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The IOM3 (Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining) supports professionals in materials, minerals, mining and associated technical disciplines to be champions of the transition to a low-carbon, resilient & resource efficient society. Their 2023 paper, The Talent Gap: Critical Skills for Critical Materials, investigates and confirms that a lack of access to skilled workers is a significant and growing risk facing the sector and UK economy.  Read the paper here: https://lnkd.in/eUZBYYZE   IOM3’s paper builds on work done by the CMA (UK)’s 2022 paper ‘A Talent Pipeline for Critical Minerals’, as well as the ambitions set out in the UK’s Critical Minerals Strategy to ‘review the UK’s skills, education and training along the critical minerals value chain and define a critical minerals skills blueprint, recognising the full breadth of skills we need'.    From exploration geologists uncovering the UK's critical minerals potential and chemical engineers who discover innovate ways to recycle magnets, to social scientists who map our global supply chains and ESG consultants who track life cycle assessments-- the opportunities to pursue study and work in UK are diverse, rewarding and exciting.    The CMA (UK) is pleased to work in collaboration with IOM3 to deliver our careers event and call to action at the Natural History Museum on the 3rd of July. Both our organisatons have been at the forefront of the national discourse on the skills gaps in critical minerals, dedicated to nurturing the UK talent pipeline and highlighting the urgency of the skills gaps to both Government and the wider public.  ✍🏼 Sign up for free today! -> https://lnkd.in/eKdgvMcu

TMG, in partnership with Purple Rock Inc., is bidding for Guyana's mineral mapping study, aiming to update data, attract investments, and explore emerging minerals like lithium. Led by the Ministry of Natural Resources, this project targets key mining districts like Mazaruni and Puruni, addressing the industry's need for updated information and reducing exploration costs while diversifying resources for sustainable development. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dhFiUrJT #ProjectServices #StrategicPlanning #ProcurementExcellence #ContractManagement #SupplyChainOptimization #QualityControl #LogisticsOptimization #CostControls #DocumentManagement #IndustrySuccess #MiningOilGas #NavigatingComplexities #TMGAdvantage #ExpertSupport #SuccessMission #networking #innovation

Explorer Transition Minerals is focused on developing and advancing a portfolio of high-tech and strategic critical metals projects to support the green economy, energy storage markets, and global decarbonisation. Australia’s Northern Territory has shot up the ranks of worldwide investment attractiveness based on the latest Fraser Institute annual survey of mining companies. Sitting sixth overall, the survey demonstrates the positive growth in exploration and mining that Australia’s ‘top end’ has experienced concurrently with the release of the country’s significant investment into developing the critical minerals industry. It comes as some surprise, then, that Transition Minerals’ Barkly project is just the second rare earths project to achieve formal resource classification (Inferred resource, JORC 2012) in the NT after the progress of Arafura’s (ASX:ARU) Nolans project to development status with the support of crucial partnerships with EV manufacturers Hyundai and Kia. #CriticalMinerals #RareEarths #BarklyProject #AustralianMining Click the link below to discover more ⬇ https://bit.ly/489HStN

Lincoln Minerals Ltd Unveils Staged Development Strategy for Kookaburra Graphite Project (ASX: LML) CEO Jonathon Trewartha stated, “Lincoln’s Kookaburra Graphite Project is unique in Australia, in that it benefits from extremely high-grade graphite at surface, requiring no pre-strip, thanks to an orebody which literally sticks out of the ground. As an experienced mining project developer, it is clear to me that with a Mining Lease already approved and developing such high grades at the front end of the production schedule, means that Lincoln is likely to be able to generate attractive returns, even at low graphite prices.” “Our strategy to stage the development and initially to focus on the high grade at KGP will also allow us to progress to first ore potentially quicker than any other Australian project in Australia and enable Lincoln to deliver production-scale graphite concentrate for qualification in the EV markets while we plan the development of a larger project to feed the global demand for high quality anode material.” “We look forward to the results of our PFS to support our plans for KGP to be first to market in Australia, which would make it the preeminent graphite project, and we expect the outcome to attract significant interest in the project.” Read our article below: https://lnkd.in/gbXUbA9p #graphite #mining #resources #geology #stocks #lml #asx

Interesting insights on the future of copper and critical minerals in Arizona.

