{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Mining Insider","title":"Marathon Gets Its Billion, Gold Stumbles on Fed Hawks, and Rare Earths Without New Mining","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/4327429a\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":616,"description":"Generation Mining completed a C$1.3 billion construction financing package for the Marathon Copper-Palladium Project in Ontario, with early works construction beginning Q4 2026. Gold fell 1.7% to $4,282 per ounce as hawkish Fed commentary pushed the dollar to a two-month high and markets priced in a 95% December rate hike. Neo Performance Materials and Rainbow Rare Earths signed a Phalaborwa MOU covering NdPr oxide and dysprosium-terbium offtake from South African phosphogypsum stockpiles — no new mining required. And the Barrick Loulo-Gounkoto strike deadline in Mali is four days away.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/tM0qY1Awzyjj0ffY02GbzMv5DPGZS2aj9E0TbEsufrM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZjE0/MDA1NDMwYTk2MGRk/YWI2YWEwNTUyZmU2/NjE2MS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}