Australian Strategic Materials Limited

ASM is focused on producing specialty metals and oxides for advanced technologies and is the 100% owner of the Dubbo Project. Located in central-western NSW, ASM’s cornerstone Dubbo Project has a long-term resource of zirconium, rare earths, niobium and hafnium– a globally significant source of these critical materials for a diverse range of emerging and sustainable technologies.

In a joint venture with South Korea’s Zirconium Technology Corporation (Ziron Tech), ASM is advancing oxide separation and metallisation technologies to create a range of value-added materials from market-available precursors and, ultimately, Dubbo Project outputs.

ASM’s pilot plant in South Korea has been completed with successful production of titanium and neodymium metal. ASM is progressing an optimisation study of Dubbo Project inclusive of flotation that has the potential to positively impact the capital and operating costs of the project. This optimisation and a feasibility study on the metallisation plant is planned to be completed by the end of 2020 and Q4 2020 respectively.