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Red Metal heap leach breakthrough fires up Qld rare earths play
Red Metal Limited's column leach test set-up showing its 100mm and 150mm columns with coarsely crushed ore samples from the Kary Zone within its Sybella rare earths project, near Mt Isa in Queensland. Red Metal (ASX: RDM) has moved a big step closer to proving a low-cost processing route for its monster Sybella rare earths project in Queensland, with definitive column leach tests delivering stellar recoveries from coarse-crushed ore using weak sulphuric acid at ambient te

Doug Bright
5 hours ago


Red Metal rare earths play rides tailwind from Aus-Japan alliance
One of Red Metal’s samples from the Kary Zone at its Sybella project. The coarse crushed granite-hosted mineralisation will be subjected to column leach to extract the contained rare earths. While Red Metal Limited (ASX: RDM) believes it is on the cusp of developing an ultra-low-cost processing pathway for its giant Sybella rare earths project near Mount Isa in Queensland, the stars also appear to be lining up, with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Japanese Pri

Doug Bright
May 5


Red Metal strikes fertile system in WA Paterson Province
Core from Red Metal Limited’s maiden drilling at its Pulkarrimarra gold-copper project in Paterson, WA, showing heavily pyritic and carbonaceous Broadhurst Formation with strong pyrite-carbonate-quartz veining. Credit: File Red Metal (ASX: RDM) has burst into 2026 with a technically encouraging maiden drilling campaign at its Pulkarrimarra copper gold project in Western Australia’s red-hot Paterson Province. The drill bit lit up a fertile geological system across both sedimen

Penny Taylor
Apr 20


Red Metal spins out Maronan share bounty for holders
Drill Rig on site at Red Metal Limited’s Sybella rare earths project near Mount Isa in Queensland. Credit: File Red Metal Limited (ASX: RDM) has delivered a high-value Easter surprise, rewarding its loyal backers with a direct slice of one of Australia’s most promising silver and copper-gold development plays. The company has unveiled plans for a major in-specie distribution of its ASX-listed Maronan Metals shares, a tactical move aimed at unlocking the full potential of bot

Murray Ward
Apr 7


Red Metal, Chalice Mining link up in hunt for next copper-gold frontier
Red Metal Limited has linked up with ASX-listed explorer Chalice Mining under an earn-in JV on ground prospective for copper and gold at Red Metal’s Callabonna project in South Australia’s Curnamona Province.

Craig Nolan
Mar 18


Geochem clues steer Red Metal along WA Hemi gold corridor
Red Metal Ltd’s first drilling at its Pardoo play in WA’s Pilbara has hit anomalous gold in cover sequences, with a growing geochemical trail hinting at potential basement mineralisation near the Hemi corridor.

Rowena Duckworth
Jan 28


Red Metal steps up heap-leach tests for Qld rare earths
Kary Zone Column Leach tests from Red Metal Limited’s Sybella rare earths project in Queensland. Fine chips from crushing bind to the coarser fragments, helping to maintain a high permeability in the column. Credit: File Red Metal Limited (ASX: RDM) has stepped up metallurgical work at its Sybella rare earths project in northwest Queensland, with large-scale weak-acid column heap leach tests now underway on coarsely crushed granite-hosted ore. The test program is designed to

Rowena Duckworth
Dec 23, 2025


Red Metal inks JV to fast-track copper hunt in WA
Location of the Sharon Dam project- subject of the new Red Metal JV with Artemis. Credit: File Red Metal Limited (ASX: RDM) has strengthened its position in Western Australia’s emerging Madura copper province after striking a joint venture (JV) deal designed to fast-track drilling at its highly prospective Sharon Dam iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) target. Under the agreement, Artemis Resources (ASX: ARV) can earn up to a 60 per cent interest in Red Metal’s Sharon Dam project

Rowena Duckworth
Dec 22, 2025


Red Metal strips rare earths impurities in QLD metallurgical breakthrough
Red Metal proposed ion exchange plant designed, built and operated by Core IPEX. Credit: File Red Metal Ltd (ASX: RDM) says it has made a major breakthrough in metallurgical testing of its rare earths ore from the company’s Sybella project in Queensland that will result in less impurities and higher grades. The company has managed to replace the standard two-stage impurity removal process with a simple Ion exchange process that will lower costs and increase purities. Ion exc

Michael Busbridge
Nov 18, 2025


Red Metal 44% stake in Maronan soars on Qld multi-metal study
Red Metal owns a 44 per cent stake in ASX-listed Maronan Metals, which released positive scoping study on its namesake flagship...

James Pearson
Sep 23, 2025


Aussie rare earths juniors shine as US dollars flood Mountain Pass mine
The world-class Mountain Pass rare earth mine has been the recipient of US$400 million in government funding. Credit: File There are...

Bill McConnell
Jul 14, 2025


Qld government grants to help Red Metal drill big copper-gold targets
Red Metal’s latest Queensland copper-gold projects north of Mt Isa, where the company has secured government funding to test giant IOCG...

Andrew Todd
Jun 4, 2025


Red Metal Ltd heap leach tests point to low-cost Qld rare earths win
Sybella Kary Zone: Intermittent bottle roll set-up. Credit: File Red Metal Limited (ASX: RDM) has turbocharged the value proposition of...

James Pearson
May 19, 2025


Red Metal drill hole points to Qld silver-lead-zinc opportunities
Core from Red Metal’s first drill program at the company’s Bluebush prospect in Queensland highlights massive and semi-massive bedded...

Doug Bright
Mar 19, 2025


Red Metal drilling hits thick rare earth intersections from surface
Red Metal Limited’s latest drilling results have continued to unearth thick intersections of valuable magnet rare earths at the company’s...

Craig Nolan
Feb 11, 2025


Punters pile into Red Metal in oversubscribed share plan
Red Metal (ASX: RDM) has been knocked over by punters in the rush for shares after its latest share purchase plan received applications...

Craig Nolan
Oct 30, 2024


Red Metal tables giant QLD magnet rare earths resource
Red Metal Ltd (ASX: RDM) says its recently tabled giant 4.8 billion-tonne rare earths resource showing promising shallow, early mining...

James Pearson
Oct 21, 2024


Red Metal gears up for three Queensland drilling programs
Red Metal (ASX: RDM) is gearing up for an intense period of exploration across north-west Queensland, with separate drilling programs set...

Andrew Todd
Sep 24, 2024


Red Metal confirms huge magnet rare earths zones near Mt Isa
Red Metal (ASX: RDM) says its latest step-out drill program has confirmed two huge, parallel magnet rare earths zones at its Sybella...

Craig Nolan
Sep 11, 2024


Red Metal trial delivers “saleable” Queensland rare earths
Red Metal (ASX: RDM) has produced what it says could be a premium saleable rare earths product after its first impurity removal trial...

Andrew Todd
Jul 8, 2024
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