Australian Strategic Supplies (ASX:ASM,OTC Pink:ASMMF) stated it has been awarded AU$5 million underneath the Australian authorities’s Worldwide Partnerships in Vital Minerals (IPCM) Program.
IPCM is an AU$20 million program launched this 12 months to “help early to mid-stage essential minerals initiatives that contribute to constructing end-to-end provide chains with Australia’s worldwide companions within the essential minerals sector.”
Australian Strategic will use the cash obtained to help work to establish potential lower-capital and shorter-implementation pathways to uncommon earths manufacturing at its Dubbo undertaking in New South Wales.
The quantity is along with a AU$6.5 million grant obtained by Australian Strategic from the federal government’s Vital Minerals Improvement Program final 12 months. It was offered for the development of undertaking design parts.
The corporate stated the brand new funds recognise its strategic significance as a future producer of uncommon earths and significant minerals resembling zirconium, niobium and hafnium, that are key to the defence business.
Australian Strategic stated that it’ll match the grant to additional help actions at Dubbo.
“With this funding, we will undertake necessary work to establish decrease capital and shorter implementation pathways to unlock uncommon earth manufacturing on the Dubbo Challenge and guarantee a targeted completion of our ultimate FEED,” stated Australian Strategic Managing Director and CEO Rowena Smith, whereas thanking the Australian authorities for its help.
“Authorities help to refine uncommon earths is necessary for our sovereign capabilities and can assist our buying and selling companions meet their financial, nationwide safety and emission discount commitments,” stated Madeleine King, minister for sources and minister for Northern Australia, in a separate assertion on Tuesday (October 15).
In March of this 12 months, Australian Strategic additionally obtained a non-binding letter of curiosity from the Export-Import Financial institution of the US relating to as much as US$600 million in debt funding to help the undertaking’s building.
Positioned roughly 400 kilometres northwest of Sydney, Dubbo is predicted to ship as much as 1,000 native jobs in the course of the building interval and roughly 270 jobs as soon as operational.
Australian Strategic is concentrating on a ultimate funding resolution for Dubbo throughout the first half of 2026.
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