High-Grade Desert Star Samples Confirm Monazite REE
Summary
XRD and petrographic analysis confirm monazite-hosted REE mineralisation in high-grade Desert Star samples, with strong LREE and Nd-Pr (magnet REE) components.
Sample 19583 (6.68% TREO) provides direct hard rock REE evidence; sample 19597 (9.11% TREO in HMC) shows strongest monazite response.
Desert Star Project fully permitted and drill-ready, following U.S. Bureau of Land Management approval for expanded operations.
Maiden drill program is being prepared to refine targets, leveraging new mineralogical and geophysical data.
Strategically located near MP Materials' Mountain Pass REE Mine, one of the largest rare earth operations globally.