Everest Metals Corporation receives international recognition for Mt Edon rubidium

• Everest Metals accepted into the European Union’s Raw Materials Mechanism
• Strengthend engagement with European industry, investors and strategic partners
• Cooperation agreement executed with Germany’s Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)
• International recognition strengthens future global strategic partnerships

Everest Metals Corporation (ASX: EMC) has been accepted into the European Union’s Raw Materials Mechanism (RMM) under the EU Energy and Raw Materials Platform.

The company’s Mt Edon rubidium project has also been selected as Australia’s representative project and one of only five globally selected study sites in the five-year German government-funded GeoSpex program.

Executive chairman and CEO, Mark Caruso, said together, these initiatives strengthen Mt Edon’s international profile, supporting Europe’s objective of developing secure and diversified critical raw materials supply chains while creating opportunities to engage with European industry, strategic partners and potential investors.

“The international recognition of Mt Edon through these European initiatives reflects the significant technical and commercial progress EMC has achieved over the past 12 months,” Mr Caruso said.

“Beyond enhancing the Project’s technical credentials, these initiatives create opportunities to build strategic partnerships, attract investment and engage with potential future offtake partners as Mt Edon advances towards development.

“We believe Mt Edon is well positioned to establish Australia’s first primary rubidium industry and become a future supplier of strategically important rubidium to Western and allied markets.”

As part of the GeoSpex Program, EMC has executed a cooperation agreement with the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany’s national research centre for Earth sciences, providing access to advanced exploration technologies and internationally recognised scientific expertise.

Mt Edon has been selected for the European Geospex Program (geo spectral exploration), a five-year international research initiative dedicated to raw material exploration using spectral remote sensing technologies. The program provides access to non-dilutive research funding, world-leading technical expertise and advanced exploration technologies including EnMAP hyper-spectral satellite data and multi- scale imaging spectroscopy.

Mt Edon is one of only five globally selected study sites.

The project combines innovative, low-impact approaches to critical mineral exploration using state-of-the- art spectral remote sensing technologies across the visible–near infrared (VNIR), shortwave infrared (SWIR), and longwave infrared (LWIR) ranges. Its overarching goal is to improve exploration success by integrating multi-scale imaging spectroscopy with machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) to develop predictive models that enhance identification, quantification, and characterisation of mineralogical and geochemical indicators of critical raw materials.

EMC was up 2.33% to   8.8¢. Mkt cap $23.19M.

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