- CEO
- William Dawes
- Full Time Employees
- 28
- Sector
- Non-energy minerals
- Industry
- Other metals/Minerals
- Address
- 550 Burrard Street Vancouver BC Canada V6C 0A3
- IPO Date
- Jun 15, 2016
- Business
- Mkango Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: MKA, AIM: MKA) is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company focused on rare earth elements and associated minerals, with operations centered on primary mining projects in Malawi and Poland alongside advanced rare earth magnet recycling and manufacturing through its 79.4%-owned subsidiary Maginito Limited, which is co-owned with CoTec Holdings Corp.; Maginito holds a 100% interest in UK-based HyProMag Ltd. for short-loop neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) magnet recycling via Hydrogen Processing of Magnet Scrap (HPMS) technology targeting production of recycled NdFeB alloy powder and magnets, a 90% interest in HyProMag GmbH for similar operations in Germany, a 100% interest in Mkango Rare Earths UK Ltd. for long-loop chemical recycling, and a 50/50 joint venture HyProMag USA LLC advancing HPMS recycling and magnet manufacturing facilities in Texas, South Carolina, and Nevada with commissioning targeted for mid-2027. The company explores and develops core rare earth projects including the advanced-stage Songwe Hill carbonatite-hosted deposit in southeast Malawi featuring a 2022 Definitive Feasibility Study, 2019 upgraded NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate with Measured and Indicated Resources primarily accessible by open pit, a July 2024 Mining Development Agreement with the Government of Malawi, and complementary early-stage licenses such as Nkalonje rare earths, Thambani uranium-tantalum-niobium, Chimimbe nickel-cobalt, and Mchinji rutile; in Poland, it advances the Pulawy rare earth separation plant in partnership with Grupa Azoty Pulawy targeting 2,000 tonnes per year of neodymium/praseodymium oxides and 50 tonnes of dysprosium/terbium oxides fed by Songwe Hill mixed rare earth carbonate. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, Mkango serves clean energy markets including electric vehicles, wind turbines, and defense applications across North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Recent developments include first commercial sales of recycled NdFeB alloy powder from HyProMag UK's Tyseley facility equivalent to 3 tonnes oxidized powder with phased expansion to 1,000 tonnes per annum, commissioning of HyProMag Germany's HPMS vessel and sintering furnaces by end-2025 for Q1 2026 production up to 750 tonnes per annum, a July 2025 business combination agreement with Crown PropTech Acquisitions to list Mkango Rare Earths Limited on Nasdaq valuing Mkango's Songwe and Pulawy stake at US$400 million pre-expenses with Form F-4 filing targeted for Q1 2026, a September 2025 US$4.6 million reimbursable project funding agreement with the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation for Songwe Hill plus evaluation of a US$100 million loan, a post-quarter-end October 2025 £3 million equity raise, deployment of Inserma pre-processing units for end-of-life electronics recycling via partnership with Intelligent Lifecycle Solutions, a Make More in America financing letter of interest from the U.S. EXIM Bank up to US$92 million for HyProMag USA, and appointment of Hannam & Partners as joint broker in December 2025; both Songwe Hill and Pulawy are designated Strategic Projects under the European Union Critical Raw Materials Act.