critical_minerals

Alloy Holdings Acquires GSM Metals, Cimini & Associates

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Alloy Holdings Acquires GSM Metals, Cimini & Associates

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.

Jaguar Uranium to Present South American Portfolio at ROTH Nuclear Conference

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Jaguar Uranium to Present South American Portfolio at ROTH Nuclear Conference

Toronto – September 28, 2026 -- Jaguar Uranium Corp. (NYSE American: JAGU) will present its four-asset South American exploration portfolio at ROTH Capital Partners' inaugural Emerging Nuclear Technology Conference on October 1, 2026, in New York City.

Jaguar holds uranium, rare earth and copper assets across Argentina and Colombia

The company's portfolio spans brownfield and former mining districts, including the Laguna Salada Project in Chubut Province, Argentina, and the historic Huemul uranium mine in Mendoza Province, previously a producing operation. In Colombia, the Berlin Project in Caldas Province is a district-scale, sedimentary-hosted polymetallic system historically reported to contain uranium alongside rare earth elements, vanadium, nickel, phosphate, molybdenum, rhenium and zinc.

Jaguar Uranium Reports Rare Earth-Uranium Assays at Colombia's Berlin Project

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Jaguar Uranium Reports Rare Earth-Uranium Assays at Colombia's Berlin Project

Toronto – September 25, 2026 -- Jaguar Uranium Corp. (NYSE American: JAGU) has reported assay results from historical drill-core resampling at its Berlin Uranium–Rare Earth Project in Colombia's Department of Caldas, with one interval returning 3,570 ppm total rare earth oxides (TREO) and 607 ppm magnet rare earth oxides (MREO), the highest value from the tested selection.

Selected core intervals confirm polymetallic mineralization combining uranium, vanadium and phosphate

The resampling program, first announced September 25, 2026, tested core drilled between 2010 and 2012 during two historical campaigns by U3O8 Corp. Beyond the top-grade interval in drill hole DDB-041 (0.63 m at 170.57–171.20 m depth), additional selected intervals returned 1.53 m at 2,267 ppm TREO and 329 ppm MREO in DDB-003, 1.00 m at 2,176 ppm TREO and 349 ppm MREO in DDB-015, and 0.50 m at 2,532 ppm TREO and 414 ppm MREO in DDB-068.

PMET, Koch Unit Advance Simplified Caesium Chemical Process

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PMET, Koch Unit Advance Simplified Caesium Chemical Process

Montreal – September 23, 2026 -- PMET Resources Inc. has completed a Phase 2 bench-scale testwork program with Koch Technology Solutions (KTS) that demonstrates a simplified, more selective pathway to convert pollucite concentrate from its Shaakichiuwaanaan Project into high-purity caesium chemical products.

KTS process shows high selectivity, bypassing costly impurity-removal stages

The bench-scale program used approximately 6 kg of pollucite concentrate, assaying 12% Cs2O, produced via X-Ray Transmission ore sorting of drill core from the Vega Caesium Zone at the CV13 Pegmatite. Results confirmed the KTS proprietary flowsheet technology achieves high selectivity for caesium with a much-reduced impurity profile, potentially allowing much of the conventional impurity-removal stages to be skipped and lowering recovery costs into a final high-purity product.

Africa Pushes for UN Security Council Seat, $300M Energy Fund Closes

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Africa Pushes for UN Security Council Seat, $300M Energy Fund Closes

New York – September 21, 2026 -- Africa's push for greater control over its resources and a stronger voice in global governance took center stage as business leaders, heads of state, and investors gathered for the fifth edition of Unstoppable Africa, held alongside the 81st UN General Assembly session at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square.

Guterres calls for Africa's permanent UN Security Council seat

UN Secretary-General António Guterres told delegates that Africa needs a permanent presence on the UN Security Council to contribute to global dialogue and action. He urged reforms so the continent's critical minerals generate local value and jobs rather than being exported raw.

