News Articles for St George Mining

St George Mining has delivered its thickest-ever high-grade rare earths and niobium diamond drill hit in the short but spectacular history of the company's 100%-owned Araxá project in Brazil, boring through a staggering 115.65m from surface. Latest assays confirm the carbonatite host system is not only enormous but continues to grow in scale, continuity and quality, with the new results set to drive a substantial resource upgrade in 2026.

West Perth-based junior Cyclone Metals has increased Paul Berend's portfolio, as it continues to develop its Iron Bear project in Canada.

St George Mining has unveiled another batch of eye-catching rare earths and niobium assays from its giant Araxá project in Brazil, with thick zones of ultra-high grades outside the existing resource. The system remains open in all directions, with three rigs drilling 24/7 and more samples in the lab. The growing footprint is shaping Araxá as one of the Western world's standout critical-minerals discoveries.

St George Mining has extended the boundaries of its world-class Araxá rare earths and niobium project in Brazil after a second diamond hole returned 87.7m at 2.95 per cent total rare earth oxides (TREO) and 0.41 per cent niobium oxide from just 2m depth. The result confirms strong continuity of mineralisation west of the current 40 million tonne resource grading 4.13 per cent TREO.

ASM has closed its second raise of the year, bringing in another $55 million to bolster its rare earths roadmap.

St George Mining has tabled more stellar results in drilling from its Brazilian Araxa project, with a 98.4m hit going 3.07% TREO and 0.43% niobium pentoxide headlining the pack just 230m west of its resource. The company's share price has been on a wild ride since September when its first batch of RC drill results from Araxa stunned the market.

St George Mining has raised a staggering $72.5 million at 10 cents a share with $50m flowing from big institutions and $22.5m coming in from billionaire Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting. The funds will fast track the company's Araxá rare earths–niobium project in Brazil that is shaping up to be one of the most significant rare earths discoveries on the planet.

Australia's critical minerals sector is gaining momentum as US–China trade tensions escalate, prompting new deals, investment and government action to secure new supply chains.

A big 2025 calendar year for St George Mining has continued, following news of its $72.5m capital raise on Monday.

Latin American-focused junior St George Mining has ducked into a trading halt, ahead of capital raise believed to be in the vicinity of $40 million.

St George Mining has partnered with Brazil's Federal Centre for Technological Education in Minas Gerais for a new pilot plant at its Araxá project to advance high-grade rare earths and niobium processing. The collaboration establishes the St George Technological Centre at the Federal Centre for Technological Education's Araxá campus, focusing on sustainable innovation and downstream studies.

St George Mining has won stellar rare earths and niobium results from drilling of its East Araxá zone, 1km east of the main Araxá resource in Brazil, with grades up to 16.87% TREO and 4.06% niobium from surface. Thick intercepts and high Nd:Pr ratios signal major expansion potential for the project, supported by a US alliance, positioning Araxá as a key critical minerals source outside China.

St George Mining has forged a strategic alliance with United States-based magnet materials group REAlloys to commercialise its high-grade Araxá rare earths project in Brazil. The company's memorandum of understanding with REAlloys opens the door to collaboration on metallurgical test work, tech reviews and processing optimisation with the industry specialist.

St George Mining's Araxá project in Brazil has delivered up to 13.98 per cent total rare earths oxide and 7 per cent niobium in early reverse circulation drilling. The company aims to expand the 40.6Mt resource with more than 9000m of drilling still to be completed. Araxá has Brazilian government support and is set to bolster global critical mineral supply for clean energy.

West Perth-based junior St George Mining has announced its dual listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, in a bid to secure greater access to European investors.

St George Mining has dual listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange to boost European investor access to the company, driven by its world-class Araxá project in Brazil, which has more than 40Mt at 4.13 per cent total rare earths oxide and 0.68 per cent niobium pentoxide. The move aligns with its global strategy to supply critical minerals outside China. St George is currently drilling to expand the high-grade deposit.

St George Mining has unearthed a second high-grade rare earths discovery at its world-class Araxá project in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The impressive discovery lies 1km northeast of its existing 41Mt niobium-rare earths resource within the richly endowed Barreiro carbonatite. Initial assays from the auger drilling program suggest a substantial expansion of the already globally significant Araxá deposit.

St George Mining has delivered Brazil's first rare earths sample from its Araxá niobium-rare earths project to MagBras for magnet production studies, potentially pioneering Brazil's magnet rare earths supply chain with a sample sent to MagBras for magnet production studies. The 30kg rare earths oxalate sample, derived from the company's 100%-owned Araxá project, marks St George as a frontrunner in Brazil's emerging rare earths supply chain.

St George Mining has secured $5 million at a 13.1% premium for its Araxá project in Brazil to upscale drilling, expand its niobium-rare earths resource and pursue US partnerships. The company will soon launch 9000m of drilling to enhance its world-class project. The placement will enable an earlier and expanded program at Araxá to increase the current 41 million tonne niobium–rare earths resource.

St George Mining has development studies in full swing at its Araxa niobium and rare earth elements project in Brazil's premier mining state of Minas Gerais, as part of a global push to find new supplies. The company's inaugural drilling campaign is charging ahead, with 40 auger holes on a 500m grid completed for 512m as part of a reconnaissance program to test areas beyond the current resource envelope.

