Will’s LinkedIn post also mentions the $100m29 Sep 2025 13:10
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) provides project development funding of US$4.6 million to Mkango Resources Ltd.’s Songwe Hill Rare Earths Project in Malawi.
The DFC is also considering a direct loan of US$100 million as per the agreement just filed on SEDAR
The Songwe and the Pulawy separation projects are planned to be listed on Nasdaq pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement signed with Crown PropTech Acquisitions
Mkango Resources Ltd. is advancing multiple strategic projects across the #RareEarth supply chain to produce rare earth carbonate, oxides, alloys and magnets with additional projects under review
Songwe Hill rare earth mining project in Malawi and Pulawy rare earth separation project in Poland:
✅ Advanced stage #RareEarths assets with very few projects to have reached this stage globally
✅ Songwe Definitive Feasibility Study completed - July 2022
✅ Environmental Social Health Impact Assessment for Songwe approved - January 2023
✅ Mining Development Agreement (MDA) for Songwe signed - July 2024
✅ Songwe recognised as Strategic Project by European Commission in June 2025
✅ Pulawy Pre-feasibility Study completed 2022
✅ Pulawy recognised as Strategic Project by European Commission in March 2025
✅ U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to provide project development funding of US$4.6m to Songwe - the DFC is also considering a direct loan of US$100m - September 2025
Rare earth magnet recycling and manufacturing to produce NdFeB magnets with a minimal carbon footprint:
✅ UK - First NdFeB production runs completed at the rare earth magnet recycling and manufacturing plant, Tyseley Energy Park, Birmingham, being commissioned by University of Birmingham and HyProMag Ltd
✅ Germany - Construction underway at HyProMag GmbH rare earth magnet recycling and manufacturing plant in Pforzheim, Germany with first production targeted by end 2025
✅ USA - Positive Feasibility Study for #HyProMagUSA NdFeB magnet recycling & manufacturing plant in Texas with detailed engineering underway and first production targeted 2027, JV with CoTec Corp.
✅ Other jurisdictions being evaluated for HyProMag technology roll-out including Japan, Canada, South Korea
✅ Developments are underpinned by Hydrogen Processing of Magnet Scrap (HPMS) technology developed by the Magnetic Materials Group at the University of Birmingham with US$100 million of previous R&D funding, together with INSERMA ANOIA SL pre-processing technologies