Latest Rutile News

Tusker Minerals has outlined a multi-billion-tonne JORC Exploration Target at its Douala Basin Project in Cameroon, highlighting a globally significant rutile-rich mineral sands system with strong infrastructure advantages.

Lion Rock Minerals has confirmed a third high-grade rutile discovery at Minta 1, adjoining the established Mboma-Loum corridor in Cameroon, significantly enlarging its rutile province and advancing towards maiden resource estimates.

Rio Tinto has opted out of operating Sovereign Metals' Kasiya project, ending its exclusive marketing rights and allowing Sovereign to pursue a US-focused critical minerals approach. Sovereign aims to secure binding offtake deals with US and allied partners, leveraging Kasiya's strategic minerals for Western supply chains.

Osmond Resources is advancing its Orión EU Critical Minerals Project with imminent assay results, upcoming resource estimates, and a secondary listing on the Madrid Stock Exchange, aiming to become the EU's first producer of rare earth-bearing minerals.

Lion Rock Minerals (ASX: LRM) has expanded its high-grade rutile footprint at the Minta Project in Cameroon, revealing a 130km² residual rutile corridor with peak rutile grades up to 72.7% heavy mineral and natural rutile nuggets exceeding 98% TiO2 purity.

Fortuna Metals has produced a premium-grade rutile concentrate exceeding 96% TiO2 from its Mkanda project in Malawi, marking a significant step toward establishing itself as a global supplier of titanium and graphite.

MRG Metals reveals strong total heavy mineral assay results from 57 auger holes at Fotinho, reinforcing a district-scale rare earth corridor across the Adriano-Fotinho area in Mozambique.

Osmond Resources has expanded the high-grade heavy mineral zone at its Orión EU Critical Minerals Project in Spain, with drill hole SOR-08 intersecting key quartzite layers 1.25km from prior discoveries. This development supports the maiden Mineral Resource Estimate and keeps the company on track for a Q3 2026 Scoping Study.

Chilwa Minerals has more than doubled the Mineral Resource at its Mpyupyu heavy mineral sands deposit to 109.6 million tonnes, with nearly 90% now in Measured and Indicated categories, setting the stage for potential development within its Chilwa Critical Minerals Project in Malawi.

Fortuna Metals has commissioned its own laboratory in Malawi, accelerating sample processing and cutting assay costs as it nears a maiden resource estimate for its Mkanda rutile and graphite project.

MRG Metals has reported strong initial assay results from 32 auger holes at its Fotinho Rare Earth Project in Mozambique, confirming a significant alluvial heavy mineral presence that complements prior findings at the adjacent Adriano project.

Lion Rock Minerals has reported robust drilling results from its expansive Minta Project in Cameroon, reinforcing its ambition to become a major global producer of rutile and monazite. The company targets a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate later this year amid promising assay outcomes from key tenements.