Skip to content
Spark Energy Minerals

Press Releases

News

Company News

News Release Archive

Browse Spark's news releases by publication date or select a year to view earlier announcements.

Latest Release

Spark Highlights Yttrium at Depth in Arapaima's Rare Earth System: 28 m at 200 ppm Y2O3 and 1,614 ppm Y2O3 in a Granite Grab Sample

Spark presented a yttrium-focused review of Arapaima, highlighting 28 m at 200 ppm Y₂O₃ in ARA-RC-003 at Cruzeta, 1,614 ppm Y₂O₃ in the road-cut granite grab sample, and first-time yttrium results for 914 surface samples; a drill test below the road cut is planned.

Read Latest Release

News Archive

Earlier Releases

Spark Returns 2.00% TREO in a Grab Sample at the Cruzeta Road Cut; Drilling Planned Below

Spark reported channel and grab sampling at the Cruzeta road cut at Arapaima, including a grab sample of lightly weathered granite returning 19,991 ppm (2.00%) TREO with magnet rare earths at least 36.0% of TREO, and a 22 m horizontal channel averaging 2,392 ppm TREO; a drill hole is planned at the top of the road cut.

Read Full Release

Spark Advances Tantalum and Lithium Exploration in Brazil's Historic Solonopole Mining District; Laboratory Results Pending

Spark reported that initial prospecting is nearing completion at its 15,691-hectare Solonópole tantalum-lithium project in Ceará, with SGS sample results pending; the program targets rare-metal pegmatites west of the district’s historic workings.

Read Full Release

Spark Expands Arapaima's Gallium-Rare Earth Portfolio with Boa Vista Surface Results

Spark reported Boa Vista surface sampling results — soils up to 134.4 g/t Ga₂O₃ across a ~2 km halo and stream sediments up to 1.0% TREO — supporting Boa Vista as a second gallium-rare earth mineralized centre alongside Cruzeta at Arapaima.

Read Full Release

Spark Provides Corporate and Exploration Update

Spark provided a corporate and exploration update: 42 holes completed at Arapaima (33 reported, all with gallium and rare earth mineralization across Cruzeta and Boa Vista; nine assays pending), approximately $2.9 million raised, and lithium and tungsten programs advancing across the Brazilian portfolio.

Read Full Release

Spark Starts Tungsten Exploration at Seridó as Global Demand Surges

Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) ("Spark" or the "Company") announces that reconnaissance exploration focused on tungsten has commenced at its Seridó Project in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil (the "Project"): twelve exploration permits covering 21,492.74 hectares (about 215 km²) in the district that has supplied most of Brazil's tungsten since the Second World War. Geologists are mapping the marble and calc-silicate horizons that host scheelite, the district's tungsten ore mineral, and sampling rock and stream sediment across five regional target areas (Figure 1). The Arapaima Project in Minas Gerais, which includes the Cruzeta and Boa Vista gallium and rare earth element discoveries, remains the Company's principal focus.

Read Full Release

Spark Energy Minerals Appoints Marina Fagundes de Freitas to its Board of Directors

Spark Energy Minerals Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Marina Fagundes de Freitas to its Board of Directors as a non-executive director, effective September 2, 2026. The Board has determined Ms. Freitas to be independent and appointed her Chair of the Company's Audit Committee.

Read Full Release

Spark Reports Second Gallium–Rare Earth Discovery in Brazil’s Lithium Valley, Led by Project-Record 114.3 g/t Ga₂O₃

Vancouver, British Columbia — (Newsfile Corp. — August 27, 2026) — Spark Energy Minerals Inc. (CSE: SPRK) (OTC Pink: SPARF) (FSE: 8PC) (“Spark” or the “Company”) reports a project-record individual gallium assay of 114.3 g/t Ga₂O₃ over 2 m from surface in maiden drilling at the Boa Vista target. Boa Vista is located approximately 7–8 kilometres south of Cruzeta, the site of Spark’s first gallium–rare earth discovery.

Read Full Release

Spark Intersects 91.4 g/t Ga₂O₃, Broad Rare Earth Mineralization and Newly Identified Scandium at Cruzeta

Spark reported results from eleven additional Cruzeta holes, bringing the target-scale dataset to 28 reported holes, including an individual 2 m sample of 91.4 g/t Ga₂O₃ and newly compiled scandium results.

Read Full Release

Spark Intersects up to 85 g/t Ga2O3 and 1.20% TREO, Expanding Arapaima Mineralization to 4.4 km E-W by 1.5 km N-S

Spark reported gallium and rare earth mineralization in all 17 reported RC holes at Arapaima, expanding the interpreted Cruzeta footprint to approximately 4.4 km by 1.5 km.

Read Full Release

Spark Energy Minerals Signs Protocol of Intentions With the Government of Minas Gerais in Support of its Critical Minerals Project

Spark signed a Protocol of Intentions with Minas Gerais government agencies to support advancement of its rare earth, gallium, and lithium critical minerals project in Brazil’s Lithium Valley.

Read Full Release

Spark Expands Drilling at Arapaima with Follow-Up 2,000-Metre RC Program

Spark launched a follow-up 2,000-metre RC program at Arapaima to test near-surface rare earth and gallium mineralization identified in maiden drilling.

Read Full Release

Spark Energy Minerals Advances Arapaima Project with Resumption of RC Drilling and Metallurgical Work

Spark resumed RC drilling and advanced metallurgical work at Arapaima as part of the next technical phase for the flagship project in Minas Gerais.

Read Full Release

Spark Energy Minerals Provides Update on Sharing Agreement

Spark provided an update on its previously disclosed sharing agreement in response to a Canadian Securities Exchange request.

Read Full Release

Spark Energy Minerals Comments on Recent Disclosure Pursuant to CIRO's Request

Spark issued disclosure clarifications at CIRO’s request and advised investors not to rely on prior disclosure inconsistent with the clarification release.

Read Full Release

Spark Energy Minerals Announces Closing of Private Placement

Spark announced the closing of a private placement to support corporate and exploration activities.

Read Full Release
Load More Releases

Showing 15 of 82 archived releases

Investor Communications

Stay Current With Spark

Official filings are also available through SEDAR+ and the CSE.

Request Investor Updates View SEDAR+ Filings