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Interlune Wins $6.9 Million NASA SBIR Phase III to Build Lunar Resource-Extraction Payload

The award advances in‑situ tests that could inform future lunar resource use.

BridgeTower Uses Chainlink to Tokenize $11 Billion in Arizona Copper‑Gold Securities

China’s Seabed Mapping Drive Triggers U.S. Warning on Undersea Military Edge

China Confirms Huge Rare Earth, Fluorite and Baryte Reserves at Sichuan Mine, Plus Major Antimony Find

Senate Weighs Bid to Undo Boundary Waters Mining Ban This Week

Landslide at DR Congo’s Rubaya Coltan Mine Kills at Least 227

Botswana Warns Diamond Glut and Price Slump Will Drag Growth

Critical Metals Soars on Tanbreez Drilling as New Assays Lift Resource Outlook

Japan Sends Chikyu to 6,000 Meters in First Deep-Sea Rare-Earth Extraction Attempt

Japan Launches Deep-Sea Rare Earths Trial as Chikyu Sets Sail for Minami Torishima

Brazil Oil and Gas Output Reaches 4.921 Million boe/d in November, Down Month to Month but Up Year Over Year

China Announces Asia’s Largest Undersea Gold Deposit Off Laizhou

Deep-Sea Mining Trial Shows 37% Drop in Seafloor Animals, 32% Fewer Species, Study Finds

Ottawa Proposes Reissuing Nunavut Offshore Licences to Mi’kmaq Coalition After Court Ruling

Norway Freezes Deep-Sea Mining Licenses Through 2029 After Budget Deal

Peru Mining Exports Jump 20.6% to $42.12 Billion Through September on Gold and Copper Gains

Peru Sets 1.63 Million-Tonne Anchoveta Quota for North-Central Second 2025 Season

Adani’s Kutch Copper, Caravel Sign MoU Tying Australian Mine to Gujarat Smelter

Trump Announces Uzbekistan Trade Deal, Cites $35 Billion Over Three Years

Mongolia’s Prime Minister Ousted in No-Confidence Vote After Four Months in Office