• US judge to rule by May 14 on Rio Tinto and BHP’s Resolution copper project (Reuters)

• Barrick boss Mark Bristow vows to defend rights as Mali’s military junta seeks more money (Bloomberg) meanwhile the board will search for Bristow’s successor to the major gold producer (FT)

• Lynas’ Amanda Lacaze has been frank about Australia’s goal of becoming a global rare earths player, chiding handouts for “uneconomic” projects and standing by criticisms of plans to hoard the commodity (West)

• Mining convoy attacked in Mali on road to Allied Gold’s Sadiola mine (Reuters)

• The lithium price PLS CEO Dale Henderson says peers will need to survive (West)

• The WA government plans to develop a Perth-based trading hub for lithium, rare earths, niobium and vanadium (West)

• Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy finally approves Sino Ore expansion, continues fighting damages claim (West)

• AVZ Minerals’ stake in the DRC Manono lithium project will be acquired by Bill Gates backed KoBold Metals for “fair value” (Mining.com, Australian)

• The clock is ticking on the Peabody-Anglo mine deal (MNN)

• Catalyst have agreed to acquire the Old Highway gold project from Sandfire for $32.5m cash (SFR)

• Tivan and Sumitomo agreed to establish a joint venture to develop and fund the Speewah fluorite project in WA, including an offtake term sheet for up to 100% of product over the project life (TVN)

• Minerals260 signed an option agreement to acquire tenements from Belararox contiguous to its Bullabulling gold project (MI6)

• Chile's Codelco signs $500m insurer-backed credit agreement (Reuters)

• Aeris executed a binding term sheet with Washington Soul Patts for a $60m guarantee facility, replacing the current $50m ANZ guarantee facility. Existing $50m term facility extended to Aug-26, with no repayment or cash backing required for over 12 months under either facility (AIS) Company considered raising equity but determined an extension of term facility more attractive

• Tivan agreed to raise $5m via a placement to an “Australian family office investor” and also signed a non-binding term sheet to invest a min. ~$51m equity for the development of the Speewah fluorite project (TVN)

• Vertex is in a trading halt pending a capital raising (VTX)

• Andromeda is in a trading halt pending a capital raising (ADN)

• Yes it’s nickel and no one cares about nickel right now but the wise heads in the industry tell us to pay even more attention to the out-of-flavour commodities

• On face value, the numbers in Centaurus’ study today suggest they’ll have solid options in their partnering process to fund development of Jaguar

• MMG recently paid US$500m for Nickel Brazil producing ~36ktpa. Jaguar’s pre-production capex is US$380m for ~23ktpa. This one’s about the cost curve

• Australian billionaires Forrest and Rinehart turn iron ore into gold (Forbes)

• Hedge fund Waratah Capital has embraced gold this year, as investors seek shelter from the global trade war and lose faith in the US dollar (Bloomberg)

• Minerals Council hits out at Anthony Albanese over nature positive, stands by Tania Constable (Australian)

• Many hands will make the critical minerals industry work (MNN)

• Developing gold’s next generation (BN)

• BHP leaves it to Lundin to do the talking on Andean monster (MNN)

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