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Fortuna Metals Exempt from Malawi Raw Mineral Export Ban, Backing In-Country Processing Strategy

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  • Fortuna Metals confirms Malawi’s raw mineral export ban does not apply to its beneficiated rutile and graphite products.
  • The exemption underpins Fortuna’s in-country processing plans and strengthens its position in Malawi’s rapidly developing mining sector.
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Fortuna Metals Exempt from Malawi Raw Mineral Export Ban, Backing In-Country Processing Strategy

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Frontier Resources Limited ( (AU:FUN) ) has provided an update.

Fortuna Metals has confirmed it is not impacted by Malawi’s recent Executive Order restricting raw mineral exports, after receiving official notification that the ban does not apply where the company beneficiates and upgrades rutile and graphite in country before exporting premium products. The clarification supports Fortuna’s strategy to develop a Malawi-based processing operation modelled on the flow sheet used at Sovereign Metals’ nearby Kasiya deposit, aligning the company with the government’s push for value-added mining and positioning it within a rapidly developing Malawian mining sector that is attracting World Bank Group support and growing investment in large-scale uranium, rare earths, niobium, rutile and graphite projects.

More about Frontier Resources Limited

Fortuna Metals Limited is an Australia-listed minerals exploration company focused on rutile and graphite projects in Malawi. The company aims to develop in-country beneficiation and upgrading capabilities to produce premium-grade rutile suitable for titanium metal applications, including aerospace and defence, and high-quality flake graphite products for industrial markets such as lithium‑ion battery manufacturers and refractory producers.

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