Critical Metals Corp (Nasdaq: CRML) Achieves Breakthrough Tanbreez Heavy Rare Earth Results: >99% Dissolution of Eudialyte Concentrate Into 19 Ultra-High-Purity Rare Earth Products; Refinery Study Projects US$1.8–2.2b in Annual Refinery Revenue
Original announcement by globenewswire on
- Company
- Critical Metals Corp
- Ticker
- CRML
- Exchange
- Unavailable
- Region
- Greenland
- Primary commodity
- Rare earth
- Secondary commodities
- Silica, Niobium, Tantalum, Dysprosium, Hafnium
- Document categories
- Metallurgy, Other
- Extracted
- 2026-09-16 12:34:34 UTC
Analysis by Minestarters Atlas
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Summary
Critical Metals Corp has announced a breakthrough metallurgical process for its Tanbreez project, projecting >99% dissolution of eudialyte concentrate into high-purity rare earth products. The proposed Romanian refinery study projects annual revenues of US$1.8–2.2 billion and an NPV10 of US$4.5 billion, driven by both rare earths and high-purity silica by-products.
Reasoning: The announcement details a breakthrough metallurgical process for eudialyte concentrate with high projected economic returns and significant byproduct value, though it remains in the preliminary modelling stage.
Positive factors
- High projected revenue and NPV
- Innovative silica recovery process
- Significant byproduct value stream
- High IRR and short payback period
Negative factors
- Preliminary modelling and Class 4 estimate uncertainty
- Subject to further engineering and metallurgical test work
- High energy requirements
Facts used in scoring: 2
Classification and evidence
High Recoverypositive
Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.
Why it applies: Reported >99% dissolution of eudialyte concentrate.
Evidence · text
“>99% Dissolution of Eudialyte Concentrate”
Byproduct Commodityneutral
The tested commodity is a byproduct rather than the primary economic driver.
Why it applies: The process is designed to recover high-purity silica as a significant revenue contributor.
Evidence · text
“Projected by-products include 25,670 tons per year of high purity SiO2 powder.”
Mill Routeneutral
Processing via mill or concentrator (CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation).
Why it applies: the document describes a flotation route ("concentrate")
Single Domain Onlynegative
Testing limited to one composite or domain — representativeness not established.
Why it applies: only one composite was tested
Extracted facts
Stored fact records: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.
Metallurgical Results (2)
multistage, mixed-acid leachTanbreez · rare earthRecovery: 99 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Tanbreez
- Commodity
- rare earth
- Region
- greenland
- Reported Region
- Greenland
- Ticker
- CRML
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- multistage, mixed-acid leach
- Processing Route
- multistage, mixed-acid leach process operating at elevated temperatures, followed by cascading recovery steps
- Sample
- eudialyte concentrate
Recovery
- Recovery
- 99 %
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: The reported >99% dissolution of eudialyte concentrate is an exceptional recovery metric for this complex mineralogy.
Positive factors
- Extremely high dissolution rate (>99%)
- Innovative multistage mixed-acid reactor design
Negative factors
- Subject to further process validation
- Preliminary modelling
Evidence · text
“>99% Dissolution of Eudialyte Concentrate Into 19 Ultra-High-Purity Rare Earth Products”
Tags used in scoring
Byproduct Commodityneutral
The tested commodity is a byproduct rather than the primary economic driver.
Why it applies: the release describes a byproduct credit
off-gas recoveryTanbreez · silicaRecovery: 99.99 %View all detailsHide details
Identity
- Project
- Tanbreez
- Commodity
- silica
- Region
- greenland
- Reported Region
- Greenland
- Ticker
- CRML
Test Work
- Program Status
- preliminary
- Test Type
- off-gas recovery
- Processing Route
- Complete silica recovery through off-gas recovery
- Sample
- eudialyte concentrate
Recovery
- Recovery
- 99.99 %
Review
- Needs Review
- No
- Historical
- No
Dates
- Event date
- 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
Reasoning: The ability to recover 99.99% pure silica from a waste stream is a significant economic and environmental advantage.
Positive factors
- High purity product (99.99% SiO2)
- Significant revenue contributor
Evidence · text
“Complete silica recovery through off-gas recovery, designed to produce 99.99% SiO2 powder”
Tags used in scoring
Byproduct Commodityneutral
The tested commodity is a byproduct rather than the primary economic driver.
Why it applies: the release describes a byproduct credit
How Atlas produces this analysis
Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. Sentiment reflects the extracted narrative and classification rules; it is an interpretation, not a reported measurement. Evidence quotes and context are provided where available. Missing data, low-confidence results, and review flags indicate limitations. Check the original publisher announcement before relying on an interpretation.