Critical Resources’ full-format DSD pouch cells undergoing electrochemical testing at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. ASX-listed mining and technology player Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has chalked up a significant milestone in its solid-state battery program, with a full-format laboratory pouch cell holding firm for more than a month of continuous charge-discharge cycling. The test cell was cycled at 0.2C – an industry-standard that involves a five-hou

Critical Resources has defined three priority gold-antimony targets at its Silver Peaks project in New Zealand. Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has defined three new priority gold and antimony targets at its Silver Peaks project in New Zealand after a deep dive into historical exploration data. The review has zeroed in on the Lamb Hill-Three O’Clock, Stone Burn South and Northern Soil Anomaly targets, all lying within the company’s 497.69-square-kilometre prospecting permit

Solid State batteries may benefit from Critical Resources’ breakthrough of successfully depositing a complete cathode, solid-state electrolyte and conductor in one step. Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has brought in the heavy hitters, launching a collaborative research project with Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO, to help optimise and scale up its novel Dry Supersonic Deposition (DSD) battery manufacturing technology. The project, co-funded through CSIRO’s

Critical Resources has staked new claims at its Mavis Lake project in Canada, targeting a historic gold intercept of 9.17g/t. The new ground adds a gold element to its significant lithium project.

Critical Resources’ Lammerlaw Gold Project in New Zealand’s Central Otago Schist Belt, an undrilled project considered an analogue to nearby Macraes-style gold systems. Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has narrowed the search for a potentially significant New Zealand gold discovery after a string of arsenic-antimony-tungsten soil anomalies lit up its Stony Creek target within the Lammerlaw Gold Project, strengthening the geological case for an orogenic gold system beneath th

Critical Resources has hired a liquid-cooling specialist to advance its thermal management technology program, designed for high-density electronics such as those used in AI data centres. Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has brought in some serious technical muscle to advance its recently licensed thermal management technology, tapping a liquid-cooling specialist to help commercialise a solution to the massive heat problem plaguing the artificial intelligence (AI) sector.

Massive pegmatite boulder at Critical Resources' Mavis Lake lithium project in Ontario, Canada. Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has unearthed a compelling new set of clues pointing to the next lithium discovery at its Mavis Lake project in Ontario, Canada. New geochemistry results have confirmed the presence of highly fertile lithium-caesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites in a recently expanded exploration area. Geological markers from the company’s 10-day field program have s

Electric vehicle battery packs that may benefit from Critical Resources’ breakthrough of successfully depositing a complete cathode, solid-state electrolyte and conductor in one step. Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has scored a significant third-party endorsement for its solid-state battery program, after its optioned dry supersonic deposition, or “DSD”, cathode technology was validated in the peer-reviewed international journal Electrochimica Acta. The company says the

Quartz-scheelite vein at Critical Resources’ Granite Creek project, New Zealand, which returned 16.63 per cent tungsten trioxide. Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has revealed a high-grade tungsten system in New Zealand, with first-pass sampling delivering a stunning channel sample result of 0.41m grading 16.63 per cent tungsten trioxide. The work was conducted at its Granite Creek tungsten target, part of the company’s Croesus project near Barrytown on the South Island’s

Critical Resources has scaled up its lab testing to full format pouch cells in its solid-state battery technology development push. Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has scaled up its solid-state lithium-ion battery evaluation program, moving from laboratory coin cells to full-format, larger-scale pouch cells. The milestone is a major validation of the company's proprietary dry-spray deposition cathode, with electrochemical testing and cell conditioning already underway.

An electric vehicle battery pack which may benefit from Critical Resources’ breakthrough of successfully depositing a complete cathode, solid-state electrolyte and conductor in one step. Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has delivered a huge manufacturing breakthrough from its solid-state battery evaluation program, successfully depositing a complete cathode, solid-state electrolyte and conductive network layer in a single, dry step. And the market would appear to agree, wi

Quartz-carbonate stockworks exposed in creek-bed outcrop at Critical Resources’ Croesus project, Reefton goldfields, NZ. Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has hit high-grade gold and antimony in first-pass reconnaissance sampling at its Croesus project in New Zealand, with assays returning up to 13.3 grams per tonne (g/t) gold and a solid 0.7 per cent antimony. The company says the rock chip results have confirmed the presence of a gold-antimony system at the project, sitti

Newly identified concealed pegmatite at Critical Resources’ Corona target at its Mavis Lake project in Ontario, Canada Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has kicked down the door on a previously underexplored area of its flagship Mavis Lake lithium project in Ontario, Canada, identifying a swarm of 14 separate pegmatite bodies, including six new discoveries during a recently completed field program. The 10-day program at the Corona prospect, 4km north of its existing 8-milli

Critical Resources says its sulphur-free solid-state battery electrolyte has matched key sulphide-class battery performance at room temperature, opening a cleaner path towards scale-up.

Critical Resources has defined a fresh 600-metre arsenic soil anomaly and bagged high-grade rock-chip assays up to 5.42 grams per tonne gold during early fieldwork at its Lammerlaw project in New Zealand.

Critical Resources has secured a worldwide, exclusive licence to NTU's thermal management technology to support its battery development push. Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has added a fresh layer to its battery technology ambitions after locking in a worldwide exclusive licence over battery cooling tech from Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, through the university’s commercial arm NTUitive. The deal gives Critical Resources rights to a portfolio covering two

Critical Resources has moved to expand the landholding at its Croesus gold and tungsten project in New Zealand. In a shrewd play to grab more exploration ground in New Zealand, Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has lodged an application to expand its Croesus gold and tungsten project across the mineral-rich Barrytown granite pluton. The move comes as tungsten prices continue to rocket amid tightening Chinese export controls and growing Western demand for critical minerals.

Critical Resources’ undertaking fieldwork at the newly identified concealed pegmatite at its Corona target, part of the company’s Mavis Lake project in Ontario, Canada. Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has widened the lens at the company’s Mavis Lake lithium project in Ontario, kicking off fieldwork across the underexplored Corona pegmatite field as it looks to transform the asset from a single-resource story into a broader multi-deposit lithium district. The program will

Critical Resources has completed a high impact exploration program at its Lammerlaw and Croesus projects in New Zealand. Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has clocked a high-impact exploration update after wrapping up dual-pronged field programs at its Lammerlaw and Croesus projects in New Zealand. The company is sniffing out high-grade gold and critical minerals across both projects. The company’s efforts appear spot on, coinciding with a massive structural surge in the tungsten

Critical Resources’ field crew will shortly have boots on the ground at the company’s Mavis Lake lithium project in Canada. Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) is set to pull the trigger on a lithium exploration blitz across a five-kilometre corridor at its Corona pegmatite field in Ontario, Canada. The field campaign has been designed to prepare the way for new resources that could bulk up its flagship Mavis Lake project and fast-track it into a district-scale lithium powerhouse.