Cove Kaz Capital Group CEO Dominic Heaton to Present at MINEX Kazakhstan 2026

ASTANA, Kazakhstan & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cove Kaz Capital Group (“Cove Kaz” or “the Company”), a portfolio company of Cove Capital LLC, is pleased to announce its Chief Executive Officer, Dominic Heaton, will present at MINEX Kazakhstan 2026, the 16^th Mining & Exploration Forum in Astana, Kazakhstan. Mr. Heaton will discuss the Company’s joint venture known as Severniy Katpar LLP during the April 15, 2026, session titled “Kazakhstan Vision 2030: Developing High Value-Added Mining and Metallurgical Clusters.”

“Kazakhstan has the scale, diversity, and geological endowment to expand its position as a major producer of minerals and a globally significant industrial platform,” said Mr. Heaton, Chief Executive Officer, Cove Kaz Capital Group. “Tungsten is an essential industrial metal, but supply is limited and increasingly concentrated. Severniy Katpar is anticipated to become a generational resource for global tungsten supply.”

The annual MINEX Forum in Kazakhstan, held since 2010, attracts key stakeholders including ministry heads, international organizations, domestic and foreign mining companies, technology and consultancy enterprises, financial institutions, stock exchanges, investors, universities, and industry associations.

According to MINEX, Kazakhstan ranks sixth globally in total mineral reserves, hosting 5,000 minerals deposits. In February 2026, Cove Kaz Capital Group and Tau-Ken Samruk National Mining Company announced the parties executed definitive agreements to develop the world’s largest known undeveloped tungsten resource.

Mr. Heaton will join the Chief Executive Officer of Tau-Ken Samruk on the April 15 panel discussion with high-level officials and industry champions in the Kazakhstan mining sector. Mr. Heaton is widely recognized for having led the development of the Nui Phao integrated tungsten mine and refinery in Vietnam, the largest tungsten operation outside China and one of the most complex polymetallic projects brought into production in the past two decades.

For more information, please visit: https://2026.minexkazakhstan.com/

About Cove Kaz Capital Group

Cove Kaz Capital Group is a portfolio company of Cove Capital LLC, a mining focused investment and development firm founded in 2015 with headquarters in New York. Since 2018, Cove Capital has focused on critical minerals, identifying, investing in, and advancing projects that strengthen United States and allied supply chains. Led by Pini Althaus, the firm brings deep sector expertise and hands-on experience spanning exploration, mine development, processing, and long-term offtake strategy. Through Cove Kaz, this experience is applied in Kazakhstan, where the company holds a 70% interest in Severniy Katpar LLP, a joint venture with Kazakhstan’s national mining company Tau Ken Samruk, which holds the remaining 30%. The partnership is advancing the Northern Katpar and Upper Kairakty tungsten deposits, among the most significant undeveloped tungsten resources globally, through feasibility, permitting, construction, and planned commercial production. Together, Cove Kaz and its partners are building a long term, reliable supply of tungsten to support strategic industrial and defense needs in the United States.

About Cove Capital LLC

Cove Capital, founded in 2015, is a mining-focused firm with its head offices in New York and Melbourne, Australia. Since 2018, the company has concentrated on critical minerals—identifying, investing in, and developing projects that support U.S. and allied supply chains. Under the leadership of Pini Althaus, Cove Capital brings deep sector knowledge and hands-on development experience across exploration, mining, processing, and offtakes.