Canada invests C$16M in Saskatchewan’s Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) to advance research on critical minerals, including uranium. ⚛️👇 “Our government is investing in the economic opportunities presented by our critical minerals wealth, ensuring that Canadians will benefit from the mining, processing and sale of rare earth elements and other critical minerals through the creation of good jobs, expansion of the mining sector, and prospects for future innovations and reduced emissions.” –The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources This funding reinforces Saskatchewan’s growing role as a key player in the uranium sector, supporting its position as a reliable source of critical minerals for global energy production. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/egPaQE-k #Uranium #Mining #Investing #Saskatchewan

Ana Cabral-Gardner, Co-Chairperson and CEO da Sigma Lithium Corp. (Nasdaq:SGML) commented: “We are delighted to announce that Grota do Cirilo became the world’s 4th largest operating industrial pre-chemical lithium beneficiation complex by mineral resource scale, transforming Sigma Lithium into one of the largest operating integrated producers in the global lithium industry. (...) Over the course of the last year, we managed to fully integrate and operate a state of the art Greentech lithium industrial beneficiation plant with our Grota do Cirilo mining operation while validating a sizable 109Mt of mineral resources. Our competitive advantage is now well established, as we have been delivering the most sustainable lithium concentrate in the world, the “Quintuple Zero Green Lithium”, while maintaining low production costs. Together, this supports resilience in our business model, especially at the current point in the lithium cycle.” Iran Zan, MAIG, co-Head of Geology and co-General Manager, stated:  "(...) In a little over seven years, Grota do Cirilo went from drill core samples to one of the largest lithium mineral resources in the world, with some of the highest grades and a growth potential to 150Mt. " https://lnkd.in/dXZs_Rnv

Hey First Nations!! Critical minerals exploration and mining is likely to occur in many nations, as there are over 450 critical minerals deposits across Australia. The Australian government’s Critical Minerals Strategy commits to 'First Nations engagement and benefit sharing, to strengthen engagement and partnership with First Nations people and communities, and to improve equity and investment opportunities for First Nations interests’. (The critical minerals strategies of governments in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland also commit to partnering with local and First Nations communities, and benefit sharing.) Federal Resources minister Madeleine King told Australian Mining that more than 60% of national resources projects operate on land covered by a Native Title claim or determination, that on-going partnerships with First Nations peoples are essential for the mining and resources sector’s sustainability, and that First Nations landholders and communities are core partners in mining. “They have not always been, but now and into the future they always will be." We look forward to these significant First Nations partnerships, equity and ownership arrangements going forward in the critical minerals sector, obviously coupled with early engagement, transparent information, ongoing free prior and informed consent (FPIC), participation and inclusion, and a seat at the table. The Federal Minister's announcement this week of $840 million for the Nolans project in the Northern Territory, operated and managed by Arafura Rare Earths Limited , and the $230m loan commitment for West Australian lithium producer Liontown Resources Limited, is a key opportunity for government and industry to develop the gold-star template for the sector, demonstrating a solid benchmark for what meaningful early engagement, FPIC, rock-star agreement making, and solid equitable partnerships with First Nations looks like in Australia. First Nations will be expecting nothing less. The image shows Geoscience Australia's Critical Minerals Map, current to 31 December 2023. Access the Map and accompanying dataset in the comments. Eva Lawler Reece Whitby Roger Cook Steven Miles Chris Bowen MP Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water Department of Industry, Science and Resources Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) Export Finance Australia Don Farrell

Evion Group (ASX:EVG) has laid out a regulatory pathway to secure mining permits for its Maniry Graphite Project in Madagascar and European Union (EU) funding to develop the project under the Critical Raw Materials Act. Madagascar adopted a new mining code late last year, which includes provisions for granting development and production licences for compliant graphite projects. More recently, the Mines Ministry of Madagascar issued the licensing body, the Bureau du Cadastre Minier (BCMM) a directive to begin awarding or upgrading permits to allow for the construction and development of mining operations. EVG was also invited to apply for project development funding support under the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act, highlighting graphite’s importance as a critical mineral vital to the energy transition. Supplying graphite for decades to come More at #Proactive #ProactiveInvestors http://ow.ly/zUgq105FmNZ