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Cameroon’s Minta Rare Earths Show High Grades, but Scale and Viability Remain Unproven

Australian mining company Lion Rock Minerals has reported high rare earth grades from earlier drilling at Minta East in central Cameroon, but the limited results do not yet establish the size or economic viability of a potential deposit. A much larger, recently completed drilling campaign could…

First published: 2 Sept 2026, 19:20 · 1 headlines

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  1. Cameroon’s Minta Rare Earths Show High Grades, but Scale and Viability Remain Unproven

    Australian mining company Lion Rock Minerals has reported high rare earth grades from earlier drilling at Minta East in central Cameroon, but the limited results do not yet establish the size or economic viability of a potential deposit. A much larger, recently completed drilling campaign could…

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