Critical Metals Corporation and ASX-listed European Lithium have announced an amendment to the previously fixed share scheme transaction ratio under its proposed merger deal, with the companies having entered into a second deed to amend the scheme implementation deed of May 19.

REalloys has confirmed it is fully funded for upgrading the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) rare earth processing facility and its planned pilot and commercial metallization facility, with works on the SRC facility due to start in the third quarter.

First Tin finds in an updated ore reserve statement on the Taronga tin project, in New South Wales, an increase of five-million tonnes of tin to 45-million tonnes grading 0.12%, containing about 55 000 t of tin, in proved and probable ore reserves.

Critical minerals mining in the US is poised to benefit from a new $250-billion finance initiative announced by Bank of America on August 12.

American Tungsten and Antimony (AT4) plans to initiate the restart of the Del Sol antimony refinery, in Nevada, before the end of the September quarter.

Parliamentary Secretary to Canada's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Claude Guay, has announced $5-million of investment under the country's First and Last Mile Fund in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region that will help advance infrastructure essential to responsibly develop critical minerals in Québec.

WA1 Resources has moved a step closer to feasibility at its Luni niobium project in Western Australia, supported by new high-grade intersections of rare earths.

Jupiter Mines, which holds a 49.9% beneficial interest in Tshipi é Ntle Manganese Mining – the operator of the Tshipi manganese mine in South Africa's Northern Cape province – achieved quarter-on-quarter increases in sales and production for the quarter ended June 30.

Ionic Rare Earths has, through its 60%-owned Rwenzori Rare Metals subsidiary, initiated a strategic review of the Makuutu heavy rare earths project, in Uganda, amid strong inbound interest and a global, Western search for new and independent sources of medium and heavy rare earths supply.

Nova Minerals has welcomed an executive order by US President Donald Trump on July 20 to secure the US’s defence supply chains and ensure the domestic acquisition of critical minerals.