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Rarex Signs MOU For Supply Of Locally Produced Phosphate Products To WA’s Ord River Region
Binding MOU with Ord River District Co-Operative (ORDCO) encompasses off-take and development of a commercialisation strategy for phosphate products from the Cummins Range Project
Sustainable rare earths and phosphate developer RareX Limited (RareX, the Company) (ASX: REE) is pleased to announce that it has executed a binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ord River District Co-operative Ltd (ORDCO) to progress commercial off-take and product development opportunities for phosphate products from its 100%-owned Cummins Range Project in WA as outlined in the recent scoping study.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Binding MoU executed with the leading independent Ord River District Co-Operative
- Potential to sell phosphate products and by-products locally including rock phosphate, phosphoric acid, MAP, DAP, MSP, DSP and Gypsum from the Cummins Range Rare Earths and Phosphate Project
- Carbon credits to be investigated as part of an R&D program, further enhancing RareX’s ESG credentials
- Potential to generate early cash-flow from the local distribution of direct-application phosphate products ahead of the commencement of rare earth production
- Significant opportunity to add further value to the Cummins Range Project
ORDCO, which has been in operation since 1963, is the leading independent agricultural co-operative based in the Ord River Irrigation Area (ORIA), Kununurra, Western Australia and provides a complete range of farming inputs and services to the local region and greater surrounds.
The east Kimberley is the largest producer of irrigated horticulture in the region, powered by the Ord Irrigation Scheme as water from Lake Argyle and Lake Kununurra is diverted and gravity fed through kilometres of open channels to irrigate farmlands. In the process, sustainable hydroelectricity is produced to power the east Kimberley.
The ORIA has expanded from a historical base of around 15,000 ha to approximately 21,000 ha. Developments that will bring the area to 28,000 ha are underway with the potential to increase to 60,000 ha or more. Outside the ORIA, value add developments on many stations, such as dryland cropping using wet season rainfall, are now resulting in significant cropping areas. This means the total area of intensive agriculture and therefore demand for fertilisers is increasing quickly across the region.
Under the terms of the MOU, the parties have agreed to discuss and negotiate the terms of a binding off-take agreement and distribution agreement, and to jointly develop a product roadmap for the phosphate products to be produced from the Cummins Range Rare Earths and Phosphate Project.
The MoU also contemplates undertaking studies to evaluate the potential to capture carbon credits as part of general R&D-based activities.
The potential products and by-products from RareX’s proposed mine site and rare earths refinery include phosphoric acid, rock phosphate, mono super phosphate (MSP), double super phosphate (DSP), mono ammonia phosphate (MAP), double ammonia phosphate (DAP) and gypsum – all of which are currently imported to the region from interstate and international suppliers.
The MOU with ORDCO follows both a positive a scoping study and recent highly positive metallurgical testwork results which confirmed the potential to produce a premium phosphate concentrate from the Cummins Range Project, highlighting the potential to deliver a valuable phosphate co-product as part of its rare earths business.
Commenting on the MOU, Ord River District Co-operative Chief Executive Officer, Dan Raymond, said:
“At the current time, all fertiliser requirements for the ORIA and surrounding farms are purchased internationally or from southern distributors by ORDCO on behalf of growers. ORDCO is partnering with RareX to locally source and develop a range of farm fertiliser products from their Cummins Range Project. If successful, this will significantly change the cost of fertiliser inputs for the northern agriculture sector and help to breakdown another barrier to successful farming in the north. It is an exciting development for ORDCO, RAREX and northern farmers.”
Commenting on the MOU, RareX Managing Director, Jeremy Robinson, said:
“In choosing to collaborate with ORDCO, we are pleased to be working with local communities in the region where we operate as part of a sustainable venture that could deliver significant benefits to stakeholders across the district. From a commercial perspective, we also like the opportunity to potentially develop early cash-flow by selling phosphate products locally ahead of the full development of our rare earths business.”
The MoU is binding insofar as it obliges the parties to discuss and negotiate the terms of a binding offtake agreement, distribution agreement and product roadmap. The parties are also bound to make available resources and personnel to progress the matters contemplated in the MoU. The parties are however not bound to proceed to definitive binding documentation and neither party is
obliged to proceed with any potential opportunity. Either party may terminate the MoU on the provision of 30 days’ written notice.
