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Critica Begins Western Australia Rare Earth Project Scoping Study in the March Quarter

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-- Critica (ASX:CRI) said the scoping study for the Jupiter rare earth project in Western Australia formally began during the March quarter, according to a Wednesday Australian bourse filing.

The study integrates beneficiation, downstream processing, infrastructure, and development assumptions to define a base-case development pathway.

It plans to continue and complete the 140-drill hole resource upgrade drilling at Jupiter in the June quarter. It also plans to prepare and dispatch an additional 20,000 kilograms of bulk sample for pilot-scale treatment to support ongoing optimization, performance improvement, and intermediate concentrate generation.

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