Latest Industrial Applications News

Adelong Gold’s latest drilling at Lauriston validates historic gold grades at Comet and reveals an emerging antimony system at Trojan, signalling potential for a significant gold-antimony corridor in Victoria.

Patagonia Lithium has reported strong assay and porosity results from its Formentera project in Argentina, alongside a successful $2.79 million capital raise that lifts its cash position to $3.4 million. The company is advancing drilling, seismic surveys, and plans for a 1,000 tonne lithium carbonate demonstration plant.

Australian Silica Quartz Group (ASQ) is set to acquire Australian Kaolin, adding a 47Mt inferred kaolin resource at White Swan and launching a $750,000 placement to fund development. The deal hinges on shareholder approval and an Independent Expert’s fairness opinion.

IRIS Metals has fortified its balance sheet with a A$5.5 million placement and is progressing towards an updated lithium-rubidium resource at Beecher while executing a farm-in deal for a tungsten project in Montana, reinforcing its diversified US critical minerals strategy.

Sovereign Metals has delivered a definitive feasibility study (DFS) for its Kasiya Rutile-Graphite Project in Malawi, revealing robust economics, a 25-year mine life, and the potential to become the world’s largest producer of natural rutile and flake graphite, both critical minerals for Western supply chains.

QEM Limited is set to acquire two past-producing critical mineral projects in Idaho, backed by a $2.645 million placement. The move aligns with US efforts to secure domestic supplies of fluorspar, tungsten, and niobium amid global supply chain vulnerabilities.

OD6 Metals has revealed exceptional channel sampling results from its Horseshoe Prospect within the Quinn Fluorspar Project, confirming extensive ultra-high-grade fluorspar mineralisation with grades peaking at 82% CaF2. These findings underscore the project's potential for direct shipping ore and acid-grade fluorspar production.

Hazer Group and KBR have completed a commercial-scale Process Design Package for a 30,000 tonnes per annum hydrogen plant, marking a key step toward industrial deployment of methane pyrolysis technology.

Resolution Minerals has produced a high-purity antimony trioxide intermediate from its Antimony Ridge project using conventional pyrometallurgy, while hydrometallurgical tests progress. The project benefits from US FAST-41 permitting, aiming to establish a local processing hub for critical metals in Idaho.

Resolution Minerals Ltd reports significant 3D modelling results at its Antimony Ridge Mine Project in Idaho, revealing over 100 high-grade antimony-silver veins over a large area. The project has secured FAST-41 status to accelerate permitting and development.

Resolution Minerals Ltd has secured FAST-41 status for its Antimony Ridge project in Idaho, a designation expected to accelerate permitting and development of this critical minerals asset. The move supports the company's integrated U.S. strategy for antimony, tungsten, and gold, enhancing investor visibility and strategic engagement.

Japan Fluorite Corporation has completed its second $5 million tranche investment in the Speewah Fluorite Project, advancing the feasibility study for Australia's first acidgrade fluorspar operation.