M2i Global Inc (OTC:MTWO) CEO Alberto Rosende talked with Proactive about the company's mission to reshape the U.S. critical minerals supply chain.
In a conversation centered on national security and economic resilience, Rosende outlined how M2i Global is addressing America's over-reliance on foreign sources for critical minerals.
Proactive: Welcome back inside our Proactive newsroom. Joining me now is Alberto Rosende. He is the CEO of M2i Global. Alberto, good to see you again. How are you?
Alberto Rosende: Excellent, excellent. Trying to stay warm in this cold. How are you?
Good. Doing well, doing well. Yes, it is cold — but what's heating up is the need for critical minerals. That’s been the story for the last couple of years. The U.S. government has recently come out to say why it’s so important and how they want to catch up. You feel the company is in a perfect sweet spot for that?
Oh, absolutely. The founding principle of M2i is really focused on creating a transparent, sustainable, and responsible critical minerals supply chain flow for the United States. It’s for national defense and economic security—they’re tied together at the hip.
Back in April, as the administration was getting underway, they issued a 232 investigation. The Department of Commerce looked at imports and their impact on our economic viability and national security. We've been waiting for the results, and on January 14th, this past week, the White House announced those findings.
Tell me about those and how the company fits in with that.
Absolutely. As I mentioned, we focus on the critical minerals supply chain. We've been working on returning processing to the United States while sourcing from our allied partner in Australia. It’s really a hand-to-glove fit with the 232 investigation findings.
Not only did it focus on the impact of critical mineral imports on our economic and national security, but it also confirmed how dependent we are—we’re 100% dependent on 12 of those critical minerals, and over 50% dependent on over 29 of them. There are 60 critical minerals on the list. So this aligns right with our mission at M2i. We feel very well positioned to keep moving forward and provide solutions for the United States and our allies.
It’s interesting because we’re at a point with critical minerals similar to what happened with diamonds years ago—when people began tracing where diamonds came from. That’s really happening now with minerals. So are lessons from then being implemented now? Is that where the strength of your company is coming in?
Right, absolutely. Not only did we want to bring processing back, but we also wanted to ensure we could prove the provenance of all critical minerals in the supply chain. That’s the issue we’ve been working to impact.
We recently had a podcast with Ellen Carey, an expert in supply chain traceability, and we discussed this. I highly recommend folks check it out. Being able to trace minerals back to their source is critical. We want to make sure they are mined responsibly and not associated with forced labor, child labor, or other unethical practices. The flow of critical minerals to the U.S. must increase. We need to process them here—but also know exactly where they’re coming from and how they’re being extracted.
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