Latest Rare Earth Projects News

Bayan Mining has kicked off its first-ever drilling campaign at the Desert Star Rare Earth Project in California, aiming to test promising high-grade surface mineralisation and geophysical targets near the Mountain Pass mine.

Arafura Rare Earths has officially opened its share purchase plan following ASIC lodgement, while also dispatching notices for a July extraordinary general meeting in Perth.

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.

Godolphin Resources has agreed to sell its 49% interest in the Calarie Project to Adavale Resources in a deal structured around shares and long-dated options, aligning with a strategic shift towards its core assets.

Viridis Mining has secured a non-binding Letter of Intent with Solvay to supply Mixed Rare Earth Carbonate from its Colossus Project, aiming for commercial production by 2028 and advancing Western-aligned rare earth supply chains.

European Resources has identified six fresh passive seismic anomalies outside prior survey bounds at its Korsnäs rare earth project, prompting an exploration area increase and ongoing survey phases.

Arafura Rare Earths has successfully completed the first tranche of its A$350 million placement, issuing 675.1 million shares and raising approximately A$175.5 million before costs. The second tranche awaits shareholder approval.

Magnum Mining pivots to exploration-led growth, focusing on its Brazilian Piracanjuba rare earth project with a major drilling campaign and fresh leadership, supported by a $7 million capital injection.

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.

Energy Transition Minerals (ASX: ETM) has appointed Alexander B. Gray, a former senior US national security official, to its Strategic Advisory Board, enhancing its geopolitical clout and US engagement as it pushes forward with its Greenland rare earths project.

Arafura Rare Earths has secured A$350 million through a two-tranche placement, backed by major shareholder Hancock Prospecting, to fund the construction of its Nolans Rare Earths Project.

Ionic Rare Earths (ASX: IXR) has secured binding agreements to supply critical rare earth oxides to US-based Advanced Magnet Lab, supporting domestic production of permanent magnets for defence applications under a US Defense Logistics Agency contract.