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St George Mining’s Araxá Project: A Rare Earths Powerhouse in a Shifting Global Market

China's Export Clampdown Sparks Urgency in Rare Earths Supply

As geopolitical tensions rise and China enforces tighter export controls on rare earths and permanent magnets, the global race to secure critical mineral supply chains has intensified. These strategic materials—vital for defense, electronics, and clean energy technologies—are now under the spotlight, pushing countries and companies to seek alternative sources.

Amid this global shift, St George Mining Limited (ASX: SGQ) has stepped into the limelight with its 100%-owned Araxá Project in Brazil. More than just a promising exploration site, Araxá is emerging as one of the world’s largest and highest-grade hard-rock rare earth resources—a distinction that sets it apart in the global market.

Strategically located and geologically gifted, the project offers a powerful combination of scale, quality, and jurisdictional advantage.

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⚒💎⚒#Rockhounds Happy Throwback Thursday Everyone! . We may Have had an Abbreviated Mining Season This Year but What it Lacked in Time it More than Made up for in Good Fortune and Beauty! . This Video Shows a Beautiful Lepidolite Vein Flowing out of a Fluorapatite Pocket Made up of Cleavelandite, Muscovite, and Smoky Quartz! . In Addition to Breathtaking Fluorapatites, This Privately Owned Maine Pegmatite Mine is Home to Some of The Worlds Finest Tourmaline! . Crystal Pockets here can Range from the Size of a Baseball to the Size of the Larger Pocket Seen Near the end of the Video! . One Things for Certain, It’s not the Size of the Pocket that Matters, it’s What’s Inside that Makes the Difference! . Thousands of Different Minerals can be Found at this Mine, it’s a Prime Example of Just how Mineralogically Diverse and Unique Maine Really is! . *This is a Privately Owned Locality and is NOT Open to the Public. We are Blessed to Have Access to This Mine Once or Twice a Year. Out of Respect for the Mine Owner, Please Do Not try and Guess the Location in the Comments. If you Know or Think you Know, be Content with the Knowledge and Resist Temptation.* . If Anyone is Interested in Acquiring Authentic Maine Specimen’s, Feel Free to Message me Directly for a Private Viewing or Visit our Physical Store in Greenville! . Thanks for Watching, Stay Tuned for More Incredible Content from Northern Maine Minerals! . #NorthernMaineMinerals #NmmRockShop . #MaineRockShop #HardRockMining #Lepidolite #Geology #Mica #SmokyQuartz #Rockhounding #Maine #Quartz #Tourmaline #Gems #Crystals #Minerals #Geology . 🍇⚒🍇💎🍇⚒🍇 (at Northern Maine Minerals) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFQsTEvgI_d/?igshid=b3o6e1t69buy

[hinge]

Hinge presents an anthology of love stories almost never told. Read more on https://no-ordinary-love.co

[goprospecting]

Video Alert! Friday 9am mountain time. Hard Rock Pyrite samples. #goprospecting #pyrite #hardrockmining #goldprospecting https://www.instagram.com/p/B25roolgB62/?igshid=1bvim8rjxizbl

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Well we are getting ready to do some mining for Fluorite!! Can’t wait! Jana and Korey will be at the shop while Alma and I are out digging in the dirt! Have a blessed day!!! #indigomermaidllc #rockhound #hardrockmining #crystals #fluorite #minerals (at Socorro County, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvo0sfABztv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=60tcz2n1ifil

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[hinge]

Hinge presents an anthology of love stories almost never told. Read more on https://no-ordinary-love.co

[portlandmade]

Before & After. I raked and sifted all the moss and grass out of an 11'x15' decomposed granite gravel patio. #beforeandafter #hardwork #hardrockmining

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EPA announces Colorado-based office dedicated to cleaning up abandoned mines

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The Environmental Protection Agency is creating a new office in Lakewood that will focus on cleaning up abandoned hardrock mining sites west of the Mississippi River, including the Bonita Peak Mining District where the Gold King Mine disaster originated in 2015. 

The Office of Mountains, Deserts and Plains will be located in the EPA’s regional office at the Denver Federal Center, the agency announced during a news conference at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry in Colorado Springs on Wednesday. EPA’s National Mining Team Leader Shahid Mahmud will be the acting director, and the team will have nine full-time staff positions.

The office, which will use existing agency funds, will primarily focus on remediation work at Superfund sites and other abandoned mining locations, which release millions of gallons of pollution into streams each year. Remediation efforts will include cleaning up sites and the surrounding environment, and in some cases rebuilding the mine for operations. 

There are more than 63 Superfund Mining and Mineral Processing Sites west of the Mississippi River, including nine in Colorado. In Colorado alone, there are roughly 23,000 abandoned mines.

