Latest Metallurgical Advances News

Pivotal Metals is progressing a mineral resource update and scoping study for its Horden Lake copper project in Québec, targeting a large open-pit operation with strong cashflow potential amid record copper prices.

European Resources has more than doubled its Korsnäs rare earth resource following a successful drilling program and metallurgical advances, underpinning a $3.4 million capital raise to fund further development.

White Cliff Minerals has intersected visual copper sulphides in all five initial drillholes at its Danvers copper deposit in Nunavut, including a significant step-out over 5.2km, validating the Teshierpi Fault Zone as a major copper-bearing structure.

Viking Mines has advanced its Linka Tungsten Project by completing a conceptual process flowsheet that incorporates recent metallurgical results and enables future processing upgrades. Preliminary engineering and cost evaluations are underway ahead of planned drilling in the June quarter.

Elementos Limited has made significant strides in developing its tin and tungsten assets, with progress on Oropesa’s permitting and a major resource upgrade at Cleveland. A $29.5 million strategic placement bolsters its balance sheet for upcoming milestones.

Critica Limited has produced its first commercial-quality Mixed Rare Earth Carbonate at 58% TREO, confirming a refinery-aligned product pathway, while launching a major resource upgrade drilling program at its Jupiter Rare Earths Project in Western Australia.

Fortuna Metals has outlined a substantial exploration target of 180-240 million tonnes at 0.86-1.0% rutile grade at its Mkanda project in Malawi, advancing drilling and metallurgical testing to position itself in a tightening global titanium feedstock market.

OD6 Metals has secured a strategic foothold in the US critical minerals market by acquiring the Quinn Fluorspar Project in Nevada, delivering ultra-high-grade assay results and commencing systematic exploration. Meanwhile, metallurgical progress at its Splinter Rock rare earths project and new copper targets at Gulf Creek underpin a diversified critical minerals portfolio.

Genesis Minerals is set to acquire Magnetic Resources for approximately A$639 million, offering Magnetic shareholders a 25-35% premium. The deal unlocks synergies at the Lady Julie Gold Project, where an updated underground production target extends mine life to 14-19 years with improved economics.

Southern Palladium's latest metallurgical test work from its Bengwenyama PGM Project reveals a doubling in chromite concentrate recoveries and confirms the high-grade nature of its UG2 mineral resource, reshaping project economics and processing design.

Viking Mines has launched a field campaign at its Linka Tungsten Project targeting historical tailings and ore stockpiles as potential near-term, low-capital feed sources, complementing ongoing metallurgical advances and a planned June quarter drilling campaign amid record tungsten prices.

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.