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An announcement from Castillo Copper Ltd. ( (AU:NFM) ) is now available.
New Frontier Minerals has secured a binding option and staged earn-in agreement to acquire a 90% interest in the Pomme rare earths and niobium project in Québec from Metallium, adding 43 mineral claims covering 2,400 hectares in a district near the world-class Montviel deposit. The asset has seen limited but encouraging wide-spaced drilling, with long intercepts of total rare earth oxides and niobium, good infrastructure access, and government and local Cree First Nation support, positioning it as a potentially significant North American critical minerals project.
The structure of the deal is capital-efficient, requiring modest upfront cash and share payments and minimum annual expenditure during a two-year option, allowing New Frontier to scale in via technical and investment milestones while leveraging Metallium as a processing and technology partner. Initial work will focus on conventional metallurgy and testing Metallium’s Flash Joule Heating process on existing core to upgrade rare earth mineralisation, deepening a broader vertical integration partnership and potentially enhancing project economics and shareholder value.
New Frontier has also engaged New York-based Viriathus Investor Advisory to raise its profile with U.S. investors, underscoring an ambition to tap deeper North American capital pools for its expanded critical minerals portfolio. The combination of a strategic Canadian rare earth asset, a technology partnership, and enhanced investor outreach supports the company’s effort to strengthen its position in the Western critical minerals supply chain.
More about Castillo Copper Ltd.
New Frontier Minerals Ltd is an industrial metals and mining company listed on the LSE, ASX and OTCQB, focused on critical minerals, including rare earth elements and niobium. The group is pursuing a vertically integrated strategy anchored around its Harts Range interests and is now extending its portfolio into Canada to build a Western-jurisdiction critical minerals platform.
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