China finally pulled the trigger on total bans of gallium, germanium, antimony and other ‘superhard materials' to the US, flexing its market dominance and sending local investors flooding into the growing number of ASX-listed explorers looking for the critical minerals.
Terrain recently announced Australia's first modern gallium exploration target of between 25-33Mt grading 19-21gpt over a fraction of its Larins Lane project in WA. Nimy's Mons project in WA returned early drilling results such as 240m at 680gpt from surface, including a peak 1m at 495gpt. With recent soil sampling returning grades of up to 58gpt gallium, it is hopeful of delivering one of WA's first gallium resources next year.