News Op-Ed: Nicaragua mining – the golden bridgehead threatening US national security The critical minerals debate has become obsessed with pure geology, but mineral security is not determined by geology alone, writes Nicholas Vafeas. Nicholas Vafeas | October 23, 2026 - 12:09 pm
News Op-Ed: Understanding LCT pegmatites – why context can make or break a lithium project Lithium-cesium-tantalum pegmatites have taken centre stage as governments look to carve out a share of a market still dominated by brines. Nicholas Vafeas | September 25, 2026 - 2:36 pm
Critical Minerals Op-Ed: The Lobito blind spot and Zambia’s manganese future How Zambia’s focus on copper risks leaving a major critical-mineral opportunity stranded. Nicholas Vafeas | September 8, 2026 - 7:29 am
Exploration Op-Ed: Ethiopia’s hidden SEDEX deposit — part of Africa’s next great basin? Sedimentary exhalative deposits boil down to an equally elegant recipe, writes Nicholas Vafeas. Nicholas Vafeas | August 28, 2026 - 1:16 pm
News Op-Ed: What’s all the fuss over Simandou? First bulk carrier cargo represented the birth of an entirely new global supply chain, and the exact moment Western climate strategy defaulted to Chinese dominance, Nicholas Vafeas writes. Nicholas Vafeas | August 17, 2026 - 11:39 am
Critical Minerals Op-ed: The battle for critical minerals is won at the port, not the mine The logistics behind critical minerals is the determining factor on who gets to win in this market. Nicholas Vafeas | August 7, 2026 - 9:19 am
Critical Minerals Op-Ed: Giving credit where it’s due — The US finally gets rare earth strategy Washington's latest rare earth investment signals a strategic shift toward processing economics over resource size. Nicholas Vafeas | July 31, 2026 - 8:17 am
Battery Metals Op-ed: The paradigm shift in critical mineral investment –Tungsten is just the beginning. Critical minerals strategies must shift from catching up with China to targeting contestable markets where real leverage remains. Nicholas Vafeas | July 7, 2026 - 11:01 am
Critical Minerals Op-Ed: The decoy effect — how Beijing steers western mining capital By periodically rattling the sabre of export restrictions, Beijing deliberately keeps geopolitical anxieties at a boil, Nicholas Vafeas writes. Nicholas Vafeas | June 29, 2026 - 4:25 am
Critical Minerals Op-Ed: Scripted to fail — Europe’s critical minerals blind spot If Europe finds itself struggling to secure the materials required for the energy transition, the narrative often tends toward simply being outmatched, writes Nicholas Vafeas. Nicholas Vafeas | June 12, 2026 - 4:00 pm
Gold juniors trading at ‘80% off’ as mining takeover wave looms, says Michael Gentile October 19, 2026
