Latest Niobium Mining News

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.

St George Mining has delivered its most impressive drill results yet at the Araxá Rare Earths and Niobium Project, revealing a new record intercept of 207 metres of continuous high-grade mineralisation from surface. These findings bolster the case for a straightforward open-pit operation and reinforce Araxá’s status as South America’s largest, highest-grade carbonatite-hosted rare earth resource.

Energy Transition Minerals (ASX:ETM) has completed its purchase of the Penouta Tin-Tantalum-Niobium mine in Spain, advancing its ambition to become a key European critical minerals producer with plans to restart operations.

Australian Rare Earths (ASX: AR3) has discovered a promising niobium-rare earth carbonatite system at its Overland Project, marked by significant mineralisation in a single drill hole and linked to a large magnetic anomaly.

Magnum Mining has significantly increased its exploration footprint around the Piracanjuba rare earth clay discovery in Brazil, securing 14 new permits and advancing a major drilling campaign targeting a large-scale deposit.

Magnum Mining has advanced its auger drilling campaign at the Piracanjuba North Target, completing 161 holes over 7.4 km² and preparing for key Exploration Target and JORC Resource milestones later this year.

Energy Transition Minerals (ASX: ETM) has appointed Alexander B. Gray, a former senior US national security official, to its Strategic Advisory Board, enhancing its geopolitical clout and US engagement as it pushes forward with its Greenland rare earths project.

Energy Transition Minerals has released a JORC-compliant Mineral Resource Estimate for its Penouta tin-tantalum-niobium mine in Spain, reinforcing its strategic role in Europe's critical minerals supply chain and setting the stage for a project restart.

Encounter Resources (ASX:ENR) has reported a major 83% increase in the Green deposit’s inferred niobium resource at its Aileron project, lifting the combined inferred mineral resource by 54%. Meanwhile, copper-gold drilling advances in the Paterson Province as the company targets Havieron-style systems.

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.

Magnum Mining and Exploration Limited has initiated a large-scale auger drilling program at its Piracanjuba prospect within the Azimuth Rare Earth Element Project in Brazil, aiming to define an Exploration Target and a JORC Mineral Resource Estimate by late 2026.

St George Mining Limited (ASX: SGQ) has announced exceptional diamond drilling results from its Araxá Rare Earths and Niobium Project in Brazil, including the thickest intercept to date of 178.7m at 4.34% TREO and 0.75% Nb2O5 from surface. These results reinforce Araxá's status as a world-class undeveloped resource with potential for dual revenue streams from rare earths and niobium.