Purecore Metals Launches Data Review at Athabasca Basin Uranium Property

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Purecore Metals Launches Data Review at Athabasca Basin Uranium Property

Vancouver, BC – September 19, 2026 -- Purecore Metals Inc. (CSE: PURE) (FSE: J8Y) (OTCQB: PPURF) has commenced a comprehensive data compilation and technical review program at the Yurchison Uranium Property in the Athabasca Basin, northern Saskatchewan, a 35,029-hectare asset located approximately 75 kilometres south of Cameco Corporation's Rabbit Lake operation.

Purecore holds an option to earn up to 100% of the Skyharbour-optioned property

The Company holds an option to earn up to a 100% interest in Yurchison under a definitive agreement with Skyharbour Resources Ltd. (TSXV: SYH). The property comprises 22 claims and sits within the Wollaston Domain, underlain by Wollaston Supergroup metasedimentary gneisses adjacent to Archean granitic gneisses.

Hylenr Detects Rare-Earth Signatures in Nuclear Lattice Confinement System

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Hylenr Detects Rare-Earth Signatures in Nuclear Lattice Confinement System

Hyderabad – – September 16, 2026 -- Indian deeptech firm Hylenr Technologies has detected signatures of 32 elements, including strategic rare earths such as yttrium and actinides such as uranium, inside post-operational samples from a hydrogen-loaded nickel-palladium lattice confinement system, opening a potential alternative route to producing strategic materials without mining.

PMET Collects 2.5 Tonnes of Caesium Ore, Targets Q4 Ore Sorting

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PMET Collects 2.5 Tonnes of Caesium Ore, Targets Q4 Ore Sorting

Montreal – September 13, 2026 -- PMET Resources Inc. has collected more than 2.5 tonnes of pollucite pegmatite from the Vega Caesium Zone (CV13) at its Shaakichiuwaanaan Property in Quebec, advancing a bulk-sampling initiative called the BerryPick program aimed at feeding downstream caesium chemical testwork.

PMET deploys large-diameter coring to cut sampling costs and speed

The company used very large diameter drill core (~30 cm) drilled through a grid of shallow holes (under 60 cm deep) across the mineralized outcrop, avoiding costlier alternatives such as blasting or PQ coring (8.5 cm). Prior testwork had relied on smaller NQ (4.8 cm) and HQ (6.4 cm) core, which supported only initial-stage programs; the larger fragments better approximate blasted run-of-mine material after crushing, a requirement for feasibility-level data.

CEM Achieves Smelter Grade Alumina Breakthrough, Launches Prefeasibility Study

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CEM Achieves Smelter Grade Alumina Breakthrough, Launches Prefeasibility Study

Calgary – September 11, 2026 -- Canadian Energy Metals Corp. (CEM) has achieved proof-of-concept for producing Smelter Grade Alumina (SGA) from a non-bauxite resource, marking a potential shift in North America's aluminum supply chain, and has formally commenced its Prefeasibility Study (PFS) for the Thor Project in northeast Saskatchewan.

CEM's process converts black shale into alumina matching Bayer Process purity standards

The company's testing process converts boehmite, derived from precursors linked to High Purity Alumina (HPA) and Chemical Grade Alumina (CGA), into SGA that consistently matches the purity and specifications of alumina produced through the Bayer Process, the current industry standard for refining bauxite. SGA is the principal feedstock for aluminum metal production, and CEM's results were achieved without relying on bauxite, the conventional ore source.

CEM Proves Smelter-Grade Alumina From Non-Bauxite Shale, Starts PFS

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CEM Proves Smelter-Grade Alumina From Non-Bauxite Shale, Starts PFS

Calgary, AB – September 11, 2026 -- Canadian Energy Metals Corp. (CEM) has demonstrated proof-of-concept for producing smelter grade alumina (SGA) from a non-bauxite resource, matching the purity and specifications of SGA produced via the industry-standard Bayer process.

CEM converts boehmite into SGA matching Bayer-process purity

The process, tested at CEM's Thor Project in northeastern Saskatchewan near Tisdale, converts boehmite derived from high-purity alumina (HPA) and chemical-grade alumina (CGA) precursors into SGA -- the primary feedstock for aluminum metal production. Samples consistently met the purity and specification benchmarks of Bayer-process SGA, the current global standard for smelter feedstock.