Critica Limited CEO Jacob Deysel and senior metallurgist Dr Hien Dinh reviewing Jupiter’s drilling progress during a recent site visit. Credit: File Critica Limited (ASX: CRI) has kicked off a major resource upgrade aircore (AC) drilling campaign at its flagship Jupiter rare earths project in Western Australia’s Mid West region, with the program results expected to be a core input to the ongoing scoping study. The two-pronged program aims to upgrade the resource and boost re

Critica Limited undertaking reverse circulation drilling at its 100 per cent owned Jupiter project in Western Australia. Credit: File Testwork from Critica Limited’s (ASX: CRI) giant clay-hosted Jupiter project in Western Australia has delivered its first high-quality mixed rare earth carbonate. Critically, the company has been able to upgrade key magnet elements neodymium and praseodymium (NdPr), dysprosium and terbium simply using a conventional sulphuric acid bake. The fi

Aircore drilling at Critica Mineral’s Jupiter rare earths project, near Yalgoo in WA’s mid-west region. Credit: File Rare earths company Critica Limited (ASX: CRI) has officially shifted gears at its flagship Jupiter project in the infrastructure-rich Yalgoo region of Western Australia, kicking off a scoping study that marks the company’s transition from technical proof to commercial reality. The study will be led by global engineering group Sedgman, supported by Snowden Opti

Critica Limited has produced a second high grade mixed rare earths product from its Jupiter project in Western Australia’s Mid West region. Critica (ASX: CRI) has planted another flag in the fast-moving hunt for non-China based rare earths, revealing a second high-grade mixed rare earths product (MREP) from its Jupiter project in Western Australia’ Mid West region. The latest batch, which was drawn from an entirely different part of the clay-hosted rare earths resource to th

Critica Limited’s Jupiter rare earths project in WA contains a massive 1.8 billion tonnes grading 1700 parts per million total rare earths at a 1000ppm cut-off grade, including about 70,000 tonnes of gallium oxide. Credit: File Critica Limited (ASX: CRI) has locked in a $500k investment from specialist junior mining investor Lion Selection Group Limited as part of its oversubscribed $8 million placement to accelerate the company’s massive Jupiter rare earths project. The comm

Critica Ltd is rapidly de-risking its giant Jupiter project near Mt Magnet in WA, with successive rounds of test work enhancing rare earths recoveries and honing gallium production, while also scouting possible germanium and scandium as additional by-products. Credit: File Critica Limited (ASX: CRI) has identified a secondary high-value opportunity within its flagship Jupiter clay-hosted rare earths deposit near Mt Magnet in WA which shows gallium oxide as a viable by-produc

Commissioning of GAVAQ pilot processing plant in Hanoi, Vietnam Credit: FILE Critica Limited (ASX: CRI) has ticked over a major milestone at its flagship Jupiter deposit in Western Australia, extracting a high quality mixed rare earth product (MREP) assaying at a whopping 84 per cent total rare earth oxide with 78 per cent recovery. Results from the metallurgical test work demonstrates that beneficiated Jupiter concentrate can be leached using conventional, scalable hydrometa

Flotation reagents being used in the flotation process to test recoveries at Critica Limited’s Jupiter rare earths project in Western...

Critica Limited managing director Jacob Deysel addressing The Sydney Mining Club. Credit: File Rare earths are a thing again… that seems...

Critica Ltd will employ Vietnam’s Centre of Science and Technology of Minerals and Environment to design, construct and operate a...

A sample of rare earths concentrate containing four key magnet elements, dispatched to Australia’s leading science agency, the Australian...

Critica Ltd’s Jupiter Project with its 1.8 billion tonnes at 1700ppm total rare earths oxides has attained giant resource status since...

Critica Ltd’s Jupiter project in WA’s Mid West has achieved a huge 15,000ppm TREO, with a 95 per cent mass reduction via beneficiation, reinforcing its status as Australia’s largest clay-hosted rare earths deposit.

Critica Limited has appointed seasoned mining engineer Jacob Deysel as its new chief executive officer. Credit: File Critica Limited...

Critica Limited’s Kulin gold project is close to established, successful gold projects in Western Australia’s Great Southern region....

Critica Limited has sent a 400kg bulk sample from its Jupiter rare earth deposit in WA for metallurgical testing at Centre of Science and...

The 8-plus kilometre Aurora and Juno satellite targets are set to be the focus of a drilling blitz at Critica Limited’s Brothers rare...

Critica Limited has pocketed a cool $1.05M R&D tax refund under the Australian research and development tax incentive program, fuelling the company’s push to advance its exciting rare earths project in WA.

A block model, with the highest grades above 2000ppm in pink, showing the near-surface and highly consistent nature of Critica’s...

Initial metallurgical work at Critica’s Jupiter rare earth project in WA has reported a remarkable 9.3 times improvement in concentrate...