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Energy Security Push Unlocks Capital for Strategic Mineral and Nuclear Fuel Plays
VANCOUVER – Baystreet.ca News Commentary – The U.S. Department of Energy awarded $2.7 billion in contracts to expand domestic uranium enrichment capacity in January, part of a broader initiative to eliminate dependence on Russian nuclear fuel before a congressionally mandated 2028 deadline [1]. China's parallel tightening of silver, tungsten and antimony exports under its 2026 licensing regime has pushed Western governments to classify these metals alongside rare earths as strategic materials subject to coordinated supply chain intervention [2]. GoldHaven Resources (CSE: GOH), Snow Lake (NASDAQ: LITM), IsoEnergy (NYSE-A: ISOU), American Resources (NASDAQ: AREC) and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO) span the critical minerals and energy security landscape now drawing institutional capital.
Over 63% of investors surveyed by Uranium.io believe AI-driven electricity consumption will become a material factor in nuclear planning over the next decade, with data center demand reinforcing uranium's role as baseload infrastructure rather than a narrow reactor-cycle commodity [3]. This structural demand shift creates a window for developers and explorers positioned along the nuclear fuel cycle and critical battery materials value chain, where domestic production capacity remains years behind policy ambition [4].
GoldHaven Resources (CSE: GOH) (OTCQB: GHVNF) has confirmed anomalous tungsten mineralization at its Magno Property in northwestern British Columbia. The company's 2025 surface exploration program identified a previously undocumented tungsten zone at the Vines Lake showing, where assays returned up to 6,550 parts per million tungsten. These results validate historical tungsten data at the Kuhn and Dead Goat showings while expanding the known footprint across multiple structurally controlled skarn zones spanning approximately 1.3 kilometers of strike length.
“These results represent a meaningful step forward in defining Magno as a large, zoned, intrusion-related mineral system,” said Robert Birmingham, President and CEO of GoldHaven. “The confirmation of high-grade silver-lead-zinc mineralization, extensive tungsten, elevated copper within intrusive rocks, and strong bismuth-tellurium pathfinder anomalies reinforces our interpretation of a porphyry-driven system at depth. The emerging geological and metal zonation patterns share important similarities with Coeur Mining’s Silvertip district, while Magno’s broader critical-metal footprint highlights the potential for a multi-commodity discovery with district-scale upside.”
The tungsten discovery comes at a strategically important time for Western economies. China implemented strict export controls on tungsten throughout 2025, and the country controls over 80% of global tungsten supply. The metal possesses the highest melting point of any element, making it essential for cutting tools, defense applications including ammunition and armor, semiconductor manufacturing, and energy infrastructure. These export restrictions have elevated tungsten to critical mineral status across North America and Europe.
The 2025 program at Magno successfully verified historical showings while discovering tungsten at Vines Lake where previous sampling had not documented the metal. Results from 357 samples revealed bonanza silver grades up to 2,370 grams per tonne alongside lead values exceeding 20% and zinc reaching 3.8% at the Magno and D-Zone carbonate replacement occurrences. Forty-five samples returned over 100 grams per tonne silver. The discovery of indium adds another strategic dimension, with values up to 334 parts per million. Indium is used in electronics and renewable energy technologies.
GoldHaven has also completed its inaugural diamond drilling program at the Copeçal Gold Project in Brazil. Nine holes totaling 1,085.7 meters tested priority targets and discovered bornite, which suggests potential for a substantial gold-copper system. The company also confirmed high-grade copper mineralization at its Three Guardsmen Project, with surface sampling returning grades up to 15.85% copper.
GoldHaven now controls 133,186.16 hectares across proven mining jurisdictions with multiple projects advancing simultaneously and assay results pending from Copeçal. All projects are supported by a comprehensive 43-101 Technical Report.
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Snow Lake (NASDAQ: LITM) advanced toward completing its acquisition of Global Uranium and Enrichment Limited after receiving overwhelming shareholder and court approvals for the transaction. At scheme meetings held January 27, 93.02% of GUE shareholders and 100% of option holders voted in favor of the acquisition, with the Federal Court of Australia approving the schemes on February 3.
