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Lynas to buy Meteoric Resources in A$968m deal

By Drooid · Oct 1, 2026, 2:15 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Lynas Acquires Meteoric

Lynas Rare Earths Ltd. will acquire Meteoric Resources Ltd. in an A$968 million deal.
Lynas will exchange 0.0207 of its shares per Meteoric share, a 68.4% premium to the last close.
The deal adds Meteoric’s Caldeira rare-earth project in Minas Gerais, Brazil, largest ionic-clay resource outside China.
Caldeira reports 802,000 t of neodymium-praseodymium oxides and 41,000 t of dysprosium-terbium oxides.
Lynas will offer a funding facility of up to A$110 million, with an initial A$35 million tranche.

Summary

Lynas Shares Slip

Lynas shares slipped 6% to $13.04, down 16% month-to-date.
The stock trades below its 50-day average of A$15.21 and 200-day average of A$16.92.
Technical indicators show an RSI of 29.29 and ADX near 31, signalling a strong downtrend.
Eleven of sixteen analysts rate Lynas buy/strong-buy with an average target of $18.71.
US Export-Import Bank and Export Finance Australia issued non-binding letters for up to US$250 million and US$50 million.

History

Historical Context

China’s 2010 50 % rare-earth export quota, later ruled illegal by the WTO, spurred Australia’s Lynas Corp to expand domestically. Building on Lynas’s 2023 Critical Minerals Strategy and US Export-Import Bank financing, the A$968 million purchase of Meteoric Resources adds the Caldeira ionic-clay deposit containing 802,000 t of neodymium-praseodymium oxides, cementing Australia’s supply-diversification.

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Lynas Acquires Meteoric

Lynas Rare Earths Ltd. will acquire Meteoric Resources Ltd. in an A$968 million deal.
Lynas will exchange 0.0207 of its shares per Meteoric share, a 68.4% premium to the last close.
The deal adds Meteoric’s Caldeira rare-earth project in Minas Gerais, Brazil, largest ionic-clay resource outside China.
Caldeira reports 802,000 t of neodymium-praseodymium oxides and 41,000 t of dysprosium-terbium oxides.
Lynas will offer a funding facility of up to A$110 million, with an initial A$35 million tranche.

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