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Appia’s Uranium, Rare Earths Assets Make for Compelling Investment Option, President Says
Appia Rare Earths and Uranium (CSE:API,OTCQX:APAAF) President Stephen Burega said his company is a compelling investment opportunity given the progress made with its PCH rare earths project in Brazil and uranium assets in Saskatchewan.
Appia recently announced a maiden resource estimate for PCH, reporting indicated resources of 6.6 million metric tons (MT) grading 2,513 parts per million total rare earth oxides, and inferred resources of 46.2 million MT at 2,888 parts per million.
“The next step (for the PCH project) would be to further the overall size of the existing zones that we've identified, the Buriti zone and the Target IV. There's expansion potential all around the area. Then we'll be targeting additional areas outside of that core and drill-testing new targets across the entirety of the property. So it's going to be a busy 2024 and 2025,” Burega said.
He added that the company is moving forward at its uranium assets with a diamond drill program planned for the uranium-bearing Loranger property in Northern Saskatchewan. In January, the company announced initial geochemical assay results derived from a 2023 drilling program conducted on the Magnet Ridge zone at its Alces Lake project in Northern Saskatchewan.
“I think the compelling argument is that not only do we have hard-rock monazite potential in Northern Saskatchewan with extraordinarily high-grade material … We are also very lucky to have an ionic adsorption clay asset that is a relatively simple process to extract — we're looking at the top 25 meters, essentially,” Burega said.
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Eclipse Metals
Overview
Eclipse Metals Ltd. (ASX:EPM) is an exploration and mining development company focusing on multi-commodity assets that support the world’s decarbonization goals. The company has a robust portfolio of projects in Australia and Greenland targeting crucial minerals, including rare earth elements (REEs), lithium, zinc, manganese, high-purity quartz, gold, copper, vanadium and uranium.
Governments worldwide have set ambitious goals to reach net-zero emissions in the coming decades, highlighting miners that supply the critical minerals required for low-carbon technologies, which is expected to consume a growing percentage of the world’s total mineral production, with vital elements growing by over 100 percent by 2050, according to the World Bank.Greenland REE deposits
Eclipse Metal’s flagship asset in Greenland, the Ivigtût project, contains known REE mineralization, industrial minerals and lithium potential.
Multiple academic research and significant rare earths results obtained by Eclipse Metals to date imply that the Grønnedal prospect (located 10 kilometers northeast of Ivigtût) has the potential to contain significant rare earth mineralization. This presence is consistent with other rare earth-bearing carbonatite-syenite intrusive complexes and has elevated ratios in praseodymium (Pr), neodymium (Nd), with enriched in dysprosium (Dy),
zirconium (Zr) and niobium (Nb) — elements that are crucial in the global journey toward a low-carbon, net-zero-emission future. As a mining-friendly jurisdiction, Greenland has an established infrastructure, reducing future development costs.
Additionally, the Ivigtût project contains a high-grade quartz body, a required material for high-end electronics and semiconductors. Eclipse Metals has begun its initial exploration drilling campaign and developed the project’s environmental impact assessment.
Eclipse Metals’ portfolio also includes Australian assets targeting uranium, copper and manganese as part of the company’s mission to support decarbonization. Its Northern Territory and Queensland assets allow the company to capitalize on existing infrastructure and mining-friendly local governments. The company’s uranium assets are in close proximity to other world-class deposits, allowing Eclipse to benefit from existing infrastructure and community support.
A sound management team with decades of experience in the natural resource industry leads Eclipse Metals. The team’s breadth of expertise includes mineral exploration, geology, corporate administration, metallurgy and international trade, creating confidence in the company’s ability to capitalize on its assets.
Company Highlights
- Eclipse Metals is an exploration and mining development company with assets in Greenland and Australia, supporting the world’s decarbonization goals.
- The company’s flagship Ivigtût multi-commodity asset in Greenland exposes the company to REEs, high-purity quartz, and other industrial metals required for emerging technologies.
- Greenland is a mining-friendly yet underexplored jurisdiction, creating tremendous opportunities for the company.
- Eclipse Metals’ portfolio of assets in Australia includes projects in Queensland and the Northern Territory in world-class mining jurisdictions.
