VML
Director Trades
| Date | Director | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 31/3/25 | M. Brook | $5,000 |
Company News
ASX Players With North American Exposure Could Benefit as China Tightens Rare Earth Export Controls
China has dramatically expanded its export controls on rare earth elements, adding five new materials and a raft of refining technologies to its restricted list in a move that tightens Beijing’s grip on global supply chains for critical minerals. The latest measures, announced Thursday by China’s Ministry of Commerce, introduce new licensing requirements for the […]
Debt warning for small resource stocks as a rate squeeze worsens
Investors should take note of the red debt-flag flying over the resources sector with smaller companies at greatest risk, as the toxic mix of interest rate hikes and commodity price falls take effect. Rising interest rates impact everyone, but with mining there is a problem in trying to align erratic (commodity exposed) income with fixed […]
Investing in rare earths is not for the faint-hearted
Rare earths are not rare, nor are they earths, but they are certainly political, and it’s the politics of an increasingly aggressive China which has made the 17 metals in the rare earth family a profitable, but high-risk sector for investors. Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC), the leading Australian player in the game, is also […]
Trump declares rare earth emergency, Australia gets ready to supply
Securing rare earth supply is now near the top of the defence agenda in Washington with US President Donald Trump signing an executive order declaring a national emergency and calling for a boost in domestic production. Not only does Australia have an operating rare earth mine — Mt Weld in Western Australia owned by Lynas […]
Vital Metals unearths ‘ultra-high-grade’ rare earth oxides at Nechalacho
Vital Metals (ASX: VML) has unearthed “ultra-high-grade” rare earth oxides in what managing director Geoff Atkins claims are “among the highest grades of any rare earth project in the world”. The high-grade REO was intersected at the North T resource within the company’s Nechalacho project in Canada’s north-west territories. Better results were 2.4m at 38.4% […]
Vital Metals confirms potential for low cost production of high-grade rare earth concentrate from Nechalacho project
Beneficiation testwork on ore from Vital Metals’ (ASX: VML) North T deposit within the Nechalacho rare earth project in Canada has demonstrated the ability to produce high-grade rare earth concentrates. Tests conducted by Vital’s wholly-owned subsidiary Cheetah Resources aimed to determine the amenability of the North T deposit, located near Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, […]
Vital Metals transitions to rare earths with ‘game-changing’ Cheetah Resources acquisition
Gold explorer Vital Metals (ASX: VML) will shift its focus to rare earth oxides (REO) after announcing it is purchasing an unlisted entity Cheetah Resources which is run by ex-management from rare earth producer Lynas. Private company Cheetah Resources is in the process of securing the Thor Lake REO project in Canada and the Wigu […]
Gold shines brightly at Bella Tondi for Vital Metals
Vital Metals (ASX: VML) has drilled out visible gold from below a 157 grams per tonne gold hole in an emerging high-grade gold zone at its Bella Tondi prospect located at its Bouli gold project in Niger, West Africa. Pictures of the core sample from below the hole reported to market back in March 2018 […]
Vital Metals hits massive 157g/t gold in Niger, slashes capital expenditure at Watershed
Vital Metals (ASX: VML) has pulled out 157 grams per tonne gold from ongoing exploration at its Bouli gold project in Niger, while an independent review has reduced anticipated capital expenditure for the company’s advanced Watershed tungsten project in Queensland. Exploration at the West African project intersected 4m grading 157g/t gold at the Bella Tondi […]