Miner signed a non-binding letter of intent to invest €2.5 million in Spanish company Tungsten San Juan and obtain 51% ownership on a fully diluted basis.
Project will test new chemical dissolution strategies and purification techniques to produce pure gallium and germanium compounds from waste materials.
Canada has granted Airbus a waiver to allow it to use Russian titanium in its manufacturing after becoming the first Western government to ban supplies of the strategic metal.