
Backing from the IDC, African Rainbow Capital and engagement with Botswana's Minerals Development Company are helping Giyani Metals advance its K.Hill project as it pursues offtake agreements, project financing and a targeted 2027 construction start.
Strategic partnerships and long-term financing support are expected to play a pivotal role in advancing Giyani Metals' K.Hill high-purity manganese project in Botswana, as the company moves from FS towards project financing and development.

A growing number of mineral-producing governments are acquiring assets, activating marketing rights and building institutions that can intervene across the value chain.

Exxaro is set to exit its only offshore asset through a two-step transaction that will see it acquire Anglo American’s remaining stake in the Moranbah South coking coal project before selling the entire asset to Stanmore Resources for $105 million.

Lindian Resources is seeking to build a vertically integrated rare earth supply chain stretching from its Kangankunde project in Malawi through processing facilities in Kazakhstan to downstream markets in Europe, highlighting the increasingly complex geopolitics reshaping critical minerals.