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Battery giant backs St George Mining in Brazilian rare earths play
St George Mining has brought lithium-ion battery heavyweight ATL onto its register. The ATL battery product family (pictured) includes high energy density, high power, fast charge and arbitrary-shaped cells. St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) is bringing global battery heavyweight Amperex Technology Limited onto its share register in a $2M deal that gives the group a strategic stake in the company as part of a restructure of the pair’s existing Lithium Star joint venture. Unde
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6 days ago


St George lines up engineering major for Brazilian rare earths build
St George Mining has recruited global engineering leader Worley to lead development studies at its world-class Araxá niobium-rare earths project in Brazil, fast-tracking the path to commercial production.
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May 6


St George Mining piles on thick high-grade rare earths in Brazil
St George Mining’s Araxá diamond drilling continues to deliver thick rare earths and niobium intercepts from surface. As St George Mining (ASX: SGQ)keeps the drill bits busy spinning at the company’s fully owned Araxá rare earths and niobium project in Brazil, its latest assays have once again screamed “grade”, “scale” and “continuity”. From a batch of 13 diamond drill holes, the company has shone a spotlight on three of its latest top hits, all straight from surface.
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May 5


St George Mining strikes standout rare earths-niobium combo in Brazil
St George Mining executive chairman John Prineas showcasing the company’s world-class rare earths-niobium Araxá project to investors and government representatives from the US during the Brazil-US Critical Minerals Forum in March. Credit: File St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has nailed its thickest hit yet at the company’s Araxá rare earths and niobium project in Brazil, serving up a hefty slab of high-grade rare earths and niobium mineralisation beginning right from surface. Fr
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Apr 7


St George Mining eyes cleaner, cheaper niobium with US tech
St George Mining executive chairman John Prineas (centre right) at the Brazil-US Critical Minerals Forum in March with (L–R): Thiago Amaral, Gabriel Escobar and Daniel Guimarães Medrado de Castro. Credit: File St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has rolled out another big-ticket partnership at its Araxá critical minerals project in Brazil, striking a strategic alliance with innovative metals processor Boston Metal to chase a cleaner, potentially cheaper pathway to niobium production
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Apr 1


St George Mining links up with global firm for Brazilian rare earths processing
St George Mining has linked up with a leading European rare earths processing firm to conduct testing on rare earths material from the company’s blockbuster Araxá project, in Brazil. Credit: File St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has linked up with a globally-leading European rare earths processing firm to conduct testing on the company’s hard-rock rare earths material at its blockbuster Araxá project, in the Brazilian State of Minas Gerais. Management has signed a memorandum of u
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Mar 31


St George Mining plots downstream path for Brazil rare earths
St George Mining’s Brazil country head (left) and Fernando Contadini, chief executive officer of Nanum (right), at the signing of the MoU. Credit: File St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) is taking aim at the “basket value” problem that plagues many rare earths projects, signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore a downstream process that could upgrade the product mix from its Brazilian Araxá project. Under a non-binding deal with Brazilian fine chemicals group Nanum Nan
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Mar 12


St George Mining stretches high-grade rare earths footprint in Brazil
St George Mining’s round-the-clock diamond drilling at Araxá is keeping all hands on deck in the core store. Credit: File St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) seems irrepressible as it keeps the drill bit spinning at its 100 per cent-owned Araxá rare earths and niobium project in Brazil and delivering more assays showing thick, high-grade mineralisation from surface. The company says the latest results from 16 diamond drill holes have confirmed strong grade continuity in the monster c
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Mar 11


St George Mining adds mine planning firepower for Brazilian rare earths push
St George Mining executive chairman John Prineas (right) checking diamond drill core from its high-grade Araxá REE-niobium project in Brazil. Credit: File St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has bolstered its leadership ranks by hiring a seasoned in-country geologist as it accelerates planning and development of the company’s world-class Araxá rare earths-niobium project in Brazil. Ms Carla Grasso is a highly credentialled senior resource geologist, with more than two decades of ope
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Mar 10


St George Mining storms into All Ords on Brazilian rare earths boom
St George Mining will soon join the Australian S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Index. Credit: File St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has scored a visibility boost after clinching a spot in the much-coveted S&P/ASX All Ordinaries (All Ords) Index, effective prior to the open of trade on Monday, March 23. The All Ords tracks the top 500 companies on the Australian Securities Exchange by market capitalisation, so inclusion can help broaden a stock’s investor audience and lift liquidity throug
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Mar 9


