XKV8 · Critical Minerals

The ground the future is built on.

A merchant platform financing, owning, and monetizing the metals that make everything — from AI infrastructure to defense to the grid.

01 · The Need

The chokepoint for defense, AI, and power.

The minerals now sitting inside every phone, missile, and grid are formally recognized as critical by more than half the world's economies. Almost none are financed at the mid-market — and the West controls almost none of the refining.

The Scope
60+ Minerals classified as critical by 54 nations
USGS · IEA · Critical Mineral Explorer

Defense

F-35s, missiles, subs, and radar depend on rare-earth magnets, tungsten, antimony, and titanium — largely sourced from China.

Rare Earths · Tungsten · Antimony · Titanium · Cobalt

AI & Data Centers

GPUs, servers, and backup power rely on gallium-germanium chips, copper wiring and cooling, and battery-grade cobalt.

Gallium · Germanium · Copper · Cobalt · Graphite

Power & Grid

Grid build-out, wind turbines, and storage need ~2× more copper by 2050, plus rare-earth magnets and battery minerals.

Copper · Rare Earths · Lithium · Nickel · Silicon

Industry

EVs, electronics, 5G, and steel manufacturing draw on the same chokepoint minerals as defense, AI, and power.

Nickel · Manganese · Graphite · Gallium · Rare Earths
02 · What we do

Partnering with underserved high-potential assets through creative capital solutions, technical expertise, and global marketing capabilities.

01
Equity
Growth capital partnered for the long term.
02
Debt Finance
Non-dilutive debt built around reserves and mine plan.
03
Prepayments
Capital advanced against future physical output.
04
Royalties
Long-duration cash-flow claims on production.
05
Off-takes
Committed sales channels for produced metal.
06
Logistics
Physical movement and global marketing of material.
03 · The Team

Built by people who have done it before.

120 yrs
Combined specialist experience across mining, trading, and structured finance.
Experience
$4B+
Annual revenue of the metals trade house co-founded by the team.
Co-founded
$3B+
Commodity-finance deals originated and executed by team members.
Deals Executed
4
Disciplines — structured finance, metals trading, geology & mining operations, technology.
Under one roof
Backgrounds Include
Koch Citi Trafigura Goldman Sachs Macquarie Concord Resources Rio Tinto AngloGold Ashanti BofA Merrill Lynch Credit Suisse Tricon Energy Noble Resources