DY6 Metals (ASX:DY6) confirms premium rutile grades at Central Rutile Project

In the hunt for critical minerals, DY6 Metals (ASX:DY6) has produced early laboratory evidence that its Central Rutile Project in Cameroon is host to unusually pure natural rutile, the high-value titanium dioxide mineral increasingly prized in pigment, welding and aerospace applications.

Key highlights:

• TiO₂ grades up to 97.46% (average 95.64%) from surface rutile nuggets

• Low chromium, zirconium and aluminium content supports premium potential

• Results will calibrate on-site pXRF for rapid, low-cost field analysis

• Central Rutile Project covers 5,901km² in an emerging rutile province

• Further assays and mineral assemblage data due mid-August

The samples, measuring between 1cm and 5cm, were collected from surface over a 100 square kilometre area at the Bounde and Nganda licences.

Tested in Perth and Cape Town laboratories, the material was selectively gathered to confirm quality and purity rather than represent broader mineralisation.

While early-stage and targeted, the results will serve as calibration material for DY6’s handheld portable XRF analyser.

This will enable immediate, on-site analysis both in the field and at the company’s planned Yaoundé laboratory, potentially reducing turnaround times and guiding exploration in real time.

DY6 Metals, Chief executive Cliff Fitzhenry said:

“These XRF results from select oversize natural rutile samples from our Bounde and Nganda licences are very encouraging and highlight their premium, high purity nature… Both the high titanium purity as well as the low levels of impurities suggest a premium quality of oversize natural rutile found at the Company’s Central Rutile Project.”

The Central Rutile Project comprises 14 exploration permits across 5,901 square kilometres in central Cameroon, an area increasingly recognised as a globally significant rutile province.

The rutile mineralisation is sourced from kyanite-bearing mica schist bedrock, with weathering liberating rutile into the saprolite layer. Historical production in the district saw 15,000 tonnes of >95% purity rutile mined between 1935 and 1955.

Bordering Peak Minerals Minta Rutile Project, the tenure sits in a region where initial sampling has revealed rutile content of up to 69.8% in valuable heavy mineral assemblages.

More comprehensive assay results and mineralogical data from reconnaissance work completed in May and June are expected in the week of August 18, alongside ongoing auger drilling and regional soil sampling.

In a sector where high-grade rutile with low contaminant levels commands a premium, DY6’s early results suggest the Cameroonian tenure holds considerable potential but the broader exploration dataset due this month will be the real test of scale and consistency.

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