- The company has begun its initial exploratory drilling campaign in Greenland and is progressing on the project’s environmental impact assessment for the mining license.
- An experienced management team leads Eclipse Metals with decades of experience in the mining industry.
Key Projects
Ivigtût Multi-commodity Project
The flagship Ivigtût project has a 120-year mining history, having produced 3.8 million tons of cryolite to support aluminum production. The settlement of Kangilinnguit (Grønnedal) approximately 5.5 kilometers to the northeast of Ivigtut provides access to an existing port. In addition, the project is close to existing infrastructure, including a power station, wharf and heliport, which minimizes future development costs.
Project Highlights:
- A Multi-commodity Project: The asset is known to host REEs and undiscovered polymetallic potential. In addition to REEs, the project contains other minerals, which include:
- Cryolite
- Fluorite
- High silica-grade quartz (99.9 percent SiO2)
- Zinc
- Iron
- Lithium
- Rich Exploration Potential: The asset’s area includes a source of carbonatite minerals and REEs, with deposits occurring in the project area that offers additional exploration opportunities to expand known resources. Eclipse Metals is presently strategically exploring the asset, with a drill program, planned pit dewatering, and sampling of 19,000 meters of historical drill cores.
- High-grade Quartz Opportunity: High-grade quartz is necessary to produce photovoltaic products, such as semiconductors and other high-end electronics. The asset contains over 5 million tonnes of quartz mineralization with up to 99.99 percent silica grade.
The company completed scoping phase reports of social and environmental impact assessments for its Ivigtût project with the assistance of Danish consultancy, COWI. The reports are integral to applying to Greenland’s Mineral Licence and Safety Authority for a mining license.
Eclipse also completed its maiden percussion drilling and trench sampling program at the Ivigtût mine site and Grønnedal carbonatite complex.MEL2007-45 Location map and exploration drill targets
Northern Territory Uranium projects
Liverpool Uranium Project
The Liverpool project comprises five exploration licenses totalling 1,464 square kilometers in the Northern Territory, a proven uranium district. The advanced exploration target contains multiple drill-ready targets.
Project Highlights:
- Nearby World-class Deposits: The Devil’s Elbow prospect within the asset is near several world-class deposits, including:
- Ranger 1 No 1: 0.34 percent uranium
- Ranger 1 No 3: 0.17 percent uranium
- Nabarlek: 1.95 percent uranium
- Jabiluka 1: 0.25 percent uranium
Encouraging Sample Results:
- Samples from shallow trenching yielded high-grade uranium assays including 3.2 percent uranium oxide, 3.7 percent uranium oxide, 4.40 percent uranium oxide, and 5.8 percent uranium oxide, with 38.1 g/t gold and 28.02 g/t palladium, related to fractures within altered amygdaloidal basalt of the Nungbalgarri Volcanics.
- Samples from the radioactive volcanic boulders returned assays of up to 1,720 ppm uranium (0.17 percent uranium), 1,210 ppm uranium (0.12 percent uranium) and a peak value of 3,300 ppm uranium (0.33 percent uranium).
Ngalia Basin Uranium Project
As Eclipse Metals’ second Northern Territory project, the Ngalia Basin project comprises eight exploration licenses totaling 7,280 square kilometers.
Project Highlights:
- Drill-ready Targets Identified: The company has identified two high-priority drill-ready targets within granted tenements.
- Benefitting from Previous Explorers: The asset’s previous explorers discovered anomalous uranium values, streamlining Eclipse’s exploration program and creating a clear progression path.
Mary Valley Manganese Project
The company’s Queensland project covers 35 square kilometers and is 16 kilometers southwest of Gympie Township. The Mary Valley hosts historic mines, such as Amamoor, which produced roughly 20,000 tonnes at 51 percent manganese. In addition, existing road and power infrastructure significantly reduce future development costs.
Project Highlights:
- Promising Historical Results: Drill results from the previous explorer include:
- 2018 drilling: 3.2 meters at 59.8 percent manganese dioxide
- 2020 shallow drilling: 3.5 meters at 24.9 percent manganese dioxide from the surface
- High-grade Manganese Potential: As an essential component in lithium-ion batteries, high-grade manganese is growing in demand. The Mary Valley deposit may support mill feed for a beneficiation plant capable of producing marketable, high-grade manganese.
