Critical Minerals

Vancouver – – October 15, 2026 -- SAGA Metals Corp. (TSXV: SAGA) has completed an 85-hole, 22,432-metre drill program at the Trapper Zone of its Radar Titanium-Vanadium-Iron Project in Labrador, with every hole intersecting oxide mineralization. The final assays, from holes R-0088 to R-0092, give the company a complete database for the maiden resource estimate, which is due in Q4 2026.

Three Trapper North holes return intervals of 470 to 495.6 metres

Hole R-0085 returned 495.6 metres of mineralization grading 37.86% Fe2O3, 5.51% TiO2 and 0.273% V2O5. That includes 68.2 metres at 52.95% Fe2O3, 8.57% TiO2 and 0.381% V2O5. R-0075 delivered 485.4 metres and R-0072 returned 470 metres.

At Trapper South, R-0046 cut 127.9 metres at 52.94% Fe2O3, 7.35% TiO2 and 0.388% V2O5. A 54-metre section within it graded 58.33% Fe2O3, 8.78% TiO2 and 0.415% V2O5.

Perth – October 14, 2026 -- Sun Silver Limited (ASX: SS1; OTCQX: SSLVF) recovered 84.5% of silver and 83.6% of gold within 24 hours in cyanide leach testwork on its Maverick Silver Project in Nevada, strengthening the case for a tank-leach/CIL processing route alongside heap leach.

Sample 1 test delivers peak recoveries within 48 hours

The top result came from Sample 1 (LT15), run at a P80 53μm grind with 5,000 ppm initial and 2,500 ppm maintained sodium cyanide and no lead nitrate. Head assay recoveries were 84.5% for silver and 83.6% for gold, with peak recoveries indicated between 0 and 48 hours. Most recoverable metal in the test was extracted in the first 24 hours.

Interim solution assays for Sample 1 pointed to higher extraction at 24 and 48 hours than the reported figures, which are calculated from final head assay grades. The company notes that interim extractions are indicative point-in-time calculations, not final recoveries.

Toronto – October 14, 2026 -- Jaguar Uranium Corp. (NYSE American: JAGU) has published a maiden independent Mineral Resource Estimate for its Laguna Salada project in Chubut Province, Argentina, totalling 4.2 million lbs of Indicated and 10.1 million lbs of Inferred U3O8, alongside 31.1 million lbs of Indicated and 57.3 million lbs of Inferred V2O5.

The estimate, effective October 14, 2026, complies with SEC Regulation S-K 1300 and NI 43-101. It was prepared by Caracle Creek Chile SpA and Atticus Geoscience Consulting Ltd. No Measured resources have been classified.

Indicated and Inferred tonnage grades 119 ppm and 170 ppm U3O8 Eq

The Indicated category covers 21.1 Mt at 119 ppm U3O8 equivalent. The Inferred category covers 34.0 Mt at 170 ppm U3O8 equivalent. The footprint spans about 4.3% of the 210,284 ha project, which comprises 28 mining concessions in central Patagonia.

New Orleans – October 06, 2026 -- A 15,000-ton shipment of primary aluminum arrived at the Port of Avondale in New Orleans, marking the first delivery of Venezuelan aluminum to the United States in nearly eight years. Heeney Capital, a U.S. private investment firm focused on critical minerals and industrial supply chains, organized the shipment and hosted U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana), and Representative Julia Letlow (R-Louisiana) to mark the arrival on Monday, October 06, 2026.

Athens, Greece – October 05, 2026 -- METLEN has signed a long-term commercial agreement with a major Japanese chemical company covering up to 16% of its total annual gallium production, marking the second such supply deal announced for output from its Greek production facility, currently under construction.

Second deal pushes METLEN toward full sellout of 50MT annual gallium capacity

The agreement is the second strategic gallium supply arrangement disclosed by METLEN, reinforcing international demand for a non-Chinese source of the critical raw material. Commercial terms were not disclosed. With this new contract, METLEN says it is almost certain that its entire planned production of 50 metric tons per annum will be sold out months before commercial production begins in the third quarter of 2027.

Montreal – October 03, 2026 -- PMET Resources Inc. has filed an amended NI 43-101 technical report for its Shaakichiuwaanaan lithium project in Quebec, correcting compliance irregularities flagged by Quebec's securities regulator without altering the underlying economics of its 2025 feasibility study.

AMF routine review triggers formatting and disclosure corrections

The Autorité des marchés financiers, acting under its continuous disclosure review program, identified issues requiring clarification in the original October 2025 technical report. PMET addressed qualified persons' certificates content, map scaling errors, disclosure on reasonable prospects for economic extraction of caesium, tantalum and gallium, and the cut-off grade methodology for caesium oxide. The company filed the corrected version on SEDAR+ with an unchanged effective date of October 03, 2026, an issue date of October 03, 2026, and an amended date of October 03, 2026.

Toronto – October 01, 2026 -- MP Materials Founder, Chairman and CEO James Litinsky recorded fiscal 2025 total compensation of US$28.0 million (C$39.2 million), the highest figure in Bedford Group/TRANSEARCH's 2026 mining compensation rankings.

Litinsky's $28.0 Million Pay Package Tops Bedford's 2026 Mining Rankings

The package was weighted heavily toward long-term equity: US$24.8 million (C$34.6 million) in stock awards and US$2.2 million (C$3.1 million) in annual non-equity incentive compensation, against a base salary of US$1.0 million (C$1.4 million). Litinsky has led MP Materials since its founding in 2017, making the figure a long-tenured-CEO outcome rather than a new-hire package.

London – – September 30, 2026 -- Norge Mining Limited has entered a strategic partnership with GEM Global Yield LLC SCS, part of the $3.4 billion alternative investment group Global Emerging Markets, securing a share subscription facility of up to $125 million that activates only once the company completes a public listing.

GEM commits $125 million facility contingent on Norge Mining's stock market debut

The facility is designed to form part of a broader funding strategy as Norge Mining works to advance both upstream and downstream projects toward Final Investment Decisions. More than $100 million has already been invested in the company's development, covering exploration, resource definition and technical studies, and its upstream Pre-Feasibility Study has now been completed.

Stamford, Conn. – – September 29, 2026 -- Tronox Holdings plc (NYSE: TROX) and JX Advanced Metals Corporation (TYO: 5016) have signed a cooperation and investment agreement to jointly fund approximately $32 million on a 50/50 basis for feasibility studies covering new rare earth processing facilities in Australia and the United States.

Companies commit $32 million to feasibility work across two continents

The funding will support a definitive feasibility study for a proposed rare earth cracking and leaching facility in Western Australia and a pre-feasibility study for a rare earth oxide refinery in the United States, alongside development of a US-based pilot plant capable of producing initial quantities of high-purity rare earth oxides.

Providence – September 29, 2026 -- Alloy Holdings, LLC has completed the acquisitions of privately held GSM Metals, Inc. and Cimini & Associates, Inc., adding precious-metal mill products and advanced electrical materials capacity to its Rhode Island-based manufacturing platform. The deals closed on September 29, 2026, according to the company.

Alloy Holdings adds two Rhode Island manufacturers to its metals and materials portfolio

GSM Metals, based in Cranston, will retain its name and operations, supplying precious-metal mill products for premium and luxury jewelry, commercial, and specialty-material applications. Cimini & Associates, based in Westerly, will operate as C&A Advanced Materials, manufacturing electrical materials and components for grid infrastructure, power generation, and distribution, including high-performance rod materials used in nuclear reactor technology globally.