# Gallium in pole position as Nimy Resources targets multi-metallics across Mons Greenstone

Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gallium-in-pole-position-as-nimy-resources-targets-multi-metallics-across-mons-g--65e66a18-7866-4823-82e7-27bfb906c29e

Original source: https://stockhead.com.au/resources/gallium-in-pole-position-as-nimy-resources-targets-multi-metallics-across-mons-greenstone/

Publisher: stockhead

Original announcement: 2026-09-08T21:18:12.000Z

Analysis by Minestarters Atlas

Atlas analysis published: Unknown date

Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date

- Company: Nimy Resources

- Ticker: NIM

- Exchange: Unavailable

- Region: Western Australia

- Primary commodity: Gallium

- Secondary commodities: Rare earth oxides, Gold, Copper, Nickel, Zinc, Platinum

- Document categories: Resource update, Metallurgy

- Extracted: 2026-09-12 00:53:29 UTC

Narrative sentiment: 0.80 · Bullish

## Minestarters Atlas summary

Nimy Resources has reported successful metallurgical testwork showing up to 84% gallium extraction from its Block 3 resource. The company is advancing towards a scoping study and flowsheet development for its gallium and rare earth deposit in Western Australia.

Reasoning: Successful metallurgical testwork \(84% extraction\) on a substantial gallium resource provides a clear pathway to flowsheet development and a scoping study.

- Positive factor: High extraction recovery achieved in metallurgical testing

- Positive factor: Significant resource scale at Block 3

- Positive factor: Strategic importance of gallium for western supply chains

- Negative factor: Resource is currently 100% Inferred

Facts used in scoring: 5

## Classification and evidence

**High Recovery**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Recovery at or above the exceptional band for the commodity and processing route.

Why it applies: 84% extraction reported for gallium

Evidence · text

> up to 84% extraction from Mons’ Block 3 gallium resource

**Inferred Resource**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Speculative category — limited drilling, geological continuity assumed but not confirmed. Cannot support economic studies alone.

Why it applies: The reported Block 3 resource is entirely in the Inferred category

Evidence · text

> Block 3 hosts an inferred resource of 64.3Mt

**Mill Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Processing via mill or concentrator \(CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation\).

Why it applies: the document describes a flotation route \("concentrate"\)

**Gravity Route**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Gravity separation forms a material part of the flowsheet.

Why it applies: the document describes a gravity route \("gravity"\)

**Single Domain Only**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Testing limited to one composite or domain — representativeness not established.

Why it applies: only one composite was tested

## Extracted facts

Stored fact records: 5. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record.

## Resource Estimates (4)

### inferred

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Mons · gallium

#### Identity

- Project: Mons
- Commodity: gallium
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: NIM

#### Resource scope

- Estimate type: resource
- Resource group id: resource:7eec48fab49f4c347466
- Deposit or zone: Block 3

#### Resource Data

- Category: inferred
- Tonnes: 64300000
- Grade: 42
- Grade Unit: g/t Ga2O3
- Contained Metal: 2700
- Contained Unit: t ga2o3
- Cutoff Grade: 20
- Cutoff Unit: g/t Ga2O3

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: Large scale inferred resource reported at a 20g/t cut-off.

- Positive factor: Substantial tonnage and grade for an inferred resource

- Negative factor: 100% Inferred category

Evidence · text

> At a 20g/t Ga2O3 cut-off, Block 3 hosts an inferred resource of 64.3Mt at 42g/t gallium trioxide \(Ga2O3\) and 507ppm TREO, containing about 2700t of gallium trioxide

#### Tags used in scoring

**Inferred Resource**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Speculative category — limited drilling, geological continuity assumed but not confirmed. Cannot support economic studies alone.

Why it applies: category is "inferred"

**Cut-off Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Cut-off grade used for resource reporting is clearly stated, enabling like-for-like comparison.

Why it applies: cutoff\_grade is stated

**No QP/CP Disclosure**

Polarity: negative

Definition: No Qualified Person or Competent Person named — lower credibility for the estimate. A QP/CP should be a member of a recognized professional association with relevant experience.

Why it applies: no Qualified or Competent Person is named anywhere in the release

**PEA-Supporting**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Resource estimate prepared to support a Preliminary Economic Assessment — early-stage study.

Why it applies: the release names the study this estimate supports

### inferred

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Mons · rare earth oxides

#### Identity

- Project: Mons
- Commodity: rare earth oxides
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: NIM

#### Resource scope

- Estimate type: resource
- Resource group id: resource:7eec48fab49f4c347466
- Deposit or zone: Block 3

#### Resource Data

- Category: inferred
- Tonnes: 64300000
- Grade: 507
- Grade Unit: ppm TREO
- Contained Metal: 32600
- Contained Unit: t treo

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: TREO reported as a secondary component of the Block 3 resource.

- Positive factor: Significant TREO content accompanying gallium

Evidence · text

> 64.3Mt at 42g/t gallium trioxide \(Ga2O3\) and 507ppm TREO, containing about 2700t of gallium trioxide and 32,600t of total rare earth oxides

#### Tags used in scoring

**Inferred Resource**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Speculative category — limited drilling, geological continuity assumed but not confirmed. Cannot support economic studies alone.

