Eureka Metals Identifies Consistent Scandium Mineralization at Tyee Titanium Project
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Eureka Metals Corp. has identified consistent scandium mineralization at its Tyee Titanium Project in Québec, highlighting the potential for the project to produce an additional critical mineral alongside titanium.
The company’s 2026 exploration program has revealed that 34 grab samples returned an average of 26.8 parts per million (ppm) scandium, with a maximum of 41 ppm. Sixteen samples contained at least 30 ppm scandium, including 12 samples with 35 ppm or more. Scandium is a critical mineral used in high-performance aluminum alloys, aerospace applications, and solid oxide fuel cells.
The Tyee project is located within the Havre-Saint-Pierre Anorthosite Complex, the same geological setting that hosts Rio Tinto's Lac Tio titanium mine. Rio Tinto currently recovers scandium as a by-product of titanium processing at its Sorel-Tracy metallurgical complex in Québec. In November 2025, the Canada Growth Fund announced a C$25 million investment to expand scandium oxide production at Rio Tinto's Sorel-Tracy facility.
The scandium results were obtained from samples collected during Eureka's 2026 exploration program, which identified multiple occurrences of massive ilmenite mineralization across the project. Scandium was detected in nearly all samples, with the highest values commonly associated with titanium-rich mineralization.
The Company’s exploration program included the submission of samples to Actlabs in Ancaster, Ontario, for analysis. Samples were analyzed by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) on fused discs using analytical package 4C (11+). The samples were later re-analyzed for scandium using borate fusion followed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES) analysis (package method 4B). IOS Geosciences inserted four quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) samples, consisting of two blanks and two certified reference materials (OREAS 86). Actlabs also conducted its internal QA/QC procedures. All QA/QC results fell within acceptable ranges.
Eureka Metals Corp. holds a 100% interest in the Tyee Titanium Project in Québec, which is prospective for titanium-vanadium-scandium mineralization. The company also has an option to acquire up to an 80% interest in the KM98 Titanium Project in Québec and an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Cabin Lake Polymetallic Project in British Columbia, which is prospective for silver-lead-zinc-gold mineralization.
These results introduce the possibility that scandium could provide additional value alongside the titanium mineralization being explored at Tyee. However, further mineralogical and metallurgical work will be required to determine how scandium occurs within the mineralization and whether it can be recovered alongside titanium.