Latest Niobium Deposits News

Chilwa Minerals has identified a substantial new heavy mineral sands target at Mpyupyu West in Southern Malawi, resuming drilling with two sonic rigs and preparing an updated resource estimate for its Mpyupyu deposits.

Encounter Resources inks a non-binding MoU with Echion Technologies and Switch Technologies to develop a lithium-niobium battery industry leveraging its high-grade Aileron niobium resource.

WA1 Resources has significantly increased the indicated resource at its Luni Niobium Project to 93 Mt at 1.32% Nb2O5, backed by A$131 million in cash and progressing key development workstreams including permitting and metallurgical testwork.

Oceana Metals is launching a major drilling and re-assaying campaign at its Serra Negra Rare Earths Project in Brazil, aiming for an initial resource estimate later in 2026.

Oceana Metals is set to transform its portfolio with the acquisition of the Serra Negra rare earths and niobium project in Brazil, backed by a $20 million placement to fund aggressive exploration.

Encounter Resources has boosted its Aileron project’s inferred niobium resource by 54%, lifting the total to 120 million tonnes at 0.77% Nb2O5. The 2025 drilling campaign notably grew the Green deposit’s contained niobium by 83%, underpinning plans for a potential long-life mining operation in Western Australia’s West Arunta region.

Forrestania Resources has revealed further high-grade niobium mineralisation from its maiden RC drilling at the Wozi Project, Malawi, validating a large near-surface system with grades up to 0.94% Nb2O5 and confirming the project's critical minerals potential.

Aldoro Resources Ltd (ASX: ARN) has announced assay results from drill hole DD005G at its Kameelburg project in Namibia, confirming 537 metres of continuous rare earth elements, strontium, and niobium mineralisation across the entire carbonatite system including the previously untested central core.

Aldoro Resources has reported a significant 50% increase in rare earth and strontium grades across a 525-meter continuous mineralised interval at its Kameelburg deposit in Namibia, reinforcing the project's scale and potential.

St George Mining has announced a significant 75% increase in the Mineral Resource Estimate for its Araxá Rare Earths-Niobium Project in Brazil, reinforcing its Tier 1 status and underpinning future development plans.

St George Mining reports exceptional diamond drilling results from its Araxá Rare Earths and Niobium Project in Brazil, revealing thick, high-grade mineralisation from surface that supports a significant resource upgrade.

St George Mining reports outstanding high-grade rare earth and niobium assay results from its Araxá Project in Brazil, signaling a significant resource expansion and upgrade. Ongoing drilling suggests the deposit remains open in all directions, reinforcing Araxá’s status as a world-class asset.