Latest Niobium News

Brazilian Rare Earths (ASX: BRE) has reported substantial expansion of its Monte Alto rare earth project with ultra high-grade drilling results and validated low-temperature processing delivering 97% recovery. The company also secured a Trial Mining Licence enabling early production and bulk shipments.

Dreadnought Resources accelerated progress on gold and critical metals fronts in the March quarter, securing mining approvals, expanding its rare earth portfolio, and delivering high-grade drill results at key prospects.

WA1 Resources has delivered a fresh batch of high-grade niobium intersections at its Luni Project, underpinning a Mineral Resource Estimate update due next quarter. The company also maintains a robust cash balance of $131 million as it advances pre-development activities.

Chilwa Minerals has mobilised a second diamond drill rig at its Mpyupyu target in Malawi, accelerating exploration of niobium, rare earths, tantalum, and gallium within a newly identified alkaline syenite intrusion. With over 1,000 metres drilled and key assay results pending, the company is poised for a revised resource estimate in May 2026.

Patagonia Lithium has reported strong assay and porosity results from its Formentera project in Argentina, alongside a successful $2.79 million capital raise that lifts its cash position to $3.4 million. The company is advancing drilling, seismic surveys, and plans for a 1,000 tonne lithium carbonate demonstration plant.

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.

Aldoro Resources has reported a 354.2-meter continuous intercept of rare earth elements and strontium at its Kameelburg project, confirming significant northwest extension of mineralisation and reinforcing the deposit's growing scale.

Great Dirt Resources bolstered its leadership with key industry veterans, secured $1.446 million in funding, and reported promising lithium anomalies at its Pilbara Project, all while renewing its NSW manganese exploration licence.

Agrimin Limited is sharpening its focus on the West Arunta region's critical minerals potential as it steps back from the Mackay Potash Project, executing tenement surrenders and cost controls amid a $1.3 million cash position.

Dalaroo Metals appoints Trystan Hughes as Exploration Manager for Greenland and Western Australia, bolstering expertise as sediment sampling at Blue Lagoon Project reveals elevated zirconium consistent with a sediment-hosted critical minerals system.

QEM Limited is set to acquire two past-producing critical mineral projects in Idaho, backed by a $2.645 million placement. The move aligns with US efforts to secure domestic supplies of fluorspar, tungsten, and niobium amid global supply chain vulnerabilities.

Aldoro Resources has confirmed a major mineralisation extension at its Kameelburg deposit in Namibia, with drill hole DD004E intersecting 387.2 meters of continuous rare earth elements, strontium, niobium, and molybdenum. The Phase II drilling program is complete, setting the stage for bulk sampling.