Critica achieves major rare earth breakthrough.

Critica achieves major rare earth breakthrough. The ASX-listed company's Jupiter pilot plant has reached 81% magnet rare earth oxide recovery, marking a 45% improvement in total rare earth oxide recovery from previous levels. The pilot facility also produced intermediate concentrate with impressive 7.5x upgrade from feed material and 90% mass rejection. With 8.5 tonnes of additional feedstock already dispatched to the Hai Phong facility and another 10-20 tonnes coming soon, Critica is accelerating downstream metallurgical programs across multiple institutions. The company is relocating to a larger pilot site to boost throughput and continues targeting Scoping Study completion by end of H1 2026, with these validated results de-risking the Jupiter project development and supporting critical offtake discussions.