CSIRO's Lab22 research facility, where Mount Ridley Mines’ first-stage scandium alloy program will investigate new opportunities for advanced materials and industrial 3D printing. Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD) has secured $50,000 in CSIRO co-funding for a $104,000 venture to unlock higher-value uses for scandium from its Grass Patch project in Western Australia. Management says the company is looking into far more than a simple mining development, setting its sights on

Mount Ridley Mines has extended its scandium resource in all directions at the company’s Grass Patch project near Esperance in WA. Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD) has confirmed its Block 1 scandium resource near Esperance in Western Australia extends in all directions after a second round of re-assays on historical drill pulps returned a picnic basket of high-grade, shallow hits. The latest results, which include a 22-metre intersection grading 134.09 parts per million(pp

Drill pulps being delivered for re-assay from Mount Ridley Mine’s Grass Patch project in Western Australia Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD) has unveiled a significant new high-grade scandium zone at its Grass Patch project near Esperance in Western Australia. Savvy capital-light re-assay of historical drill pulps has unearthed a massive 13-kilometre-long untested strike corridor. The results from the first phase of the program confirmed significant scandium mineralisation

Mount Ridley Mines has started phase one metallurgical test work at its Winstons and Keiths prospects, part of the company’s massive Grass Patch rare earths project near Esperance in WA. Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD) has officially fired up a phase one metallurgical test work program at the Winstons and Keiths prospects, which form part of its Grass Patch heavy rare earths project in Western Australia. The critical minerals player has locked in leading Perth-based labor

Mount Ridley Mines’ 3D gravity inversion modelling has lit up multiple new targets outside its current rare earth resource footprint. Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD)has unveiled a breakthrough at its namesake critical minerals project near Esperance, with sophisticated 3D gravity inversion modelling mapping out massive expansion potential across its already substantial resource footprint. The fresh modelling, completed by Perth-based Core Geophysics, has confirmed a rock-

Mount Ridley is hoping to unlock rare earth riches at its namesake Mount Ridley project near Esperance in WA Credit: File Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD) has significantly bolstered its internal technical expertise, appointing highly experienced process engineer Chris Larder as technical advisor for metallurgy and processing. The new hire is a move designed to fast-track the company’s downstream processing initiatives and refine the integrated recovery pathway for its namesake

Pulps being delivered for re-assay from Mount Ridley Mine’s Grass Patch project in Western Australia. Credit: File As heavy rare earths, scandium and gallium prices soar, Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD) has kicked off a strategic re-assay program of 3300 historical drill pulps in a move to deliver low-cost, near-term resource growth for a suite of critical minerals at its Grass Patch project near Esperance in Western Australia. The company says the program is a high-impact path

Mount Ridley Mines has unleashed a metallurgical beast at its Grass Patch project near Esperance. Historical testwork proved impressive heavy rare earths recoveries up to 86.5 per cent using a simple acid leach

Mount Ridley Mines has unveiled a heavy rare earths resource near Esperance in WA. Credit: File Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD) appears to be assembling an intriguing critical minerals combo in Western Australia’s southeast, after chalking up a major heavy rare earths mineral resource estimate at its namesake project, 55 kilometres northeast of Esperance. The new inferred resource has weighed in at an impressive 122.56 million tonnes grading 889 parts per million (ppm) total r

Mount Ridley Mines’ newly appointed managing director, Allister Caird. Credit: File Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD) has given its leadership deck a new look, bringing in seasoned capital markets operator David Wall as non-executive chairman. The company has also elevated its chief executive, Allister Caird, to the role of managing director and chief executive as it gears up for its next phase of critical minerals development in Western Australia. Wall, who has worked across equ

Mount Ridley Mines has delivered a maiden 368Mt scandium resource near Esperance, ranking it among the world’s largest and strengthening the company’s growing multi-element critical minerals portfolio.

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Mount Ridley Mines has taken a step toward unlocking the potential of its critical minerals portfolio by entering into a material transfer deal with one of America’s premier national laboratories.

Mount Ridley Mines has lit up a 33-kilometre run of untested rare earths and gallium targets across its vast Grass Patch Complex north of Esperance. Credit: File Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD) has lit up a 33-kilometre run of untested rare earths and gallium targets across its vast Grass Patch Complex north of Esperance in WA after completing a fresh review of modern geophysical datasets. The company says the work has outlined multiple new structural and lithological corridors

Mount Ridley Mines’ persistence and drilling at its rare earths and gallium-rich Grass Patch Complex near Esperance in WA’s southwest has enabled the definition of a massive 536 million tonne inferred gallium resource. Credit: File Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD) has locked in full control of the gravity high underlying its critical minerals-rich Grass Patch Complex, 70km north-northeast of Esperance in WA, by expanding its tenement area to 1069 square kilometres and consolida

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Mount Ridley Mines has appointed experienced energy and resources executive Allister Caird to drive its critical mineral growth plans. Credit: File Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD) has picked up experienced resource executive Allister Caird, for the role of chief executive officer. Caird brings 15 years’ experience as a geologist in the energy and resources sector to the aspiring critical minerals producer. He was recently the head of critical minerals at Locksley Resources, wit

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Mount Ridley Credit: File Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD) has added another string to its bow at the company’s Mt Ridley heavy rare earths project after unveiling a gallium resource of 838.7 million tonnes at 29.3 parts per million. The little-known critical mineral is prized by the US military as it has multiple applications in military technologies. Mt Ridley’s maiden gallium resource spans three deposits over its expansive 3400 square kilometres of tenure, 50 km northeast o