- Encouraging Intersection: Previous diamond drill holes produced encouraging results, including:
- ADD 006 – 8.8 to 12 meters manganese oxide = 59.8 percent
- ADD 007 – 14.9 to 17.3 meters manganese oxide = 26.3 percent
- ADD 010 – 0.0 to 5.0 meters manganese oxide = 16.8 percent
Rock Hill Copper Project
The Northern Territory Rock Hill copper project contains encouraging copper-silver mineralization. Eclipse Metals plans to conduct airborne electromagnetic surveys and reverse circulation drilling over the mineralized zones, followed by diamond drilling. The potential mineralized corridor extends for over 10 kilometers.
Project Highlights:
- Promising Historical Results: Historical results indicate upside potential including:
- 3.0 meters at 1,420 g/t silver from 6.1 meters
- 11.6 meters at 0.43 percent copper from 58.2 meters
- 0.3 meters at 4.6 percent copper and 10 g/t silver
- 0.3 meters at 10.20 percent copper, 27 g/t silver
Management Team
Carl Popal - Executive Chairman
Carl Popal has more than 20 years of entrepreneurial experience covering a diverse range of commodities trading, corporate management, minerals exploration, asset management and construction, to name some. Previously, Popal was chief executive director of ASX-listed company Paynes Find Gold Ltd. He is the managing director of Ghan Resources Pty Ltd and Popal Enterprise Pty Ltd. Since 2001, Popal has managed several entities conducting international trading. He has more than 12 years’ experience in property development and has managed various commercial dealings within a network of companies around the world including in India, China and Malaysia.
Rodney Dale - Non-executive Director
Rodney Dale holds a Fellowship Diploma in geology from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. His experience covers more than 60 years, working in many parts of Australia, Indonesia and Africa on gold, tin, wolfram, base metals and industrial mineral exploration and mining, including trial mining and export of high-grade quartz. He has worked in and managed small gold mines in Western Australia. Since 1970, Dale has been an independent geological consultant with three periods as a director of ASX-listed companies. More recently, he has been involved with the assessment of iron ore projects in Australia, South America, India, China and Africa.
Oliver Kreuzer - Non-executive Director
Dr. Oliver Kreuzer is a registered professional geoscientist and company director with a broad skill set in structural, generative and corporate geology honed within more than a 20-year career in applied research and mineral exploration across a wide range of gold, base, energy and battery metals projects worldwide. His generative work laid the foundations for several new company floats, project acquisitions and new discoveries. Kreuzer is currently a non-executive director of ASX-listed exploration companies 92 Energy Ltd and NickelX Ltd.
Ibrar Idrees – Non-executive Director
Ibrar Idrees has a Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in Accounting and Finance) from Deakin University and has over 10 years of professional and corporate experience gained in a diverse range of industries in Australia and South Asia. Idrees, a practicing accountant, has worked in a variety of business development and financial positions in small and large companies.
Sebastian Andre - Company Secretary
Sebastian Andre is a chartered secretary with over 14 years of experience in corporate advisory, governance, compliance, and risk services. Andre has previously acted as an adviser at the ASX and has a thorough understanding of the ASX listing rules. He holds qualifications in accounting, finance and corporate governance and is a member of the Governance Institute of Australia
$1.118m Placement and Launch of Share Purchase Plan to Fund Completion of HPA Pilot Plant
ChemX Materials Limited (ASX:CMX) (ChemX or the Company), an Australian based high purity critical materials developer, is pleased to advise it has received firm commitments under the Placement from new and existing professional, sophisticated investors to subscribe for 21,937,508 fully paid ordinary shares (Shares) at an issue price of $0.048 per Share to raise approximately$1,053,000.
Highlights
- $1,118,000 raised pursuant to placement to professional, sophisticated investors (“Placement”)
- Launch of Share Purchase Plan (“SPP”) to raise up to a further $500,000.
- Funds raised from Placement and SPP to fund completion of HPA Pilot Plant in O’Connor in Perth, Western Australia.
- Participants of the Placement and SPP to receive one free attaching option for every two shares subscribed for and issued with an exercise price of $0.09 on or before three years from the date of issue (“Attaching Options”) subject to shareholder approval.
