U.S. and Allies Revive Historic European Mines to Secure Critical Antimony Supply

China’s antimony monopoly is officially on notice.

The West is weaponizing historic European mines to secure its defense and tech supply chains, and the geopolitical landscape just shifted in a mere 48 hours.

First, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and CEO Ben Black announced a $5 million deal with Pela Global Limited to revive the Krstov Dol mine in North Macedonia. With PGM Processing in the mix, the goal is getting that critical material straight to U.S. soil.

Right on cue, Military Metals Corp (CSE: MILI | OTCQB: MILIF) and CEO Scott Eldridge delivered the geological proof next door in Slovakia. Their Trojárová Project just posted a massive 67,000-tonne antimony resource with a 222,000-ounce gold kicker, cementing it as the EU’s largest modern-standard antimony deposit.

The secret weapon? The brownfield advantage. By reviving historically producing assets instead of starting from scratch, the U.S. and its allies are fast-tracking true supply chain independence.

New IP Data Reveals Massive Copper Anomaly for Super Copper in Chile

Geological theses are great, but hard data is where the real money is made. After nearly two decades of this asset sitting under the radar, Super Copper Corp. (CSE: CUPR | OTCQB: CUPPF) has officially pulled the curtain back on the Cordillera Cobre Project in Chile, and the sheer scale of the newly revealed copper anomaly is staggering.

Back in 2007, previous operators drilled a handful of shallow scout holes, completely unaware they were merely grazing the outer limits of a sprawling subterranean beast. Even on those fringes, they pulled up to 1.605% copper. Fast forward to today, and new induced polarization (IP) data maps out a massive 800-metre by 400-metre chargeability corridor where the highest-intensity core has remained entirely untouched by modern exploration.

CEO Zac Dolesky framed the magnitude of this evolution perfectly today, stating: "Three years ago, Cordillera Cobre was a map, a thesis, and a lot of conviction. Today it's a defined, kilometre-scale copper target: 800m of strike, 400m wide, 400m deep, and open in every direction. Historical scout holes from 2007 clipped the edges of it and pulled up to 1.6% copper. Nobody has ever touched the core. We're going straight into the heart of it."

With a fully targeted drill program slated for Q2 2026, the days of flying blind in the Atacama are officially over.

X Marks the Spot: Kalo Gold Validates Blind Target on First Pass

Geological models are only as good as the drill results that back them up, and the latest dispatch from Kalo Gold Corp. (TSXV: KALO | OTCID: KLGDF) is a masterclass in validation.

Under the strategic direction of President and CEO Terry Tucker, the company has successfully proven that gold mineralization at their Vatu Aurum Project in Fiji is not a series of isolated pockets, but rather a vertically continuous hydrothermal system. Drill hole VA26-DH17 returned a striking 16.90 meters at 3.25 g/t Au, cutting right through surge deposits down into diatreme wall breccias. Even more impressive is the exploration team's ability to hit gold on their very first pass of a completely blind geophysical target at QC4.

As Terry Tucker emphasized in the latest update, these results clearly demonstrate a cohesive gold system spanning multiple diatreme centers. Yet, the most thrilling chapter of this story is waiting at 395 meters deep. An interpreted primary epithermal feeder zone, where three major fault lines converge, remains completely untested. With airborne magnetic and radiometric surveys gearing up this April, the runway for discovery here looks exceptionally long.

Strong science and sharp leadership are paving a very bright path forward in Fiji.

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