Many historic mining sites don’t have an owner or operator to facilitate cleanup operations themselves, placing it in the EPA’s hands.

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“I’m really confident — I don’t think, I know — that this is going to make a significant difference in addressing mines that are abandoned and those in the Superfund program to move them forward more quickly,” said EPA Associate Deputy Administrator Doug Benevento, who called the new office “a victory for the environment, taxpayers and the American people.” 

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The new office will also help speed up project timelines, including to clean up hundreds of abandoned uranium mines on the Navajo Nation. 

An agreement finalized in February designated funding and resources to clean up 24 of the highest priority mines, five years after the federal government and tribe first reached a settlement on the mines.

Benevento cited the decades-long wait many communities have faced in seeking environmental remediation. “Communities want it done faster and we will have it done faster,” he said.

Another goal of the office is to make it easier for so-called “good Samaritan” cleanup operations, such as those facilitated by Trout Unlimited or The Nature Conservancy. Current law says that if a group wants to contribute to cleanup efforts, they could be responsible for finishing the job, whether they’re capable of doing so or not. While the law is what it is, Benevento said, the new office will do what it can to make collaborative cleanup efforts “as unbureaucratic as possible.”

Benevento, who served as the Region 8 EPA administrator based in Colorado, is President Donald Trump’s nominee for the deputy administrator position. He was previously executive director for the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment. 

The new office was announced days after an Associated Press investigation revealed the Trump administration’s efforts to fast-track a variety of energy and infrastructure projects under relaxed regulations, including mining operations in Colorado. 

Democrats and environmental groups have been wary of the Trump administration’s efforts to relocate offices and staff away from Washington, fearful that it will dilute their influence before Congress. In 2019, for instance, the administration announced it would move the Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters to Grand Junction.

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⚒🏡⚒#Rockhounds Happy Small Business Saturday Everyone! . Northern Maine Minerals is a Family Owned & Operated Lakeside Rock Shop Located in the Heart of Beautiful Greenville, Maine. . I was Planning on Writing Something to Thank Everyone for All Your Support Over the Years. The Truth is, there really are no Words that could ever do Justice to how Grateful and Appreciative I am For Each and Everyone of our Friends, Followers, and Customers. . Since words Alone can’t Accurately Express how we Feel, we’ve Decided to Extend our Blowout Sale Through Next Week and Have an Incredible Surprise Giveaway to Show our Appreciation! . ALL Northern Maine Minerals In-Store and Online Inventory is Now 30%-50% OFF! . Visit us Online @ Stores.eBay.com/Northern-Maine-Minerals . Etsy.com/shop/NmmRockShop . In Addition, We are Having a Very Special Sale Exclusively in our IG + FB Stories with NEVER BEFORE SEEN Crystals! . Plus, We are Now Accepting Best Offers on Everything in our Store, No Reasonable Offer will be Refused! . #NorthernMaineMinerals #NmmRockShop . #RockShop #CrystalShop #Geology #Crystals #Minerals #Gems #Rockhound #MineralCollecting #HerkimerDiamonds #HerkimerDiamond #HardRockMining #Quartz #MaineTourmaline #Tourmaline #BuyLocal #Jewelry #CrystalHealing #SmallBusiness #Prospectors #CyberMonday #BlackFriday #CrystalPorn #CrystalCollector #Crystal #CrystalHealing #Fossils #CrystalsForSale . ❤️⚒❤️🏡❤️⚒❤️ (at Northern Maine Minerals) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5gHoo_g8E8/?igshid=1t09o8tfvyjln

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🔥💎🔥#Available High Quality Herkimer Diamond 24+ Record Keeper Crystal Cluster with Vibrant Rainbow Displays, Excellent Clarity, and Phantom Zoning from Middleville, NY! . Message me Directly to Purchase This Authentic 1 pound 5 ounce Collectors Display Piece! . ⚒25% OFF Special Offer⚒ . Interested in Seeing More Incredible Crystals? Send me a DM for a Private Viewing of our Freshest Material or Visit us Online @ . Stores.eBay.com/Northern-Maine-Minerals . Etsy.com/shop/NmmRockShop . Don’t Forget to Check our Story Everyday for New Crystals, Jewelry, Exclusive Discounts, Giveaways, And More! . We are Now Accepting Best Offers on ALL Northern Maine Minerals Inventory for the New Year, NO Reasonable Offer will be Refused! . #NorthernMaineMinerals #NmmRockShop . #HerkimerDiamonds #Crystals #HerkimerDiamond #Minerals #MaineRockShop #Quartz #Reiki #HealingCrystals #Crystal #1111 #CrystalHealing #Phantom #ClearQuartz #QuartzCluster #Rockhound #CrystalShop #HardRockMining #Rockhounds #CrystalsForSale #CrystalsOfIG #CrystalCommunity #Geology . 🔥⚒🔥💎🔥⚒🔥 (at Northern Maine Minerals) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7CsgDIgiW-/?igshid=plcy1rinrhwm