St George Mining has launched advanced geophysics surveys at its Araxá niobium-rare earths project in Brazil's mining heartland of Minas Gerais. The company is flying its high-tech surveys in a quest to expand its project to become a globally significant niobium resource base. Meanwhile, the company is winding up a 10,000-metre drilling blitz at the relatively untested project.

St George Mining will start a reverse circulation drilling program within days at its Araxa niobium-rare earths project in Brazil, as the company builds local community and government support to develop Araxa into a globally significant project. The RC program will be followed by a 10,000m, 16-week diamond drilling campaign in July.

St George Mining has launched a major drilling assault on its giant Araxá rare earths project in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with the company deploying three drill rigs for a substantial 10,000-metre, three-month program. The campaign will be carried out alongside a high-resolution airborne magnetic survey and aims to significantly expand the project's recently unveiled major maiden resource.

St George Mining plans to start a maiden drill program within weeks focussing on expanding a 40.64Mt rare earths resource estimate from early April for its Araxá project in Brazil. The company's mineral resource estimate for the venture came in at 41.2Mt and 0.68 per cent niobium pentoxide and 40.6Mt and 4.13 per cent total rare earths oxides.

St George Mining has delivered a maiden resource estimate for its Araxa carbonatite-hosted niobium and rare earths deposit from the world's premier niobium-producing region in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The estimate comprises a globally significant deposit containing 280,000 tonnes of niobium pentoxide and 1.7 million tonnes of total rare earth oxides, which are both in high global demand.

Several WA junior miners are making positive forays into Latin America, where they're finding fit-for-purpose regulations and local skills.

St George Mining has kicked off a major downstream processing study at its high-grade niobium-rare earths project Araxá in Brazil, aiming to fast-track the project into production following completion of its acquisition last week. Metallurgical programs are already underway and are soon to be accompanied by a substantial drilling campaign scheduled to begin this month.

St George Mining executive chair John Prineas has heralded the company's acquisition of the Araxá niobium-rare earth elements project in Brazil as a “landmark” day.

St George Mining has bolstered its cavalry by appointing an ex-CBMM engineering manager from a neighbouring industry-leading niobium plant. Armed with a $20 million war chest and strategic alliance with global mining engineering firm Shandong Xinhai Mining, St George is assembling elite in-house expertise to fast-track the development of its Araxá niobium-rare earths project in Brazil.

St George Mining has secured $8 million in backing from leading global mining engineering firm Shandong Xinhai Mining to fast-track the development at its high-grade Araxá niobium-rare earths project in Brazil. The company has formed a major strategic partnership with the engineering and construction services giant through an agreement that includes an engineering, procurement and construction contract over Araxá.

St George Mining's commitment towards generating success at its Araxá niobium rare earth elements project in Brazil has been backed by another major Chinese company.

St George Mining has engaged one of the world's leading authorities in niobium ore processing, Ricardo Maximo Nardi, to its high-grade niobium-rare earths Araxá project in Brazil's Minas Gerais region. Nardi comes to the project with more than 30 years of experience in processing high-purity niobium oxide and its typical by-products, including barite, magnetite, phosphate and rare earth elements.

St George Mining has inked a nine-month non-exclusive memorandum of understanding with one of the world's leading steelmakers, the China-based Liaoning Fangda Group, which may lead to a deal to supply at least 20 per cent of future niobium production from its Araxá REE project in Brazil in exchange for funding support.

St George Mining's push to further de-risk its desired Araxá niobium-rare earth elements project in Brazil has received another boost.

Following news it is moving closer towards the potential acquisition of the Araxá niobium-rare earth elements project in Brazil, St George Mining has ticked off another key component.

In a move that brings St George Mining a step closer to becoming a key critical metal producer, the company has raised $20 million in a placement to new and existing investors. The funds will be used to finalise its acquisition of the high-grade Araxá niobium-rare earth (REE) project in Brazil, adjacent to CBMM's world-leading operations in Minas Gerais, with settlement now due in March.

Critical minerals-focused St George Mining has confirmed plans to raise $20 million, as it moves closer towards acquiring the Araxá niobium-rare earth elements project in Brazil.

St George Mining has signed two memoranda of understanding with Latin America's biggest scientific and technological agency SENAI looking to develop critical minerals opportunities flowing from its Araxá project in Minas Gerais, Brazil. SENAI collaborates with businesses to develop innovative technologies capable of driving business growth and efficiencies and has a strong record of collaboration with the private sector to advance businesses through those technologies.

St George Mining has received the backing of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais via a Memorandum of Understanding to assist with fast-tracking its Araxà niobium-REE project in Brazil. The MoU covers assistance with regulatory approvals and will see both parties collaborate on other areas that will support the domestic supply chains for niobium, rare earths and related downstream products.

St George Mining has bolstered development plans for its high-grade Araxá niobium-rare earths project in Minais Gerais, Brazil, signing a strategic development and offtake partnership with leading global metals trader SKI HongKong. The memorandum of understanding endeavours to drive development of Araxá through both technical and financial assistance from SKI.