Latest Rare Earth Exploration News

Gold Mountain expanded its Brazilian rare earths portfolio during FY2026, taking Irajuba beyond its original conceptual target and confirming ionic adsorption clay characteristics at Capivara. The progress came alongside an $8.137 million loss, a $4.798 million impairment charge and continued reliance on equity funding.

Eminence Minerals has cut its FY2026 loss and raised its pro forma cash position to about A$5.4 million after selling the Mata da Corda titanium project. The portfolio is now centred on Hamersley iron ore and Brazilian rare earth exploration, but heritage litigation, ungranted tenure and future funding needs remain material constraints.

Eminence Minerals has begun field exploration across three pending licence applications at its Tayra rare earth project in Bahia, Brazil, while continuing a planned 70-hole auger campaign at Campo Grande. The work remains early-stage, with no Mineral Resource defined and Tayra’s tenure still awaiting confirmation from Brazil’s mining regulator.

Power Minerals has outlined a maiden conceptual Exploration Target of 9.2 million to 10.7 million tonnes at Morro do Ferro in Brazil, grading 7.8% to 9.2% TREO. The result gives the ongoing drilling program a clearer target, but 43% of the upper estimate comes from an untested projected extension and nine recent holes remain unassayed.

Ionic Rare Earths is pushing toward commercial magnet recycling in Belfast and the United States, but its FY2026 report flags a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. The company reported a larger A$14.9 million loss and A$13.9 million in operating cash outflows, despite government support and new strategic partnerships.

Enova Mining reduced its half-year loss to $790,000, but an explicit going-concern warning puts future funding at the centre of its rare earth exploration story. The company ended June with $723,000 in cash while advancing several high-grade exploration targets across Brazil and Australia.

Lion Rock Minerals has revealed high-grade rare earth element mineralisation starting at surface at its Minta Project in Cameroon, with assays showing up to 21.15% TREO in saprolite and a magnet-rich rare earth basket. A large-scale drilling campaign is underway to further define this significant discovery.

ABx Group has kicked off a targeted rare earth drilling campaign in northern Tasmania, deploying a proprietary rapid testing technique to accelerate exploration and refine resource understanding.

Basin Energy has offloaded its Marshall Uranium Project in Canada to Green Canada Corporation, securing cash, equity, and strategic rights while freeing resources to focus on its Sybella-Barkly discovery in Queensland.

Eminence Minerals has lodged exploration licence applications for a nearly 3,700-hectare rare earths project in southern Bahia, Brazil, positioning itself alongside major peer IMC Rare Earths in a promising district. The company plans a measured exploration approach amid technical uncertainties around the underlying geology.

Heavy Rare Earths Limited (ASX:HRE) is raising approximately $728,000 through a non-renounceable entitlement offer priced at 2.8 cents per share, accompanied by free-attaching options exercisable at 6 cents. The capital raise aims to fund maiden drilling programs and a strategic review across its key projects.

Basin Energy has kicked off follow-up drilling at its Newmans rare earth discovery in northwest Queensland, aiming to confirm continuity along a 3.3 km mineralised corridor. Assay results are expected by mid to late September, marking the start of a busy second half of 2026 for the company.