Watershed DFS complete by year end - Vital

ASX-listed Vital Metals would complete the definitive feasibility study (DFS) on its flagship Watershed tungsten project, in Queensland, by the end of the year. MD Mark Strizek said in a statement on Friday that the company was targeting a...

Friedland upbeat about SA platinum discovery

Canada’s Ivanplats has discovered a significant platinum deposit near Mokopane in South Africa, reports CEO Robert Friedland, adding that it was considering setting up smelting and refining operations in the country.

India plans nodal agency for rare earths exploration and stockpile

India’s Planning Commission has proposed setting up a national organisation to act as a nodal agency to globally source strategic metals and rare earths, and to step up exploration activities. It was proposed that the organisation, along the...

Vital Metals kicks off BFS for Watershed

Tungsten developer Vital Metals on Wednesday reported that its joint venture partner Japan Oil Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) had made its first earn-in installment of $800 000 for the Watershed tungsten project, in Queensland,...

PGM group continues multiple projects

Platinum miner Platinum Group Metals (Platinum Group) continues its focus on platinum exploration with multiple projects under way in South Africa and Canada, for the remainder this year.

Jogmec to earn stake in Queensland tungsten project

ASX-listed Vital Metals has entered into a farm-in agreement with the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (Jogmec) over its Watershed tungsten project, in Queensland. Jogmec could earn a 30% interest in the project, by spending...

Australia approves Japanese investment in rare-earths miner Lynas

The Foreign Investment Review Board has given the go-ahead for Japan’s Sojitz Corporation and the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (Jogmec) to invest in rare-earths miner Lynas. Lynas executed a binding financing, distribution and...

Lynas inks financing and distribution deal with Japan’s Sojitz

Rare-earths-miner Lynas has executed a binding financing, distribution and availability agreement with Japanese trading giant Sojitz Corporation. Under the agreement, Sojitz was allocated a minimum of 8 500 t/y of rare-earth products for the...

Company Announcement: Drilling Results at Gypsy Plains IOCG Target, Cloncurry

Attached please find a press release on: Minotaur Exploration Limited („Minotaur‟ ASX: MEP) is manager for a Joint Venture with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) which commenced in February 2010 for iron oxide copper-...

Lynas forms rare-earths supply pact with Sojitz

Australian rare-earths developer Lynas has entered into a strategic alliance with Japanese trading house Sojitz, which would serve as a distribution company. The two companies would investigate long-term supply agreements for more than 9 000 t/y...

Frontier Rare Earths raised C$60m in IPO - report

Luxembourg-based Frontier Rare Earths, which reportedly raised 50% more than planned in its initial public offering, would struggle to find a better time to list, as the metals the firm hoped to produce continue to gain increasing investor and...

American Lithium starts fieldwork on Nevada lithium project

Fieldwork on American Lithium’s Borate Hills project, in Nevada, has commenced, with CEO Hugh Aird saying the company was hoping to “rapidly advance” the lithium and boron deposit. “We are excited to set in motion the process of proving...