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Avonbank is a proposed heavy mineral sands mining project planned in western Victoria, Australia, near the town of Horsham and the locality of Dooen. It targets extraction and processing of heavy minerals such as zircon, ilmenite (titanium), and rare earth elements from a large mineral sands deposit west of Horsham

zircon, ilmenite (titanium), and rare earth elements

Excavators, wheel loaders, Articulated dump trucks

No workforce is currently committed

Bidaminna is a mineral sands project located in the North Perth Basin, about 120 km north‑northwest of Perth in the Shire of Gingin, Western Australia. It contains a large deposit of heavy mineral sands (HMS), including ilmenite, leucoxene, zircon and rutile, which are valuable feedstocks for titanium dioxide and zircon markets.

109 Mt @ 2.5% total heavy minerals ilmenite, leucoxene, zircon and rutile

Floating dredge, Floating Wet Concentration Plant (WCP) Ancillary earthworks equipment

John Galt is not an operating mine yet — it’s a mineral exploration project in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Carbonatite-hosted REE and fluorspar deposit with updated NI 43-101 MRE.

Crushing, grinding, flotation

Conceptual open-pit fleet

65 personnel onsite

Northern Minerals Limited’s Browns Range Heavy Rare Earths (HRE) Project is a major critical minerals development located about 160 km southeast of Halls Creek in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. The project is focused on producing rare earth elements (REEs) — especially dysprosium (Dy) and terbium (Tb) — contained in xenotime mineralisation, which are essential for high‑performance permanent magnets used in electric vehicles, wind turbines and defence technologies.

Crushing; beneficiation; leach/precipitation to MREC (pilot)

Mobile crushing and screening plant. jaw crushers, vibrating screens, secondary/tertiary crushers, conveyors

Large ionic clay REE project in Brazil; non-Australian but ASX-listed company.

Leaching to REE carbonate

Rare earth + phosphate deposit in East Kimberley; exploration/feasibility stage.

Study-stage beneficiation; REE concentrate production planned

Large-scale mineral sands deposit in western Victoria; zircon-rich with REE credits.

Mineral sands mining; gravity/magnetic separation

Australia’s first fully integrated rare earths refinery under construction; processes Iluka stockpiles and third‑party monazite feed.

Concentrator + cracking/leaching/solvent extraction to separated oxides

Large REE deposit in Wyoming; ASX-listed American Rare Earths.

Exploration-stage metallurgical testwork

REE + scandium project in Arizona; ASX-listed American Rare Earths.

Exploration-stage metallurgical testwork

Large ionic clay REE project; not in Australia.

Heap/dynamic leach to REE carbonate

over 100 ongoing operational jobs

The Mount Weld Mine is a high-grade, long-life resource and is considered one of the world's premier rare earths deposits. The deposit is located within a two billion-year-old volcanic plug and contains both Light and Heavy Rare Earth elements. Mining operations began at the site in 2011.

Production overview - 2026: rare earth elements 3233 t; 2025: rare earth elements 2080 t.

Ore mined from the Mount Weld deposit is processed on-site at a concentration plant. The processes include crushing, grinding, flotation, and filtration to produce a mixed rare earths concentrate. This concentrate is then transported to Lynas' Kalgoorlie facility for cracking and leaching, or shipped to the Lynas Malaysia refinery for separation and production of finished rare earths products.

upscaled processing equipment

approximately $500 million project to expand the capacity at the Mount Weld mine and concentration plant. The expansion aims to increase feedstock production capacity to the equivalent of 12,000 tonnes per annum of NdPr by 2024. The expansion includes upscaled processing equipment and efficiency improvements. The project is being carried out on the existing Mt Weld tenure.

Gascoyne region REE project with onsite beneficiation; hydromet at Onslow/Kwinana options historically assessed.

Crush–grind–flotation to REE concentrate; downstream processing offsite