Latest Refining News

Liberty Metals has exercised its option to acquire full ownership of a strategically significant portfolio of Brazilian critical minerals projects, positioning itself firmly in the global supply chain for titanium and rare earth elements.

White Cliff Minerals expands its Rae Copper Project in Nunavut with 1.75km of confirmed sedimentary copper mineralisation and identifies promising new geophysical anomalies for future drilling.

True North Copper has released final assay results from its Aquila prospect, confirming continuous high-grade copper-cobalt-silver mineralisation extending at least 250 metres deep and 900 metres along strike. The discovery underscores the significant growth potential of the Mt Oxide district.

Metals Australia has successfully expanded its Manindi West Vanadium-Titanium-Magnetite (VTM) discovery, confirming mineralisation over a strike length exceeding 1,000 metres and intersecting significant mineralisation in 13 of 14 drill holes. Early metallurgical results show promise for commercially attractive concentrate products, with further assay results pending.

Lindian Resources has optimised its Kangankunde Rare Earths Project, increasing ore processing capacity by 25% and appointing Obsideo as the design and construction contractor for its processing plant. This upgrade significantly enhances the project's financial outlook while keeping capital costs within budget.

Brazilian Critical Minerals Ltd has produced a high-grade mixed rare earth carbonate with 52.5% total rare earth oxides and 41.5% magnet rare earth oxides from its Ema Project field trials, validating a low-capital in-situ recovery process.

Dynamic Metals Limited advances its Western Australian gold exploration with government-backed drilling approval at Cognac West and promising soil sampling results at Leinster and Lady Jane projects.

Ragnar Metals has confirmed multiple high-grade gold and silver zones at its Harnäs Project in Sweden, including a promising new target at Silvergruvan. The company is gearing up for a maiden diamond drilling campaign in early 2026 to further explore these discoveries.

Encounter Resources reports significant extensions of shallow, high-grade niobium mineralisation east of its Green Mineral Resource Estimate at the Aileron Project, with promising drill results and a major development program planned for 2026.

Alara Resources and partners have completed their maiden drilling program at Oman’s Block 8, revealing encouraging copper and zinc mineralisation consistent with Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide deposits. The results validate the geological model and set the stage for further exploration.

Sierra Nevada Gold (ASX – SNX) has won the rights to explore the expansive As Safra copper-gold project in Saudi Arabia, marking a strategic expansion into a high-potential mining district aligned with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 ambitions.

E79 Gold Mines has initiated a high-resolution gravity survey at its newly acquired Cue Gold Project in Western Australia, aiming to reveal hidden gold structures and define drill targets for early 2026.