Top mining mergers and acquisitions in October 2026
Every verified merger and acquisition in the mining sector in this period, ranked by disclosed value. Updated every morning.
We tracked 5 deals in the mining sector in October 2026, 2 of them with a disclosed value, worth $1.1bn in total. The largest was Lynas Rare Earths's $672m deal for Meteoric Resources (Caldeira project), ahead of SSR Mining and Roxmore Resources at $464m.
Top mining mergers and acquisitions in October 2026
- 11 OctLynas Rare Earths → Meteoric Resources (Caldeira project)Lynas agrees A$968m takeover of Brazil-focused MeteoricMiningAgreed$672m
- 213 OctSSR Mining → Roxmore ResourcesSSR Mining agrees to buy Roxmore for Nevada gold project next to MarigoldMining / GoldAgreed$464m
- 316 OctExiro Nickel Company (Exiro Minerals, Orion Resource Partners, Canada Growth Fund) → Thompson Mine Complex (81.1% from Vale Base Metals)Vale Base Metals completes sale of control of Thompson nickel complex to ExiroMining / NickelCompletedUndisclosed
- 415 OctFaraday Copper Corp. → San Manuel copper project (from BHP)Faraday Copper completes all-share purchase of BHP's San Manuel projectMining / CopperCompletedUndisclosed
- 56 OctInternational Resources Holdings → Kenmare ResourcesAbu Dhabi's IRH approaches titanium miner KenmareMiningIn talksUndisclosed