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The Sale Rotary Club, Your Own Way, Twin Rivers Lions Club, Maffra Gymnastics Club, and Paynesville Bowls Club are the latest recipients of a total of $10,000 in community grants from Gippsland Critical Minerals (GCM). GCM’s Community Grants program provides $10,000 in grants each quarter to support projects with a focus on local educational, recreational, … Read more

Our team was pleased to exhibit at the East Gippsland Field Days, where we shared information and listened to feedback from the community about the Fingerboards Project. Visitors expressed strong interest in local employment, procurement opportunities, mine design, and land rehabilitation. We also had some robust conversations with people who held concerns about the old … Read more

Our April-May newsletter includes details of initial changes to the Fingerboards Project in response to community feedback, a message from our CEO, Michelle Wood and more information about the importance of the critical minerals in the Fingerboards resource. If you are interested in receiving future editions, you can sign up for email news on our … Read more

East Gippsland’s Fingerboards resource could make a major contribution to the global supply for heavy rare earths and present a major new export opportunity for Australia.

Victoria is now on the move and on the global map with the strategic importance of its critical minerals’ projects receiving growing recognition from governments, and international investors and markets.

Gippsland Critical Minerals (GCM) work to rescope the Fingerboards Critical Minerals Project is making good progress with the announcement of a series of initial design changes to address community feedback and help develop a better project for East Gippsland.

Gippsland Critical Minerals (GCM) today released an analysis highlighting that East Gippsland’s Fingerboards resource could make a globally significant contribution to supply chain security for heavy rare earths and present a major new export opportunity for Australia following this week’s tariff announcement by the US Government.

Gippsland Critical Minerals (GCM) today provided an update on its program of work to rescope the Fingerboards Project including 12 initial design changes to address community feedback and develop a better project for East Gippsland.

Gippsland Critical Minerals held the first meeting of its Community Reference Group in Lindenow on Tuesday, 18 March 2025. Below is a link to the speaking notes used by GCM CEO Michelle Wood at the meeting. These notes provide additional details on the Fingerboards Project resource and the 12 initial design changes to address community feedback and … Read more

Gippsland Critical Minerals (GCM) today announced three senior appointments reporting to CEO Michelle Wood that will accelerate the work underway to rescope the Fingerboards Critical Minerals and Rare Earths Project in East Gippsland and strengthen community engagement. Commenting on the appointments, Michelle said: “These senior team members bring further experience in critical minerals mining design … Read more