Latest Scandium News

West Cobar Metals reports promising metallurgical testwork supporting a low-cost heap leach processing pathway at its Salazar Critical Minerals Project, highlighting strong recoveries of high-value rare earths including dysprosium and terbium.

Rimfire Pacific Mining has exercised its option to acquire 100% of the Rabbit Trap Scandium Project, consolidating its position in a promising scandium resource in central NSW. Recent drilling results underpin the acquisition, highlighting significant mineralisation and growth potential.

Heavy Rare Earths Limited has confirmed the presence of valuable rare earth minerals Monazite and Xenotime at its Radium Hill Project, signalling new potential beyond historic uranium mining.

Mount Ridley Mines has announced a significant inferred mineral resource of heavy rare earth oxides at its Western Australian project, highlighting strong concentrations of critical elements dysprosium and terbium essential for advanced technologies.

Ardea Resources’ Kalgoorlie Nickel Project has been formally recognised in the Japan–US Critical Minerals Joint Fact Sheet, highlighting its strategic role in securing nickel and cobalt supply chains. This inclusion underscores growing international cooperation and significant funding commitments for the project’s development.

Temas Resources has reported significant assay results from its 2025 drilling at the La Blache Project, revealing thick zones rich in gallium, scandium, and chromium alongside titanium, vanadium, and iron. The company’s proprietary RCL technology promises to unlock additional value from this multi-element mineralisation.

Mount Ridley Mines has appointed David Wall as Non-Executive Chairman and promoted Allister Caird to Managing Director, signaling a strategic push to advance its critical minerals projects in Western Australia.

Brazilian Rare Earths (ASX: BRE) has significantly expanded its Sulista Rare Earth District in Bahia, Brazil, extending the strike length from over 10 km to more than 17 km with multiple high-grade mineralised corridors. The latest drilling results underpin a maiden JORC Mineral Resource Estimate expected mid-2026 and support BRE’s strategic hub-and-spoke development plan.

Victory Metals Limited has reported a record-breaking rare earth oxide intersection of 11,565 ppm TREO at its North Stanmore project, reinforcing its status as a world-class heavy rare earth deposit. The December 2025 drilling program also advances resource confidence and metallurgical prospects, positioning the project as a key Western supplier of critical rare earths.

Australian Mines Limited has reported its strongest gold drill intercept to date at the Boa Vista Gold Project in Brazil, extending mineralisation both along strike and down dip. These results highlight the potential for a large-scale bulk-tonnage gold system.

Terra Metals has reported significant expansion of its PGM-Cu-Ni sulfide system at the Southwest Prospect within the Dante Project, alongside the discovery of a large iron-oxide-apatite polymetallic system, underscoring the project's growing mineral potential.

Rimfire Pacific Mining’s latest drilling confirms significant scandium mineralisation at the Malamute Prospect within the Rabbit Trap Project, underpinning a strategic acquisition decision.