Europe – Strategic Stability Meets Geological Rarity

Europe Is Stable, Critical, And Vastly Underexplored

Europe represents a highly attractive destination for critical mineral exploration — not only for its regulatory certainty and infrastructure, but for its geological continuity with global-scale metallogenic belts.

While the EU continues to implement the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) and reduce import dependency, vast regions of structurally complex, mineral-rich terrain remain untested with modern tools.

Our focus begins with Austria, located at the far northwest of the Tethyan Belt, but we continue to evaluate aligned jurisdictions where critical metals, gold systems, and historic mining infrastructure overlap.

Strategic Themes In Europe

CRMA-Aligned Resources: Antimony, tungsten, and specialty metals identified by the EU as critical for defense, energy, and electronics.
Geological Continuity: The Tethyan Metallogenic Belt — host to +4,000 tonnes of gold and 250 Mt of copper — crosses through Austria, the Balkans, and into Eastern Europe.
Mining Heritage: Hundreds of years of production data, including high-grade antimony and gold fields, often in structurally well-understood settings.
First-Mover Advantage: Much of the Austrian Alps and Central European mineral corridors have seen no modern drilling — despite abundant surface expressions, historical workings, and access.

🇦🇹 Austria

Our European focus begins in Carinthia, Austria, where we’ve consolidated ground in a 40 km-long belt hosting both antimony and mesothermal gold. The region provides:

A politically stable base within the EU
Modern infrastructure (power, roads, workforce)
Alignment with both the EU CRMA and Austrian mining law

Austria – Gateway To The Tethyan Belt

Austria Is Our Operational Blueprint

Located at the northwest margin of the Tethyan Metallogenic Belt, Austria offers a rare convergence of world-class geology and Western regulatory access. With historic production of gold, antimony, and base metals — but little to no modern exploration — this is where Stella’s platform begins.

Project Corridor Overview

Corridor: Kreuzeck-Goldeck

Jurisdiction: Carinthia, Southern Austria
Mineral Systems: Antimony (stibnite), gold (mesothermal, shear-hosted), Ag-Pb-Zn in veins

40+ km corridor along the southern margin of the Tauern Window
Structural control from overlapping thrust zones, E-W shear corridors
100+ historical adits and workings across our license area
No systematic drilling in over 50 years

Key Target Areas

Kreuzeck West: 5,480 tonnes of stibnite (~45% of Austria’s total Sb), gold up to 23.5 g/t, multiple underground workings.
Kreuzeck East: Up to 36.8% Sb, 23+ historic adits, geological continuity with Goldeck and Siflitz.
Goldeck-Siflitz: Gold mining dating back to the 14th century, mesothermal gold, visible gold in multiple shear zones.

Why Austria Matters

Member of the EU, covered by CRMA strategic metals policy
Top-tier road and energy access
Local support for mine reactivation in Carinthia region
Opportunity to scale across border into Southern Alps mineral zones