Mkango’S Songwe Hill Rare Earth Mining Project Announced as a Strategic Project Under European Union Critical Raw Materials Act
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MKANGO’S SONGWE HILL RARE EARTH MINING PROJECT ANNOUNCED AS A STRATEGIC PROJECT UNDER
EUROPEAN UNION CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS ACT
London / Vancouver: 4 June 2025 – Mkango Resources Ltd. (AIM/TSX-V: MKA) (“Mkango” or the “Company” ) is
pleased to announce that the Songwe Hill Rare Earths Mining Project in Malawi (“Songwe”) has been designated as
a Strategic Project by the European Commission under the Critical Raw Materials Act (“CRMA”).
• Strategic Project status confirms the importance of Songwe in supplying rare earths to supply chains across
Europe, North America and other markets.
• Songwe is one of the very few rare earth projects globally to have advanced to the NI 43 -101 compliant
Definitive Feasibility Study (“DFS”) stage , with a full Environmental, Social, Health Impact Assessment
(“ESHIA”) also completed in compliance with IFC Performance Standards . A mining development
agreement was signed with the Government of Malawi in July 2024.
• Based on the DFS, Songwe has an expected mine life of 18 years and will produce a mixed rare earth
carbonate (“MREC”), containing approximately 1,953 tonnes per annum of neodymium / praseodymium
oxides and 56 tonnes per annum of dysprosium / terbium oxides for the first five years of full production.
• Mkango’s Pulawy Separation Project in Poland (“Pulawy”), which will process the MREC from Songwe, was
also previously designated a Strategic Project under the CRMA in March 2025 (News | Mkango Resources
Ltd.).
• Songwe and Pulawy will provide an integrated pure-play mined and refined supply of rare earth oxides, with
both projects designated strategic by the European Commission.
• As designated Strategic Projects, Songwe and Pulawy will benefit from c oordinated support from the EU
Member States and financial institutions, in particular in terms of access to finance and in supporting
projects by facilitating connections with future off-takers.
Strategic Project Status under the EU Critical Raw Materials Act
A list of 47 strategic critical raw material projects designated as Strategic Projects under Regulation (EU) 2024/1252
of the European Parliament and of the Council, commonly referred to as the Critical Raw Materials Act was released
on 25 March 2025. At that time, Pulawy was announced as one of the EU-based strategic projects, with a further
list of 13 international projects released today including Songwe, one of only two rare earths projects.
Songwe has been assessed by the EU to be highly important to the EU’s supply security of strategic raw materials
and possesses viable technical feasibility within reasonable timeframe s. Under the CRMA, t he project is required
to be implemented in a sustainable manner, minimising environmental and social impacts.
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Obtaining Strategic Project status offers key advantages for developers, significantly facilitating and accelerating
the development of strategic raw materials projects within and outside the EU.
As previously announced on 8 January 2025, a proposed SPAC merger (the “Merger”) between Mkango’s subsidiary,
Lancaster Exploration Limited (“Lancaster”), and certain other wholly -owned subsidiaries of Mkango and Crown
PropTech Acquisitions (“CPTK”) will create a vertically integrated global pure play rare earths platform that is
intended to result in the ordinary shares of Lancaster being listed on NASDAQ. Upon the Merger and listing,
Lancaster, as the listed entity, will hold the Songwe and Pulawy Projects.
About Mkango Resources Ltd.
Mkango is listed on the AIM and the TSX -V. Mkango’s corporate strategy is to become a market leader in the
production of recycled rare earth magnets, alloys and oxides, through its interest in Maginito Limited (“Maginito”),
which is owned 79.4 per cent by Mkango and 20.6 per cent by CoTec Holdings Corp (“CoTec”), and to develop new
sustainable sources of neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium and terbium to supply accelerating demand from
electric vehicles, wind turbines and other clean energy technologies.
Maginito holds a 100 per cent interest in HyProMag Limited (HyProMag”) and a 90 per cent direct and indirect
interest (assuming conversion of Maginito’s convertible loan) in HyProMag GmbH (“HyProMag Germany”), focused
on short loop rare earth magnet recycling in the UK and Germany, respectively, and a 100 per cent interest in
Mkango Rare Earths UK Ltd (“Mkango UK”), focused on long loop rare earth magnet recycling in the UK via a
chemical route.
Maginito and CoTec are also rolling out HPMS recycling technology into the United States via the 50/50 owned
HyProMag USA LLC joint venture company (“HyProMag USA”).
Songwe is one of the few rare earth projects to have advanced to the NI 43 -101 compliant Definitive Feasibility
Study ("DFS") stage. The project has an expected mine life of 18 years and is designed to produce a 55% mixed rare
earth carbonate, yielding approximately 1,953 tonnes per annum of NdPr and 56 tonnes per annum of DyTb.
The proposed Pulawy separation facility site is located in a Special Economic Zone in Poland stands adjacent to the
EU's second largest manufacturer of nitrogen fertilisers, and features established infrastructure, access to reagents
and utilities on site.
For more information, please visit www.mkango.ca
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as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 ('MAR') which has been incorporated into UK
law by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. Upon the publication of this announcement via Regulatory
Information Service, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.
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This news release contains forward-looking statements (within the meaning of that term under applicable
securities laws) with respect to Mkango, its business, the Songwe, Pulawy, HyProMag, HyProMag Germany, Mkango
UK and HyPromag USA (the “Business”). Generally, forward looking
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based will occur. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve numerous assumptions, known and
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unknown risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, that contribute to the possibility that the predictions,
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results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors and risks include, without limiting
the foregoing, market effects on global demand and pricing for the metals and associated downstream products
for which Mkango is exploring, researching and
developing, factors relating the development of Business, including the outcome of the feasibility study, cost
overruns, complexities in building and operating plants, changes in economics and government regulation,
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For further information on Mkango, please contact:
Mkango Resources Limited
William Dawes Alexander Lemon Robert Sewell
Chief Executive Officer President Chief Financial Officer
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Burton Kachinjika Dr. Jarosław Pączek
Country Director – Malawi Country Director - Poland
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Canada: +1 403 444 5979
Poland: +48 664 144 130
www.mkango.ca
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