Latest Rare Earths Mining News

The U.S. Department of Justice has reinforced Dateline Resources' legal standing to continue mining at the Colosseum Project, opposing environmental group claims that challenge the existing Plan of Operations.

Brazilian Critical Minerals (ASX: BCM) has raised around A$10 million through a two-tranche institutional placement to fast-track its Ema Rare Earths Project towards a Final Investment Decision. The capital injection follows a robust Bankable Feasibility Study highlighting Ema's low capital intensity and strategic significance.

Hastings Technology Metals has secured a $1 million strategic placement from Malaco Mining to bolster its rare earth projects in Australia and Thailand, enhancing balance sheet flexibility and downstream processing ambitions.

St George Mining has raised A$60 million through a two-tranche placement led by major shareholder Hancock Prospecting to accelerate development of its high-grade Araxá rare earths and niobium project in Brazil.

Dateline Resources has pinpointed three priority zones for heavy rare earth exploration at its Music Valley project in California, following a detailed helicopter-borne geophysical survey that revealed structurally complex areas with elevated thorium signatures.

IperionX’s Titan Definitive Feasibility Study outlines a shovel-ready Tennessee project targeting heavy rare earths, titanium, zirconium, and hafnium with robust economics and strategic US supply chain implications.

Locksley Resources’ maiden diamond drilling at El Campo reveals significant NdPr-enriched rare earth mineralisation akin to Mountain Pass, while Desert Antimony Mine drilling extends high-grade stibnite zones beneath historic workings.

IperionX’s Definitive Feasibility Study for its Titan Project in Tennessee reveals a robust 14-year mine plan producing critical heavy rare earths, titanium minerals, and zircon with strong financial returns and US government backing.

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 launches a two-tranche A$350 million placement and a A$25 million share purchase plan, closing the equity funding gap for its Nolans Rare Earths Project ahead of construction.

St George Mining’s latest drilling at the Araxá project in Brazil reveals thick, high-grade rare earth and niobium mineralisation extending beyond existing resource boundaries, reinforcing its status among the world’s leading deposits.

Ionic Rare Earths (ASX: IXR) has secured a £12 million UK government grant offer for its Belfast rare earth magnet recycling facility and is progressing its Brazilian JV and Ugandan heavy rare earths project, reinforcing its role in ex-China supply chains.