Latest Rare Earth Elements News

Australian Strategic Materials has closed its Share Purchase Plan substantially oversubscribed, raising nearly four times its target to accelerate key growth projects including US expansion and ramping up its Korean Metals Plant.

Gold Mountain Limited has outlined a significant Exploration Target at its Irajuba Prospect in Brazil, confirming high-grade rare earth mineralisation and setting the stage for imminent diamond drilling.

Connected Minerals reports promising uranium grades from its maiden drilling at Namibia’s Etango North-East project, aligning closely with nearby world-class deposits, while advancing rare earth exploration in Western Australia.

American Rare Earths is progressing its Halleck Creek Rare Earths Project with multiple mineral processing optimisation tests, ordering critical equipment for a demonstration plant, and initiating test mining to secure bulk samples.

Magnum Mining & Exploration has completed key acquisitions of copper-gold projects in the USA and a rare earths package in Brazil, while raising $0.5 million through a recent entitlement offer to fund exploration and development.

Aldoro Resources has confirmed that mineralisation at its Kameelburg project in Namibia now extends 1,350 meters east-west, with high-grade assays from recent drilling underpinning the upcoming maiden resource estimate.

Talisman Mining ramps up exploration in New South Wales with new gold targets and advances its Mabel Creek IOCG project in South Australia, supported by strong financials and ongoing drilling programs.

Australian Rare Earths Limited (ASX, AR3) reports strong progress in rare earth recovery and uranium exploration, alongside a successful capital raise and strategic U.S. government registrations.

Metallium Ltd has completed a A$50 million institutional raise, secured a Texas site, and validated its commercial Flash Joule Heating reactor, setting the stage for its first U.S. metals recovery plant commissioning by year-end 2025.

Locksley Resources has confirmed multiple new mineralised trends at its Mojave Critical Minerals Project in California, setting the stage for an expanded drilling campaign in Q3 2025. The company’s detailed structural mapping and 3D geological modelling have refined exploration targets for antimony and rare earth elements, aligning with growing US strategic interests in domestic critical minerals.

Osmond Resources has verified monazite as the dominant rare earth mineral at its Orión Project in Spain, highlighting elevated levels of critical magnetic rare earth elements. A maiden drilling program and ongoing metallurgical testing aim to advance the project as a strategic EU supply source.

Ionic Rare Earths’ Brazilian joint venture Viridion has secured land and government backing to build South America’s inaugural rare earth refining and recycling centre, aiming to start operations by late 2026.