- High Purity Alumina (“HPA”) Pilot Plant reaches 80% construction milestone, enabling early-stage commissioning to commence in-line with its original project timeline to deliver first 4N HPA material in Q2 CY2024.
Funds raised under the Placement will be applied towards completion of the HPA Pilot Plant, working capital and costs of the offer.
ChemX has achieved a number of important milestones within its HPA Pilot Plant construction enabling early-stage commissioning activities to commence in the O’Connor facility in Perth, Western Australia.
Over 80% of the critical equipment for the Pilot Plant has been received and the ChemX team is undertaking individual stage early-commissioning activities in line with its original project timeline to deliver first 4N HPA material in Q2 CY2024.
ChemX is well positioned to take advantage of expected increased demand for HPA across electric vehicle battery separators and LED, Synthetic sapphire and semiconductor markets.
The Shares issued under the Placement (other than those to be issued to Directors) will be issued pursuant to the Company’s available placement capacity under ASX Listing Rule 7.1A (9,534,317 Shares) and 7.1 (12,403,191 Shares).
SHARE PURCHASE PLAN
In addition to the Placement, the Company will be offering eligible shareholders the opportunity to participate in the Company’s capital raising activities via the SPP for up to a further $500,000 (before costs and with the ability to take oversubscriptions) from the issue of 10,416,667 Shares.
Under the SPP, eligible Shareholders will be able to subscribe for Shares up to the value of $30,000 at an issue price of $0.048 per Share. In addition, the Company will separately offer one free Attaching Option for every two new Shares issued, exercisable at $0.09 per Share and expiring 3 years from the date of issue.
Documentation relating to the SPP and a Prospectus for the issue of the Attaching Options will be sent to eligible shareholders shortly.
The Attaching Options offered under both the Placement and SPP are subject to Shareholder approval and will be offered under a prospectus to be lodged shortly by the Company. The Attaching Option terms and conditions are included in Annexure A.
The issue of Shares under the Placement is not subject to shareholder approval as it falls within ChemX’s available placement capacity under Listing Rules 7.1 and 7.1A. A Notice of Meeting to approve the issue of Attaching Options under the Placement and SPP, Director participation in the Placement and other matters as necessary will be circulated in due course.
At the conclusion of the Placement, the Company will have 118,634,847 Shares on issue. Following the SPP offer to raise $500,000 (with the ability to take oversubscriptions), the Company will have a total of 129,051,514 Shares on issue.
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Exploration Progress at Salambidwe
DY6 Metals Ltd (ASX: DY6) (“DY6”, “the Company”) is pleased to provide this update to shareholders on its extensive geochemical and geophysical sampling program at the highly prospective Salambidwe REE and niobium (Nb) project in southern Malawi. A total of 514 soil and rock chip samples were collected over a 50km grid from outcrops across the licence area (Table 1) along with completion of an airborne geophysical program consisting of 45-line kilometres of electromagnetic plus radiometric surveying to map the magnetic and conductive properties of the geology of Salambidwe.
HIGHLIGHTS
- DY6 has completed the initial geochemical and geophysical exploration programs at the Salambidwe REE and Nb project.
- Assay results have been received for the grid-based soil and rock chip sampling. Results from the 128 soil and 386 rock chips expand the known area of anomalous responses.
- Maximum values from separate rock chip samples were 1.21% TREO & 0.12% Nb2O5
- The 45-line kilometre airborne geophysical program confirmed the highly concentric nature of the intrusive complex.
- DY6 is assessing the combined geochemical and geophysical data to refine targets prior to a maiden drill program.
Globe completed a sampling and ground radiometric survey over part of the central ring complex area of the intrusion outlining several zones of strongly anomalous TREO and Nb responses, numerous zones extended to the limits of the sampling. DY6’s sampling was specifically aimed at either extending or closing off these anomalous zones to the northern and western part of the licence.
The area of the historical sampling was not resampled, but several traverses were made across the outlined anomalous areas to ensure consistency and coherency of results (Figure 2). Absolute values obtained from the DY6 exploration appear to be slightly lower in tenor than the historical data; it is interpreted that this is due to the majority of the DY6 sampling being peripheral to the historical sampling and extending away from the central anomalous area.