Why it applies: category is "inferred"

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

**No QP/CP Disclosure**

Polarity: negative

Definition: No Qualified Person or Competent Person named — lower credibility for the estimate. A QP/CP should be a member of a recognized professional association with relevant experience.

Why it applies: no Qualified or Competent Person is named anywhere in the release

**PEA-Supporting**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Resource estimate prepared to support a Preliminary Economic Assessment — early-stage study.

Why it applies: the release names the study this estimate supports

### inferred

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gallium-in-pole-position-as-nimy-resources-targets-multi-metallics-across-mons-g--65e66a18-7866-4823-82e7-27bfb906c29e#fact-resource-facts-3)

Mons · gallium

#### Identity

- Project: Mons
- Commodity: gallium
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: NIM

#### Resource scope

- Estimate type: resource
- Resource group id: resource:a00432a6c3789f92a8f1
- Deposit or zone: Block 3

#### Resource Data

- Category: inferred
- Tonnes: 7200000
- Grade: 102
- Grade Unit: g/t Ga2O3
- Contained Metal: 740
- Contained Unit: t ga2o3
- Cutoff Grade: 70
- Cutoff Unit: g/t Ga2O3

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High-grade portion of the resource reported at 70g/t cut-off.

- Positive factor: High grade intercept at higher cut-off

Evidence · text

> At the higher-grade 70g/t Ga2O3 cut-off, the resource contains 7.2Mt at 102g/t Ga2O3 for about 740t of contained gallium trioxide

#### Tags used in scoring

**Inferred Resource**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Speculative category — limited drilling, geological continuity assumed but not confirmed. Cannot support economic studies alone.

Why it applies: category is "inferred"

**Cut-off Disclosed**

Polarity: positive

Definition: Cut-off grade used for resource reporting is clearly stated, enabling like-for-like comparison.

Why it applies: cutoff\_grade is stated

**No QP/CP Disclosure**

Polarity: negative

Definition: No Qualified Person or Competent Person named — lower credibility for the estimate. A QP/CP should be a member of a recognized professional association with relevant experience.

Why it applies: no Qualified or Competent Person is named anywhere in the release

**PEA-Supporting**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Resource estimate prepared to support a Preliminary Economic Assessment — early-stage study.

Why it applies: the release names the study this estimate supports

### inferred

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Mons · rare earth oxides

#### Identity

- Project: Mons
- Commodity: rare earth oxides
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: NIM

#### Resource scope

- Estimate type: resource
- Resource group id: resource:a00432a6c3789f92a8f1
- Deposit or zone: Block 3

#### Resource Data

- Category: inferred
- Tonnes: 7200000
- Grade: 538
- Grade Unit: ppm TREO

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: TREO grade reported at higher cut-off.

Evidence · text

> 7.2Mt at 102g/t Ga2O3 for about 740t of contained gallium trioxide and 538ppm TREO

#### Tags used in scoring

**Inferred Resource**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Speculative category — limited drilling, geological continuity assumed but not confirmed. Cannot support economic studies alone.

Why it applies: category is "inferred"

**Cut-off Undisclosed**

Polarity: negative

Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing.

Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated

**No Contained Metal**

Polarity: negative

Definition: Tonnage and grade reported but contained metal not calculated or disclosed — incomplete reporting.

Why it applies: contained\_metal was not reported

**No QP/CP Disclosure**

Polarity: negative

Definition: No Qualified Person or Competent Person named — lower credibility for the estimate. A QP/CP should be a member of a recognized professional association with relevant experience.

Why it applies: no Qualified or Competent Person is named anywhere in the release

**PEA-Supporting**

Polarity: neutral

Definition: Resource estimate prepared to support a Preliminary Economic Assessment — early-stage study.

Why it applies: the release names the study this estimate supports

## Metallurgical Results (1)

### metallurgical testwork

[Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/gallium-in-pole-position-as-nimy-resources-targets-multi-metallics-across-mons-g--65e66a18-7866-4823-82e7-27bfb906c29e#fact-metallurgical-facts-0)

Mons · gallium

#### Identity

- Project: Mons
- Commodity: gallium
- Region: australia\_wa
- Reported Region: Western Australia
- Ticker: NIM

#### Test Work

- Program Status: preliminary
- Test Type: metallurgical testwork
- Sample: Block 3 gallium resource metallurgical testwork

#### Recovery

- Recovery: 84 %
- Recovery Basis: actual\_test

#### Review

- Needs Review: No
- Historical: No

#### Dates

- Event date: 2026-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Reasoning: High extraction rate reported for a critical mineral.

- Positive factor: 84% extraction is a significant milestone for flowsheet development

Evidence · text

> latest metallurgical test results of up to 84% extraction from Mons’ Block 3 gallium resource

## How Atlas produces this analysis

Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. Sentiment reflects the extracted narrative and classification rules; it is an interpretation, not a reported measurement. Evidence quotes and context are provided where available. Missing data, low-confidence results, and review flags indicate limitations. Check the original publisher announcement before relying on an interpretation.
