Critica reports high-grade rare earth hits at Juno prospect, WA

Critica Limited’s 30‑hole, 1,249‑metre air‑core drilling program at the Juno satellite prospect, located about 50 km southeast of the flagship Jupiter deposit in Western Australia, confirmed shallow, high‑grade rare‑earth mineralisation across an area of roughly 45 km². Notable intersections included 14 m grading 3,053 ppm total rare‑earth oxides (TREO), 20 m at 2,155 ppm TREO, 24 m at 2,147 ppm TREO, 16 m at 2,117 ppm TREO and 17 m at 1,825 ppm TREO. The mineralogy showed the same REE phosphate minerals as those identified at Jupiter, suggesting Juno’s ore could be processed using the same beneficiation‑first flowsheet being developed for the main project.

CEO Jacob Deysel said the results demonstrate the potential to develop a pipeline of satellite deposits, enhancing resource growth and providing greater flexibility for mine planning and feed‑blending. The findings support Critica’s strategy of building a district‑scale rare‑earth system rather than relying on a single deposit, with the possibility of feeding multiple shallow, clay‑hosted deposits into a common processing circuit.