Latest Tantalum News

Energy Transition Minerals (ASX: ETM) has appointed Alexander B. Gray, a former senior US national security official, to its Strategic Advisory Board, enhancing its geopolitical clout and US engagement as it pushes forward with its Greenland rare earths project.

Askari Metals has kicked off a comprehensive Phase 1 field program at its EPL 7626 licence within Namibia's Uis Project, aiming to uncover polymetallic mineralisation including tin and tantalum. The program leverages advanced remote sensing and on-site LIBS analysis to identify buried pegmatites adjacent to a major operating mine.

PMET Resources has kicked off a substantial 45,000-meter drilling program at its flagship Shaakichiuwaanaan Property in Quebec, aiming to bolster lithium, caesium, and tantalum resource development ahead of updated economic studies.

Everest Metals Corporation (ASX: EMC) has upgraded its Mt Edon Critical Minerals Project resource to 4.3 million tonnes at 0.23% Rb2O, enhancing grade, tonnage, and confidence ahead of a mining proposal submission expected to gain approval by late 2026.

PMET Resources has secured crucial non-binding letters of support from Export Development Canada and Germany’s KfW IPEX-Bank, marking a key step toward financing its Shaakichiuwaanaan critical minerals project in Quebec ahead of an updated feasibility study.

Chilwa Minerals has reported a massive 385-metre continuous niobium mineralisation from surface at its MPYDD009 drillhole, expanding the Nakombe target footprint by 180 metres and reinforcing the project’s multi-commodity potential in Malawi.

Wildcat Resources is progressing its Definitive Feasibility Study for the Tabba Tabba lithium-tantalum project, targeting accelerated processing plant expansion and incorporating tantalum and petalite to boost project economics.

Charger Metals has extended spodumene mineralisation at its Medcalf deposit to 700 metres depth, prompting a pending resource upgrade beyond the maiden 8.2Mt @ 1.0% Li2O estimate.

Critical Resources has launched a systematic field exploration program at the Corona Pegmatite Field, aiming to expand its lithium resource pipeline within the Mavis Lake Project in Ontario, Canada.

Energy Transition Minerals has secured a non-binding MOU with Traxys Europe for the potential exclusive offtake of tin, tantalum, and niobium concentrates from its Penouta mine, positioning the project as a strategic Western source of critical minerals.

Delta Lithium reveals a significant new fluorite discovery with assays exceeding 86% CaF2 at Yinnetharra, alongside ongoing high-grade lithium drilling and metallurgical progress at Mt Ida.

Askari Metals (ASX:AS2) has validated continuous polymetallic mineralisation including tin, lithium, tantalum, rubidium, and caesium at its PS Pegmatite Target within the Uis Project in Namibia, setting the stage for planned drilling in H2 2026.