Latest Manganese News

OM Holdings faced a challenging ferroalloy market in FY2025 but maintained production resilience, secured refinancing, and rationalised its portfolio through key asset sales, while advancing sustainability initiatives.

South32's March quarter saw a tragic fatality at Worsley Alumina and weather disruptions, yet the miner delivered solid operational results and progressed its Hermosa zinc-lead-silver project. Production guidance was mostly maintained, with a notable revision lower for Australia Manganese due to water management issues.

Great Dirt Resources bolstered its leadership with key industry veterans, secured $1.446 million in funding, and reported promising lithium anomalies at its Pilbara Project, all while renewing its NSW manganese exploration licence.

Trek Metals has wrapped up the second tranche of its $15 million placement, issuing nearly 9.7 million shares to directors at 15 cents each after shareholder approval. The move bolsters the company’s capital ahead of its drilling campaign at the Kuro manganese prospect.

Black Canyon has kicked off a substantial 15,000m RC drilling campaign at its Wandanya Project, aiming to define and grow its high-grade manganese and iron resource with first assays due in May 2026.

Element 25 has secured $18 million through a share placement to fund the expansion of its Butcherbird Manganese Project, aiming to increase output to 1.1 million tonnes annually and support its US battery-grade manganese facility.

Midas Minerals has reported a substantial 52m mineralised intercept at its Spaatzu Prospect in Namibia, highlighting widespread high-grade copper and silver mineralisation and advancing its Otavi Copper Project exploration.

Ragusa Minerals has appointed a new director with North American expertise, is gearing up for geophysical surveys at its Purple Pansy manganese-gold project, and is close to completing its acquisition of Pegasus Tel Inc.

Tivan Limited has initiated its 2026 exploration drilling program in central Australia targeting tungsten and fluorite mineralisation at the Molyhil and Sandover projects following regulatory and cultural heritage clearances.

Black Canyon Limited has reported encouraging beneficiation testwork results from its Wandanya manganese project, achieving manganese oxide concentrate grades exceeding 40% using simple density-based methods. The company has also commenced a 15,000m drilling program alongside environmental surveys, progressing the project towards scoping-level economic evaluation.

Octava Minerals (ASX:OCT) has completed its acquisition of the Byro Critical Minerals Project in Western Australia, issuing over 8.5 million shares and 2 million performance rights to vendors, subject to escrow and milestone conditions.

Perenti Limited has appointed Dr Vanessa Torres as its new Managing Director and CEO, succeeding Mark Norwell. With over 25 years of global mining leadership experience, Torres is set to lead Perenti into its next chapter of growth and diversification.