Trump invoked the 69-year-old Defense Production Act -- once used to preserve American steelmaking capacity -- to remedy what he called “a shortfall” in production of the super-strong magnets made with neodymium and samarium.

Mines Minister Richard Musukwa said foreign judgments are not enforceable in Zambia until they are registered in local courts.

In May, the United States lifted the Section 232 tariff of 10% imposed on Canadian imports of aluminium, a vital ingredient for auto makers, drinks firms and military equipment companies.

The Toronto-based miner is doing fieldwork at its Andrei claim block, the Royce/Porc property and the JW and Trek porphyry copper projects in the Golden Triangle.

Data from the company's 2018 drilling campaign provided multiple new high priority drill targets.

Companies until Aug. 2 to outline their bids, as the country seeks to revive interest in the world's largest undeveloped iron ore deposit.

The battery minerals developer has been on a buying spree to build itself into a supplier of materials outside of China.