Locksley Resources has hit the exploration accelerator at its Mojave critical minerals project in California after winning the green light from the state’s Bureau of Land Management to expand its plan of operations at the historic Desert antimony mine.

The company says final approvals will be granted when the last piece of paperwork for an environmental bond has been lodged. Locksley will then be able to push on with a range of exploration programs it believes could help the United States get back into the antimony and rare earths game.

At the same time, management has secured a drill contractor to kick off rare earths exploration at its El Campo prospect in the December quarter.

The Desert antimony mine, which was last worked in the 1930s, is now firmly back on the radar. According to

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