Latest Metallurgical Testwork News

Narryer Metals has uncovered a new scandium-rich project in Western Australia’s Great Southern region, with historic drilling showing promising grades over a 1.7km strike. The Pingrup Project complements its Rocky Gully asset and could position the company as a notable scandium supplier.

Black Canyon has confirmed a 400-metre southern extension to its Wandanya manganese project, delivering multiple high-grade manganese intercepts and advancing towards a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate in September 2026.

Australian Rare Earths (ASX: AR3) has successfully commissioned and begun pilot-scale processing of 30 tonnes of ore at ANSTO’s Sydney facility, producing high-purity rare earth oxide samples to support commercialisation and a bankable feasibility study.

St George Mining has delivered a major upgrade to its Araxá Project in Brazil, increasing measured and indicated resources by 155% and confirming the world's largest undeveloped niobium resource alongside rare earths.

MRG Metals has secured $800,000 through a placement and board commitment to accelerate development at its ultra high-grade Garies Rare Earth Project in South Africa and advance exploration in Mozambique.

Wia Gold’s Kokoseb Gold Project in Namibia jumps to 3.78 million ounces in updated resource estimate, unveiling a maiden underground inferred resource and reinforcing its development potential.

Sentinel Metals’ first diamond drill hole at Montana’s Columbia Project reveals a robust 46.8m intercept averaging 5.5 g/t gold, including a standout 13.5m at 16.6 g/t, confirming mineralisation extends into fresh rock below historical drilling depths.

Flynn Gold is kicking off a 2,500m drilling campaign at its Brilliant Prospect in northeast Tasmania, aiming to convert promising trench assay results into a formal Mineral Resource and fast-track project development.

Stavely Minerals has released a comprehensive Scoping Study for its Thursday’s Gossan and Cayley Lode deposits in western Victoria, outlining a 13-year open pit copper-gold-silver operation with strong financial metrics and a 4Mtpa processing plant.

West Cobar Metals is fast-tracking its scandium exploration at the Salazar Project in Western Australia, targeting higher-grade zones with aircore drilling planned for late 2026 alongside advancing metallurgical testwork.

EV Resources has secured its first binding five-year ore supply agreement with Chinantla, underpinning its Proof-of-Concept antimony processing campaign at Tecomatlán and advancing its regional hub strategy.

Mount Ridley Mines’ first TIMA automated mineralogy study at Grass Patch reveals rare earth elements are locked in discrete phosphate minerals, supporting flotation as a key beneficiation step ahead of leaching and Phase 1 metallurgical testwork.