St George Mining hikes Brazil resource 75% in major rare earths boost
St George Mining has been furiously drilling out its Brazilian Araxá rare earths and niobium project in the lead up to its latest resource upgrade. Credit: File St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has delivered a stunning resource upgrade at its already giant Araxá rare earths and niobium project in the Barreiro carbonatite complex in Minas Gerais, Brazil, lifting the project’s mineral resource by a hefty 75 per cent and reinforcing its credentials as a potential Tier‑1 global rare
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Mar 3


High-grade Brazilian rare earths continue to stack up for St George Mining
A gravity metre used as part of the exploration program at St George Mining’s Araxá niobium–rare earths project in Brazil. Credit: File In a barnstorming start to the year, St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has delivered its thickest intercept to date at the company’s wholly owned Araxá rare earths project in Brazil, reinforcing the deposit’s credentials as a potential world-class minerals play. The company’s latest diamond drilling has punched out a whopping 164.45 metres of cont
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Feb 18


St George Mining stamps foot on strategic Brazilian land parcel
Niobium pellets from St George Mining’s operated Araxá niobium–rare earths project in Brazil. Credit: File St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has snapped up prime industrial land next to its Araxá project in Brazil, clearing a major hurdle on the path to fast-tracked niobium and rare earths production in a red-hot critical minerals market. The land parcel, comprising 166 hectares, is less than 2 kilometres from the mining tenure and is zoned for mining and industrial use. Management
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Feb 17


Brazil backs St George Mining with tax breaks for critical minerals push
Minas Gerais Governor Romeu Zema addresses the St George Mining’s Open Day and Critical Minerals Forum at Araxá, watched by the company’s in-country leaders Thiago Amaral (centre) and Adriano Rios. Credit: File Brazil has rolled out the welcome mat for St George Mining’s (ASX: SGQ) Araxá project, with the State of Minas Gerais formally approving a preferential goods tax regime for the company’s Araxá niobium and rare earths project. The deal removes state goods tax of up to 1
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Feb 13


Brazilian rare earths gift keeps on giving for St George Mining
St George Mining is currently drilling around the clock at its Araxá rare earths-niobium project in Brazil. Credit: File For a project that already screams serious scale, the latest round of assays from St George Mining’s (ASX: SGQ) Araxá rare earths and niobium project in Brazil may have just taken the play up another notch. The company has rattled off another batch of diamond drill results that read more like a wish list than routine step-out holes. Thick mineralised zones
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Feb 6


Washington link-up boosts St George Mining’s Brazilian rare earths ambitions
St George Mining has hired a leading government relations firm to deepen ties with the US as it pursues potential incentives and funding support for its Araxá critical minerals project in Brazil. Credit: File St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has made a strategic move to strengthen ties with the United States Government by appointing a leading government relations firm, as the aspiring producer looks to provide in-demand critical minerals such as rare earths and niobium to the Wes
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Jan 28


St George Mining extends US rare earths alliance, eyes 40% offtake
St George Mining executives meet with US government representatives at EXPOSIBRAM in October 2025. Third from left, John Prineas (St George Chairman); fourth from left, Gabriel Escobar (Chargé d’Affaires, US Embassy Brasilia); fifth from left, Adriano Rios (Director, St George Brasil). Credit: File St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has secured extra runway in its push to feed US rare earths demand, extending its strategic alliance with Ohio-based REalloys - a key player already su
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Jan 21


St George Mining drills into serious rare earths and niobium upside in Brazil
St George Mining’s diamond drill rig in action at its Araxá rare earths project in Brazil. Credit: File St George Mining (ASX:SGQ) has landed another set of jaw-dropping rare earths and niobium results at its wholly owned Araxá project in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with diamond-drill assays confirming thick, high-grade intercepts from surface, beyond the current world-class resource outline. The current resource stands at 40.6 million tonnes grading 4.13 per cent total rare earth
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Jan 20


St George Mining hits big niobium beyond Brazilian project resource area
St George Mining’s Araxá project resource area in Brazil, adjacent to Brazilian heavyweight CBMM’s world-class niobium mine. Credit: File St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has uncovered a new zone of high-grade niobium mineralisation at its Araxá project in Brazil, with assays confirming thick intercepts from surface well beyond the current mineral resource estimate envelope. The company says its latest discovery lies 400 metres northwest of the existing resource in a previously u
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Jan 8


St George Mining drill results deliver major Brazilian rare earths boost
St George Mining’s Araxá project in Brazil (outlined in red), which sits adjacent to Brazilian heavyweight CBMM’s world-class pyrochlore-laden niobium mine. Credit: File St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has again lifted the bar at its Araxá project in Brazil, delivering another round of standout drilling results that continue to expand and enhance its already world-class rare earths and niobium resource. The latest diamond drilling assays from St George’s 100 per cent–owned Araxá
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Jan 6
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