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One Exploration Project in Malawi Holds Metals Used in Jet Engines, Electric Motors, Computer Chips and Defense Systems
Drilling Found Niobium, a Metal That Makes Steel Stronger, Starting at Ground Level
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NEW YORK, NY – B2i Digital, Inc. announces Chilwa Minerals Limited (Nasdaq: CHWM | ASX: CHW) as its newest Featured Company. Chilwa is an Australian company searching for valuable metals around Lake Chilwa in Malawi, a country in southern Africa. So far it has found niobium, tantalum, gallium and rare earths, all on one project. Its shares trade on Nasdaq and on the Australian Securities Exchange. B2i Digital will introduce Chilwa to its network of retail and institutional market participants.
Chilwa Minerals Featured Company profile: https://b2idigital.com/chilwa-minerals
Why these metals matter:
The United States government keeps a list of minerals it calls critical. These are materials the country needs and could have trouble getting. All four of Chilwa’s finds are on that list, and most of the world’s supply comes from very few places. According to Chilwa, Brazil produces about 90% of the world’s niobium, and China produces about 98% of its gallium.
What Chilwa has found:
- Niobium, starting at ground level. Niobium makes steel lighter and stronger for jet engines, pipelines and medical scanners. Results reported November 5, 2026 showed it from ground level down 57 meters (187 feet), with about 3 pounds of niobium oxide in every 1,000 pounds of rock (0.315%). Drilling has followed it for 270 meters (886 feet) without reaching its edge. The same rock also holds two other metals: tantalum, used in phones and laptops, and gallium, used in computer chips.
- A first official estimate is coming. Three drill rigs are working. Chilwa is provisionally aiming for May to June 2027 to publish its first official estimate of how much niobium is in the ground. Its early working range is 34 to 51 million metric tons of rock, with 1.4 to 2.2 pounds of niobium oxide in every 1,000 (0.14% to 0.22%).
- Mineral sands that are already measured. The sand along the lake holds titanium minerals, used in aircraft and paint, and zircon, used in ceramics and nuclear fuel. Chilwa has measured 171.8 million metric tons of it, with about 34 pounds of these minerals in every 1,000 (3.44%).
- Rare earths. These 17 elements go into the magnets inside electric car motors, wind turbines and robots. Chilwa has found 16 of the 17, some of them in clay under the sands along 8 kilometers (5 miles), and is testing how to get them out.
- A large shareholder that knows the country. Mota-Engil, one of Africa’s largest engineering and construction companies, owns about 30% of Chilwa.
“Chilwa’s website took me back to high school chemistry. Picture the periodic table that hung on the classroom wall, as you tried not to doze off. Seventeen of those boxes are called the rare earths, and Chilwa has found 16 of them on one project in Malawi, plus three more from the same chart: niobium, tantalum and gallium. Back then we all wondered when we’d ever need this science stuff. It turns out these elements are inside jet engines, your iPhone and that electric car you’ve always wanted. I think US investors will want to hear about a company working to bring this country the essential materials it needs,” said David Shapiro, Chief Executive Officer of B2i Digital, Inc.
See the elements Chilwa has identified: https://www.chilwaminerals.com
“The United States cannot build jet engines, chips or electric motors without these minerals, and too much of the supply is still controlled by China. We have seen what happens when that supply gets switched off. That is a national security problem, not just an economic one. We have been in Washington this year talking with US government officials, and the message is consistent: America needs reliable sources outside China. Our project in Malawi holds several of the minerals on the US critical list in one place. We listed on a US exchange so American investors can be part of building a supply the country can count on,” said Cadell Buss, Founder and Managing Director of Chilwa Minerals.
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About Chilwa Minerals Limited
Chilwa Minerals Limited (Nasdaq: CHWM | ASX: CHW) is an Australian company searching for critical minerals on one project around Lake Chilwa in southern Malawi. It has found niobium, tantalum, gallium and rare earths, and it has measured mineral sands along the lake shore. For more information, please visit https://www.chilwaminerals.com.
Chilwa Minerals Contact Information
Cadell Buss
Founder and Managing Director
Chilwa Minerals Limited
+61 8 6189 4924
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Technical and Cautionary Notes
The drilling results, the early working range and the measured mineral sands in this release were reported by Chilwa Minerals under Australia’s mining reporting rules, which differ from the rules of the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Drilling distances are measured along the drill holes, and the actual thickness is not yet known. The early working range, which Chilwa calls an Exploration Target, may or may not be confirmed by more drilling. The full results and supporting technical tables are in Chilwa’s announcements to the Australian Securities Exchange and its filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about drilling plans, the timing of a Mineral Resource Estimate and test work. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. Neither B2i Digital, Inc. nor Chilwa Minerals Limited undertakes to update them except as required by law.
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