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.

Critical Resources’ Lammerlaw historical alluvial gold-antimony workings within its Stony Creek trend area, looking north. Critical Resources (ASX:CRR) has officially put boots-on-ground in New Zealand, launching a field exploration program at its Lammerlaw and Croesus gold and tungsten projects following the approval of key permit transfers. The company’s New Zealand exploration is being supported by the Government’s pro-investment “Fast-Track” reform initiatives, which are

Critical Resources has inked a 12-month option deal with the South Dakota School of Mines to collaborate on its battery technology. Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) isn’t just playing the explorer game any more - it’s busy rewriting the rules of the energy transition value chain. While many juniors are content with chasing a single soil anomaly, this ASX mining junior has spent the last year quietly assembling a “triple-threat” portfolio spanning next-gen battery tech in the US

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