AE Fuels Corporation has joined the Australian Government-funded CMCI CRC as an industry partner to advance its South Woodie Woodie Manganese Project. The partnership aims to develop technical and commercial pathways for converting manganese concentrate into high-value battery-grade products like HPMSM, EMD, and EMM.
AE Fuels Corporation has joined the Australian Government-funded CMCI CRC as an industry partner to advance its South Woodie Woodie Manganese Project. The partnership aims to develop technical and commercial pathways for converting manganese concentrate into high-value battery-grade products like HPMSM, EMD, and EMM.
AE Fuels Corporation has been granted exploration licence E46/1580, adding 34.95 km² to its South Woodie Woodie Manganese Project in Western Australia. The new tenure is contiguous with existing prospect areas and aims to test the broader scale of the manganese system near the Woodie Woodie mine.
AE Fuels Corporation has joined the U.S. Defense Industrial Base Consortium to advance its critical minerals strategy focused on manganese and fluorspar. The company also highlighted its South Woodie Woodie manganese project in Western Australia, which holds an Inferred NI 43-101 resource of 11.3 Mt at 15.0% Mn, and reported successful pilot-scale manganese extraction rates of 95-99%.
AE Fuels has defined 44 priority RC drill targets at the South Woodie Woodie Manganese Project in Western Australia following a gravity survey. The program aims to test for resource expansion at the Pearana and Pothole prospects, which lie outside the current 11.3 Mt Inferred resource. Additionally, the company received conditional TSXV acceptance for a $250,000 convertible loan financing.
AE Fuels Corporation has successfully completed continuous mini-pilot testing, achieving manganese recoveries of 95-99%. The testing produced battery-grade high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate (HPMSM) crystals and demonstrated effective impurity control, providing a technical foundation for larger-scale pilot operations.
AE Fuels Corporation has commenced a high-resolution gravity survey at the Pearana and Pothole-Sharks Fin prospects within its South Woodie Woodie Manganese Project in Western Australia. The geophysical work aims to delineate subsurface manganese accumulations to refine targets for upcoming drilling, following standout surface manganese assays of up to 57% Mn.
AE Fuels Corporation reported high-grade manganese surface rock-chip sampling at the Pearana prospect, with peak assays reaching 57% Mn. The mineralization extends across a 3.5 km strike, suggesting significant potential to supplement the company's existing 11.3 Mt inferred manganese resource.
AE Fuels Corporation has commenced Stage 3 metallurgical testwork in collaboration with CSIRO to optimize the production of battery-grade high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate (HPMSM). This program focuses on solvent extraction (SX) purification to de-risk the flowsheet ahead of a planned Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS) in mid-2027.
AE Fuels Corporation (AEF) has completed the acquisition of the 100% ownership interest in the South Woodie Woodie Manganese Project in Western Australia. The project contains an inferred NI 43-101 resource of 11.3 Mt at 15.0% Mn and is currently progressing toward a Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS).
