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Podcasts & Shorts
While ministers signed frameworks at the C5+1 Dialogue in Astana, East Star Resources CEO Alex Walker was presenting to London investors a fully funded deal structure for Kazakhstan's Verkhuba copper deposit —…
Industry News
A London gathering of geoscientists, financiers, lawyers and diplomats produced an unusually candid assessment of Kazakhstan's mining sector: improving but slipping in Fraser Institute rankings, Soviet geological data being unlocked by AI,…
Industry News
The second B5+1 Business Forum in Bishkek brought the largest-ever US commercial delegation to Central Asia as Special Envoy Gor declared the private sector will lead US engagement in the region, with…
Industry News
Kyrgyzstan's natural resources minister met Turkish mining company MTA International to discuss joint geological exploration and rare earth research cooperation, as Bishkek advances its mining transparency agenda and seeks foreign technological partnerships…
Miscellaneous
US Special Envoy Sergio Gor told the first in-person C5+1 Critical Minerals Dialogue in Astana that Washington is fundamentally changing its engagement with Central Asia, with the DFC ready to invest across…
Industry News
Japan's JAEA and Kazakhstan's National Nuclear Centre have launched the EAGLE-4 fast reactor safety programme, covering in-pile and out-of-pile experiments through to 2031 as Japan advances its Generation IV sodium-cooled fast reactor…
Miscellaneous
Kazakhstan's mining sector is drawing unprecedented global attention as Kazatomprom strengthens its balance sheet, ERG's critical minerals portfolio gains strategic recognition and US government-backed financing targets world-class tungsten deposits outside China.
Industry News
The C5+1 Critical Minerals Dialogue convened in Astana ahead of AMM-2026, with Kazakhstan highlighting its 9,500-deposit resource base and more than 100 rare earth sites as the US and Central Asian states…
Industry News
A C5+1 cultural cooperation meeting in Tashkent and a critical minerals dialogue in Astana in the same week signal the format's evolution from broad diplomacy toward working-level deliverables, as Kazakhstan positions its…
Companies & Organisations
Rasta Resources is launching a 5.5-year gold-silver exploration programme across 12 square kilometres in Karaganda Region, with the company's ownership structure drawing attention given its connections to former senior subsoil regulation officials…