Latest Niobium Projects News

St George Mining has raised A$60 million through a two-tranche placement led by major shareholder Hancock Prospecting to accelerate development of its high-grade Araxá rare earths and niobium project in Brazil.

Encounter Resources is aggressively advancing its Aileron niobium project in Western Australia with a comprehensive 70,000-metre drilling campaign and a Mining Lease application, underpinning its push toward development.

Aldoro Resources has delivered standout assay results from its Phase II drilling at the Kameelburg Project in Namibia, highlighting extensive high-grade rare earth elements, strontium, and niobium mineralisation that underpin a robust multi-commodity deposit.

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.

St George Mining has restructured its Lithium Star joint venture, with battery giant Amperex Technology Limited exchanging its 10% JV stake for a 12.5 million shareholding in St George at a 36% premium. This move consolidates lithium exploration under St George while giving ATL exposure to the Araxá niobium-rare earths project and offtake rights on future lithium production.

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.

WA1 Resources has boosted the Indicated Mineral Resource at its Luni Niobium Project by 20 Mt, lifting the high-grade subset and reinforcing its global significance in critical metals.

Diamond drilling at Aldoro Resources’ Kameelburg project in Namibia confirms a significant niobium-rich zone extending to the northeastern edge of the carbonatite intrusion, refining the mineralised core’s limits ahead of a resource update.

Power Minerals has kicked off a 3,800-metre diamond drilling campaign at its Morro do Ferro Rare Earths Project in Brazil, aiming to expand high-grade rare earth mineralisation and advance metallurgical studies following recent acquisition completion.

St George Mining’s latest drilling at the Araxá project in Brazil reveals thick, high-grade rare earth and niobium mineralisation extending beyond existing resource boundaries, reinforcing its status among the world’s leading deposits.

Aldoro Resources has unveiled standout high-grade niobium and strontium intercepts from its Phase II drilling at Kameelburg, Namibia, confirming a large, continuous multi-commodity mineral system and opening a potential standalone niobium domain.

Hastings Technology Metals secures 49% of a Thai hydromet plant, aiming for Q4 2026 production using African monazite feedstock, setting a path for early cash flow ahead of Yangibana.