Latest Scandium News

Rimfire Pacific Mining has completed a 23-hole air core drilling campaign at its Rabbit Trap Scandium Project in NSW, intersecting promising rock types at the Malamute Prospect. Assay results expected in January 2026 will clarify the discovery’s potential.

Metallium Ltd has secured a strategic partnership with ElementUSA to deploy its Flash Joule Heating technology for recovering gallium and scandium from red mud in Louisiana, backed by US$10.1 million in non-dilutive funding. This collaboration positions Metallium at the forefront of the US critical minerals supply chain expansion.

Heavy Rare Earths Limited has reported significant assay results from its Radium Hill project, revealing high-grade scandium, yttrium, uranium, and rare earth elements along an 8km structural corridor. These findings bolster the company’s geological model and set the stage for accelerated exploration in 2026.

Dreadnought Resources has reported impressive high-grade results from recent drilling at its Stinger target, part of the Mangaroon Project in Western Australia, highlighting significant rare earths, niobium, titanium, scandium, and phosphate mineralisation.

Ardea Resources updates its Definitive Feasibility Study for the Kalgoorlie Nickel Project, confirming a streamlined processing approach and a new sale product that could enhance project economics and market reach.

Heavy Rare Earths Limited has confirmed significant polymetallic mineralisation at its Prospect Hill Project in South Australia, revealing high-grade silver, copper, zinc, and lead alongside tin. The company plans a maiden drilling program to upgrade South Ridge to a JORC-compliant Mineral Resource Estimate.

Sunrise Energy Metals has raised A$18.865 million through a premium-priced share placement to fast-track pre-construction at its Syerston Scandium Project, reinforcing its path toward becoming a primary scandium supplier.

Victory Metals reports breakthrough kinetic leach results at North Stanmore, extracting ~80% of rare earths in 30 minutes versus the previous 4-hour benchmark, promising lower costs and stronger project economics.

Rimfire Pacific Mining has completed 54 air core holes at its Murga Exploration Target, with assays due mid-January and a maiden mineral resource estimate expected in March 2026. The program aims to expand Rimfire’s scandium inventory in Australia’s Fifield district.

RareX Limited has signed a historic Mining Heritage Protection Agreement with the Jaru people, clearing a major hurdle for the Cummins Range rare earths project and paving the way for a Mining Lease.

Temas Resources has completed a major drilling campaign at its La Blache project, targeting key critical minerals while progressing its innovative Regenerative Chloride Leach technology promising significant cost savings.

Mount Ridley Mines has identified seven new high-priority rare earth and gallium target zones forming a 33km untested corridor near existing resources in Western Australia, setting the stage for significant exploration expansion.