• MinRes is facing Qantas-like negative hysteria, said L1 Capital’s Mark Landau, who’re the company’s largest shareholders, excluding Ellison (AFR)

• Rio has officially been dragged to the Fair Work Commission in what could spark the first union deal at a mine in WA’s Pilbara for more than 30 years (West)

• Peter Dutton fired a salvo on energy prices ahead of Albanese’s May 3 election announcement, with a promise to force more export gas into the domestic market (AFR)

• Jiangxi Copper reported full-year earnings that narrowly missed estimates and warned of ongoing volatility in the market (Bloomberg)

• Minerals Council chief Tania Constable said the prospect of Teals or Greens having say in power should ‘send shivers down WA’s spine’ (West)

• Sweden will offer public loans to fund new nuclear power projects as the nation seeks ways to meet an expected surge in demand for electricity (Bloomberg)

• Regal-backed mining financier Taurus has reportedly seen two dealmakers, James Black & Martin Boland, hand in their resignations (AFR Street Talk)

• A rebel Congo River Alliance leader has said a DRC-US minerals deal won’t bring peace & will undermine US credibility (MNN)

• British Columbia’s new framework requiring consultation with First Nations before registering mining claims misses the mark for consulting with Indigenous groups, First Nations have said (NM)

• Activists are raising concerns over an iron ore mine set for construction by Grange Resources at the doorstep of the Stirling Range National Park (West)

• Gold Road released a letter to shareholders regarding its rejection of Gold Fields’ proposal to acquire the company (GOR) this letter is more promising grounds for value negotiation with GFI in our opinion

• Hudbay Minerals consolidated its ownership of Copper Mountain by agreeing on a deal with Mitsubishi to acquire its 25% interest for US$4.5m upfront and ~US$40m in deferred & contingent cash payments (HBM.TSX)

• Saturn Metals is in a trading halt pending a capital raise (STN)

• Dreadnought raised $8.5m at 1.2c, with Black Cat participating with $1m (DRE)

• Impact Minerals completed its renounceable rights issue, raising ~$3.6m (IPT)

• See the spread in DEG/NST momentarily blow out to the widest it’s been for some time, this morning. So is the read-through that Gold Road is shopping its DEG stake hard?

• Rumourtrage aplenty at Bellevue Gold (AFR’s Rear Window)

• Australia digs in as top destination for mining listings (Reuters)

• Part 1 of Hopgood Ganim’s Mining Project Lifecycle Series (HG)

• Macquarie's Viktor Shvets rewrites rules of investing, warns world on brink of upheaval (Livewire)

• L1 Capital Long Short Strategy Update (Webinar) Timestamps for commentary on MinRes & the new gold fund

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