Latest Refining News

Australian Rare Earths Limited (ASX, AR3) reports strong progress in rare earth recovery and uranium exploration, alongside a successful capital raise and strategic U.S. government registrations.

Metallium Ltd has completed a A$50 million institutional raise, secured a Texas site, and validated its commercial Flash Joule Heating reactor, setting the stage for its first U.S. metals recovery plant commissioning by year-end 2025.

Locksley Resources has confirmed multiple new mineralised trends at its Mojave Critical Minerals Project in California, setting the stage for an expanded drilling campaign in Q3 2025. The company’s detailed structural mapping and 3D geological modelling have refined exploration targets for antimony and rare earth elements, aligning with growing US strategic interests in domestic critical minerals.

Aureka Limited has reported a significant 19% increase in its global gold inventory following a maiden JORC resource at St Arnaud and a new gold discovery at Irvine’s western flank, supported by a $3 million capital raise.

Kairos Minerals reports strong diamond drilling results at its Mt York Gold Project, revealing wide gold intercepts and extending high-grade mineralisation. These findings support a resource upgrade expected later this year.

Ionic Rare Earths’ Brazilian joint venture Viridion has secured land and government backing to build South America’s inaugural rare earth refining and recycling centre, aiming to start operations by late 2026.

Prospect Resources has released compelling metallurgical test results from its Mumbezhi Copper Project in Zambia, demonstrating robust, high-grade copper concentrates and strong recoveries that support plans for a central processing hub.

Viridis Mining and Minerals, through its Brazilian JV Viridion, has secured municipal land in Poços de Caldas to build Latin America’s first rare earth refining and recycling centre, backed by strong government support and aligned with Brazil’s critical minerals strategy.

AusQuest Limited has identified two promising deep geophysical targets at its Coober Pedy IOCG Project in South Australia, advancing exploration in a world-class mineral province under a strategic alliance with South32.

Canadian Phosphate Limited has applied for a multi-year exploration permit at its Wapiti Phosphate Project in British Columbia, targeting a substantial phosphate resource with strategic implications for North American supply.

Cosmo Metals has unveiled a newly defined +4km volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) target corridor at its Bingara Project in NSW, revealing high-grade copper mineralisation and extensive historic workings with no prior drilling.

Bubalus Resources has reported promising maiden drilling results at its Crosbie South prospect in Victoria, revealing high-grade gold mineralisation with significant associated elements. The discovery confirms an intrusion-related gold system with potential for further expansion.