DY6 detailed sampling expanded the anomalous areas on 100m x 100m spacing and the more regional and confirmatory sampling was at 100m intervals along lines 500m apart.
Figure 1: Geochemical sampling at Salambidwe prospect
Figure 2: DY6 Anomalous TREO Responses on RTP1VD aeromagnetic data at Salambidwe
The airborne data shown in Figure 2 shows the strong circular and concentric character of the intrusive syenite units at Salambidwe; note the area of anomalism seems to show a more subdued magnetic character, presumably due to alteration. Strong radiometric responses coincide with this area as shown below in Figure 3.
Figure 3 shows the extent of the historical TREO anomalism overlaid on the Total Count (TC) radiometrics image and the anomalous extensions generated by DY6’s exploration sampling.
Though a portion of the western anomalous zone is outside the current tenure; being too close to the Mozambique/Malawi border; this anomalous trend is now >2km long. The anomalous zone to the west of the western zone which does not overlay strong radiometric response requires further exploration. Both soils and rock chips return anomalous responses in this zone.
The eastern zone is approximately 1,700m long and nearly 1,000m wide near its northern limits.
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Senior Debt Process Initiated for Caldeira REE Project
The Export/Import Bank of the United States initiates a non-binding Letter of Interest for the Caldeira Project in Minas Gerais, Brazil
Meteoric Resources NL (ASX: MEI) (Meteoric or the Company) is pleased to announce it has initiated debt funding enquiries for its 100%-owned Caldeira Rare Earth Ionic Clay Project, located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
As a result of the ongoing advancement of Meteoric’s Caldeira Project, the Company has attracted the interest of both Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) and government lenders.
The Caldeira Project is a globally significant endowment of Rare Earth elements, further enhanced by its proximity to REE separation facilities in the Western Hemisphere. The Company is gearing up to mine and process high value Neodymium, Praseodymium (NdPr) and the highly sought Dysprosium and Terbium (DyTb). These four magnetic rare earth elements are critical for the generation of essential clean energy for the future.
With the support of Sprott Capital Partners (SCP), Meteoric has engaged Washington D.C.-based Woodford Resources for the initial phase of the Senior Debt Financing process. This has culminated in the Company receiving a non-binding Letter of Interest from the United States, Export-Import Bank (EXIM). Any financing support from EXIM following the Letter of Interest is subject to EXIM’s policies, procedures, credit requirements, and consideration by EXIM’s Board of Directors
The indicative terms of the potential financing are as follows:
- Facility amount of up to US$250M for United States origin equipment, goods and services.
- Subject to, but not limited to, typical conditions for financing but not yet defined.
- The willingness and interest of both parties to progress to a binding debt arrangement.
Meteoric is continuing to advance all aspects of the Caldeira Project, focussing on permitting, resource confidence, metallurgy and engineering studies. These studies are crucial to the progression of the EXIM due diligence process as Meteoric targets a Financial Investment Decision (FID) late in 2025.
In the event that the financing is approved by EXIM, the US$250M EXIM facility would have the potential to cornerstone a broad funding mix for the Caldeira Project. Meteoric is continuing to work with EXIM and other potential financiers and the details of any agreements will be announced on formalisation.
Chief Executive Officer, Nick Holthouse commented,
“We are delighted to start this process with the EXIM bank, an important step in our Debt Financing strategy for the Caldeira Project.
In recent years, there has been increased awareness of the deficiencies in the Western Supply chains for Rare Earth mining and downstream processing. Meteoric, through the Caldeira Project and support from the EXIM Bank, intends to play a part in re-building an independent and vertically integrated rare earth supply chain of scale. This is the first step in de-risking the funding aspect of Caldeira Project and we look forward to securing senior debt terms over time as we progress permitting, resource engineering and metallurgical packages and advance towards an FID.”
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ChemX Materials Limited (ASX: CMX) – Trading Halt
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The securities of ChemX Materials Limited (‘CMX’) will be placed in trading halt at the request of CMX, pending it releasing an announcement. Unless ASX decides otherwise, the securities will remain in trading halt until the earlier of the commencement of normal trading on Monday, 25 March 2024 or when the announcement is released to the market.
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