VANCOUVER, BC — January 14, 2026 — Leads & Copy — The global critical minerals market is projected to surge from $328 billion to $587 billion by 2032, even as China restricts exports for silver, tungsten, and antimony.
This situation creates an opportunity for strategic metal platforms, including GoldHaven Resources (CSE: GOH) (OTCQB: GHVNF), American Tungsten (CSE: TUNG) (OTCQB: TUNGF), American Resources Corporation (NASDAQ: AREC), Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSXV: UCU) (OTCQX: UURAF), and Aclara Resources (TSX: ARA) (OTCID: ARAAF).
Tungsten prices have surged 150% year-over-year, as manufacturers seek non-Chinese supply of the metal. The U.S. government has committed $2 billion to expand the National Defense Stockpile, supporting domestic production platforms.
GoldHaven Resources (CSE: GOH) (OTCQB: GHVNF) has confirmed tungsten mineralization at its Magno Property in British Columbia, with assays identifying a new tungsten zone returning up to 6,550 parts per million tungsten. The company’s 2025 program at Magno verified historical showings and discovered tungsten at Vines Lake.
Robert Birmingham, CEO of GoldHaven, said the 2025 surface program verified historical tungsten mineralization and identified a new occurrence at Vines Lake. He added that the results highlight the continuity and scale of tungsten mineralization across structurally controlled skarn zones at Magno.
The company has also completed drilling at the Copeçal Gold Project in Brazil and confirmed copper mineralization at its Three Guardsmen Project. GoldHaven controls 133,186.16 hectares across mining jurisdictions and has assay results pending from Copeçal.
American Tungsten (CSE: TUNG) (OTCQB: TUNGF) has completed drilling at its IMA Mine in Idaho, intersecting quartz veins with hubnerite tungsten mineralization. The Phase 1 program validates the geological model, and underground rehabilitation is advancing to support drilling activity. The company is assessing potential for restart of underground tungsten mining operations at the historic IMA Mine.
Ali Haji, CEO of American Tungsten, said that the initial drillholes at the IMA Project are successfully intersecting the vein system. He added that Phase 1 is progressing as designed, and the company remains focused on advancing targets to become the first tungsten producer in the United States.
American Resources Corporation (NASDAQ: AREC), through its minority holding in ReElement Technologies Corporation, has announced the closing of a $200 million strategic equity facility from Transition Equity Partners. The investment will support buildout of ReElement’s Marion, Indiana facility to scale to initial capacity greater than 10,000 metric tons per annum of refined critical minerals.
Mark Jensen, CEO of ReElement Technologies, said that the $200 million commitment will enable ReElement to expand its manufacturing base to process and refine critical minerals and rare earth elements through a cost-competitive, modular, and scalable platform.
Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSXV: UCU) (OTCQX: UURAF) has provided an update on its RapidSX rare earth element separation technology commercialization progress and its USD $22.4 million U.S. Department of War Other Transaction Agreement. The company has operated its RapidSX Demonstration Plant, completing about 5,700 hours of REE processing.
Mike Schrider, VP and COO of Ucore Rare Metals, said that the CDF demonstration work has been done with deliberate coordination with the Louisiana SMC production roll-out pathway. He added that the result is a technically proven and de-risked commercialization pathway to commence heavy rare earth processing in Louisiana in 2026.
Aclara Resources (TSX: ARA) (OTCID: ARAAF) released a CEO letter reflecting on 2025 accomplishments including the declaration of Mineral Reserves for an ionic clay project at its Carina Project in Brazil, with a Pre-Feasibility Study confirming NPV of US$1.1 billion and IRR of 22%. The company announced Project Dynamo, representing an investment of approximately US$277 million to develop the first heavy rare earth separation facility in the United States.
Ramón Barúa, CEO of Aclara Resources, said that 2025 marked the validation of a long-term strategy to establish a resilient, transparent, and responsible heavy rare earth supply chain outside China, anchored by ionic clay deposits and fully integrated from mine to magnet.
By the end of 2026, Aclara expects to have completed the full development phase across its projects and positions itself to commence construction at the end of 2026 and achieve commercial production by 2028.
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