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St George Mining hits monster 207m total rare earths intercept in Brazil
St George Mining will collaborate with the Federal Centre for Technological Education (CEFET) of Minas Gerais on the construction of a new large-scale pilot plant at CEFET’s Araxá campus. St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has delivered a series of record breaking drill results at its Araxá project in Brazil, belting its latest rare earths and niobium assays clean out of the park. The company described the results as the “most spectacular drill results to date” which included a

Doug Bright
4 days ago


St George Mining scores monster 199m rare earths, niobium hit in Brazil
St George Mining has been drilling its Araxá rare earths project in Brazil on a round-the-clock basis. Credit: File St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has landed its longest rare earths and niobium drill intercept to date at its Araxá project in Brazil, with a near-200m run from surface adding more heft to an already chunky critical minerals system. The company’s latest batch of 23 diamond holes returned a headline hit of 199.5m grading 2.86 per cent total rare earth oxides and 0.

Doug Bright
Jul 1


St George Mining lands $60M to fast-track Brazilian critical metals play
St George Mining has secured a $60 million funding package to fast-track its massive Araxá rare earths and niobium project in Brazil, with Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting tipping in $20 million.

Doug Bright
Jun 18


St George Mining unlocks dual-value critical minerals pathway in Brazil
St George Mining's niobium froth flotation second cleaner stage for the company’s beneficiation test work for its Araxá project. St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has kicked a major goal at its world-class Araxá niobium and rare earths project in Brazil, with initial metallurgical testwork successfully producing two separate high-grade concentrates from a single ore stream. The Perth-based explorer says early-stage flotation work on a five-tonne bulk sample of near-surface sa

Doug Bright
Jun 11


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

Doug Bright
Jun 2


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.

Murray Ward
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.

Doug Bright
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

Doug Bright
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

Doug Bright
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

Craig Nolan
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

Doug Bright
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

Doug Bright
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

Michael Busbridge
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

Doug Bright
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

Doug Bright
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
Rob Evans
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

Michael Busbridge
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

James Pearson
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

Doug Bright
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

Craig Nolan
Jan 28
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