Xtract has secured a 10-year renewable mining licence for its Amghas antimony project in northwest Morocco and begun moving processing infrastructure from Casablanca to the mine site.
Wildstone, Xtract’s 80%-owned venture, is finalising paperwork for a processing permit to install a 70,000-tonne-a-year gravity plant—the first phase of its regional processing buildout.
That plant is designed to handle initial ore from Amghas and third-party small-scale miners before feeding plans for a larger central flotation plant serving Amghas, the nearby Ighoud mine and local suppliers.
Xtract said rehabilitation work is complete and resource evaluation has been encouraging, positioning the project for near-term antimony concentrate production and a commercial test of its broader Morocco strategy.
The development could help diversify global antimony supply away from China, with Xtract targeting first concentrate output in late 2026.
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Unlocking Morocco’s Antimony: The Amghas Project and Its Role in Global Critical Mineral Security
Overview
Morocco is entering a new era in its mining sector with the granting of a license to Xtract Resources for the Amghas antimony project. This marks a major step in Morocco’s ambitions to become a key player in the global antimony market. Xtract Resources, through its venture Wildstone, has completed site rehabilitation and is relocating processing infrastructure from Casablanca to Amghas. The project’s first phase includes a gravity plant designed to process ore from both the Amghas mine and local small-scale miners, laying the foundation for a larger regional processing strategy and future expansion with a central flotation plant.