THE SCARCITY CYCLE: 5 Assets for the Physical Reset
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- USANewsGroup.com Market Intelligence Brief –
The digital economy just hit the wall of physics. Paper confidence is dying in real-time.
Gold just crossed $4,700/oz in the opening weeks of January. Street consensus now targets $5,000 within the year.
AI hyperscalers require 300+ gigawatts of baseload power that the existing grid cannot deliver. This creates a structural tailwind for the load-bearing walls of the economy: uranium, copper, and strategic inventory.
We are witnessing a generational recapitalization. Capital is abandoning pixels for the hard assets you can touch, mine, and measure.
The asymmetric advantage belongs to those who control the molecules. Everything else is narrative.
THE DISTRICT CONSOLIDATOR – RUA.V
Rua Gold (TSXV:RUA) (OTCQB:NZAUF) has fundamentally closed the "Action Gap" in New Zealand, consolidating over 95% of the Reefton Goldfield—a district that historically produced 2 million ounces at grades up to 50 g/t Au.
On January 19, the company accelerated its 2026 outlook, ramping up activities to include the Auld Creek gold-antimony project in New Zealand's new FAST TRACK permitting process. This is not just a gold story: it is a strategic material play on antimony, a critical defense and energy metal currently trading over $60,000 per tonne.
The transition from "concept" to "calculation" is imminent: with three drill rigs currently active, the company is testing a 2,500m strike length and has engaged RSC Consulting to deliver a comprehensive technical resource refresh in February 2026. Rua Gold owns the district, the grades, and the upcoming regulatory tailwind.
Read this and more news for Rua Gold at:
https://usanewsgroup.com/2025/04/02/others-found-1911-g-t-here-before-now-a-proven-11b-mining-team-is-back-to-finish-the-job/
THE DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY – QSE.CN
Gold hit $4,730/oz because physical assets cannot be hacked. Digital networks managing that wealth can.
Legacy RSA encryption dies the moment quantum computers go live. You cannot run a sovereign economy if adversaries can decrypt your data in real time.
On January 12, Washington, D.C. launched the "Year of Quantum Security" - a mandatory modernization for the global financial system. The mandate created a $30 billion tech migration overnight.
QSE - Quantum Secure Encryption Corp. (CSE:QSE) (OTCQB:QSEGF) expanded operations to five countries across three regions to capture that cycle. Their partnership with NUSA Networks in Indonesia fast-tracks quantum-resilient algorithms into critical national infrastructure.
The digital border is now physical infrastructure. QSE owns the choke point.
Read this and more news for Quantum Secure Encryption Corp. at:
https://usanewsgroup.com/2024/04/26/the-currency-of-tomorrow-why-investing-in-cutting-edge-ai-recognition-tech-could-mean-big-money/
THE VELOCITY THRESHOLD - VWAV
Modern warfare has enough sensors. It lacks the velocity to act.
The gap between detection and response is the kill zone. VisionWave Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:VWAV) built the $99.6 million QuantumSpeed™ computational engine to collapse that latency.
Recently, the company formed a strategic joint venture in Nevada to accelerate commercialization of defense-grade technologies. The choke point shifted from data collection to execution speed.
On January 15, VisionWave expanded into Europe via Solar Drone Ltd. with follow-on orders in Italy and Spain for power grid maintenance and autonomous surveillance. Critical infrastructure requires real-time threat mapping.
Decision velocity is the new sovereign capability. VWAV owns the compression cycle.
Read this and more news for VisionWave Holdings Inc. at: https://usanewsgroup.com/2025/09/11/the-ai-defense-technology-developments-potentially-relevant-in-2025-26/
THE DOMESTIC EXTRACTION – ARS.CN
Fluorspar is required for steel, aluminum, and nuclear fuel production. The U.S. currently imports 100% of its supply.
On January 20, 2026, the Department of Defense awarded Ares Strategic Mining Inc. (CSE:ARS) (OTCQB:ARSMF) a $168,938,267 contract through the Defense Logistics Agency. The Pentagon just eliminated its foreign dependency.
Imminent commissioning of the Lumps Plant in Delta, Utah marks the transition from developer to primary producer. ARS becomes the domestic fluorspar source for U.S. defense and industrial infrastructure.
The contract includes potential task orders up to $250 million over five years. In a supply-constrained market with zero domestic competition, that floor creates asymmetric advantage.
Critical minerals require critical infrastructure. ARS now controls both.
Read this and more news for Ares Strategic Mining Inc. at: https://usanewsgroup.com/2024/04/29/this-company-is-bringing-essential-mining-back-to-the-u-s-fueled-by-government-action/
THE POLYMETALLIC PIVOT – GOH.CN
China's 2025 export controls weaponized the tungsten supply chain. Prices are up 150% year-over-year.
On January 6, assay results from the Magno Project returned 2,370 g/t silver, 6,550 ppm tungsten, and 334 ppm indium. GoldHaven Resources Corp. (CSE:GOH) (OTCQB:GHVNF) just discovered a polymetallic system in British Columbia.
A newly recognized tungsten zone at Vines Lake and over 1.3 kilometers of strike at the Kuhn target expand the footprint. Geological parallels to Coeur Mining's Silvertip Mine exist, but with a differentiated critical-metals component.
Silver finances the drill program. Tungsten and indium provide the strategic premium.
Domestic supply of defense-critical metals is no longer optional. GOH controls the convergence.
Read this and more news for GoldHaven Resources Corp. at: https://usanewsgroup.com/2025/09/23/the-goldhaven-story-two-continents-one-strategy-systematic-exploration-in-historically-productive-districts/
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