Latest Rare Earth Minerals News

Basin Energy has lodged a new exploration licence application adjacent to its Sybella-Barkly Rare Earth Project in northwest Queensland, enlarging its rare earth target area amid promising early drilling results and government support.

Desert Metals (ASX:DM1) has acquired 100% ownership of two key gold and lithium permits in Côte d’Ivoire, consolidating its Adzope Project to 826km² and simplifying its exploration strategy.

Lodestar Minerals has locked in $4.7 million through a private placement and director subscription to push forward drilling and surveys across Chile, the USA, and Western Australia.

Critica Limited’s Jupiter Rare Earth Project pilot plant has delivered a significant beneficiation breakthrough, upgrading feed to a ~3% TREO intermediate concentrate with strong magnet rare earth recoveries and substantial mass rejection.

ANSTO Minerals has delivered a significant technical breakthrough in processing Korsnäs’ historical rare earth concentrate, confirming key mineral hosts and setting a clear path to optimise rare earth recovery.

Aldoro Resources has defined high-priority gold targets at its Damara Gold Project and confirmed significant rare earth and associated mineralisation at Kameelburg, with drilling and metallurgical progress underpinning its dual-commodity strategy.

Mount Ridley Mines has reported a substantial inferred mineral resource for heavy rare earths and scandium at its Western Australian project, underpinning its multi-element development strategy.

Sunrise Energy Metals has confirmed strong economics for its Syerston Scandium Project with a US$120 million feasibility study, targeting 60 tonnes per year of scandium oxide and potential expansion to 180 tonnes. The project benefits from US government financing interest and rising global demand amid Chinese export restrictions.

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.

Heavy Rare Earths Limited (ASX:HRE) is set to kick off its maiden drilling campaign at the South Ridge tin project in Prospect Hill, South Australia, following environmental approvals and cultural heritage clearances. The ~2,500m program aims to define a maiden resource against a backdrop of surging global tin prices and recent weather-related delays.

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.

Dreadnought Resources has completed a strategic acquisition of 12 tenements at Mangaroon, significantly boosting its rare earth and multi-mineral footprint in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region.