• Canada’s federal gov’t will permit major infrastructure & mining projects with provincial and territorial approvals alone, scrapping duplicative requirements (NM) One project, one review… An overdue move with their election set for April 28

• MinRes has lowered the bar to be hired as an Onslow truck driver, despite a spate of truck rollovers caused by “operator error”, while raising pay (West)

• An Australian engineering and logistics company, Strang, has accused diversified miner South32 of stealing secrets by using information gathered over the course of a contract to copy its products (AFR)

• Trump has invoked wartime powers as part of a sweeping effort to increase American minerals production and curb the country’s reliance on China (FT)

• The Aussie dollar may be headed for its first annual gain since 2020, as the RBA holds rates & the economy benefits from expected Chinese stimulus (Bloomberg)

• Talks between the DRC & the US over a possible minerals and security deal are in the early stages, the African country’s foreign minister said (Bloomberg)

• DRC could extend a 4-month export ban on cobalt introduced in February following a sharp drop in the metal's price, a spokesperson said (Reuters)

• Copper bull Kostas Bintas is back predicting new records, as Trump’s threat of tariffs drains global stocks & creates what he sees as unprecedented opportunities (Bloomberg)

• M23 Rebels have captured further area in Eastern DRC, including the mining town of Walikale in North Kivu, close to the Bisie tin mine (SMM)

• Dataroom reported Ravenswood has attracted one local bidder (Regis), with one Chinese entity (Chifeng) and the remainder Indonesian, for the US$1bn+ mine (Australian)

• On Friday CZR received a revised Robe River JV proposal, which removed the condition to negotiate and execute an asset sale & purchase agreement with Zanf, with other conditions unchanged (CZR)

• Brazil Iron has made an offer of about US$1b to buy a Bamin in South from Eurasian Resources Group (Bloomberg)

• Catalyst confirmed they’re selling Henty for $15m cash upfront & $14m in shares, + $14m in deferred gold consideration and a partial royalty (CYL)

• Soverign Metals has launched a $40m raise at 85c (SVM, AFR)

• Gorilla Gold has raised A$25m to leave it with $39m in cash (GG8)

• Kore Potash has raised US$10m to advance its Sintoukola project (KP2)

• Smallcap Cordoba Minerals just had an astonishing +52% week last week to end with a C$40m market cap. The stock has particularly low float given Ivanhoe Electric owns ~63% and Chinese JCHX Mining owns ~20%. A week earlier we heard how JCHX were looking heavily at Colombian opportunities. We wouldn't be surprised to see a deal to the Chinese miner on its way. And Ivanhoe Electric has plenty of things it could do with the extra cash.

• Australia’s lithium dream is fading. Can tax breaks revive it? (AFR)

• Going over the Tin thesis: Bottleneck + Catalyst (Trader Ferg)

• We need a plan for the future of the resources sector (West op-ed)

• Langer suddenly sees the elephant in the boardroom (AFR’s Rear Window)

• Sister act: How two little-known iron ore heiresses pulled off a $5bn coup (Australian)

• Inside Duncan Saville’s billion-dollar Bermuda Triangle (AFR)

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