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Gold Coast news — August 2026

Every story we published in August 2026.

1. Finance · 8 August 2026

   Gina Rinehart Bets $200M on US Rare Earths Supply Chain

   Hancock Prospecting's stake in MP Materials extends Gina Rinehart's rare earths strategy into the United States, where supply-chain policy is moving fastest.

2. Finance · 3 August 2026

   Gina Rinehart Builds Global Critical Minerals Empire Across Five Continents

   Behind the headlines about individual deals lies a coherent strategy. Gina Rinehart has quietly built a global critical-minerals portfolio that spans rare earths, lithium, copper, potash and gas, with strategic stakes reaching across five continents, a deliberate attempt to place Hancock Prospecting at the centre of the materials that will define the coming decades.