{"id":10207,"date":"2026-09-05T16:38:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T20:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/?p=10207"},"modified":"2026-09-13T21:28:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T01:28:56","slug":"dysprosium-in-north-america-volta-and-saga-could-have-two-most-important-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/articles\/dysprosium-in-north-america-volta-and-saga-could-have-two-most-important-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Dysprosium in North America: Volta and Saga Could Have Two Most Important Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dysprosium (Dy)<\/strong> could become one of the most important and valuable Rare Earth Elements<\/strong><\/span> of the coming decade. It is a key ingredient in high-performance neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) permanent magnets<\/strong>, helping them maintain performance at high temperatures. These magnets are critical to electric vehicle motors, wind turbines, advanced electronics, industrial equipment, and defense technologies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

The challenge is that dysprosium is one of the more difficult critical minerals for North America to source domestically<\/strong>. That makes the discovery and development of large-scale North American REE projects containing meaningful dysprosium<\/strong><\/span> increasingly important.<\/p>\n\n

NIA believes investors looking for exposure to dysprosium in North America<\/strong> should be paying extremely close attention to both Volta Metals (CSE: VLTA)<\/strong> and Saga Metals (TSXV: SAGA)<\/strong>. The two companies are at different stages of exploration and resource definition<\/strong>, but could potentially be advancing North America’s most important dysprosium-bearing REE projects<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n

Volta Metals (CSE: VLTA)<\/strong> shows how quickly successful drilling can transform the scale of an REE project. VLTA began its inaugural drilling program at its Springer REE Project<\/strong> in September 2025 and today has a current NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate containing 56.6 million tonnes Indicated at 0.70% TREO<\/strong> plus 119.5 million tonnes Inferred at 0.58% TREO<\/strong>… a combined 176.1 million tonnes<\/span><\/strong> of REE mineralization.<\/p>\n\n

Importantly, Springer contains dysprosium<\/strong>. The resource averages 38 ppm Dy\u2082O\u2083 in the Indicated category<\/strong> and 31 ppm Dy\u2082O\u2083 in the Inferred category<\/strong>, equivalent to approximately 33.1 ppm and 27.0 ppm elemental dysprosium<\/strong>, respectively.<\/p>\n\n

Some of VLTA’s individual drill intercepts<\/strong> have contained much higher dysprosium grades<\/strong><\/span>. Drill hole SL25-24<\/strong> returned 27.1 metres averaging 157.8 ppm Dy\u2082O\u2083<\/strong>… approximately 137.5 ppm elemental Dy<\/strong>. That gives investors a useful real-world benchmark for what 100+ ppm elemental dysprosium<\/strong> can look like over a meaningful drill width within a large REE system.<\/p>\n\n

VLTA’s success is particularly relevant when evaluating Saga Metals (TSXV: SAGA)<\/strong>, because SAGA is approximately one major drilling cycle behind VLTA<\/strong> at its Wolverine Heavy Rare Earth Project<\/strong> in Labrador.<\/p>\n\n

Prior to SAGA acquiring Wolverine, only 817.4 metres of shallow RC drilling across 25 holes<\/strong> had been completed in 2025. Despite that extremely limited drilling, 19 of the 25 RC holes returned mineralized intercepts exceeding 0.2% TREO<\/strong>, confirming broad, near-surface mineralization across an approximately 1.7 km by 1.2 km area<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

Some of the most important 2025 RC results included:<\/p>\n\n