Lindian rare earths green-lit for export by Malawian government

Lindian Resources has received a green light from Malawi’s government, confirming its Kangankunde rare earths are exempt from an executive order banning raw mineral exports as it will process the ore locally to produce monazite concentrate.

The clarification arrives just a day after Lindian’s proactive reassurance to investors, quelling market jitters that had briefly dented the company’s share price.

Part of Lindian Resources’ proposed processing plant under design for the company’s rapidly developing Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi, East Africa.

Issued on October 23, the Malawian Government’s Presidential Executive Order No. 2 of 2025 aims to boost local value adding and downstream processing by prohibiting the export of unprocessed minerals - a move Lindian views as a posit