Latest Government Grants News

Australian Rare Earths Limited (ASX: AR3) reported robust progress at its Koppamurra Rare Earths Project, delivering a high-purity Mixed Rare Earth Oxide pathway with near-complete rare earth recovery and improved heap leach performance. Concurrently, the company defined new uranium targets at Overland with drilling imminent, supported by a strengthened balance sheet following a $6 million placement and government grants.

Basin Energy secures A$1.1 million through a strategic placement led by two uranium-sector investors, aiming to accelerate drilling and geophysics at its Sybella Barkly and Newmans projects in Queensland.

Lion Energy has secured funding for its East Seram Bula Karang-1 exploration well, reduced capital risk by divesting its Seram (Non-Bula) PSC stake, and put green hydrogen development on hold pending commercial clarity.

Xamble Group has locked in AUD 700,000 in new contracts and completed its acquisition of YouthsToday, tripling its influencer base and extending its reach to seven Southeast Asian countries.

Tivan Limited has delivered a pivotal feasibility study for its Speewah Fluorite Project, secured tranche funding totalling $16.3 million, and gained recognition from Japan and US governments as a key fluorite supplier. Concurrently, it expanded its portfolio with acquisitions and high-grade discoveries across tungsten and copper-gold projects.

Bass Oil’s March production faced Cooper Basin setbacks from heavy rains and storage limits, but trucking resumed in April with strong prices. Indonesian output remained steady with a sharp 47% price rise. The company is progressing its Vanessa gas field acquisition and Kiwi development with government backing.

Altitude Minerals has completed extensive gravity and passive seismic surveys over its Byrock Project in NSW, validating key copper-gold porphyry targets and setting the stage for follow-up RC drilling in 2026.

Hazer Group has completed a key Process Design Package with KBR, unlocking large-scale commercial potential for its methane pyrolysis technology. The company also signed a non-binding graphite offtake LOI with Green Steel WA and qualified its graphite for concrete and asphalt applications, all while maintaining a solid cash position and reducing cash burn.

Infinity Mining has broadened its alliance with Orivium Global to integrate e-Waste processing with ore recovery at its Cangai project, aiming for near-term revenue via a capital-light plant design.

Iondrive Limited has confirmed over 90% extraction of key rare earth elements neodymium and praseodymium from US commercial samples, exceeding prior economic assumptions and advancing its modular recycling technology toward commercial deployment.

AIC Mines reported a strong March quarter with Eloise copper production exceeding guidance at lower costs amid steady progress on its processing plant expansion and Jericho underground development.

PPK Group’s majority-owned PowerPlus Energy has won a $2.3 million ARENA grant to scale up its Melbourne battery pack manufacturing, aiming to triple production capacity to 150 MWh annually over two years.