Narryer Metals (ASX: NYM) Uncovers New WA Scandium Project

Narryer Metals has identified shallow scandium mineralisation at its wholly owned Pingrup Project in Western Australia’s Great Southern region.

The finding came from an internal review of historic aircore drilling, rather than a new field program. The data outlines mineralisation across about 1.7 kilometres of strike at the Greenfire prospect.

Narryer identified 31 significant intersections grading above 100 parts per million scandium oxide. Mineralisation occurs mainly within saprolitic clays at depths of about 12 to 42 metres.

The strongest result was 9 metres at 430 parts per million scandium oxide from 15 metres. That included 3 metres at 765 parts per million from 18 metres in hole PNAC0019.

Other results included 12 metres at 214 parts per million from 21 metres in PNAC0023. Hole PNAC0063 returned 6 metres at 260 parts per million from 15 metres.

Existing Drilling Advances the Starting Point

Pingrup covers 78 square kilometres under a granted tenement owned entirely by Narryer. It lies eight kilometres north of Pingrup and about 300 kilometres from Perth.

The sealed Pingrup–Lake Grace Road crosses the tenure and connects through sealed roads to Albany port. The project is also 180 kilometres northeast of Narryer’s Rocky Gully scandium, rare earths and gallium project.

Both projects contain scandium within clays derived from mafic and ultramafic rocks. Narryer said this geological similarity could provide development and processing synergies, although those possibilities remain untested at Pingrup.

Existing drill coverage gives Narryer a substantial dataset for targeting follow-up work. However, the company said current spacing is insufficient for mineral resource estimation.

The reported intervals are down-hole lengths and are not true widths. Historic samples were generally collected as three-metre composites, while field duplicates were not collected.

Rare Earths Add a Second Target

Historic drilling also encountered clay-hosted rare earth mineralisation at Pingrup. One previously reported result was 18 metres at 1,767 parts per million total rare earth oxide from 15 metres.

Other results included 27 metres at 1,337 parts per million from 15 metres. Narryer said rare earths occur in some of the same holes as scandium.

However, further work is needed to establish the relationship between the two mineralisation styles. No mineral resource has been declared for Pingrup.

Drilling and Metallurgy Come Next

Narryer plans further desktop evaluation, landholder engagement and a detailed magnetic survey. The survey will help map mafic and ultramafic units associated with the mineralisation.

A planned aircore program will test higher-grade areas and possible extensions to the current envelope. Drilling will also provide material for metallurgical bulk sampling and processing studies.

Pingrup gives Narryer a second regional scandium project alongside Rocky Gully. Scandium is used in aluminium alloys, solid oxide fuel cells, ceramics, electronics and three-dimensional printing.

The commodity is listed as critical in the United States and European Union. The company cited estimated global production of about 90 tonnes during 2025, with supply dominated by China.

For Narryer, the immediate tests are grade continuity, scale and recoverability. Those results will determine whether the historic discovery can progress toward a maiden resource.