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OD6 Metals managing director Brett Hazelden, right, with Agricultural Region MLC Shelley Payne and former WA mines minister Bill Johnston. Credit: File OD6 Metals (ASX: OD6) has hailed its massive Splinter Rock rare earths play near Esperance in Western Australia as one of the world’s “largest and highest-grade projects” of its kind after doubling its mineral resource estimate to an indicated and inferred 682 million tonnes at 1338 parts per million total rare earths oxides (

OD6 Metals says magnet rare earths recoveries of up to 90 per cent have confirmed its Splinter Rock project near the port of Esperance in We

Magnet rare earths in OD6 Metals’ clay-hosted resources form a valuable component used in giant wind powered generators to produce renewable power. Credit: File OD6 Metals (ASX: OD6) will use new State Government funding to drill further into its Splinter Rock rare earths project north-east of the port of Esperance in Western Australia. The company says it has earmarked its maximum $180,000 grant under the government’s exploration incentive scheme (EIS) for drilling at its pr

OD6 Metals has garnered positive new testwork results from its rare earths clays. Credit: File Testwork on clays from OD6 Metals’ (ASX: OD6) Splinter Rock project in Western Australia’s deep south reveals simple beneficiation will significantly improve total rare earth oxides (TREO) grades by up to 224 per cent. A total of 13 samples were collected for the first phase of testwork and sent to the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). The samples were

Terrain Minerals is set to launch a detailed airborne electromagnetic survey at its Lort River project. Terrain Minerals (ASX: TMX) is preparing to stare directly into what it says is a Nova-style “eye” magnetic feature at its Lort River project in Western Australia, with a detailed airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey. The company identified the intriguing feature just eight weeks ago while searching through old geophysical records and is wasting no time in refining the tar

OD6 Metals geological logging and preparation of air-core drill samples Credit: File OD6 Metals (ASX: OD6) says ANSTO has delivered higher-than-expected metallurgical magnet rare earths recoveries of up to 86 per cent following testwork on 11 clay samples from its Grass Patch deposit in Western Australia’s deep south. The samples were selected from three key areas within the 2248-square-kilometre Grass Patch project, about 30km north of Esperance, where the company’s 93-hole

A drill rig at OD6 Metals’ Splinter Rocks project on the hunt for rare earths. Credit: File OD6 Metals says it has recovered up to 90 per cent rare earths from its sampling program conducted across multiple targets at its Splinter Rock project, about 150km north-east of the major port town of Esperance in Western Australia. The company’s most recent metallurgical testwork was completed on 60 samples and recovered consistent levels of high-value magnetic rare earth oxides (MRE

The picturesque Parmango Rock that is part of OD6 Metals’ Splinter Rock project. Credit: File OD6 Metals has vowed to continue its research aimed at developing the best rare earths discovery and extraction methods for its clay-hosted operation in the Western Australian town of Esperance after receiving a tax incentive rebate of $962,697. The research and development (R&D) rebate from the Australian Government relates to the company’s work at its promising Splinter Rock and Gr

OD6 Metals has teamed up with the CSIRO for a detailed interpretation of its Splinter Rock project. Credit: File OD6 Metals says its Splinter Rock project is emerging as Australia’s “pre-eminent” clay rare earths site after a new airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey identified significant extensions and new prospects to explore. Teaming with the nation’s science agency, the CSIRO, the company says it applied machine-learning technology and 3D modelling to create a greater in

OD6 Metals managing director Brett Hazelden, field assistant Terri McDonald, WA Agriculture Region MLC Shelley Payne and exploration manager Tim Jones. Credit: File OD6 Metals is on track for a substantial resource upgrade at its flagship Splinter Rock project near Esperance in Western Australia after recording high grades of up to 6441 parts per million total rare earth oxides (TREO) from a third drilling phase. A remarkable 77 per cent of holes drilled in the latest campaig

OD6 Metals is eyeing chlor-alkali electrolysers. Credit: File Metallurgical testing of ore from four prospects at OD6 Metals’ Splinter Rock rare earths project near Esperance in Western Australia has confirmed low acid consumption and high recoveries of valuable magnetic elements. An average of 16kg of hydrochloric acid (HCl) was consumed per tonne of ore treated, with ore from multiple zones requiring just 6kg to 10 kg of acid per tonne. Magnetic rare earth oxides (MREO) wer

A peer-based study comparing several leading clay-based rare earths hunters has rated OD6 Metals and its Splinter Rock project near the...

OD6 Metals’ Splinter Rock project. Credit: File OD6 Metals looks set to turbocharge the hulking resource at its Splinter Rock project in Esperance after revealing new rare earths assays with grades of up to 4159 parts per million total rare earth oxides (TREO) in clays as deep as 56m, in an area about 11km long and 5km wide. The company says its latest drilling program at its prop prospect threw up a suite of outstanding preliminary rare earths analytical results from all 78

OD6 Metals has completed third-phase drilling at its Splinter Rock project. Credit: File OD6 Metals has identified 16km of clays at its Centre prospect and more than 11km at its Prop target during third-phase drilling across its flagship Splinter Rock rare earths project near Esperance in Western Australia. Management says the clay thickness it observed initially, correlate with and validate data obtained from a recent air-borne electromagnetic survey completed at the site. P

OK so this is big – a new clay rare earths resource with both grade and serious scale

OD6 Metals has tabled a maiden mineral resource for its Splinter Rock rare earths project near Esperance. Credit: File OD6 Metals has set ASX tongues wagging with a maiden mineral resource of 344 million tonnes at 1308 parts per million total rare earth oxides (TREO) for its flagship Splinter Rock project near Esperance – in just over a year since its market listing. The company believes the operation is emerging as one of the biggest and highest-grade clay-hosted rare earths

OD6 Metals has begun its third drill campaign at its Splinter Rock rare earths project near Esperance. Credit: File ASX-listed OD6 Metals is set to nearly double its drill campaign at its Splinter Rock project near the Western Australian town of Esperance, with a third program now probing a raft of targets identified in a successful airborne electromagnetic survey. The planned 188-hole air-core (AC) program will cover 10,000m, with the aim of testing the length of the site’s

OD6 Metals will use a maximum grant of $180,000, secured from the WA Government as a successful Exploration Incentive Scheme co-funded drilling program applicant, to explore its Splinter Rock rare earths project near Esperance. The company has earmarked the funding for diamond-core drilling to provide samples for metallurgical analysis, in addition to air-core drilling to test the mineralisation length, depth, thickness and grade of the clay basins at the operation. Splinter