Mining in Brazil

Mining in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Listed companies hold 20 mining and exploration projects in Minas Gerais, Brazil: lithium, rare earths, phosphate rock, niobium, tantalum and tin. 4 producing, 7 in development, 9 at exploration stage. Each project below names its company and its stage, from the companies' own announcements.

Projects20held by listed companies.
Companies9AMG Critical Materials, Australian Mines, Centaurus Metals, Goldplat…
Most held forLithium14 of 20 projects.
Producing4of 20 projects.

Projects held by listed companies

ProjectCompanyMineralsStage
Arapua Fertiliser Project (KP Fertil) incl. Arapua rare earth targets 3DHarvest MineralsPhosphate rock, Potash, Rare earthsProducing
Grota do Cirilo Lithium Project (Greentech Plant + Xuxa/Barreiro/Murial/Lavra do Meio/Nezinho do Chicao pegmatites) 3DSigma LithiumLithiumProducing
Mibra (Volta Grande) mineAMG Critical MaterialsFeldspar, Lithium, Niobium, Tantalum, TinProducing
Xuxa (Phase 1 mine) 3DSigma LithiumLithiumProducing
Barreiro (Phase 2) 3DSigma LithiumLithiumDevelopment
Colina Lithium Project (Salinas Lithium Project: Colina Deposit and Fog's Block)PLS GroupLithiumDevelopment
Colossus REE Project (Poços de Caldas) 3DViridis Mining and MineralsRare earthsDevelopment
Gold Recovery Brazil - Joao Pinheiro spiral plantGoldplatGoldDevelopment
Jambreiro Iron Ore ProjectCentaurus Metalsiron-oreDevelopment
Murial (Phase 3/4) 3DSigma LithiumLithiumDevelopment
Nezinho do Chicao (NDC, Phase 3) 3DSigma LithiumLithiumDevelopment
Araxa Niobium-Rare Earths Project 3DSt George MiningNiobium, Phosphate rock, Rare earthsExploration
Genipapo propertySigma LithiumLithiumExploration
Iguatama agricultural limestone projectHarvest Mineralsagricultural limestoneExploration
Lavra do Meio 3DSigma LithiumLithiumExploration
MaxixeSigma LithiumLithiumExploration
Resende Project (tin, lithium, tantalum, REE)Australian MinesLithium, Tantalum, TinExploration
Santa Clara property (Elvira prospect)Sigma LithiumLithiumExploration
Sao Jose propertySigma LithiumLithiumExploration
TamborilSigma LithiumLithiumExploration

By mineral

Lithium mines in BrazilRare earths mines in BrazilPhosphate rock mines in BrazilNiobium mines in BrazilTantalum mines in BrazilTin mines in Brazil

Other regions of Brazil

Para 12 projectsBahia state 5 projectsMato Grosso 4 projectsCeara 3 projectsRondônia 3 projects

Mining in Brazil: production, economy and governance

Projects: listed companies' own announcements. Regions are as the companies name them.