[hinge]

Hinge presents an anthology of love stories almost never told. Read more on https://no-ordinary-love.co

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⚒💎⚒#Available Exceptional Herkimer Diamond 13 Crystal Cluster w/ Beautiful Rainbow Displays, Phenomenal Clarity, and Unique Crystal Form from Middleville, New York! . Message me Directly to Purchase! . 🎃25% OFF SPECIAL OFFER🎃 . Interested in Seeing More Incredible Crystals? Send me a DM for a Private Viewing of our Freshest Material or Visit us Online @ . Stores.eBay.Com/Northern-Maine-Minerals . Etsy.com/ship/NmmRockShop . Don’t Forget to Check our Story Everyday for New Crystals, Fresh Jewelry, Giveaway Updates, Exclusive Discounts, Special Offers, Educational Blurbs, And More! . #NorthernMaineMinerals #NmmRockShop . #HerkimerDiamonds #Crystals #HerkimerDiamond #Minerals #MaineRockShop #Quartz #Reiki #HealingCrystals #Crystal #1111 #CrystalHealing #CrystalLove #ClearQuartz #QuartzCluster #Rockhound #CrystalShop #HardRockMining #Rockhounds #CrystalsForSale #CrystalsOfIG #CrystalCommunity #Geology . ⚒🎃⚒💎⚒🎃⚒ (at Northern Maine Minerals) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3s4Y1IAOLU/?igshid=1pr075xro2y6o

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⚒💎⚒#Rockhounds Happy Flashback Friday Everyone! . Here’s an Awesome Flashback Video from our 2019 Season, Mining for Maine’s Elusive Fluorapatite Crystals! . The Piece in this Video is Mostly Made up of Vuggy Albite but Also has Gemmy Blue/Green Fluorpapatites, Columbite, Muscovite Mica, and Zones of Smoky Quartz. . Primarily we use These Fascinating Fluorescent Specimens for Educational Purposes and Adding them to our own Personal Collections BUT we Also have them Available to Purchase! . I Spent the Week Cleaning and Sorting a Fresh Batch and will be Posting New Videos of them Soon! . In Addition, We are NOW Accepting Best Offers on All Northern Maine Minerals Inventory, No Reasonable Offer will be Refused! . Don’t Forget to Check our Story Everyday for New Crystals, Exclusive Discounts, Educational Blurbs, Special Offers, And More! . Thanks for Watching Everyone, Stay Tuned for More Incredible Videos from Northern Maine Minerals! . #NorthernMaineMinerals #NmmRockShop . #Rockhound #RockShop #Muscovite #CrystalShop #Apatite #Mica #Rockhounding #Quartz #Fluorapatite #MaineRockShop #Geology #Crystals #Minerals #CrystalCollection #HardRockMining #CrystalHealing #MineralCollector #CrystalCollector #SmokyQuartz #Prospectors #RockHunting #Maine #Albite #Fluorescent #MineralCollecting #CrystalsforSale . ⚒💎⚒🎄⚒💎⚒ (at Northern Maine Minerals) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4oQF5KAm3b/?igshid=97hantl7u4oq

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Running some crushed quartz samples. Stay tuned for the results on my YouTube channel 👍GoProspecting #goldmining #hardrockmining #goprospecting #goldrush #goldrushrally https://www.instagram.com/p/B1cw-W6APU5/?igshid=154131lf4219z

[goprospecting]

This was fun. Crushing some hard rock samples with lots of pyrite and sulfides. Will run the sampes soon. You won’t want to miss this video GoPropecting YouTube 👍 #GoProspecting #goldmining #goldrush #hardrockmining https://www.instagram.com/p/B1WM7nqgFfk/?igshid=19ilrx1p07r1d

[hinge]

Hinge presents an anthology of love stories almost never told. Read more on https://no-ordinary-love.co

[goprospecting]

New video of our underground mining tour soon. ⛏ stay tumed! #goprospecting #hardrockmining #kimberleybc https://www.instagram.com/p/B1PZWygAxDK/?igshid=my5bjgc7udcm

[goprospecting]

Got a whole lot more hard rock samples to crush up! Found a tiny bit of gold last time. #goprospecting #hardrockmining #gold #goldrush https://www.instagram.com/p/B0fG2cmgiLQ/?igshid=id94ktgx68nn