Minerals Buyers
For the minerals buyers team that needs independent sources before an actual spending, legal or operating decision.
Review scope →Specialist divisions / Critical Minerals, Mining & Metals Intelligence
Specialist evidence services
Critical Minerals, Mining & Metals Intelligence
Are ownership, licensing stage, resource assertions and supply claims supported?
Who commissions this work
Oem Strategists
For the oem strategists team that needs independent sources before an actual spending, legal or operating decision.
Review scope →Mining Investors
For the mining investors team that needs independent sources before an actual spending, legal or operating decision.
Review scope →The real purchase trigger
Mineral export restriction, mine proposal or offtake review
Reconcile operator, permit, production-stage and supply-chain records.
We make the client’s claim, the original record, conflicting sources and the unknowns readable before commitment.
Choose one of eight defined services
Critical Minerals Project & Supply Brief
One named subject or event; up to three material claims; agreed source jurisdictions and date window. Deliverable: Source coverage sheet, first three contradictions or gaps, clear next-record requests.
Review service and acceptance →Identity decision · Identity & Source Map
One main entity or asset and up to four related names, owners, locations, records or aliases. Deliverable: Entity or asset-resolution table, link-confidence explanation and original source chain.
Review service and acceptance →Claim decision · Material Claims Verification
Up to five numbered claims from a supplied proposal, transaction pack or public statement. Deliverable: Claim-by-claim citations, opposite sources, date-sensitive uncertainty and unproved statements.
Review service and acceptance →Timing decision · Independent Chronology Reconstruction
One bounded event sequence; disclosed evidence window; source provenance and known omissions. Deliverable: Chronology chart, disputed-event table, original-record references and unresolved sequence.
Review service and acceptance →Counterparty decision · Counterparty & Relationship Check
Named entity and up to five related organisations or responsible entities identified from lawful records. Deliverable: Evidence-supported relationship diagram, mismatches, ownership questions and exposure caveats.
Review service and acceptance →Decision-pack review · Decision-Ready Evidence Dossier
One defined commercial decision, six critical questions, specified sources and no unlimited investigation. Deliverable: Executive decision memo, evidence/contradiction matrix, dated primary-source index and recommendations for further questions.
Review service and acceptance →Repeat-work pilot · Repeat-File Evidence Desk
Written pilot of up to ten defined file types, with sampling rules, turnaround assumptions and exclusions. Deliverable: Consistent file-by-file evidence cards, exception register and consolidated management view.
Review service and acceptance →Minerals Project & Policy Watch
One named subject or a written small watchlist; specified public records, cadence, escalation threshold. Deliverable: Dated change log, evidence citations, false-positive dispositions and monthly change summary.
Review service and acceptance →Eight focused specialist pathways
Each pathway has a narrower research question, decision-ready evidence specification, source scope and written-commissioning path.
Critical Minerals Supply Intelligence
Test the exact source and contrary evidence behind critical minerals supply intelligence, rather than commission a generic industry report.
Review scope →Mining Licence & Permit Research
Test the exact source and contrary evidence behind mining licence & permit research, rather than commission a generic industry report.
Review scope →Mining Project Ownership Intelligence
Test the exact source and contrary evidence behind mining project ownership intelligence, rather than commission a generic industry report.
Review scope →Mineral Processing Capacity Intelligence
Test the exact source and contrary evidence behind mineral processing capacity intelligence, rather than commission a generic industry report.
Review scope →Battery Minerals Intelligence
Test the exact source and contrary evidence behind battery minerals intelligence, rather than commission a generic industry report.
Review scope →Rare Earth Supply Chain Intelligence
Test the exact source and contrary evidence behind rare earth supply chain intelligence, rather than commission a generic industry report.
Review scope →Mining Company Integrity Research
Test the exact source and contrary evidence behind mining company integrity research, rather than commission a generic industry report.
Review scope →Mineral Offtake & Project Monitoring
Test the exact source and contrary evidence behind mineral offtake & project monitoring, rather than commission a generic industry report.
Review scope →Research sources to test
The following sources may support this type of work; their existence is not a claim that a prospective client or named matter has been verified.
U.S. Geological Survey 2026 mineral summaries
Source to test against the actual claim, checked for effective dates, coverage and access limitations. Not a client-specific verification result.
Open source →USGS mineral commodity 2026 data release
Source to test against the actual claim, checked for effective dates, coverage and access limitations. Not a client-specific verification result.
Open source →Evidence deliverables and professional limits
What the decision owner receives
- Critical Minerals Project & Supply Brief
- project claim trace
- ownership/permit matrix
- supply capacity evidence
- Source-linked claim analysis
- Dated assumptions, contradictions and missing evidence
What remains outside the mandate
No reserve certification, resource valuation or geological professional opinion.
Acceptance is conditional on conflict, jurisdiction, lawful access, data protection, capacity and written fee approval.
Start with the decision, not a large retainer
Buyer stages
Match the size of the assignment to the present decision.
Review scope →Example evidence pack
View the contents of an illustrative research output without invented findings.
Review scope →Fees & engagement
Understand written standard-fee proposals, pilot limits and the approval process.
Review scope →Current sector source anchors and buyer decision kits
Review which original government or institutional records can inform the decision, which claims are still unknown, and which bounded product fits first.
Evidence questions worth resolving
Decision questions
Contrary-evidence tests
Division evidence guide (PDF)
Change-monitoring method (PDF)Lawful-source coverage varies. The documents explain the proposed method; no case, professional certification, continuous watch or fee has been approved automatically.