Rare Earths Rush: Barkly Drilling Hopes to Tap a Global Giant The Northern Territory's remote outback has long been a hotbed of mining activity, with few projects generating as much excitement in recent years as Barkly Rare Earths' flagship site.
The company is now undertaking a massive 10,000 metre drilling campaign, which could unlock one of Australia's – and indeed the world's – most significant rare earths resources.
Rare earth elements are not as exotic or rare as their name might suggest; they're a group of 17 metallic elements crucial to modern technology.