Chilwa Minerals joins B2i Digital as featured company

B2i Digital has added Chilwa Minerals, an Australia-listed explorer working around Lake Chilwa in Malawi, to its Featured Company program. The project has already found niobium, tantalum, gallium and rare earths that feed industries tied to jets, chips, electric motors and defense systems.

Why it matters: - Chilwa Minerals is exploring for minerals that sit on the U.S. critical minerals list and are concentrated in a handful of global supply chains. - The company says the project could offer U.S. investors exposure to materials used in jet engines, computer chips, electric motors and defense systems. - B2i Digital’s Featured Company program is designed to put public companies in front of retail and institutional investors.

What happened: - B2i Digital named Chilwa Minerals Limited its newest Featured Company. - Chilwa Minerals trades as Nasdaq: CHWM and ASX: CHW. - The company is exploring around Lake Chilwa in Malawi, a country in southern Africa. - B2i Digital said it will introduce Chilwa Minerals to its network of retail and institutional market participants. - Chilwa Minerals published its Featured Company profile at Chilwa Minerals profile.

The details: - Chilwa Minerals has found niobium, tantalum, gallium and rare earths on one project. - The U.S. government classifies all four as critical minerals. - Chilwa Minerals says Brazil produces about 90% of global niobium supply. - Chilwa Minerals says China produces about 98% of global gallium supply. - Niobium can make steel lighter and stronger for jet engines, pipelines and medical scanners. - Results reported Nov. 5, 2026 showed niobium from ground level to 57 meters, or 187 feet, with about 3 pounds of niobium oxide per 1,000 pounds of rock, or 0.315%. - Drilling has tracked the niobium mineralization for 270 meters, or 886 feet, without reaching its edge. - The same rock also contains tantalum, used in phones and laptops, and gallium, used in computer chips. - Chilwa Minerals is working with three drill rigs. - The company is provisionally targeting May to June 2027 for its first official estimate of niobium in the ground. - Chilwa Minerals’ early working range for the niobium target is 34 million to 51 million metric tons of rock, with 1.4 to 2.2 pounds of niobium oxide per 1,000 pounds of rock, or 0.14% to 0.22%. - Mineral sands along the lake contain titanium minerals, used in aircraft and paint, and zircon, used in ceramics and nuclear fuel. - Chilwa Minerals has measured 171.8 million metric tons of mineral sands, with about 34 pounds of these minerals per 1,000 pounds of rock, or 3.44%. - Rare earths are used in magnets for electric car motors, wind turbines and robots. - Chilwa Minerals has identified 16 of the 17 rare earth elements. - Some of the rare earths occur in clay under the sands along an 8-kilometer, or 5-mile, stretch. - The company is testing how to extract the rare earths. - Mota-Engil, one of Africa’s largest engineering and construction companies, owns about 30% of Chilwa Minerals. - B2i Digital CEO David Shapiro said the project could interest U.S. investors because it bundles several essential materials in one place. - Chilwa Minerals founder and Managing Director Cadell Buss said the project supports a reliable mineral supply chain outside China. - Buss also said the company has been meeting with U.S. government officials in Washington this year. - Buss said the company listed on a U.S. exchange so American investors can participate in building a supply the country can count on.

Between the lines: - The announcement fits a broader push to highlight non-China sources of critical minerals. - Chilwa Minerals’ mix of niobium, gallium, rare earths and mineral sands gives the project a broader strategic pitch than a single-commodity explorer. - The release also leans on national security language, not just mining economics, to frame the investment case.

What's next: - Chilwa Minerals expects more drilling before publishing its first official niobium resource estimate. - The company is continuing test work on rare earth extraction. - B2i Digital plans to use its platform to market Chilwa Minerals to investors. - Chilwa Minerals says full results and supporting technical tables are in its Australian Securities Exchange announcements and SEC filings.

The bottom line: - Chilwa Minerals is trying to turn one Malawi project into a strategic critical-minerals story for U.S. investors.