In this episode, we chat with Brian Menell, Chairman and CEO at TechMet, who acquires and manages projects that produce, process, and recycle the critical metals that are key components of batteries, electric vehicles, and renewable energy systems across a range of commodities including cobalt, lithium, nickel, tin, tungsten and rare earth metals. Brian is a businessman who, over the last 25 years, has been involved in energy and natural resources projects across Africa, South/North America, and Europe and founded TechMet back in 2017. On the podcast, Brian talks about the growth of TechMet, their work with the US government, and the importance of securing criteria mineral supply chains across the world. Brian is also going to be attending and speaking at the upcoming London Indaba at the InterContinental Park Lane London on 25th & 26th June titled “Investing in resources and mining in Africa” with a focus on Africa’s critical role in the minerals and metals of the future. So book your tickets below and we will see you there: https://www.londonindaba.com/other-indabas/the-london-indaba-2024?book=1 The event: https://www.londonindaba.com/other-indabas/the-london-indaba-2024 KEY TAKEAWAYS Brian is the chairman and CEO of TechMet, a company focused on acquiring and managing projects that produce critical metals for batteries, electric vehicles, and renewable energy systems. TechMet invests in projects that uphold high ESG standards, have low carbon footprints, and support transformative technologies to meet the growing demand for critical minerals. TechMet has 10 operating companies across North America, South America, Africa, and Europe, with a focus on metals like nickel, cobalt, tin, tungsten, and rare earth metals. The company has received direct equity investment from the US government, allowing them to accelerate their programs and gain preferential access to other US government departments for further funding. Brian will be speaking at the upcoming London Indaba event, focusing on beneficiation in Africa and turning mined resources into high-value products to support global industry. BEST MOMENTS "We're at the beginning of a 20-year supply-demand dislocation for lithium-ion battery metals, for rare earth metals, for energy infrastructure metals, that is really unprecedented in our lifetimes."  "We only invest in projects that have the potential to uphold high ESG standards and low carbon footprint in regions where we can ensure that is the case."  "It's been massively important for us, not only in terms of the quantum of investment, but in terms of the de-risking and credentialising impact of U.S. government investment."  "It's very difficult to compete with China in specialty metal chemical processing. And to do that in a way that doesn't retard investment in primary resource extraction."  VALUABLE RESOURCES Mail:        [email protected] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-tyson-3a26a68/ X:              https://twitter.com/MiningRobTyson YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DigDeepTheMiningPodcast  Web:        http://www.mining-international.org https://www.techmet.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/techmet-ltd/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianmenell/ ABOUT THE HOST Rob Tyson is the Founder and Director of Mining International Ltd, a leading global recruitment and headhunting consultancy based in the UK specialising in all areas of mining across the globe from first-world to third-world countries from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. We source, headhunt, and discover new and top talent through a targeted approach and search methodology and have a proven track record in sourcing and positioning exceptional candidates into our clients' organisations in any mining discipline or level. Mining International provides a transparent, informative, and trusted consultancy service to our candidates and clients to help them deve