"With the GUE Scheme meetings overwhelmingly approving the Schemes for Snow Lake to acquire GUE, and the Federal Court of Australia approving the transaction, we are now focused on completing this acquisition by mid-February 2026," said Frank Wheatley, CEO of Snow Lake. "We look forward to welcoming all GUE shareholders as new Snow Lake shareholders, as we continue aggressively implementing our strategy to develop capabilities across the nuclear fuel cycle."
GUE will lodge court orders with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on February 4 making the schemes legally effective, with the ASX expected to suspend GUE shares from trading at close of business that day. Snow Lake expects implementation on February 13 with new shares commencing trading on Nasdaq February 16, positioning the nuclear fuel cycle company with expanded uranium enrichment capabilities and small modular reactor interests.
IsoEnergy (NYSE-A: ISOU) (TSX: ISO) has commenced its 2026 winter drilling program at the Larocque East project targeting resource expansion at the Hurricane deposit and greenfield targets extending up to three kilometres along trend. The approximately 5,200-metre program includes up to 13 drill holes testing the North and South trends where 2025 holes intersected uranium mineralization including 1.61% uranium oxide over 0.5 metres in basal sandstone and 1.71% uranium oxide over 0.5 metres below the unconformity.
"Our project team has mobilized to the Larocque camp, and we are excited to launch our winter exploration program," said Dan Brisbin, Vice President of Exploration of IsoEnergy. "Planned drilling is expected to build on positive 2025 results and continue our approach of both testing deposit expansion targets around the margins of the Hurricane deposit and exploring for new deposits along the highly prospective Larocque Trend."
The Hurricane deposit hosts a current Mineral Resource of 48.6 million pounds uranium oxide at 34.5% uranium oxide Indicated and 2.7 million pounds uranium oxide at 2.2% uranium oxide Inferred. IsoEnergy benefits from excellent infrastructure with the project located approximately 40 kilometres northwest of the McClean Lake mill and featuring relatively shallow mineralization at approximately 325 metres depth.
American Resources (NASDAQ: AREC) has commenced receiving initial 2026 shipments of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries at its Noblesville, Indiana facility through its wholly owned subsidiary Electrified Materials Corporation. The company's preprocessing and conditioning capabilities prepare high-value battery elements including lithium, cobalt and nickel for downstream refinement by partner ReElement Technologies Corporation, supporting a closed-loop recycling solution for critical battery materials across domestic and allied-nation supply chains.
American Resources expects to expand its battery aggregation footprint and throughput throughout 2026 while working with supply-chain partners including Blackion LLC to source batteries from electric vehicles, energy storage systems and manufacturing scrap streams. The integrated recycling-to-refining platform reduces reliance on foreign-controlled refining capacity while improving transparency and resilience across the battery materials value chain.
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO) has entered a definitive agreement with Aluminum Corporation of China Limited to acquire through a joint venture Votorantim's 68.596% controlling shareholding in Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio at an all-cash consideration of R$10.50 per share. The transaction values Votorantim's stake at approximately $902.6 million with Rio Tinto holding a 33% interest in the joint venture and Chalco holding 67%.
"This acquisition, jointly with Chalco, of Votorantim's controlling position in CBA's fully integrated aluminium supply chain in Brazil is aligned with our strategy to deliver value for shareholders by extending our low-carbon, renewable-powered aluminium footprint in rapidly growing markets," said Jérôme Pécresse, Rio Tinto Aluminium & Lithium Chief Executive. "Our partnership with Chalco brings together our combined operational excellence, innovation and unique project execution capabilities, unlocking the potential to create value for the benefit of our shareholders, as well as CBA's employees, customers and local communities."
CBA operates a vertically integrated low-carbon aluminium business in Brazil supported by a 1.6 gigawatt portfolio of renewable power generation assets including 21 hydropower plants and wind complexes. Rio Tinto expects the joint venture to launch a mandatory tender offer for the remaining shares in CBA following completion of the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
Article Source: https://usanewsgroup.com/goh-profile/ and https://usanewsgroup.com/2025/09/23/the-goldhaven-story-two-continents-one-strategy-systematic-historic-gold-district-exploration/
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3. https://www.mining.com/ai-boom-set-to-turbocharge-uranium-demand-in-2026/
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