Caason Group Announces Continued Strategic Cooperation Under Emerald Global Resources Platform
Melbourne, Australia | January 2026
Caason Group Operations Pty Ltd has confirmed the continuation of its strategic cooperation with its long-standing partners following the formation of Emerald Global Resources Ltd (EGR), a newly established global resources platform created through a joint venture between LVC Global Holdings and The Emerald Group.
The formation of Emerald Global Resources represents a consolidation of operational capability, capital access, and global reach, bringing together complementary expertise across mining, energy, natural resources, logistics, and infrastructure development.
Under the new structure, all existing collaboration, leadership continuity, and commercial intent between the parties remains unchanged, with the partnership now operating under the unified EGR platform.
Strategic continuity and expanded global scale
The transition to Emerald Global Resources has been designed to enhance execution capability while preserving the substance of the existing engagement between Caason Group and its partners.
As outlined in the updated Strategic Cooperation Agreement, effective 16 January 2026, Caason Group and Emerald Global Resources have entered into a non-binding strategic cooperation framework focused on identifying and pursuing mutually beneficial opportunities across critical minerals, strategic metals, rare earth elements, precious metals, and other critical raw materials.
The agreement confirms a shared mandate to optimise and monetise resource assets through structured buyer supplier linkages, offtake alignment, and integrated value chain development.
A platform built for resource development and monetisation
Emerald Global Resources is headquartered in Abu Dhabi within the Abu Dhabi Global Market and operates as a global resource development and acquisition platform with operational reach across Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the United Kingdom.
According to its 2026 Strategic Overview, EGR specialises in mining and natural resource asset acquisition, project development and optimisation, commodity trading and structured offtake, logistics and mine-to-port solutions, and capital structuring and project finance.
The platform is supported by extensive industry experience spanning commodity markets, institutional capital deployment, and on-the-ground operational execution.
Alignment with Caason Group’s long-term strategy
For Caason Group, the evolution of the partnership into the Emerald Global Resources platform strengthens the group’s ability to advance mining and critical minerals initiatives within a rapidly changing global supply chain environment.
Caason Group continues to focus on direct investment in exploration and mining opportunities, commercialisation of strategic relationships, development of vertically aligned supply chains, and support for downstream processing and offtake certainty.
The expanded EGR platform enhances this mandate by providing access to broader capital markets, established logistics infrastructure, and global trading capability, while maintaining a disciplined long-cycle investment approach.
Caason Group confirms ongoing strategic cooperation following the formation of Emerald Global Resources, expanding global scale and execution capability across critical minerals and strategic metals.
Focus on critical minerals and strategic metals
The cooperation aligns with accelerating global demand for critical raw materials driven by electrification, energy transition, data centre and artificial intelligence infrastructure growth, defence manufacturing requirements, and government-led supply chain security initiatives.
Emerald Global Resources’ priority commodities include copper and gold, supported by exposure to lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements, with Zambia identified as a strategic copper hub supported by integrated logistics and trading operations.
This integrated approach enables greater resilience across commodity cycles while supporting value creation beyond extraction alone.
Governance and execution framework
Under the Strategic Cooperation Agreement, Caason Group and Emerald Global Resources will operate through a jointly appointed steering committee responsible for evaluating and approving individual commercial opportunities.
Each project will be assessed independently on its merits, with commercial terms documented through separate transaction-specific agreements as opportunities progress.
The cooperation framework follows international best-practice governance standards for cross-border resource development.
Looking ahead
The establishment of Emerald Global Resources marks an important step in aligning capital, operational capability, and market access within the global resources sector.
For Caason Group, the transition provides continuity of leadership and strategic intent while unlocking expanded execution capacity under a unified global platform.
Both parties reaffirm their commitment to advancing responsibly developed mining and resource opportunities that support supply chain security, long-term value creation, and sustainable project development.
About Caason Group
Caason Group is an Australian-based investment and project development group focused on mining, critical minerals, and strategic resource assets. The group specialises in long-cycle project development, capital alignment, and integrated value-chain strategies across exploration, production, and downstream commercialisation.
