funding and integration of its advanced materials into defence supply chains.

Pure Resources has appointed retired US Navy Vice Admiral Jeff Trussler to its advisory board, aiming to fast-track US government funding and integration of its advanced materials into defence supply chains.